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GEO. W. ADAIB. —j. liENLY SMITH,
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ATLANTA. OMOBOIAi
FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1801.
Office Beeklu*--Political Part lee, and
Party Conventions.
Wo have iuteoded, for sometime past, to offer
it lew thoughts oa this subject; but ws have
been so much occupied id catering to the crav
ing appetite of the people for war news, that
we have deferred it until now.
Our free institutions, in their very nature, be
get parties. Where there is freedom of thought,
speech, aetiob and the prees. there will bedis-
cuaaioDS and different opinions will exist.--
This, at once, creates parties. This, In itself,
is not wrong. It is the bitter partisan strife-
the uocoinpromising party spirit, which inter
ested and unprincipled men get up—those ef
forts of the few, who have selfish ends to pro
mote, and are not actuated by motives of pub
lic good—who draw party lines and foist their
men and their measures upon the publio, with
out any agency of tbe people; in short, it is
the abuu of parties that begets tbe evils, and
not that parties are necessarily wrong in them
selves. This is the fruitful source of all the
troubles that uow environ our beloved country.
The negro question, tbe tariff and all the dis
tinctive features of Northern policy, have been
nothing more than party tactics through which
to get into power. The abuse of parties—the
perversion of their uses, by dspraved and un
scrupulous men, to the basest purposes—that
of serving their own selfish ends at the ex
pense of public good; these have broken up
the Union, and involved us iu a war. But for
the unprincipled scrambles of the basest of
men, operating with tbe machinery of party
tactics, the North and the South would have
lived together in peace, and the Union would
have been perpetual.
What has taken place before, may take place
again. We warn our people, now that we are
separated from the North and are engaged in
a war to maintain that separation, that if we
suffer ourselves to become corrupted and em
broiled with parties, as we did in the Old Gov
ernment, we shall again become involved in
similar troubles. Sectional animosities and lo
cal interests and prejudices will become rife
and embittered—even in the South, where our
interests now seem to be homogeneous. We
shall have another dissolusion—a secession of
some portion of tbe Confederate States, and be
involved in another war on account of it. This
we wish to avoid for the future; end in order
to do so, t'ae old machinery of parlies must be
ignored, and whatever of party management
there may be, must be confided to a different
class of men. A new method of bringing out
candidates for office must be adopted. Tbe peo
ple must see that good men, whose modesty
have heretofore kept them out of the ring, are
brought forward, and they must not be insult
ed and disgraced by being thrust into the com
pany of blackguards. These disturbers of tbe
peace, and enemies of our country, must be
made to know their place, aod kept in their
own kennels.
All of us, in d&ys past, have been more or
leas controlled by the'baneful influence of these
unscrupulous partisans. We have voted for
men to fill offices of high honor and trust, in
whom we had little or no confidence in any of
the business relations of life, and whom we
would not trust or employ in any business con
nected with our personal interests. This was
for no other reason than that they had, by
by some party tricks or through corrupt agen
cies. been nominated by tbe party to which we
were attached. IIow these men could get such
nominations, the people have often been at a
loss to understand—knowing it was not upon
their merits.
Office hunting and demagoguism, under the
Old Government, bad become a regular pro-
fe( sion, and that, too, by a class of men wholly
unfit by capacity, education or moral worth to
fill tbe places to whioh they aspired. We do
not wish to be understood as insisting that
every man who held, or aspired to hold office,
was of that class—by no means; but we do in
sist that their number waa far too large for the
country*e good ; and now that we are involved
in trouble—threatened with a common danger
—our soil invaded—our homes, property, hon
or, lives and all that mankind hold doer and
worth living for is in peril, let us pause and
reflect a moment upon tbe real cause of all
this ! How insignificant and worthless oar past
partisan differences, but how momentous are
their bitter fruita ! How often have we allow
ed prejudice, rather than reason and patriot
ism, to control our actions and votes? Shall
we return to this evil practice, or shall we now
embrace the golden opportunity of inaugura
ting a different and a better order of things ?
