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dlßfe CottfcfaaaL isgS3lMWff~ Bl ADAIR & SMITH. Southern tofttacg ÜBSCRIPTION & ADVERTISING SCHEDULE TEKMB Os SUBSCKIPTION. Daily, per annum.... $5 00 Wkbkly, per annum, 2 00 Payment required invariably in advance. ADVERTISING. One Square of 10 lines or less, one Insertion, $1; and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion less than one m >nth. DAILY i£jvr:KS. 1 mo. 2 mos. 8 mos. !4 mos. 6 mo*. 12 moi. 1 Square,.. $7 $lO $lB sl6 S2O S3O 2 Squares,. 10 18 16 20 25 40 8 Squares,. 18 17 21 24 80 50 4 Squares,. 16 20 24 28 35 55 5 Squares,. 18 23 28 82 40 60 6 Squares,. 20 25 80 35 43 65 7 Squares,. 22 28 84 40 45 70 8 Squares,. 23 80 37 43 50 75 9 Squares,. 24 82 40 46 55 80 10 Squares,. 25 38 41 48 60 85 Yearly advertising, with the privilege of change, will be taken at the following rates : For one Square, renewable once a month, $ 35 For three Squares, 50 For one-fourth Column, 60 For one-half Column, 110 For one Column, 220 All Tabular work, with or without rules, and adver tisements occupying double column, will be charged double the above rates. Advertisements not marked on copy for a specified time, will be published until ordered out, and charged according to the above rates. Advertisements inserted in the Daily, and Weekly editions, will be charged 50 per cent, additional to the regular daily rates. Yearly advertisers will be limited to the space con tracted for. They will be charged extra at regular rates for Wants, Rents, Removals, Copartnerships, Notices to Consignees, 4c., and payment demanded quarterly. Transient Advertising must be paid por in Advance. No advertisement will appear in the Weekly paper unless by special contract. Advertisements to be inserted in the Weekly paper on ly, or at irregular intervals in either of the papers, will be charged $1 per square for every insertion. Announcing candidates for State, County, and Muni cipal ofiices, $5 each —to be paid in advance in every Instance. All advertisements for Charitable Institutions, Milita ry and Fire Companies, Ward, Town and other Public Meetings, will be charged half price. Marriages and deaths are published as news; but Obituaries, Tributes of Respect and Funeral invitations as other advertisements. Editorial Notices In Local Column will be charged 20 cents per line. The paper, under no circumstances, to be included in a contract. No deduction or variation will be made from the fore going rates. ADAIR 4 SMITH. FRATERNAL RECORD. MASONS. ATLANTA LODGE, No. 59, F. A. M., meets on the sec ond and fourth Thursday nights in each month. LEWIS LaWSHE, W. M. John M. Boring, Secretary. FULTON LODGE, No. 216, F. A. M., meets on the first and third Thursday nights in each month. DAVID MAYER, W. M. R. J. M asset, Secretary. MOUNT ION ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER, No. 16, meets on the second and fourth Monday nighta in each month. L. J. GLENN, H. P. 0. R. Hanleitkr, Secretary. JASON BURR COUNCIIToF ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS, No. 18, meets quarterly, on the first lues day in January, April, July and October. LEWIS LAWSHE, Tn. 111. John M. Boring, Recorder. CtEUR DE LION COMMANDERY, No. 4, meets on the first and third Wednesday in each month. W. W. BOYD, M. X*. W. T. Miad, Recorder. ODD-FELLOW S. CENTRAL LODGE, No. 28, meets every Tuesday night. T. P. FLEMING, N. G. William Wilson, Secretary. EMPIRE ENCAMPMENT, No. 12, meets on the second and fourth Friday nights. WM. H. BARNES, Chief Patriarch, W. W. BOYD, High Priest T. P. Fuming, Scribe. MECHANICAL. FULTON MECHANICS* ASSOCIATION meets 2d Fri day in each month, at Engine House, No. 2. C. M. CALDWELL, President. Jambb Noble, Jb>, Secretary. BANKING. BANK OF FULTON—Alabama Street. E. W. HOLLAND, President. A. Cashier. AGENCY CENTRAL RAILROAD 4 BANKING COM PANY—Office on Alabama Street. A. W. JONHS, Agent. AGENCY GEORGIA RAILROAD 4 BANKING COM PANY—Office on Whitehall Street near the Railroad. WM. W. CLAYTON, Agent. AGENCY NORTH-WESTERN HANK—Office at