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GEO. W. ADAIR J- HENLY SMITH,
EDITORS ASD PEOPRIETOBS.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 1861.
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Gen. Foster. t
We take pleasure in laying before our read- 1
ers the card of Gen. Foster, exculpating his *
own and the Executive Departments of this
State from a forced construction which it ]
seems has been put upon the letter of our cor- i
respondent, “ More Anon,” in our issue of the
4th inst., by some persons. We are very sure
that our correspondent did not intend to cast
any censure, either on Gov. Brown or Gen.
Foster. That was not his object. He is a most
eminent physician and surgeou in our army,
who is looking solely after the health and best
interests of our brave men. In this capacity,
and not in a censorious one, he complains of
what he sees, and conceives it could be bet
tered. This is as he should do. As a faithful
and honest man, he could do no less.
We are well satisfied that Gov. Brown and
Gen. Foster have done the best that was possi
ble for our soldiers. That the tents are the
wrong size and shape, or made of bad materi
al, is no fault of theirs. They have been made
of the best material to be found, and exactly
according to the established pattern. If an
other pattern is found better, and our Govern
ment will adopt it, it is useless to say that
Gov. Brown and Gen. Foster would conform
to it.
We further believe that our troops are, upon
the whole, better equipped than any in the
field, as Gen. Foster alleges.
If we had conceived the article of our cor
respondent to be an attack on our State Ad
ministration, it could not have found its way
into our columns ; for on the point under con
sideration, we believe the Administration has
done its duty faithfully.
Having said so much, it may be proper to
“define our position” again. We therefore
hope no one will construe these remarks into
a committal of our paper to the support of
Gov. Brown in the coming campaign. We are
acting upon an honest principle of commend
ing whatever we think worthy of commenda
tion and censuring whatever we think de
serves it. If we should advocate the claims
of any man for Governor, or other office, we
will not be so blind and subservient as to hide
his faults, if he have any that should ba ex
posed, neither will we fail to record and com
mend any good and worthy action of the man
whom we may oppose. Our aim is to publish
a newspaper that will be independent and
controlled by honest principles.
Card from Gen. Fostc.j
“The hygiene of the regiment is my daily
study; for upon this depends in a great mea- <
sure, the efficiency of the men. Yet, all this
can effect but little, so long as they are forced
to sleep in their miserable wedges of tents
furnished us by the Governor before leaving
Georgia. They are low, narrow, pinned tight
ly to the ground, without Hies, and made of
ordinary osnabnrgs. Under such bolting cloths
who can expect to keep dry ? The heavy dews
we are now having penetrate them like a
seive; indeed, moisture seems to have been
woven in their very texture—in a word, they
are unfit to shelter half a dozen ordinary cab
bages from an October frost. Straw, ditching,
daily airing, everything devised and furnished
cannot improve them, and so long as men are
forced to burrow in such kennels, disease and
death will be constantly with us.”
Messrs. Editors : The above is an extract
from the letter of your correspondent “More
Anon,” in your issue of the 4th inst. I am
sure the statement would not have been made
if the writer had been properly informed. In
the first place, the Governor of Georgia has
nothing whatever to do with the tents furnish
ed to our volunteers—it is a duty devolving
entirely upon the Q. M. General of the State. 1
The Governor cannot legitimately make con
tracts for, or prescribe the style or quality of,
our tents. In the next place, your correspond
ent is mistakeu about the tents being made of
osnaburgs. All our privates’ tents have been
made of the best duck that could be had, and
according to army regulations. The duck has
been so hard to obtain, that I have been forced
to make some of the officers' tents of osna
burgs, and give them duck flies for covering.
’Tis true, they are not such as I desired, nor
as good as our volunteers deserve; but they
are such in height, width and in all other re.
spects, as has for years been furnished to the
United States Army. No one feels more keen
ly than I do the hardships and exposures of
our volunteers, and no oue is more determined
to do all in his power to alleviate their suffer
ings.
