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Confederacy
GEO. W. ADAIRJ. HENLY SMITH,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1861.
FOR PRESIDENT,
JEFFERSON DAVIS,
OF MISSISSIPPI.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
ALEX. 11. STEPHENS,
OF GEORGIA.
Electoral Ticket.
STATE AT LARGE:
DAVID IRWINof Cobb.
THOS. E. LLOYD,ofChatham.
ALTERNATES:
J. R ALEXANDER,of Thomas.
W. H. DABNEYof Gordon
DISTRICT ELECTORS :
I.—J. L. HARRIS,of Glynn.
2 —ARTHUR HOODof Randolph.
3.—J. L WIMBERLYof Stewart
4 —Dr. ED. MeGEHEE,of Houston.
5. I. P. GARVINof Richmond.
6. M. C. M. HAMMOND,of Clarke.
7. —O. C. GIBSON,of Spalding.
8. HERBERT FIELDER,of Polk.
9. H. H. CANNON,of Rabun.
10. —H. F. PRICE,ofCass.
ALTERNATES:
1. —J. L. SINGLETONof Scriven.
2. —J. S. DYSONof Thomas.
3. —J. M. M BLEYof Harris.
4 —Dr. I. E. DUPREEof Twiggs.
5. J. S. HOOKof Washington.
6. ISHAM FANNINof Morgan.
• 7—J. T. STEPHENSof Monroe.
8. ■ JOHN RAYof Coweta.
9. J. H. BANKSof Hall.
10.—F. A. KIRBYof Chattooga.
FOR GOVERNOR,
EUGENIUS A. NISBET,
OF 8188.
Our Ticket.
To-day we place at our masthead the names
of men whom we shall support during the can
vass for President and Vice-President of the
Confederate States, and Governor of Georgia.
So far as Davis and Stephens are concerned,
everybody is in favor of them, except a very
few who oppose them for selfish purposes and
not for any public good. They are the men for
the times—among the ablest statesmen of this
or any other age or country, and every person
who knows anything of them, has the utmost
confidence in them in every respect.
There are a few who are devoid of patriot
ism anxiously looking for a full swing at the
Treasury, who find these sterling patriots in
their way just now, and who want them defea
ted on that account. Otherwise they have no
opposition. We most sincerely and cordially
congratulate the country upon this happy
state of unanimity in the public mind, on this
important question.
Much interest lias been manifested, by a num
ber of persons for some time past, to know what
position we would ’occupy on the question of 1
who shall be our next Governor. Gov. Brown
has been, for sometime past, a candidate for re
election. His friends have earnestly sought to
have us advocate his claims, and his opponents
have, with equal earnestness, urged us to come
out against his re-election. We have steadily
and firmly, but respectfully declined to do ei
ther until now. We were anxious to have the
best man for Governor that could be put on the
track, and for this reason have refused to com
mit our paper for or against any one till we
could see who would be candidates. So far as
we arc personally concerned, we are opposed to
electing a man for three terms consecutively.—
The precedent we consider a good and safe one,
which ought not to be violated, except under
very peculiar circumstances, which, happily, do
not exist with us, and we hope never will. We
are not so decidedly and bitterly opposed to the
“ third term" as not to acquiesce in it very cheer
fully, if it were the desire of the people to con
tinue Gov. Brown in office; but we do not be
lieve such is their desire.
Then with this opposition on our part to the
precedent, and convinced that a majority of
the people are with us on this score, we could
not consistently support Gov. Brown, when a
man who has equal good character, talents
and administrative abilities is a candidate.—
Wo would most cordially have supported Gov.
Brown in preference to a man who, in our
opinion, was unfit for Governor, or a man of
bad moral character. Judge Nisbet is a man
whom we can moat cordially support. No man
in Georgia has superior qualifications for Gov
ernor, and no man has more moral purity ami
integrity of character. He is one of Georgia’s
greatest men, in point of talents ; and not on
ly so, but he is “ great as he is good.” We
feel very sure that he will make as good a
Governor as Gov. Brown has made, or as any
man can make.