Wash- Ing ton Hal). W. P. INMAN, Agent. ATLANTA INSURANCE COMPANY—Office, next door to Georgia Railroad Bank. J. P. LOGAN, President. Paaiwo Baowa, Cashier. ATLANTA FIRE DEPARTMENT. Meets quarterly on the third Monday evening in Jan uary, April, Jnly and October. WM. BARNES, Chief Engineer. & B. SHERWOOD, Ist Assialant. R. F. MADDOX, 3d Assistant. F. M. JOHNSTON, Secretary. JOHN ». EZZARD, Treasurer. ATLANTA FIRE COMPANY"No. 1, meets first Monday in each month. i. H. MKCASLIN, President. W. K. Mason, Secretary. MECHANIC fire COMPANY, No. 2, meets first Friday nlgiit in each month. LEVI RICHARDSON, President. C. C. Ro>&, Secretary. TALLULAH FIRE COMPANY, No. 8, meets Ist W tinea day tn each month. JOHN F. EZZARD, Pres id’t. Jobs Mclkxdos, Secretary. ATLANTA HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY, N-o, rneeU first Saturday night in each month. FRANK JOHNSTON, Foreman. Noam R. Fowura, Secretary. TO ADVERTISERS. THE McKinney fYevas) Messenger, now in Its seventh volume, is published in the heart of the richest portion of TexSKha* an extomiv e circulation, and b one of the eheepeat advertising mediums In the South West, as wit- MM the Mowing r»t«, por annum: (Hatt cash, balance In twelve month.: One square <l® lines) $W- « squares sls; 8 squrM $18; Oqaare»Dl:bjßuare.sS4;iM<MWW s2l; 7 square. s*»; 8 squsrv. $83,» square* $36; 10 *q # aree $», law* m*wHMt w ABvaaas two muh. Address. THOMAS A DARN ALL. Aprtl ST Publisher*. Notice t* Debtors aa< Creditor*. ALL pereesu Indebted to the Estate of Sarah Stock too, deesassd, late of UampbeU cewaty. are r*- quertvd t® make Immediate payment; and th«e having demand* ageism said E«UU« wBl >**•• preesat them tn toHB» <the U*. JOSFptfBLAIR, AUJ. s—Adml*lKrat<r Georgia Railroad & Banking Company. jiii slßAab Augusta to Atlanta, 171 Miles—Fare, $5 GEORGE YONGE, Superintendent. morning passenger train. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 9.05, A. M. Arrives at Augusta at 6-20, P. M. Leaves Augusta, daily, at 0-30, A. M. Arrives at Atlanta at 9.45, A. M. night passenger train. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 8.40, P. M. Arrives at Augusta at 5.58, A. M. Leaves Augusta at 2.30, P. M. Arrives at Atlanta at 11.45, P. M. This Road runs in connection with the Trains of the South Carolina and the Savannah and Augusta Railroads, at Augusta. ATLANTA & WEST-POINT 11. R. Atlanta to West-Point, 87 Miles—Fare,..s3 50. GEORGE G. HULL, Superintendent. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 10.10, A. M. Arrives at West-Point at 3.10, P. M. Leaves West-Point, daily, at 3.00, P. M. Arrives at Atlanta at 7.51, P. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 0.30, A. M. Arrives at West-Point at 5.46, A. M. Leaves West-Point, daily, at 3.15, A. M. Arrives at Atlanta at. 7.59, A. M. This Road connects with the Montgomery 4 West-Point Road at West-Point. WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD. Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 Miles—Fare $5. JOHN W. LEWIS, Superintendent. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 10.10, A. M. Arrives at Chattanooga at 7.00, P. M. Leaves Chattanooga at 1.45, A. M. Arrives at Atlanta at 10.00, A. M This Road connects,each way,with the Romo Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Ten nessee and Georgia Rialroad at Dalton, and the Nashville A Chattanooga Railroad at Chatta nooga. MACON & WESTERN RAILROAD. Atlanta to Macon, 102 Miles—Fare, $4 50. ALFRED L. TYLER, Superintendent. Macon 4 Western Railroad Company, 1 Macon, Georgia, July 30, 1861. J ON and after Sunday, 4th of August, the Passenger Train will run as follows : Leave Macon 10 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta 4 P. M. Leave Atlanta 11 A. M. Arrive at Macon 5 P. M. The 11 A. M. train from Atlanta connects at Macon with the Central Railroad 10 P. M. train for Savannah, and South-western Rail road at 11.45 P. M. for Columbua. IMPROVF’.D METALIC BURIAL CASES. ALSO, a general assortment of WOOD COF- FINS, including Rosewood and Mahogany. Marshal’s