I write this because the extract is liable to
misconstruction, and has been construed by
some into an attack on Gov. Brown, which I
have no idea your correspondent intended.—
His letter exhibits an evident anxiety for the
welfare ot the men of his regiment, and a lau
dable desire to correct abuses. No one, I
think, would more readily do justice to Gov
ernor Brown than your worthy correspondent,
and it is for this reason that I undertake to
correct the erroneous impression made on some
minds.
When this war was forced upon us last Spring,
from our long established and exclusive pur
suits of tho arts of peace, we were almost des
titute vs everything required for the comfort
able equipment of an army. No one can im
agine the immense difficulties with which we
had to contend. But lam happy to say that
all accounts from Virginia represent our vol
unteers as the best equipped and best provi- j
ded for of any in the service, notwithstanding
tho very large number of regiments we have
put into service in so short a time. Let it be
remembered that the most peaceful nation on
earth has in a few months put into the field
one of the largest armies that the world has
seen far many centuries, under the most dis- i
advantageous circumstances.
Yours truly,
IRA R FOSTER,
Q. \f. General G. A.
i-oT' Arning the ladies recently arrested
and naw in Lincoln's dungeons at Washing
ton. is Miss Mary J. Windle, a lady of culti
vated literary tastes, and a well known con
tributor to the newspaper and periodical lit
erature.
SOUTHERN CONFEDE RAC Y
Our Special Seventh Regiment Corres
pondence.
THE WEATHER —SICKNESS—CHEERFUL STILL
—BEEF VS. PORK—COST OF PEACHES AND
MELONS —COOKING —GEN’RAL TOOMBS AND
VICE-PRESIDENT STEPHENS —NEWSPAPERS
WANTED, AC., AC.
Camp Bartow, August 31, 1861.
Dear Confederacy : The weather, that theme
of such moment to bashful beaux and blushing
belles, and oft of no littlejinterest to the anxious
farmer, is a subject of prime consideration with
the Southern soldiery. For three weeks it has
been raining almost incessantly. The light
lime soil upon which we are encamped very
soon becomes muddy. Hence, it may be easily
imagined that it has been some time since we
have been able to “ kick up a dust.” For some
time we were expecting to move daily ; there
fore, we took but little pains to guard against
mud. But we have recently ditched out our
entire encampment and cleaned up generally.
Things now wear a dryer, healthier aspect.—
The sickness in our regiment has been truly
fearful. Though we number near one thousand
men, we could only produce about three hun
dred on dress parade, and about one hundred
of that number were unfit for active duty.—
This made it rather hard on the few well ones ;
for they had to stand guard very often, in the
rain at that. But our noble, brave boys, wor
thy the soil that gave them birth, do all things
cheerily. Notwithstanding the continued rain,
the health of the regiment is improving. The
most of our sick have been taken away from
camp and kindly cared for. The result of this
good treatment is evident, for a’most every day
they return much improved and in high spir
its. There have been very few deaths consid
ering the number sick and the scarcity of prop
er medicines.
Vl e have plenty of good fresh beef to eat,
but many would much prefer the flesh of the
swine ; for we are by no means Israelites.
We have a sutler, but his exhorbitant prices
very much curtail his usefulness. With what
we can buy, and what our good friends send
us, we live very well. We miss, more than
anything e’se, the good peaches and melons
that grow so abundantly in Georgia. A small
melon sells here for $1.25, and ordinary peach
es, such as »ve would throw to the pigs, at 25
cents per dozen ; good peaches at five cents
a-piece; and it is very difficult to get them at
these rates. But with all the rain, hard fare,
want of luxuries, aud sickness, the men still
keep in fine spirits, and are eager to get achance
at the Yankees. If you could hear the jokes
they “crack” around the camp-fires and the
hearty, merry peals of laughter, you would be
almost tempted to envy the soldier his happy
lot.