Let us reform—the object is worth the effort.
Let us utterly ignore the corrupting influences
of party conventions and caucuses, which were
so strongly and justly condetnnsd by the im
mortal Calhoun—the great embodiment of State
Rights; and whose prophetic eye trsced out
and exposed to the view of tbe past genera
tion, the very results that are now uprn us, as
tbe fruit of tho corrupt partisan practices of
his day. But for th« dootrins# he enunciated,
and to which the people of the South have
clung, we would not now he engaged in % rev
olution to resist the inroads which the office
huutiog, power seeking North, uuder the con
trol of unprincipled party hacks, were making
upon Constitutional liberty. He gave unan
swerable reasons for his opinions—the princi
pal one was that it opened the door to corrupt
and incompetent men. Bold, impudent dem
agogues too often succeeded in bluffing modest
and meritorious men, who would not stoop to
a scramble for either office or honor, with such
unprincipled opponents.
The question then arises : “ How will candi
dates for offics be got before the people ?”
We ere fully advised of the usual diffidence
of aspirants; and, fur their benefit, and to save
them from the usual trouble of wire working,
log-rolling and all the usual oentemptible and
disgraceful routine, known only to the Initia
ted, we suggest that for ell State offices, from
Oovernor down to the lowest, every aspirant
simply deolare hU desire or wlllingnsse to fill
the oflo*; or, let any one who wishes a friend
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
to be e candidate, announce his name; and
then let ell trust to the popular vote for the
result—taking no undue steps to influence the
publio during the canvass. The inetineU of
the meeeee are generally correct, and in nine
cases our of teo, would vote for the hast men,
if left to themeelves and uoiofluonced by party
tricks.
We cell the attention of all our readers to
the unity of sentiment and the absence of par
ty wrangles in South Caroline We are native
Georgians, but we would gladly eee a similar
policy in this respect adopted in this State.—
People may say what they will about it; but
none eau deny that their Government is pro
ductive of as much contentment, prosperity
sod general benefit as ours—sye, of even more
than any other Slate Government in the Con
federacy. We shall rejoiee if. in this revolu
tion, we can have some of the South Carolina
customs introduced into our political machine
ry. None of the liberties of their people are
abridged. If they are, the people are uncon
scious of it; for, inrtead of being passive slaves
as those ere who are deprived of liberty, there
is not a more independent, spirited, chiv
alrous and honorable people on the face of the
earth.
We regret to see, and take this opportunity
to express our disapprobation, as public jour
nalism, of the appointment recently made, of
some rnen under the old regime, to places of
trust, who are notorious old party vultures—
wrecked in fortune, and bankrupt in charac
ter, who have been foragiDg on the old Gov
ernment for years—who could not be trusted
ia any money affairs in the community
where they are known. A few of such man
have lately been appointed to offices—not
where their valor could be tested, and they
could stand in the way of their country’s dan
ger; but of public trust. How, or through
what considerations, these men are selected to
handle the funds, in these times, can be known
only to those who have wallowed with them in
the political mires of the dirty past. We had
hoped all these old party debts were squared
off, or if not, that they would be repudiated,
and that for all time to come, men would be
placed in office, either by election or appoint
ment, for merits alone. They should be sober,
honest, industrious, and competent. Let eve
ry mau for all time to come, vote for no one
who falls short, wbeu measured by this stand
ard; and let the people make those holding
the appointing power, afraid to abuse it, and
disgrace tho country, by conferring favors on
unworthy men. Select men for office as you
would select your executor to guard the inter
estsof your widow and orphans; and depend
upon it, the country will be the gainer. We
will have fewer disgraceful canvasses, election
disturbances, and defaulters in office, and have
a higher standard of official excellence, with
an improvement in every department. The
people will be elevated, and have a higher de
gree of virtue, and personal honor and integ
rity.
Our Special Army Correspondence.