Sheet Metalic Burial Cases, An entirely new article, nearly aa light as wood, and closed up with India Rubber—air-tight— forsaleatmy Rooms, in Markham’s New Build ing, on Whitehall street, up stairs. L. ROBINSON. Residence on Bridge street, near Col. John Collier’s. Orders, by telegraph, or otherwise, prompt ly attended to. Jan. 15, 1861—ly. depot. ji COLK A w v LY> "Wholesale and Retail ■ Dealers in CHINA, Glass, Silver, Plated War®, Vases, Parian Figures, Kerosine Lampe, Candle sticks, Tea Trays, Table Mats, Baaketo, Glass Shades, Table Cutlery, Ac., A., CHEAP FOR CASH. White Granite and common Crockery at wholesale, at Charleston prices, nearly oppo site Beach A Root’s. Whitehall street, Atlanta, Georgia. April 2d, 1861. THOMAS F. LOWE, iM Commission Merchant, For the purchase and sale of Western Produce, Cotton, Groceries anil Mereh»ndixe generally, FronA/fK Building, Alabama .Wrrrf. ATLANTA,. GEORGIA. April 5. 1861. India Rubber TPHE nndersigned has a good supply of India X Rubber Coats and Blas keto on band. Atlanta, Aug. 14-tt D. MAYER. THE PUBLIC GOOD BEFORE PRIVATE ADVANTAGE. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SlMlll MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1861. DR. H. W. BROWN. OFFICE —At his residence on Calhoun street, near the Medical College. march 20. DR. JOHN G. WESTMORELAND, OFFICE on Alabama street, opposite Market House. Can be found either at his office or next door above. March 26. DR. W. F. WESTMORELAND, Office and Residence JYorth Side of •Ma rietta Street. March 21. DRS. ALEXANDER ds SHELBY, Office on Marietta Street, North, side. DR. Alexander’s residence on Marietta St., South side. Dr. Shelby may be found at the Trout House. March 27. SPRING MILLINERY! Mrs. J. M. Boring HAVING just returned from Charleston, where she purchased her present Spring Goods, takes pleasure in inviting her friends and the public to an inspection of them. Her stock is quite full, and embraces all the latest styles, which will be offered at prices to suit the times. Rooms in Parker’s new brick building, on Whitehall street. April 11. COX, HILL & CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS AND DIRECT IMPORTERS OF WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, TOBACCO, &C., Peach-Tree Street, Atlanta, Georgia. March 23. p. e. McDaniel, WHOLESALE GROCER, AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE, Hunter Street, between Whitehall and Prior, Atlanta, Georgia. March 20. Sutler & peters, (Successor* to High, Butler 4 C 0.,) Commission Merchants, FOR THX PURCHABB AND SALS OF T a JYJV ESSES P HODICE Cotton, Groceries, Ac. ATLANTA, G EORGI A, HAVE in store, at their Fire-Proof Ware House, on the corner of Forsyth street and the Railroad, (opposite the State Road Depot,) 100 BARRELS LARD OIL; 50 BALES YARN ; 100 BARRELS LARD; 200 KEGS PRIME LEAF LARD; 1,000 BARRELS FLOUR. May 4. CUTTING & STONE, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS, CONNALLY’S Block, Whitehall street, four doors from Alabama Street aprll. ATLANTA CLOTHING BALL I HAVE just returned from the North with a large stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING, J- JU and am ready to supply the cit- j.. S’® “’•®® COATS, PANTS, VESTS, SHIRTS, Handkerchiefs. Neck-ties, HATS, CAPS, SOCKS, and everything else iQ the Clothing line, ot good quality and at LOW PRICES. w h° desire BARGAINS .-should give me a call. —ALSO, ON BAND Jewelry I Knives ! Combs! And other M. OPPENHEIMER, Whiteall street, nearly opposite march 15tf Eddleman 4 Bank DK WITT BRUYN. TBOS. W. SAVA6B. BRUYN & SAVAGE, ARCHITECTS, SarANMoA, Georgia. In Batteroby’s new brick build ing, corner of Bay and Dray ton Streets. WILL furnish Plans and Specifications, aad give their personal attention to the eree > | tion of Buildings in any part of the State. I Refer to the Citiseos of Savannah generally. I March 18-ly. FRESH DRUGS & MEDICINES. HUNNICUTT, TAYLOR & JONES, F sigk of the iteMib 60LDENEAGIE y Corner Peachtree * / 'W®*' an d Decatur sts., ‘ ATLANTA, GEO. HAVING unequaled