Many of our boys are making excellent cooks,
and if the young ladies, at home, don’t visit
the kitchen more frequently than has been cus
tomary of late years, the boys will make them
blush when they return and make biscuit for
them. We have desert occasionally in the shape
of green apple and blackberry pies.
Perhaps some of your readers may smile,
when I tell them that on last Sunday our first
Lieutenant and two privates mounted three
young mules, without saddles, and rode over
the battle field, six or eight miles distant. But
our boys do not stand on trifles.
We were rejoiced the other day at the return
of Capt. Jenkins, who was wounded in the Bull
Run battle. The Captain brought thirty new
recruits with him. Hurrah for the brave boys
still at home !
We were honored recently with a visit from
Gen. Robert Toombs and Vico President Ste
phens. Our boys were delighted to get a peep
at these two honored sons of Georgia.
Capt. S. W. Lee, Company A, has been sick
for sometime, but he is now convalescent and
will soon be in camp again.
There is great uncertainty iu the mails some
where near this place, and many of ou l- letters
and papers never reach us. We hope this will
soon be remedied. We prize a newspaper very
much. I would suggest to all persons visiting
the camps to remember this and try to procure
as many late papers as possible. And those
friends who send packages might place many
late papers in the spare crevices or wrap them
around the articles sent. We prize Georgia pa
pers especially. Remember that a paper old
at home would be new iu camp.
Officers and men, we’re on rising ground,
And ever in duty’s path we’ll be found.
The Seventh has fought and gained a name,
And still will fight to maintain the same.
J. B. 11.
7th Reg. Ga. Vols.
[Written expressly for the Southern Confederacy.]
A Monument to Bartow.
A few days since, I noticed, iu the columns
of the “Confederacy,” an appeal to the women
ofGeorgia, urging them to join in contributing
a fund to be expended in the erection of a mon
ument to the late gallant Col. Bartow.
It is true that the patriotic devotion, the
stern purpose, the daring heroism of that la
mented officer are worthy of such memorials.
Georgia would be untrue to herself, ungrateful
to him, could she forget how ho fought and
died in her behalf; and, hereafter, it is fitting
that our speaking marble, or retentive brass,
tho legend of his brief glorious career, and his
untimely fate amid the raging conflietof Man
assas, should be transmitted to posterity.
Yet, the present seems hardly the best time
to agitate this matter. We are engaged iu a
mighty struggle, the issues whereof no mortal
man can see.
We hope and believe they will be in victo
ry; but, to achieve this, only the most ar
dentself sacrifice, the most strenuous exertions,
the most liberal patriotism will siffiee. And
much that is done for our army in the field
must be done by women. Many already de
vote their money, energy and time to furnish
ing the soldiers with the clothing which they
imperatively require in the more Northern cU
mate whither they have gone, where all the
jigor of a winter, such as they have never be
fore known, will, ere long, assail them. Deny
them this clothing and they perish, and then
who will fight our battles ? We cannot divert
anything from this channel to an object, hoW
ever good, which can bide its time without in
jury.
Again, many of our noble defenders are now
prostrated by the hand of disease, or the de
touring stroke of the sword, languishing, dy
ing in the hospitals. There are appliances and
comforts which an invalid must have, atten-
tion which must be procured for him, or death
is the consequence. Throughout the length
and breadth of our Stat?, the Hospital Associ
ation calls on us for help. And every woman
who now has a dollar to spare, feels that the
living must receive it. Like those of old, we
are doing a great work and cannot come down
—cannot pause to erect a monument to the
dead. Could Bartow, himself, speak to us, be
would bid us, for the present, forbear, would
be content with the grateful memory of earn
est hearts, flowing cut in deeds of relief and
kindness towards his survivors. If any are
able to give to this object,, would it not be ap
plying their contributions in a better way to
form a Bartow fund for the relief of sick and
wounded soldiers, to be thus employed until
the close of the war.