With thia conviction, and with our opposi
tion to a “ third term,” unless an extraordi
nary condition of affairs Justified it, we shall
most warmly and cordially support Judge
Nisbet.
Wo announce in the outset, that we shall
imitate no man’s bad manners, by making
war on and unjustly abusing Gov. Brown.—
We have no malice or spite against him to
gratify, and should not disgrace our journal
and ourselves by indulging in such undigni
fied conduct, if we even had bitter feelings
towards him. But we have not, and shall
treat him and his supporters with respect.—
Much of his administration we approve, and
give him full credit for, and we greatly prefer
to throw the mantle of charity over whatever
faults we may conceive him to have commit
ted—especially when no good to the country
is to be the result of a different course. We i
shall be entirely respectful and courteous to •
all the papers in the State who advocate his ’
election, so long as they observe the decencies j
of life. *• Let there be no strife between us, I i
pray thee," shall be our precept.
A word about the Convention. All our read- j
ers know we are and shall be, opposed to all j
Conventions. Thia much, however, we must '
say tor the one just past—and what we say we >
know, tar wo were in position to know and did |
know: A more patriotic set of men never as- i
sembled in any Convention. There were no |
cHquaa to try to override the will of the ma
jority as the body. There were no “ states” pre
sented and none were broken. No one had I
any personal preferences which he made a ’
I
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY
condition of his support. The assemblage had
less of the objectionable features of a Conven
tion than any assemblage that ever convened
in Georgia. Its action has not reconciled us
to Conventions; but it has removed from this
single one, much of the objections we would
otherwise have had to its recommendations.
In conclusion, we ask those who write arti
cles to appear in our columns to be dignified
and courteous in their language, and to be short
—otherwise they cannot appear. We will not
lower the dignity of the press and our own
self-respect, either by indulging in vitupera
tion ourselves, or allowing others to do so
through our columns.
Our own Report of the Proceed
ings of State Convention.
Milledgeville, Sept. 11, 1861.
The Convention assembled in this city, to
day, and was temporarily organized by calling
C. Peeples, Esq., of Monroe, to the Chair, and
appointing Messrs. T. Sloan of Muscogee and
B F Hall of Richmond, Secretaries.
The Counties being called, lhe_following del
egates appeared and took their seats :
Bibb— T G Holt, W Moughon, 0 G Sparks.
Baldwin— J W A Sanford, L II Briscoe, J B
Lamar, Chas Ivey, L A Jordan, A I Butts, N
McGehee, R. Gibson.
Bryan— J L McAllister, J CQArnold, H Mat
tox.
Burke— R T Jones, E IJ Gresham, E Atta
way, N Ballard, J J Jones.
Bulloch— S L Moore, Samuel Harwell.
Brooks— W H Sharpe.
Clark— M C M Hammond, W D Wash, W II
Mitchell.
Cass— ll F Price, Lewis Tumlin, R H Can
non.
Clinch— Jacob Watson.
Clayton— J F Johnson, J C Smith.
Chatham— J Hartridge, E H Bacon, W T
Thompson, L S D'Lyon, Hiram Roberts, F W
Sims.
Carroll— A II Black.
Crawford — E Webb, A W Gibson.
Coweta— D F Hammond, John E Robinson.
Cobb — G N Lester. W A Appling, Jr., John
Gragg.
Dougherty.— D A Vason, J A Hill, T C Spi
cer, W M Slaughter, A J McCarthy.
Dooly.— J S Thomas, R Redding.
Effingham.— T R Hines, A G Porter, C H Mc-
Leod.
Fulton — J W Duncan, Richard Orme, J E
Williams, M A Huson, J S Wise.
Floyd.— D S Printup, II A Gartrell, J W II
Underwood, Dr. R Leigh, R L Zuber.
Glynn- D 811 Troup, J T Blain, J H Har
ris.
Hancock.— E Cain, C W Dußose, W J Harley
J W Simmons, L S Stewart, J W Hutcherson,
B F Harris.
Houston. — G Hill, W D Allen.