facilities for the pur chase and Direct Importation of goods, the Proprietors would respectfully call the atten tion of Physicians, Merchants, Planters and the public generally, to their extensive new and carefully selected stock of DRUGS, MED ICINES, PERFUMERY, FANCY ARTICLES, PAINTS, OILS, AND DYE STUFFS, which they are now prepared to sell on the most rea sonable terms for Cash or approved paper In addition to their stock of Staple, Drugs and Chemicals, they have a full assortment oi TOOTH, NAIL, HAIR AND PAINT BRUSH ES, DENTAL AND SURGICAL INSTRU MENTS, 4c., 4c. They are also Sole Proprietors and Man ufacturers of TAYLOR’S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC ELIXIR. march 30 ’6l. HAMILTON, MARKLEY & JOYNER, (LATE G. K. & J. L. HAMILTON,) DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THIS firm has been formed for the purpose of carrying on the BUSINESS, f Iga in all its branches. h ave b eeD enabled to replen- Stock with about twelve hun dred gallons of va rious kinds of OILS, ALCOHOL, &c. We can also now offer Gum Opium, Cream Tartar, Sulphate Quinine, Super Carb Soda, Sulphate Morphine, Sal Soda, Gum Camphor, Sulphur, Ac., 4c., With the usual assortment of CHEMICALS, DRUGS, &c. We give notice to our customers that the earliest day ships can come into a Southern port we shall commence to IMPORT DIRECT our supplies of Foreign Drugs, Spices, Cognac Brandy, Wines, Glassware, 4c. Terms strictly and invariably CASH. HAMILTON, MARKLEY 4 JOYNER. July 27, 1861—ts. 1861. 1861. SALMONS & SIMMONS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer* in FOREIGN & DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, Corner of Whitehall and Alabama Sts., Atlanta, Georgia. NEW SPRING STOCK! ONE of our firm having returned from Mar ket, where he has just completed an exten -B‘ve P urc base of our SP r * D B Stock of p Rv we take this method of advising the pub ~ lie of the same. Our stock of Staple and Fancy Gocda were never more attractive. The supply of BLEACHED AND BROWN SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS. Go.. is ample. Crepe D'.lnglaii, Barege Jtngtaio, French Chints, •Mozambique, Grode Rhine, and a splendid assortment of Plain V Fancy Silke, Silk Mantlet, Ihulere, Sc., may be found among our assortment also, Ladies’ ALSJIANPgR KID GLOCKS, SILK Mliß, Ac. Every variety of Ladies* and Misses’ SHOES, manufactured in Philadelphia expressly for our trade. A more beautiful lot of CARPETINGS. OIL CLOTHS AND MATTINGS we have never displayed in this market All of which we will sell low for CASH. Orders promptly attended to. SALMONS 4 SIMMONS, Atlanta, March 28, 1861. BRYSON & BEAUMONT, Manofactnrv-rs and Dealer* to MEN'S & BOFS CLOTHINS, GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, CLOTHS, CASSIMKRKS AND VK&TINGB, ' Markham’s Iron-Front Buildinf, White hall. Street, ». m. aaraoN, I ATLANTA, GEORGIA, e. m. iiavmoxt J April 2d, 1861. H. HUNTINGTON, M. D., ATLANTA, GEORGIA, OFFICE in Rawson’s new build ing, corner Whitehall and Hunter Streest.— Residence first house to the left of Col. Yan cey’s. References: Hon. R. F. Lyon, Mr. E. E. Rawson, Messrs. Beach & Root, Rev. Mr. Rog ers, Dr. Logan, Atlanta; Rev. C. M. Irwin, D. A. Vason, Esq., Col. Nelson Tift, Col. W. J. Lawton, Henry Tarver, Albany. Jan 16. E. J. & R. W. CRAVEN, ZDZEraa-TXSTS, juRWsMMK, HAEE removed to their new and splendid room in Parker’s Block, opposite Beach & Roots, where they are prepared to wait on all who may wish their services. Ministers, who are pastors charged half price. Calls from a distance attended o with promptness. iunel9-w*tw JOHN FICKEN, Importer, Manufacturer and Dealer in HAVANA CI&ARS, TOBACCO SNUFF, PIPES, &.C., Wholesale and Retail, at the Sign of Atlanta Cigar Manufactory, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia. March 26. J. J. POINDEXTER, I MONTGOMERY LITTLE New Orleans. Shelbyville, Tenn. * POINDEXTER & LITTLE, SLAVE DEPOT, NO. 48, B4RONNK strebt, NEW ORLEANS, FOR Receiving, Forwarding and Selling, for Merchants, Planters and Traders. Also, keeps