Tht Forces Approaching, and a Battle at Hand
—The Lincoln Government Beginning to
Feel the Ground-Swell in the Forth—The
North wants the Blockade liaised—Distress
—Factories Stopped—The Coming Storm-
Shortening Sail—Twenty Days to * 4 Dis-
perse ”—The Brilliant Manowre of General
Johnson—His Skill as a Strategist—Interest
ing Particulars of the More rnen ts About
Harper's Ferry—The Cowardice of the Yan
kees.
Hurlhut—Gen. Fierce—Sailing of the Van
derbilt- The Crew of the Privateer 8a mn-
nah not to fte Executed—A Straw from Eng•
land, and a Straw from Massachusetts—
Prisoners,
Richmond, June 24.
Tbe drama is sweeping on to its bloody de-
noument. The pickets of the hostile hosts
have approsched to within two miles of each
other, between Manassas Junction and Alex
andria, and the forces of the two armies aro
gradually, but surely following iu their wake.
A collision between scouting parties may bring
on a grand battle any day. It will be difficult
to keep the peace long, when the combatants
are separated by so slight a distance. Your
readers need have no apprehension as to the
result. The Washington Government would
be glsd to avoid a fight until after the reassem
bling of Coogress.
Aground-swell is beginning to be felt through
out the trading, commercial and manufactur
ing classes of tte North, in favor of peace.—
Tbe New York “ Tost,"a rabid abolition sheet,
is already out in favor of raising the block
ade, on the ground that its only effect is to in*
jure the North, while it benefits the South. A
number of cotton mills in Now England and
Pennsylvania have stopped oa account of the
scarcity of cotton and tbe slight demand for
goods. The huckstering politicians who com
pose the Government are not insensible to these
premonitions of the coming storm, and thsy
would he rejoiced if Gen. Beauregard would
allow them a little time to shorten sail, srethe
tornado shall strike the rotten old hulk. It
may bo that the gallant General will allow
them twenty days of grace, in which to dis
perse ; hut, if he does, it will be for reasons of
State policy, and not from toy want of milita-
ry preparation.
There are some facts connected with the
movement of Gen. Johnson from Harper’s Fer
ry, which render it the roost brilliant manoeu
vre of the present campaign, and demonstrates
beyond all question bis great ability and skill
as a strategist. He knew that the place, in
itself, was untenable, and of but little military
importance, and occupied it for a special ob
ject, which, hut for the tories who abound in
that neighborhood, he would have accomplish-
td, and, at tbe same time, would have won a
great victory. Intending for some time to evac
uate the place, and knowing that Patterson's
column was moving down from the North, and
McClellan’s from tbe West, with a view of ef
fecting a junction at Winchester, and thus
prevent a union of the Confederate forces et
Harper's Fsrry and Manassas Junction—know
ing these things, he waited until the first di
vision of Patterson's column had reached Wil
liamsport, on the North side of the Potomac.
He then evacuated the place, and pretended to
be retreating. The enotny understood ths
movsmsnt to be a retreat, as he desired they
should, and actually crossed the Potomac,
when suddenly changing hit course, be push
ed forward his forces due North, along the very
road by whioh the enemy were approaching.
But the tories managed to get word of whnt
wet going on to Gen. Cadweiladar, who wee In
command of the Hessiene, just In time to cove
him self. The order was immediately given,
“right about face,” which tho Yankses obey-
od with great alaority, and they never stopped
until they bed put the Potomae between them
and the bloody Southerners.
Johnston’s next step (whioh I have just learn
ed from tbe most onquestioanhfo authority)
was to affsot a second retreat in the direction
of Winchester, to which he aotually withdrew,
hoping the enemy would again eroee into Vir
ginia and attain pt a pursuit. He was not mis
taken, for Cadw»llader again crossed the Po
tomac, when Johnston threw forward a force
of 1.5M picked troupe (Including Got. Bartow’s
Georgia Regiment) to Martiosburg. They sue
oeeded in getting within five mile* of the Yen
kees. when, for tbe second time, lory spies ear
ned information of our approach to the one
my, who again wheeled about and struck a
trot, which they did not stop until they re
crossed into Maryland. When they reached
the Potomac, it is s>tid that they plunged into
the water, and rushed to the other bank ss if
the d 1 bad been after them.