Jasper.— T J Smith, J M Darden, W A Lof
ton.
Jefferson. — A E Tarver, W A Wilkins.
Johnson.— John Snell, J B Wright, J Arline.
Jones.— Benj. Barron, Jj Singleton, F S John
son, B F Finney, A Middlebrooks, R II Hutch
ings.
Zaurens.—Robert Robinson, J T Duncan, J
I C Stanley.
Liberty.— A Winn, S A Frazer, W L Wal
thour.
Lee.— W B Richardson.
Lowndes.— A Converse, B Mosely, (by proxy,)
J L Mapp.
Madison.— J M Hull, C M Strickland.
Murray.— Anderson Farnesworth, J. M.
Edmundson.
Muscogee.— R L Bass, Thos. Sloan, II M Je
ter.
Macon.— D B Frederick, G W Fish.
Morgan.— G F Ponder, Abner Porter, S J Saf
fold, J S Fannin.
Monroe.— R B Johnson, C Peeples.
Mclntosh.— R Spalding, L Mclntosh, I John
son.
Oglethorpe.—R M Fleming, CC Hammock.
Pickens.— J E Price, A K Blackwell.
Pierce.— J McDonough, James Sweat.
Pulaski.— T J McGriff, 8 M Manning.
Putnam.— J Wingfield, 8 Pearson, D R Ad
ams, T G Lawson.
Pike. — A G Peden, N P Daniel, II C Fryer,
P E Brown.
Richmond.— J Davison, W J Owens, C A
Rowland, W Schley, G G McWhorter, B F
Hall, G T Dortic, J W Walker, J Ganahl.
Randolph— J McK Gunn, F D Bailey.
Scriven — G L Jackson, A 8 Roberts, J T Dell.
Spalding— C II Johnson, J II Aikins.
Sumter— G W Bivins, D II Hill, A Adams.
Thomas—Vl G Ponder, A T Mclntyre.
Tatnall— Benj Brewton, J B Stripling.
Taylor—J D Beall.
Twiggs— H 8 Wimberly, John Fitzpatrick.
Upson— J W Atwater, F F Mathews.
— 8 0 Franklin, R R Strange, W
W Carr, Wm Hodges, AO Harris, J H Pittman,
G W Sparks.
J Tor I A—R G Ford, Br.
Btayne—Jas M King.
Wilkes—ll C Pope.
On motion, a Committee of one from each
Congressional District was appointed to select
and recommend to the Convention the names
of persons proper for permanent officers—con
sisting of the following:
1. Julian Hartridge, of Chatham
2. D A Vason, of Dougherty.
3. H M Jeter, of Muscogee.
4. J Wingfield, of Putnam.
5. Jahn Davison, of Richmond.
6. M C M Hammond, es Clarke.
7. N P Daniel, of Pike.
SWA Appling, of Cobb.
9. J E Price, of Pickens.
10. Lewis Tumlin, of Cass.
The Committee retired, and after consulta-
I tian, returned and presented the following
| names:
For President, Hon. D. F. Hammond, of
j Coweta; for Secretaries, T. Sloan, of Musco
, gee, and B F. Hall, of Richmond.
The Committee also recommended that all
I counties having two Representatives in the
Legislature be entitled to five votes, and all
counties having one Representative have three
i votes.
The recommendations of the Committee were
: unanimously adopted.
On motion Mr. Laster of Cobb, the follow
ing committee was appointed tc notify Judge
Hammond of bis election, and escort him to
the chair : Lester of Cobb, D'Lyou of Chat
; ham, and Slaughter of Baker.
Judge Hammond on taking the chair- made
the following remarks :
Gentlemen of the Convention : Allow me to
tender you my gratitude for the distinguished
honor coufered on me by your selection. I
atn proud of the post assigned me, believing
as I do that this is one of the most important
Conventions that ever assembled iu Georgia.