constantly on hand a good assortment of Field Hands, Mechanics and House Servants. May 13. Eulogy on Governor McDonald. BY HENRY R. JACKSON. This eloquent Address, upon the Life and Public Services of Gov. Chas. J. McDonald, delivered by Hon. Henry R. Jackson, at Mari etta, Georgia, on the 20th of April last, is now ready for sale. It is a finely printed pamphlet of thirty-six pages. Price: Single Copy 25 cts ; or sls per hun dred. Address, WOOD, HANLEITER, RICE 4 CO., june 8-dlw. Publishers, Atlanta, Geo. Special notice. AFTER this date we shall sell Goods for cash exclusively. Owing to the state of the times, scarcity of stock, &c., we are necessarily compelled for the firesent to adopt this system, and trust our riends will appreciate this and no one will ask for credit. We have now in store a good stock of Boots, Shoes, Leather, Lasts, and Findings, which we will sell at the lowest market prices for CASH. As we are anxious to close our Books as soon as possible, we would respectfully ask those having unsettled accounts with us for last year, and previous to Ist July, to call and settle, either by note or cash. DIMICK, WILSON 4. CO. Atlanta, Aug. 7-lrn Steam Tannery for Sale. THE undersigned offers for sale their STEAM TANNERY, situated on Decatur street, near the Rolling Mill. There are attached thirty-six Tanning Vats, Lime-House, Curry ing Shop, Drying Lofts, and Shoe Shop, with all necessary Machinery and Tools. Also, on the premises, a two-story Brick House, two frame Dwellings, two wells, and a branch of water running through the lot. Capitalists will find this one of the best investments ever offered in this city. Apply, on the premises, to McMILLAN & BELLINGRATH. March 18-ts. THE SEAT OF WAR WILL be published, in a few days, a full, authentic and carefully compiled MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR! Showing the location of every important point in Virginia. The Map is now in the hands of one of the best Lithographers in the South, and will be for sale during the coming week. Size, 20x24 inches. Price, 75 cents per single copy; three copies, $2 ; five copies, $3. A liberal discount will be made to dealers. Orders accompanied by the cash, will meet with prompt attention. Ad dress T. A. BURKE. aug3-tf Morning News office. Savannah. mapeT NITROGENIZED SUPER-PHOS PHATE OF DIME, COMPOSED OF DRIED Blood, Bones, Sulphuric Acid, Sul phate of Amonia, and Peruvian Guano, for sale in quantities to suit by McNAUGHT, ORMOND 4 CO., Ag’ts, mh27-wtf. Atlanta, Georgia.. HAVING secured the services of Dr. H. W&rmouth, a graduate of several French and German schoolsof Pharm cy, our Prescrip tion and Chemical Departments will be under his entire control. Pharmaceutical Chemicals and preparations can be furnished at short notice. july 30-ts MASSEY 4 LANSDELL. w anted] SOME eightorten go* 1 journyemen Hatters, to make Wool and Fur Hate. Steady employ ment and good wages. Apply to ml 9. J. M. HOLBROOK. Atlanta. Ga. TURNIP SEED. HAVING just received a large and carefully selected lot of Turnip Seed, we can furn ish orders for any quantity. XR" Seeds july 30-ts MASSEY 4 LANSDELL. SCHOOL OF THE GUIDES, OR THE PRACTICAL SOLDIER, designed for the use of the Militia of the Confede rate States—sent by mail on the receipt of one dollar. J. McPHERSON A. CO. Jane 8. 0/A BBLS LARD OIL just received on con- O V signment and for sale by june I BUTLER A PETER 3. NEW SERIES: VOL I-N8.175. (Cons ederacn Post-offices of Members of Congress. ALABAMA. R. W. Walker....Florence.l J. L. M. Curry.. Talladega. H. C. Jones Florence. J. G. Shorter Eufaula. C. J. Mcßae Mobile. Robt. H. Smith... .Mobile. W. P. Chilton.. .Montg’ry.j Nich. Davis... .Huntsville. ARKANSAS. W. W. Watkins..Carrollton.