Then, when war's wild blast has blown by,
when the morning song of peace rises from the
seaboard to the mountains, and the evening
breeze echo it along the vales, then we will
build a monument to the hero’s memory. We
will give freely towards the erection of a shrine
which may be a Mecca to every lover of lib
erty ; and when the stream of years shall have
borne so many generations downward on its
bosom, that men looking back to this epoch,
shall speak of it “as the olden time,” they
shall gaze upon this memorial and remember
and reverence the name of Francis S. Bartow.
ZIOLA.
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
Atlanta, September, 4th, 1861.
We now have in the service of the Confed
erate States twenty-five Regiments and three
Battalions, who have gone under State auth
ority, aud six or seven Independent or Con
federate Regiments, who have gone under di
rect tender to, and orders from, the Secreta
ry of War, making together about 30,000 gal
lant Georgia troops. Over 20,000 of this num
ber are now in Virginia.
They are our follow-citizens, our neighbors,
our friends, our relatives. They are enduring
all the hardships and toils of a soldier’s life,
in defence of our wives, our children and our
common country. Winter will soon be upon
us ; and it will be impossible for them to get,
especially in Virginia, with the money allow
ed them lor that puspose, by the Confed
erate Government, such supplies of clothing,
shoes and blankets, as are absolutely neces
sary, in that severe climate, to their health
and comfort. Shall we permit then/to suffer for
the necessaries of life, while we have plenty
at home? Never! To prevent this 1 propose,
at public expense, to purchase for them, such
supplies as can be had in Georgia, of such ar
tides as are most essential.
Sume of our manufacturers are making a
good article of plain woolen cloth ; others
are making leather and shees. while our
ladies, who have acted so noble a part, arc,
in different parts of the State, making quan
tities of woolen jeans cloth. The soldiers
need all we can spare. 1 wish to purchase
for them 30,000 pair of good, plaifi, servicea
ble shoes: and woolen cloth, including coun
tryjeans, enough to make 30,000 suits of
clothing : together with all the good blankets
that can be found in the market.
I therefore invite all manufacturers of shoes
or woolen cloth, who can assist in supplying
the demand, aud all persons having good
blankets for sale, to inform me of the supply
which each can furnish, aud at
which each article can be afforded. I also
request the Clerk of the Superior Court in
each county to act as agent, for the purchase
of woolen jeans from the ladies, and io inform
me at an early day of the price of that article
iu his county. It is hoped that the ladies will
use every reasonable exertion to make a
supply of this very desirable and useful ar
ticle, and will furnish, delivered at the offices
of the Clerks of the Superior Courts, at rea
sonable prices, all they can spare. Prompt
action is respectfully solicited.
The supplies above mentioned are intended
alike for all Georgians in ihe service, where
ever they may be, embracing as well (hose
who belong to Independent or Confederate
Regiments, as those who belong to regularly
organized State Regiments. Assistance to be
afforded first to those found to be most needy.
Copies of this address will be forwarded to
the Secretary of War with request that he
send them to the Colonels commanding regi
ments from Georgia, who are respectfully re
quested to report to me at the earliest day
possible, such necessities of those under their
respective commands as cannot be supplied
with the means at their disposal.
lam informed that large numbers of sol
diers, from this State, are now sick in Virgin
ia, far away from their homes aud friends.—
They must have prompt attention. A patri
otic andj humane association of Georgians at
Richmond have taken steps to establish a
Georgia Hospital there, for our sick and
wouuded. They have informed me of the
fact, and appealed to me for assistance, and
I have promptly ordered the funds which are
necessary to establish the Hospital to be pla
at their disposal. They will need supplies of
sheets, blankets, coverlets, and such other
articles as may be necessary to alleviate the
sufferings, and add to the comfort of the sick
and wounded. I appeal to the ladies of Geor
gia to take from their own household supply,
and send enough, at once, to relieve the sick,
aud wounded. Let the donations from each
locality, be boxed and sent with names of the
donors, and the use for which they are con
tributed, to Quartermaster General Ira R.