It has been customary heretofore for the lea
ders of political parties to assemble in this
Hall for the purpose of selecting their most
available leaders and promulgating their most
successful doctrines; but we have assembled
for a far different purpose. We kwe assem
bled for the purpose of obliterating all party
lines and atnalgeinating all party creeds. Old
Whigs and Democrats, Union men and Seces
sionists meet around one common board, ad
vocate one common sentiment, and pledge
themselves to one common doctrine, for the
sole purpose of relieving the country from the
discord that inevitably awaits the race for of
fice between old party leaders. We have come
here, gentlemen of the Conventton, to bury
the tomahawk in the grave of oblivion; and
as God is my judge, I never will trace the po
litical principles of any man further bw-k than
to the point when he stands side by side with
me in defense of the rights of our common
country ; or in the support of its common in
terest. (Loud Applause.)
There are now no parties in Georgia, and
prudence suggest that when we have an arch
enemy abroad, we have no lime to quarrel at
home. It is proper that our action should be
such as not to array the people in»o parties
against each other, to terminate in heated con
tests and angry debates. Our object is to
give quiet to the land, so long disturbed by
bitter partisan contentions. It becomes us,
threfore, gentlemen to selet some man upon
whose arm the country can hang, and upon
whom men of all the old political organiza
tions can cordially unite for the express pur
pose of puting down and keeping down all
party strife, contention and difficulty. (Pro
longed Applause.)
I do dot believe there is a man here to day
who has any personal or party preferences to
gratify, or any personal or party animosities
to indulge. 1 believe that all are willing in
this Convention, to cast their predictions and
prejudices upon their country’s altar, to shield
the people of our beloved State frdm the fierce
contest with which she is threatened. If we
do this we shall have accomplished much
yea, more than any party in Georgia ever
did.
Hoping that not a note of discord may arise
in our deliberations ; that good men will be
chosen for the accomplishment of so laudable
a pnrpose, and that the peace and good of the
people will be promoted by our assembling
together, I again return you my thanks for
the honor confered ; and I now announce the
Convention opened and ready for business.—
(Applause )
On motion of W. 11. Mitchell, of Clark, a
committee of three from each Congressional
District, was appointed to report business for
the Convention, as follows : ,
Ist District—Messrs. DeLyon, Harris and
Spalding.
2d District—Messrs. Slaughter, Lamar and
Mclntyre.
3d District—Messrs. Jeter, Bivins and Fish.
4th District—Messrs. Sanford, Holt, and
Wingfield.
sth District—Messrs. Jones, Davison and
Franklin.
6th District—Messrs. Mitchell, Hull and
Fannin.
7th District—Messrs. J F Johnson, Feepies
and C II Johnson.
Bth District—Messrs. Lester, Orn>e aud Rob
inson.
9th District —Price.
10th District—Messrs. Cannon, Gartrell of
Floyd, and Farnesworth.
Mr. Lester of Cobb, offered the following,
which was unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That the committee on business
be instructed to present to this convention the
names of two gentlemen as suitable candi
dates forelectors for President and Vice Pres
ident of the Confederate States for the State
of Georgia at large ; and also two names as
suitable for Alternates.
On motion of Mr. Jeter of Muscogee it was
resolved :
That the delegates from the several Dis
tricts be requested to select, during the re
cess, candidates for electors, alternates and
for their respective districts.
The counties composing each Congressional
district was then read out by the Secretary,
and as they were read, the delegates from
each district announced a peace of meeting
during the recess.
The convention then adjourned till 3
o’clock.
The Convention met persuant to adjourn*-
meat.
Mr. Hammond from the business commtllee i
made the following report.
The Committee to whom was assigned the '
duty of preparing matter proper to be acted
upon by this Convention asked leave to re- ■
I port :
That in view of the recent descent upou the j
coast of North Carolina by the armed forces
' of the United States, we urge upon the pro-
I per authorities the necessity of increased vig
’ ilance in making all needful efforts to put our
' coast in a com pel te state of defence.
We have witnessed with feeling of pride the
heroic conduct of our brave soldiers in the
! field and congratulate our country upon the
• possession of sons whose deeds of noble dar
! iug proudly challenge comparison with the
i names and achievements of the greatest sol-
> diers of ancient or modern times.