Mr. Hurlhut, the supposed abolition corres
f ondent of the New York “Times,” arrived
are to-day, and has been turned over to the
proper authorities. It is not known yet what
disposition will be made of him.
Generai Pierce, the running hero of Bethel
Church, has csMed for a court of inquiry into
his conduct on the occasioo of the late battle
at that place. He has also published a letter
ia the Boston papers, iu which he denies the
charge that Gen. But'er had reprimanded him
in insulting terms for his cowardice and in
competency.
The steamer Vanderbilt sailed from New
York last week, with sealed orders, having
Billy Wilson’s regiment of thieves and cut
throats on board. The steamer also took out a
number of carts aud mules, a number of rifled
cannon, and a stock of provisions aod ammu
nition.
There is considerable discussion in the North
ern papers ss to the disp>sition to be made of
the crew of the privateer Savannah. The
“Herald’’recommends that the death penalty
be not inflicted, and that the crew be pul up
on tbe public works, and made to “wheel dirt.”
The “Tribune” is more bloodthirsty; and,
while it does not urge the authorities to hang
them, it contends that “ tbe pirates ” deserve
bo other fate. They will not be hung—the Gov
ernment dare not do it.
As a straw, showing which way tbe wind
sets from the British Islands, I would state
that the 47th regiment was under orders, at
the last accounts, to sail from Liverpool to
Canada.
Another straw : Cotton in New York is sell
ing st 10@10Jc., and the mill owners in Mas
sachusetts are beginning to import cotton from
England.
The Oth Georgia Regiment, Col. Goulding,
has received orders to proceed to Winchester
just as soon as transportation can be provided
—say in a day or two.
Three prisoners were brought in to-day, two
of whom were found together in tbe woods,
ani arrested by one man. Squads of them are
brought in every few days. A.
From the Savannah News.
Col. Bartow’s Reply to Gov. Brown.
Camp Dbfiancr, Harper’s Ferrt, )
June 14ib, 1801. /
To Governor Joseph E. Brown :
Sir : I received your letter of i he 21st ult.,
while at Richmond. Since the date of its re-
«epti*n, I have been so constantly engaged in
the duties of the service 1 have undertaken,
that 1 have found no time whioh could be de
voted to an acknowledgement of your commu
nication. 1 now write amidst the hurry aud
confusion of the camp, being about to march
from this poiut, we trust to meet tbe enemy.
I have little time aud less Mclination to re
ply in detail to the insolent missive you have
thought proper to publish in my absence. Re
spect, however, for the good opinion of the
people of Georgia, induces me, in a few
words, to set right my conduct, which you
have taken so much pains to asperse, aud to
correct the misstatements and false irnputa
lions with which your letter abounds.
You say that I have “ commenced my mil
itary career by setting at defiance the orders
of the officer upon whom tbe Constitution of
my State has conferred the right to command
me.” I am not aware that you have any
such right, unless I were actually enlisted iu
tbe service of tbe State of Georgia, in a con
tingency which, under the Constitution,
would give the State the right to raise and
maintain troops.
1 commence my military career, as you are
pleased to term it, by accepting service under
the flag of the Confederate States, and 1 re
ooguize not you, but the President of the Con
federate Slates as the officer upon whom the
Constitution (to which Georgia ie a party)
“has conferred the right to command me.”
It is true that I tendered, under instructions
from my company, their service to the Con
federate Slates ihrough you, iu the first in
stance; this, however, was simply because ibe
President had adopted that mode of obtaining
troops as a matter of publio convenience, and
not because there ever was any Constitution or
law which required hirn to appeal to the Slats
Executives; still less is there sny ground for
your assertion that tbe rights of the States
are violated by the President receiving troops
directly, without the intervention of the Gov
ernors.