Foster, at Atlanta, who will forward them to
Virginia at public expense together with any
contributions which may be made to the sol
diers by their friends.
Citizens of Georgia, our cause is the cause
of religion and humanity. The struggle in
which we are, engagedjs the strugle of a great
audafret people, ,to maintain the heriiage
of Liberty and Independence, transmitted
to us byour Revolutionary fathers of 1776.
Ihe effort ot the Lincoln Government is an
effort to subjugate us to tyranny and oppres
sion. The cause of the Confederate Stales is
the cause of every patriotic citizen of the
Soudt. We believe God is with us, and pre
sides in our councils. Let us try to live near
to Him and implore His continued favor.
We have at the helm of State, the distinguish
ed Statesman and invincible warrior, Jeffer
son Davis. By bis side we have Georgia’s
own great Statesman, Alexander 11. Stephens
They are worthy of our fullest confidence.
Let us all with one heart and one mind, by
univorwal acclamation, continue them in the
proud position they now occupy. Thir enc
cena is our au<»eo««». their defeat would be our j
dcfvaf At the call of their President, our !
troop* have r*lH«d to iheir country’s stand t
*td. and are ready Io shod their blood if need ;
be. In their conntry’a cause. They now call j
upon no f«r neoesaaty supplies The sick and I
tho wmmdo<l appeal to u* for aasistanoe. Shall i
the appeal mo le in vain * I know it will i
not | very reepectfullr,
JOSEPH E BROWN.
A severe gal* occurred at Apalacha
cola last week During the storm, the water
came up into the eity, but did no serious dam-
Alter the Ball.
They sat and combed their beautiful hair,
Their long bright tresses, one by one,
As they laughed and talked in the chamber
there,
After the revel was done
Idly they talked of waltz and quadrille;
Idly they laughed, like other girls,
Who, over the fire when all is still,
Comb out their braids and ends.
Robes of satin, and Brussel lace,
Knots of flowers, and ribbons to - ,
Scattered about in every place,
For the revel is through.
And Maud and Madge, in robes of white ;
The prettiest night-gowns under the sun ;
Stockingless, skipperless, sit in the night,
After the revel is done.
Sit and comb tbeir beautiful hair,
Those wonderful waves of brown and gold,
’Till the fire is out in the chamber there,
And the little bare feet are cold.
There, out of the gathering winter chill,
All out of the bitter St. Agnes weather,
While the fire is out and the house is still,
Maud and Madge together.
Maud and Madge, in their robes of white;
Ihe prettiest night gowns under the sun ;
Curtained away from the chilly night,
After the revel is done.
Floating along in a splendid dream,
To a golden gittern’s tinkling tune;
While a thousand lustres shimmering stream,
In a palace’s grand saloon.
Flashing of jewels, and flutter of laces ;
Tropical odors sweeter than musk ;
Men and women with beautiful faces,
And eyes of tropical dusk.
And one face shining out like a star—
One face haunting the dream of each,
And one voice sweeter than others are,
Breaking into silvery speech.
Telling, through lips of bearded bloom,
An old story over again,
As down the royal bannered room,
To a gulden gittern’s strain.
Two and two they dreamily walk,
While an unseen spirit walks beside;
And all unheard in the lover’s talk,
He claimeth one for a bride
O! Maud and Madge, dream on together,
With never a pang of jealous fear I
For ere the bitter St. Agnes weather
Shall whiten another year;
Robed for the bridal, and robed for the tomb,
Braided brown hair and golden tress;
There’ll be only one of you left, for the bloom
Os the bearded lip to press.
Only one for the bridal pearls,
The robe of satin and Brussel’s lace—
Only one to blush through her curls,
At the sight of a lover’s face.