! That appreciating its proper value at the
I eminent services of our much esteemed aud gif.
> ted President and Vice President, Hon. Jes
: ferson Davis and Hon. A. 11. Stephens, we
; present to the people of Georgia the names of
these distinguished citizens as proper to be
supported by us all for the offices of President
and Vice President of the Confederate States
for the ensuing term.
Resolved, That we present to the people of
Georgia the name of the Hon.
of the county of as one every
way suitable and proper to be voted for, for
the office of Governor of this State at the en
suing election, and cordially recommend his
election by the people.
Resolved, That we recommend the following
gentlemen to be voted for as Electors for the
State at large; David Irwin, of Cobb; Thos
C Lloyd, of Chatham; and as Alternate Elec
tors, J R Alexander, of Thomas, and W H Dab
ney, of Gordon.
On motion of Mr. Spalding, of Mclntosh,
the blank was filled with the name of Hon.
E. A. Nisbet, of Bibb, wh’ch was unanimous
ly agreed to, and the report unanimously
adopted, with applause.
The delegations of the several Congression
al Districts through their Chairman present
ed the following names for Presidential Elect
ors and Alternates in the several districts,
which were unanimously adopted by the Con
vention :
ELECTORS.
First District —J L Harris, of Glynn.
Second District—Arthur Hood, of Randolph.
Third District—J L Wimberly, of Stewart.
Fourth District—Edmund "McGehee, of
Houston.
Fifth District—l P Garvin, of Richmond.
Sixth District—M C M Hammond, of Clark.
Seventh District—O C Gibson, of Spalding.
Eighth District—Herbert Fielder, of Polk.
Ninth District—ll H Cannon, of Rabun,
Tenth District—H F Price, of Cass.
ALTERNATES.
Ist District —J L Singleton, of Scriven.
2d District —J S Dyson, of Thomas.
3d District—J M. Mobley, of Harris.
4th District—l E Dupree, of Twiggs.
sth District—J S Hook, of Washington.
6th District—lsham Fannin, of Morgan.
7th District—J T Stephens, of Monroe.
Sth District—John Ray, of Coweta.
9th District—J II Banks, of Hall.
10th District—FA Kirbyx.of Chattooga.
On motion, a Committee c insisting of Messrs.
D’Lyon, Slaughter and Holt were appointed to
notify Mr. Nisbet that he had been unani
mously designated by this assembly as a prop
er person to fill the office of Governor, and to
request him to become a candidate.
A resolution of thunks to the President and
Secretaries for the able manner in which their
services had been discharged, and a request to
all the papers iu the State to copy the pro
ceedings was adopted, and then th? Conven
tion adjourned sine die.
The proceedings were harmonious beyond
auy deliberative body, of any kind, we ever
witnessed. Oaly one name was presented by
any person for Governor, upon whom all seem
ed to agree without a dissenting voice.
The proper spirit prevailed throughout.—
There was no censure cast upon ony one, even
by implication, either in speech or resolution.
There was nothing in all the proceedings that
was in the least degree offensive or to which
the most sensitive opponent could take any
exception. The choosing of Judge Hammond,
a dignified aud courteous gentleman of the
highest social standing and moral worth, to
preside over the meeting; and the hearty ap
plause with which his patriotic remarks were
received, characterized the whole proceeding
with a magnanimity, good taste, feeling and
gentlemanly bearing, worthy of commenda
tion.
Our Special Correspondence from Colonel
Stovall’s Regiment.
GEORGIA SOLDIERS ATTENDING CHURCH
SOME REFLECTIONS—EARLY PIOUS TRAIN
ING DEATH OF A SOLDIER HEALTH
CAMPS KEPT CLEAN ARRIVAL OP' THE
LOCHRANE GUARDS IRISH SOLDIERS
THE HOSPITAL GEORGIA TROOPS THE
“CONFEDERACY” TN CAMP EXPECTA-
TIONS, AC., AC.