You labor, and have constantly labored,
under the erroneous impression that you are
the State or Georoia. I beg leave to protest
against this conclusion, ia which 1 assure
you, I can never concur. By the Constitution
of tbe Confederate States, to whiou Georgia
has agreed, toe Confederate Government it
alone chargeable with questions of peace sod
war, and has tbe exclusive right, except in
osse of invasion, to raise and maintain ar
mies. The Cougress, and not (be Governors
of States, are entrusted with the power to
raise these armies: aod as the Constitution is
broad aod unqualified in this grant of power,
the'Congrcss is uurestrioted in the mode in
whioh it shall beexeroised. The President of
the Confederate States is the Commander in-
Chief of these armies, thus raised for a com
mon cause ; and tbe Governors of States have
not, so far as 1 am aware, any jurisdiction of
power over this subject, except so far as pa
triotism may indues them to co operate with
the General Government in times or groat «m-
orgenoy aod danger. Your conclusions, there
fore, that the “ Aot of Congress under which I
go, is a palpable encroachment upon tho rights
of tho States,” does not io the least disturb
me. Neither upon reason or authority do I
ooosidor the opinion of much value. I think
most people will prefer tho judgement of tbe
ConfederateCengress and the President of tho
State#, who gave tho aot their deliberate sanc
tion.
You have fallen into another error upon
this subject. You say “that l proceeded to
tho Confederate Congress, of which 1 am a
member, and that a bill was passed, you sup
K se, chiefly by my influence, whioh author
>o the President to reecive the military for*
cos of the State over tho head aed independ
ent of State authority.” You further say
that “under thia Act I was aooopted into ter-
vies, without your consent, and permitted to
leave Savsunab and go to Yil > gl*ia. ,, I as
sure you, in paaoing, that I shall never think
it nacoaoary to obtain your consent to enter
the service of my oountry. God forbid that I
should over flail so lorn.
But to your eharg*. I kuow not to whnt
net you refer, a* the ono under whieb I wan
aeeepted into tervioe; but 1 will inform ion
that tbe Aot under whioh 1 serve is entitled,
“An Aot to raise additional forees to serve
during the war.” This Aot, to the beet of my
remembrance, contains no allusion to State
authority, nor does it allude In any port to tbe
Governors of State*. It Is simply on Aot ou-
therisisg tbe President to nooopt tbe services
of volunteers for lb# war, and to appoint tbsir
field officers; and in these twe respect* also*,
it differs from other Acts nndsr whieb volun
teers hav* been oeeepled. This bill was in
troduced into Congress by tbs Hon. Mr. Wig-
fall, of Texas, without sny consultation with
me, referred to ths Mllitsry Committee, of
whioh I wso chairman, perfected by it, aod
passed by tbe Cungrooe. It met the approval
of the moat distinguished loaders of ths State
Rights school in tbo Congress, and wss re-
gsrded by Congress ss (he best means to raise
an efficient army, so absolutely required by
the wicked Invasion sot on foot by the North.
Mr. Wright, of Georgia, introduced a bill,
whioh dose authorize tho President, without
oalling upon tho Governors of tbo States, to
accept tbe services of volunteers at the times
he may prescribe ; but with this bill 1 hod no
connection, nor am 1 in service under ito
terms, nor had I any agency in procuring its
introduction or euactment.
You go on to say, “that I must be presum
ed to be the leading spirit ia procuring tho
passage of this bill, and that 1 was the first
to avail myself of its benefits by aocepting a
high command under it.” You remark, “that
it is said, that I am to have a Colonel’s com
mission.” Now, sir, the feels are, that under
the former bill, by which twelve month’s vol
unteers were raised for the war, tbe Presi
dent had as much power to accept them di
rectly as he has under this Aot, for tbe war;
and it is a mere matter of discretion with him
under both acts, whether he will or will not
use tbo intervention of State Executives;
and yet, while stepping out of the way, to
•tab me in ibe back, you seem criminally ig
norant of what you ought to know.