Oh ! beautiful Madge, in your bridal white,
For you the revel has just begun ;
But for her who sleeps in your arms to-night,
The revel of life is done.
But, robed aud crowned with you saintly bliss,
Omen of Heaven and bride ot the sun,
Oh ! beautiful Maud, you’ll never miss
Tbe kiss that another has won.
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A Yankee Gal’s Love Letter.
We give below a copy of a letter found on
a dead Yankee, at the battle of Manassas.—
It was taken from his knapsack by an Ala
bama soldier, who sent it to his brother at
this station. We give it as near as possible
as it appears in tbe manuscript, or in other
words, el liter alum, el punctuatum, &c., except
we have crossed many of the t’s and dotted
many of the i’s, which were not so in manu
script.
Tbeposcript—and women are allowed pjst
cripts to their love letters, in,fact that seems
a part of women’s rights—is particularly rich,
and what may be termed “to the point:”—
Norfolk Day Book, Aug. 30.
June the 10 N Y
Dear James i received yowr leter which
givs me much pleasur to her of you be in well
but sory to her that you wont get home be
fore tbe ware is over i think that i canot liv
til that with outh see ing you as you think it
is so hard for me to go home i shall wait for
to see will the Ware be over by the later end
of august and if God spars us i trust i shall
see you by that time My coson sends her love
to you she is coming to my sister on Sunday
oh how i wish that you were with us on sun
day i shall think on you often.
May God be youre guide and youre guard
and protect you from assudent death and com
forth you.
Mrs aud Mr king sends sher love to you
dear James you cuse Mrs king she did not
know wbat was in my leter to you think i do
not feel this way about you i do and ten tims
as bad if i was to say it but do not mis believe
me good by and God bless and protect you.
P. S.—i have no more to say at present but
i remain your lover till death, Mary J Reilly
hoping that it won be long so i be Mrs. Mc-
Cully.
* *
Trouble in the Wigwam.
Tbe “ happy family ” at Washington are
becoming disaffected, aud are getting up a
wrangle among themselves. A Washington
correspondent writes:
Tbe complications and embarrasemeuts ex
perienced by the Federal authorities in Ibis
city are almost beyond conception. There is
trouble in the Cabinet, trouble in the War De
partment, trouble in tbe Navy Department,
trouble among the military chiefs, and disaf
fection among the volunteers, on both sides of
the river. The appointment of Gen. McClel*-
lan over the heads of so many older officers,
has caused an immense deal of heart burning.
McDowell’s friends are indignant at the treat
ment which be has experienced, and do not
hesitate io speak with the utmost contempt of
the brialliant achievments iu Western Virgin
ia of the young commander-in-Chief. Are
you aware that Gen. Banks aspired to tba
post now occupied by McClellan, and that he
was warmly pressed upon the administration
by quite a number of his especial political
friendsand admirers ? It seemsj hardly cred
ible, but neverthaless, I believe it is strictly i
true.
Southern (Miss.) Broad Axe has
the following, which is pretty good for Oktib
beha : “ Mr. R D. Cooper has laid upon our
table an ear of corn which is a pecfect mam- i
moth in its proportions. It is twelve inches
in length, nine inches in circumference,
weighs two and a half pounds and has twelve
hundred and sixty grains. It was raised in j
this county by Mr. Ben Speed. Who can beat ■
it? I
Southern Manufactures.
We are happy to see that in all parts of the
South, manufactures are springing up as if by
magic. Time will develop our natural resour
ces as well as the abil’ty of the people to turn
them to advantage. We have received letters
rom gentlemen in Tennessee, representing
that tbe opportunities for manufacturing ar
ticles of necessity in that State are unboun
ed. In Virginia we are likewise blessed with
endowments of nature, and many of our cit
izens have turned their attention to the man
ufacture of articles not only of necessity, but
of luxury. Let the manufactures extend
their limits and facilities, and throw out their
branches until every hamlet shall resound
with the clack of the water-wbeel or the puff
of ihe steam engine. Nothing but energy is
required to render us entirely independent of
the North, and it is in no vain boasting that
we say that iu many branches of manufac
ture the South is alreadj' vastly ahead of the
North.