Camp Davis, Lynchburg, Virginia, (
Sept. 9,1861. )
Dear Confederacy : The soldiers have all gone
to offer up their devotions at the altars of the
Most High at the various churches in the city.
This manifestation of reverenca for the deity,
on their part, is universally commented upon
by the citizens of Lynchburg—especially in ref
erence to the Georgia troops. If I see a man, reg
ularly as the Sabbath comes, going to church,
and eagerly devouring each word of the dis
course as it is uttered by the divine with prayer
ful attention, and the eye speaking praise to
God, I cannot but think his dear parents are
Christians, God-loving people, and heatrue pa
triot and soldier. As I now write you, our camp
is almost deserted, the soldiers, in squads, un
der the charge of an officer, have marched in
good order to the houses of worship, whilst, on
our right, the Mississippians are having a ser
mon preached them, and hither and thither
they are scattered, seated on camp stools,
whilst the beauties of the gospel is being un
folded to them. Truly, I can exclaim: “Glo
ry to God in the highest on earth ; peace and
good will towards men.” What a sight for the
parents of those brave men, could they but be
hold it! What depths of emotion would arise
i in the fountains of their hearts at such a scene,
j They know, by this, that the bringing up of
■ their children “in the nurture and admonition
! of the Lord” is not lost upon them, even in
; the tented field.
How earnestly the good man strives to im-
■ press upon them the divine precept, “ Honor |
! thy father and thy mother, that tby days may i
Ibe long in the land and the attentive ear,
\ the tearful eye, and the convulsive throb of a
■ soldier's heart, bespeak that the lesson is not
: forgotten. The mothers of Georgia’s soldiers j
’ can congratulate themselves that their once j
■ prattling babes, now in the vigor of manhood, I
and arrayed in the panoply of warriors, are i
daily calling down blessings on their beads for i
I the counsels given them in youth. The fath- ■
! era of these noble boys, who have placed the
I musket in their bands, may feel assured that j
their stout arms aud brave hearts are uerved \
for the conflict by the cheering words, “Trust i
■ in God, I give you up for your country.” If
you could see with what willingness and cheer- |
fulness they perform every laborious duty as- ‘
■ signed them, and the proud look of conscious- i
neas they give, when they know that it has j
been done well, you would be doubly proud of
! them. Such soldiers the world has never fur
i nished before for the defense of a nation’s lib
i erty. But often our hearts are almost rent by
the ravages of a foe we can not conquer. Many
who have periled their lives in the thickest of
the fight, and escaped one death, have fallen
by the unseen shaft of disease. We were call
ed to witness just such a scene on Friday last,
in the death of Lieut. Wm. Goggins, of Virgin
ia. A }oung man of noble daring, brave and
chivalrous, the pride of his parents, and the
favorite of the Lynchburg community, was
suddenly snatched from them by this unseen
power. He was at the er gagement at Bull’s
Run on the 18th, and also at Manassas on the
21st, in both of which he gallantly led on his
comrades, and. though death was all around
aud about him. an<! men falling by scores, yet
he escaped un h urt. Itnmt d lately after, he had
auattick of typhoii fevt r, which ended his
life He died id the bosom of his family, but
no humau art cau give the father back his
son, the mother her darling b >y, the brother
his dearest associate, or the sister her protect
or. A detachment of 50 men and six Lieuten
ants, by order of our Colonel, were detailed to
pay the last sad tribute to a stranger, but a
brother-soldier. We proceeded to the residence
of the deceased, taking open order in front;
and I never did experience such feelings as I
entered the room where the deceased lay. A
beautiful metalic case, all wreathed with flow
ers, hung entwined around it in beautiful fes
toons, interspersed with evergreen, first met
my gaze. As we carefully raised it to bear
him hence, convulsive sobs from relatives were
heard, and I involuntarily, with greater care,
proceeded with our sad task. I trod lightly
the ground, for every noise was an arrow to
loving hearts. They knew we had come to
take their boy away, and we could but bespeak
our sympathies with scalding tears. We reach
ed the cemetery—a beautiful spot near the
James River; and, as the report of our fire
arms broke the stillness of the hour, I felt
deeply for the parents of such a boy. Would
that our country had many such sons to give
in her cause.