You have also insinuated, in this charge
aod elsewhere io your letter, that I have been
misled by motives of personal ambition. The
atttibuyon of low motives of oonduct to oth
ers is most frequently the result of long fs-
miliarity with suoh principles of action. It
is dangerous for any man to attribute motives,
less he fall under ths condemnation of “boar
ing false witness against his neighbor.” In
relation to myself, I desire to ssy but little.
I prefer to bo judged by my action*. It is not
true, that I availed myself of the benefits of
the Act of Congress to which you refer, by
seeking a high command under it. I offered
service and was accepted as Captain of my
Company, without any pledge or understand
ing, directly or indiiectly, that I was to have
another commission. My present office of
Colonel of this Regiment, has been conferred
upon me through the voluntary confidence of
the President, and through the wish, as I
have reason to believe, of every officer and
private under my command. I have desired
no office, preferring, for many reasoos, to re
main at the bead of my company, between
which and myself there has existed a deep-
seated attachment, and it was only by their
conseut that I agreed to oommand the Reg
iment.
My reasons for entering the service are very
simple. I had labored as much as any man
in Georgia to effect the secession of the Slate;
I had pledged myself to meet the consequen
ces of secession. I am bound, therefore, in
honor, aod still more strongly by duty, to be
among the foremost in accepting the bloody
consequences which seem to threaten us. My
life can be as well spared as any other man’s,
aud l am willing and ready to devote it. You
taunt roe with deserting my home and the de
fense of my fireside, •• to serve the oommon
cause in a more pleasant summer climate.” I
wish you were here to witness the realities of
thii service you deem so pleasant. It would
cure you, I think, of some of your mslioious
propensities. You taunt me also, with having
imposed upon others tbe duty of defeudiog
the post which 1 have deserted ; and yet,
when you penned this you knew that you had
steadily refused to call the volunteer troops
of Savannah into service of any kind ; and
that you had called “many of our bravest
young men from other parts of the State to
fill our places,” and defend our homes, while
we were permitted to rest iu inglorious esse.
The volunteer troops of Savannah are now In
service, not through you, but by the direct
order of the Commander in-Chief of the Con
federate forces. Alt that you say upon this
subject is Jesuitical, designed to eubsbrve a
purpose rather than narrate tbe truth. I have
the same right to judge that you have as to
the probability of an attsok upon Savannah.
There is scarcely a seaboard city along tbe
Atlantic coast that has not its representatives
here in Virginia- Why should Savannah be
an exception ? Surely one company could be
spared, at least, to show that her heart was
true to tbe oommon cause, and that her youth
were ready to court danger upoa ths very
frontiers of the war. Such a spirit is not what
you have characterized it. It is probably
above your comprehension, but the generous
and noble hearted of my native State will know
how to appreciate it.
Aod now as to my arms. 1 did not ask you
to arm or equip mo. I bad already received,
from the late Government of the United States,
through you, arms and equipments, which
cost the State of Georgia nothing. They were
delivered to me and you took my bond for
their safe keeping, unless destroyed in tho
public service. You have threatened mo with
tbe penalty of the bond. Take it, if you eon
get it. That is your remedy. If I have been
wrong in taking the arms away from Georgia,
I am a trespasser, and of course responsible.
I think the power you claim to disarm com
panies once armed and under bonds, at your
will, is, to ssy tbe least of it, doubtful. As I
have already said, in a former letter, I would
not make this issue if I could find any way to
avoil it. I would rather yield, than have a
controversy with any roan where tbe public
interests are involved. But. situated as I was,
I prefer disobedience, if you please, rather
than to jeopard the honor and the safely of
one hundred men confided to ray care. You
seem to think I am arrogant in claiming our
humble share in representing the State of
Georgia on this field of action. You say that
you aro not a«aro of tbo State authority by
whioh I am called to represent the Stale of
Georgia in Virginia. You make hero again,
your common error, of supposing that you aro
the State of Georgia—a mistake in which I do
not participate. You will not bo permitted to
alienate from us the ostsom and affsotion of
those we leave behind, aod whom wo love so
dearly. I am sorry you have undertaken so
ungracious s task.