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We invite attention and repeated refer
ence to the masterly appeal and explanation
in behalf of the Confederate Loan, given in
the speech of ex-Minister John E. Ward, of
Georgia, as reported in our last issue. Let it
be read everywhere to our citizens, in camp
and at Meetings. Charleston Courier.
Removal.
THE subscriber has removed his office to
Winship’s New Block, Peach Tree Street,
(Fleming & McMillan’s) where he invites all
to call who desire Fire or Life Insurance in
first class Southern Companies, viz:
The Georgia Home Life Insurance Company,
at Savannah, Georgia.
The Georgia Home Fire Insurance Company,
at Columbus, Georgia.
The Eufaula Home Fire Insurance Company,
at Eufaula, Alabama.
F. R. SHACKELFORD,
sept. 5-dlw. Agent.
A VARIETY OF
PI A N
From the Celebrated Factory of
Il’J/. KN ABE CO.
BALTIMORE...... MARYLAND,
AND Pianos from difl'erent Northern and
Southern houses, for sale at my store on
Whitehall street. Treasury notes and the
bonds of the Confederate States received in
pay. CARL F. BARTH.
Piano Fortes tuned and repaired.
Seps -6 tn.
SOLDIERS TRANSPORTATION.
SOLDIERS AND RECRUITS going to any
point, under orders, will apply to George
G. Hull. Agent of Transportation-Office, At
lanta A West-Point Railroad, Atlanta.
Sept. 3,1861.—t5.
WANTED, IMMEDIATELY:
90 OHO POUNDS of first quality of Black
Vr V Side Upper Leather, or Kips, for
which the highest market prices will be paid
in cash.
Also, 50 first rate Shoemakers, to bottom
Pegged Shoes, can find steady employment, at
the highest wages—cash paid every Saturday
evening, in full. Apply, on Whitehall street,
at the manufactory of I. T. BANKS.
N. B.: No “ Blue Monday” craft need apply.
“ Intelligencer ” please copy.
Sep4 Im.
LATEST DISPATCH.
TAX! TAX! TAX!
THE Books are now open for collecting State
and County Tax for Fulton County. I can
be found at Woodruff’s Carriage Repository
(opposite the Georgia Rail Road Bank Agency)
during the business hours of Tuesdays and
Wednesdays of each week up to the Ist of No
vember next. A. J. COLLIER,
Sept. 3, 1861. Tax Collector.
Itn
Brass Band Wanted.
COL. JOHN W. H UNDERWOOD is desirous
of securing a competent BRASS BAND
for his regiment, which encamps at Griffin,
Georgia, on the sth of September.
Papers printed in musical localities would
confer a favor by letting this be generally
known. aug. 31-dtf.
Our School
WILL be reopened on the FIRST MONDAY
IN SEPTEMBER next (1861) in the base
ment room of Central Presbyterian Church.
With many thanks to our former patrons
and friends for support and confidence, we be
speak their continued efforts in behalf of our
enterprise. Misses A. E. HAMILTON,
aug. 10-dlm. M. L. BROWN.
A NEW AVORK.
Uniform and Dress of the Army of the
Confederate States.
A LIMITED EDITION. Only 1,000 copies
of this work, tbe authorized standard,
will shortly be issued.
The distinctions between tbe various grades
are shown by the plates, of which there will
be fifteen, and consisting of all the different
departments o F the service, and comprising
about fifty figures This edition will be plain
black, and will be followed by another edition
in full colors—a magnificent work. Itcontains
plates, and also full directions for the guidance
of tailors.
