Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-15
From GeOrgIa-lntercstIBg Extracts from
paweVs of TINT state.

From GeOraia-1uterestIBs Extracts from
Papers OF that state.
We clip the following extracts from late
Georgia papers which have found their way
to the North. The Savannah hepuohean OF
Thursday, September 8, says;
We have good ground for the belief that
our batteries were opened yesterday, or last
NIGHT, on the defenses at Washington. Up
10 the time we write, no intelligence has
been received from that quarter, and possi-
bly operations have been postponed, but we
feel very sure for period not more than
forty eight hours.
In the same paper Of September a, is the
following paragraph;
Among the arrivals by the steamer 81.
NdryS, yesterday, were the following prison.
ers, which were captured off st. Simon's
Islands by the 0kefenokee Rifles Captain
Dasher; Lemuel Turner, Josiah Grooms,
George W. Adams and Richard Lynn. They
were in charge of detachment of Rifles
under command of Lieutenant James Smith,
and were turned over to General Lawton.
The offense charged against these men, of
which we learn there is ample proof to con-
vict them, was that Of holding communica-
ton and supplying the enemy. They hail
from Jacksonville, Fla, and state that they
were fishermen.
The Atlanta Confedsracy Of September 4,
has this paragraph:
Two gentlemen from Charleston, lust from
England, passed through our city on yester-
day en- route for home. Both of them are
well known to US, and we can place the full
est reliance on their statements. One of
them bears dispatches from our Commission
ers in Europe to President Davis-of their
contents of course he processes to know no.
thing. At various points from Quebec to
the line of the Southern Confederacy, this
gel tleman was often searched, but the Lin
conites failed to fnd the dispatches, which
were most arttuly concealed, we know
where, but think it imprudent to let the se-
cret out.
Upon the recognition Of our Government,
and raising the blockade, our Charleston
friends say, there is not a doubt upon the
mind of any one in England. A large
number Of merchants were there from the
South, all of whom made heavy purchases,
to be paid for when the goods are safely de-
livered to consignees in the ports of the
South. Our readers may rely upon the truth
of this intelligence.
The Macon Telegraph says: According to
the Savannah Republican, the Atlanta In.
telhgencer has recently set forth in the light
of an achievement, the fact that two hundred
tuns of saltpeter and one hundred and twenty
five barrels sulphur, bought by the Gov
ernor out of the appropriation of one million
dollars for the defense Of the State, was re-
sold to the Confederate States at a net ad-
vance of fifty per cent on cost. If this be so,
we join with the Republican in the hope that
the excess over cost and expenses may be
promptly refunded. The State should not
desire to make money out of the materials
for the common defense, and it would be a
blot upon her escutcheon, while Alabama
and Louisiana were generously rendering
their millions to the Confederate Govern
ment as gift, Georgia was making specu-
lation at her expense, by vending munitions
! of war at third more than cost. We regret
to know that such an operation has taken
| place.
The Augusta papers call on the bachelors
and ladies to contribute blankets to the
soldiers. They urge the people generally to
economic their bacon and hay. The Con-
StitutionaHSt says;
Hay is noaU Worth t,Co cents per pound in the
Macon market, and will probably be scarcer
and higher than it is now, so soon as Winter
sets in. Now, will any say that he can NOT
cut and cure ten pounds of hay more cheaply
than he can grow, gather, gin and pack 8
single pound of cotton2 Hay, too, will find
a ready market for cash, while cotton may b.
shut off from market altogether during the
entire Winter. Then cut all the grass IN
| your fields 80 soon as the weather has be-
come settled; cure 1t well and stow it away
| in dry place If you do not need it, YOU
can find market for it at good price.