You say ( “ that, st present, I am beyond
tho reaeh or Stale authority, aod Stats linos,
so far ss I am concerned, are oblitsrated.
How long this way remain §©,” you oay,
“depends upon tbs dsvelopassnls of tbo fu
ture ” I trust, if God spare# my life, 1 shall
sot foot again on tho soil of Georgia, and yea
may be well aoaured that I so wore fear ts
meet my enemies nt lioass than I new 4e le
meet tbe enemies ef my eoeniry abroad.
With duo rsapeel,
I have tbe bener to be
Year most obedisst,
FRANCIS 8. BARTOW.
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Georgia made Shirtings, suitable for Soldieij
Which wo will sell as low as can be afforded under the circumstances.
Our SWORDS will be ready this week—a Southern made Sword —good I
per—fine finish—at a reasonable price.
We are prepared to make up UNIFORMS for Companies at short notice!
fair prices for CASH.
W. F. HERRING &
June 20—dim.
HRE AND LIFE
-AND—
MARISE INSURANCE ABENCY.
T HE subscriber represents four First Class
Southern Companies, and sight Nsw York
Companies, with an aggregate Cash Capital of
SEVEN MILLIONS. The honorable adjust
ment snd payment of looses without any un
necessary delay, words hero need not bo used
to prove. Tbe proof can bo found with those
who have suffered loos, and wera so fortunate
as to procure Policies at this Agonoy. Marine
Risks, both Atlantio and River, takes as usual.
LIFE IN3URANC.
The attention of both sexoo who would se
cure for themselves an important benefit whila
they live, and also provide for their familiee
aod loved ones in tho event of Death, are in
vited to examine the superior advantages the
EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY
affords over other Life Insurance Companies.
Information relating to the prineiplee of Life
Insurance will be cheerAilly given at my of
fice, in the second story of Connolly’s Build
ing. corner of Whitehall and Alabama streets,
Atlanta Georgia. SAMUEL SMITH,
march SO. General Insurance Agenoy.
MERCHANT’S
INSURANCE COMPANY,
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
Capital Authorised $500,000
Cash and Surplus, 1st May, 1861.. 311,860
DI RECTORS:
Jos. R. Anderson, Willaim G. Paine,
James L. Apperson, Samuel Putney,
William Breeden, John Purcell,
David J. Burr, John D. Quarles,
Wm. H. Christian, David J. Saunders,
John Dooley, George D. Shell,
L H. Glazebrook, Franklin 8te«rns,
Lewis Gintor, John C. Sinton,
Samuel J. Harrison, Ed. H. Skinker,
Rosooe B. Heath, George G. Sumner,
Edward McCarthy, Thoe. Taylor, Jr.,
E. Miller, William O. Taylor,
Garrett F. Wateon.
A. PLEASANT, President
Johh H. Montaowi, Secretary.
This favorite Insurance Company continues
to insure, i oth in town and country, all kinds
of insurable property on the most favorable
terms; also, Marine Insurance.
SAMUEL SMITH, Agent,
Whitehall and Alabama Streets,
Over 8alraons A Simmons' Dry Goods Store.
Juce 20-tf.
A labs ns Iimtiim Clifuj,
MONTGOMERY.
CAPITAL -
r l'UI8 Compter, bp proaptaw it adjusting
A. tnd paying tU )mhi, ku gained t ropata-
lion whioh htt ptoatd it mum, tht Int cltM
of Io.ur.nre Oompaoio. it th. country. Itin-
•urM til kiod. of insaruble property on tho
noot r.ror.ki. term..