Liberal terms will be extended to book
sellers. Apply to
COL. BLANTON DUNCAN,
sept. l-dst. Richmond, Virginia.
Attention, School Teachers.
THE Board of Education for Fulton county
will meet at tbe City Hall iu Atlanta at 10
o’clock A. M , each Saturday in the month of
October next, to examine teachers. Those that
have not been exanicei will please take no
tice, and attend for examination, if they wish
to draw any of the public school funds.
WM. WATKINS,
aug27-lni Pres’t Board Education.
ROBERT L. CRAWLEY,
wholesale and retail dealer in
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS,
—A ND —
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
In Franklin Building, Alabama St.,
ATLANTA, [aug2l] GEORGIA.
LOST.
A PROMISSORY NOTE, dated Atlanta,
April 4th, 1860, drawn by John W. Hew
! ell, payable to Ammi Williams, or bearer, two
years after date, with interest, for the sum of
Four Hundred and Sixty-Seven ($467) Dollars,
on which a credit was endorsed of $54.33, da
i ted Aug. Sth, 1861. All persons are hereby
forewarned from trading for the said note.
L. P. GRANT.
1 Atlanta, Aug. 20th, 1861.—ts.
BY ADAIR & SMITH.
TERMS:
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one month, 50 cents.
Weekly, one year, $2; six months,
$1.25 —invariably in advance.
jgpln all cases, subscribers to the Daily
“Confederacy” will be charged at the rate of 50
cents per month lor any length of time less than
one year.
We ask especial attention of every family to
our paper. Those enjoying daily mail facilities,
will find
The Daily Confederacy
filled with the latest intelligence from the seat
of war, both by telegraph, and from reliable
special correspondents, of unquestioned abil
ities and whose facilities for getting correct in
formation are unsurpassed. We are laying out
large sums of money and exerting every effort
to make ours a first class journal.
J the &
UONFEDERICIJ
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U The circulation of any paper I
y in Georgia, north of Augusta, I
I aud is
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| , State.
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us for the heavy expenses we have incurred—
not simply the ordinary expenses of publishing
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egraphs, we must rely in a great measure upon
receipts from subscriptions. Wc ask our friends
everywhere to assist us in getting subscribers.
Every man who takes our paper, so far as we
know, is pleased with it. We feel very sure
that we have not a single subscriber that could
not at least send us one more with but little ef
fort, while many could send us a dozen or more.
Let every friend be assured that with the in
crease of our circulation, our ability to make a
better paper will be greatly enhanced, and such
means shall be used to the best advantage. We
hope those who have subscribed for our Daily
for a short time, will renew their subscriptions
and
Go it for the Whole tear.
It will benefit us more, and save considerable
trouble in erasing and re-writing names on our
mail book.
We have every possible facility for obtaining
correct news. This, however, costs us heavily,
and we hope every one who is so anxious to get
war news will admit the equity of subscr bing
and paying for our paper.
In these exciting times it is probable that ex
travagant rumors will get afloat. We caution
the people against them, and beg everybody to
be careful wbat they believe.
P n s an the
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THE WEEKLY CONFEDERACY
is one of the largest and most attractive news
papers in America, and will be filled with the
choicest reading matter—made up from the
cream of our Daily issue. In future it will be
mailed punctually every Wednesday morning
on the Georgia, the Macon & Western, and the
State Road trains. Send in your orders.
Egf Postmasters are authorized to act as our
Agents in obtaining subscribers and forwarding
the money—for which they will be allowed to
retain, as commission, twenty-five cents on each
Weekly, or fifty cents on each Daily subscriber.
Persons getting up Clubs of five, ten or
more subscribers, will be supplied with the
copies ordered at 12X per cent less than our
regular rates.
No name will be entered on our books
until the money is paid; and all subscriptions
are discontinued when the time expires sot
which payment is made, unless the same be
renewed.
Address, ADAIR & SMITH,
June, 1861. Atlanta, Georgia