The health of the different regiments and
battalions is excellent. In our company we
have but one or two cases, and they are slight.
The good health of our troops is owing to the
fact, that the police duty is rigidly enforced,
and the camps are thoroughly swept and
cleansed every day; and the good water and
regular diet we have.
I chronicle the arrival to the rifle and cav
alry Legion, (Col. Phillips,) of a splendid Irish
company from Macon. ’! hey came last week,
and such brawny arms, big men, brave look
ing and determined, are seldom found. This
company is large, and Lieut. Meara, of Logan
<fc Meara, of Macon notoriety, is one of its offi
cers. O. A. Locbrane, Esq , one of its warmest
friends, I learn, worked faithfully in getting
up aud perfecting its thorough organization.—
Dear old Erin is well represented now in our
army, and, my word for it, they “know they’re
right, and will go ahead.” They are already
vastly popular, and are generally the favor
ites in our army, and we hope for many more
such from Georgia.
The city hospitals are still crowded with the
sick, and we read, with pleasure, that the
Georgia hosp tai at Richmond is now almost
ready for occupants. The mortality among
soldiers here is very small, and it is truly re
markable that, out of so many patients, so few
die. This may be owing, however, in a great
measure, to the good nursing of the ladies of
this place.
Georgia troops still keep pouring in, and I
verily believe that every third man you meet
is from the “ Empire State.” To say you are
from Georgia, is a sufficient passport to the
hearts ol these people, and so with Alabam
ians and Mississippians. The hospitalities of
the citizens continue on the increase to all the
soldiers, and they will (I may say) starve
themselves to feed a man with a musket and
stripes down his pants.
Your excellent sheet is eagerly enquired for
by the few who take it here, and almost every
soldier in our Raitalion says he either takes it
for his family or intends subscribing. You
may, therefore, look out for a larger subscrip
tion list than you bargained for, and I do not
wonder at it; for they all acknowledge its su
periority over any other for reliability and
general information in Georgia. They also
admire the independent stand you have taken
in regard to your paper, and the perseverance
and indefatigable exertions you make to give
it a higher tone than is generally found in
newspaperdom. We say, then, “Go ahead,”
and no danger will happen that will knock
you into pi. The paper comes regularly every
morning, and strange, that others who take
dailies generally get one or two a week, whilst
the Confederacy is found on our table every
day.
We hear every day important news from the
seat of war. It is now reduced to a certainty
as I predicted before, that Washington City
will be ours, for our cannon are in easy range,
aud our flag floating on one bank of Potomae,
and the Stars and Stripes on the other. I read
a letter yesterday written in plain view of the
city, from an officer in our army, and the
troops are eager for the commencement of the
bombardment. We expect to be present at its
beginning, unless we are doomed to remain
here. We only live in hope. You may, there
fore, look for startling and grand movements
before 1 write you again, and your patrons
may rest assured that I will give yon nothing
bnt facts—reliable facts. T. D. W.
♦ ♦
letter from Red River, dated the2Bth,
says that the cott c.-op was opening, and
adds:
“ It is wasting very much from daily rains,
and catterpillars are all over the fields. The
I crop will be very much cut off.”
Mrs. Antony, Mrs. Brown, and Mrs.
! Klabflaiscb, three ladies from Georgia,arrived
; here yesterday, having come hither to aid in
i nursing the sick soldiers, who will rejoice to
' see these noble women.— Richmond Dispatch,
I Sept. 7
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i Col. Joseph R. Anderson, of the Trede
gar Iron Works, Richmond, has beea appoint
i ed a Brigadier-General in the Southern army,
; and will soon be assigned to active service.—
j He graduated al West Point, and has served
; in the U. 8. Army.
The New York “World” complains
that the military spirit is dying out iu the
Northern States.
—_—
Prayers for the health of President Da
vis were offered in Charleston on the 254 h ul
timo.
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