D1BECTOEA.
E. H. Motoolf, fWy. Wm. C. Bibb, Prudent.
F. M. Gilm.r, 8. L. Arrington,
D. A. Clerk. J. M. Willtonao,
Wm. H. Bit*. Wtde Koyooo,
J. D. Hotohrooo. John A. Bimoro.
SAMUEL SMITH, A|Ut
Offloo corner Wkilebtll A Altbtmt It
Jnnof.
SCHOOL or THE QCIDH,
O R THE PRACTICAL SOLDIER, deoiguod
tor th. nro of the Mililit 11 the Contode-
by mtilm tht receipt *f««e
1. MiFHBMOE A CO.
' The Saratoga of the Confederate S
CATOOSA SPRINGS
J j. HARM AN rmpeetfnlly ana
• his former visitors, and the psbliifl
orally, that ho has sntersd into a co-pt
ship with Mr. J. 8. Nicsols, of Ssvr
for tho onouing season at this
CELEBRATED WATERING PL
Thankful for tho patronage hsi
tended to him, he would solicit oo
of tho same for the firm, who will es*
all times, to provide for tho table, her, 1
ary luxury attainable.
Our cooks will bo the moet expsn
the South can produce, together w*U on e
ciont lore# of aitoot‘ve servant*. .Jhir"
bo an excellent BRASS and BTBIN6 1
of superior Musicians attached to the*
Tho medieal virtue# of these nusj *
riod Mineral Waters aro now too wiu I
to require an extensive description I**
tion to the Red, White snd Blsrt
Springs—many of them oonsbises
and Magnesia—is an iDexh*a•uW•»•H« ,
purest Freestone. ,
Oar oecom(sedations are vsrytf“*"
We have many pleasant cotUgsMsp^J*®
the main hotel, where families«sate«M
and retired as in their own bosses.
Catoosa Springs are in C* 4 ®** a
gin, two and a quarter mills fnm uojt
A Atlantic Railroad. A *»• OmnihotN
Hack, will bw at th. pbltotm
of.Mhtr.in, Th.8prinath.MOdw®"
rood oommn.io.tlon wiib CharwdwJj"
nob, Augaata, Macon, Milladiarillo,0"^
Atlanta, Montgomery, KuhriUo “* '
n °U'*iii or Board : Two Ml*" L
Twolro Doll mo por weok, and Tinrtyn
l.rt p*r tiagla month. Visitor* _
engage board by th. ■•moo. with to*
li... will ho boordod ot Thirty
month—ehildron and rorronl* btlirj-
Thoro who »lab to oogogo board by —•
woold do woll to oddroM _
Juno T-dJm. HARMON A l» c -
NATIONAL AMERICAN- J
T HERE mo oorornl thoot.od doUtjjT
duo mo for Robocrlption and
on .count of tho Into “
newspaper, by partioc ceatterod fhn
But*. I nwd th. money—.m., * 1 *,
mo/or the troal of it. Ic not tbltRl«F
moot enough to Induce erery
bimcelf to bo Indebted, to miko
payment, either in whele or *•
Good Boob ioya: “Thou tball »ot"yi
mouth of tho ol thnt tr.ad.lb ool !»«•
Neither ahoold Too atnrt. tbe
by unremitting toll, furoi'bM^MJ" 1
Atlanta. Juno T, If 81.
Eilngy m Ctoftraor
BY HENRY B. JACK80*.
Thia aloonoat Addraaa,
Public Sorrieoa of Gor. (**«• \
dolirorod by Hu. Hurr E.
otto, Gurgle, on tho *•»» of April* 1 *
ready for solo. It is a flnoly priateer-
dr * d ' WOO?HAltLElTEK. BIC«*5l
Juao a dlw. FnUtohart. Atta«“>_
VbUb! Halli!
T TOBUTOOOMPABt! toSatoJIJ^
SSafiE3g&
up*"* w t COTSEAN, ft*
A. ABOBTEE, !
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