|R.W. Johnson. .Pine Bluff. H.F. Thomason,Van Buren. Albert Rust. ...Little Rock. A. H. Garland. .Little Rock. | FLORIDA. Jackson Morton... .Milton.l J. B. Owens.. Cottage P. O. G. T. Ward....Tallahassee.] GEORGIA. A II Stephens, Crawf’dv’le. A. R. Wright Rome. Howell Cobb Athens. T. R. R. Cobb Athens. B. H. Hill LaGrange. M. J. Crawford. .Columbus. T. M. Foreman.. Savannah. R. Toombs....Washington. E. A. Nisbet Macon. A. H. Kenan. .Miliedg’v’le. LOUISIANA. - C. M. Conrad. New Orleans.! D F Kenner, Newßiver P O. A.deClouet..StMartinv’le. H. Marshall... Black Jack. E. Sparrow Providence] J. P. Perkins... .Ashwood. MISSISSIPPI. J. T. Harrison..Columbus.i W. P. Harris Jackson. J A P Campbell.. Kosciusko. W. Brooke Vicksburg. J. A. Orr Houston.] W. S. Barry Columbus. NORTH CAROLINA. W. W r . Avery. .Morganton. T. Ruffin Goldboro’. J M Morehead, Greensboro’ R. C. Puryear. .Huntsville. G. Davis Wilmington. B. Cralge Salisbury. WNII Smith, Murfr’sboro’ A. W. Venable..Brownsv’le. A. T. Davidson.. .Murphy. SOUTH CAROLINA. L. M. Keitt..Bennettsville. R. B. Rhett....Charles!on. W. W. Boyce. .Winnsboro.’ C G Memmlnger, Ch’lseton. J. Chesnut Camden. W. P. Miles... .Charleston. R. W. Barn we 11... Beaufort. J. L. Orr Anderson. TEXAS. W. B. Ochiltree. .Jefferson.| T. N. Waul Gonzales W. S. Oldnam.. ..Brenham.l J. Hemphill Austin. J. Gregg. Fairfield.] L. T Wigfall Marshall. VIRGINIA. J. A. Sedden Dover. W. C. Rives Cobham. C W Russell..Nat’rl Bridge. W H Macfarland, Richm’d. R. Johnson...Collierstown. W. Preston Abingdon. TS Bocock, Ap’mattox ch. WR Staples, Christiansb’g. W. B. Preston..Blacksburg. R. A. Pryor....Petersburg. J. M. Mason... Winchester. R. E. Scott Warrenton. J W BrockenboroughjLex’n R. M- T. Hunter.. ..Lloyds. TENNESSEE. J. 11. Thomas.... Columbia.! D. M. Currie Memphis. J. F. House.. .Clarkesville. J. D. O. Atkins Paris. T. M. Jones Pulaski ] Wm. H. DeWitt. .Carthage. NEW POSTAGE ACT. The following law has been enacted by the Congress of the Confederate States of America : LETTER POSTAGE. An Act to prescribe the rates of Postage in the Confed erate States of America and for other purposes. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That from and after such period as the Post master-General may by proclamation announce, there shall be charged the following rates of postage, to-wit : For every single sealed letter, and for every letter in manuscript or paper of any kind, upon which informa tion shall be asked for or communicated in writing or by marks or signs, conveyed in the mail for any dis tance between places within the Confederate States of America, not exceeding five hundred miles, five cents; and for any distance exceeding five hundred miles, double that rate; and every letter or parcel not exceed ifig half an ounce in weight shall be deemed a single letter, and every additional weight of half an ounce, or additional weight, of less than half an ounce, shall be charged with additional single postage; and all pack ages containing other than printed or written mat ter—and money packages are included in this class —shall he rated by weight as letters are, rated, and shall be charged the rates of postage on letters; and all drop letters, or letters placed in any post-office not for transmission but for delivery only, shall be charged with postage at the rate of two cents each ; and in all the foregoing cases the postage must be pre-paid by stamps; and in ail the letters which shall hereafter be advertised as remaining over or uncalled for in any post-office shall be charged with two cents each in addi tion to the regular postage, both to be accounted for as other postages of this Confederacy. POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS, PAMPHLETS, AND OTH ER PRINTED MATTER, INCLUDING BOOKS. And be it further enacted, That all the Newspapers published within the Confederate States, not exceeding three ounces in weight, and sent from the office of pub lication to actual and bona fide subscribers within the Confederate States, shall be charged with postage as follows, viz: The postage on the regular numbers of a newspaper published weekly, shall be ten cents per quarter ; papers published seml-weekly, double that amount; papers published thrice a week, treble that amount; papers published six times a week, six times that amount, and papers published dally, seven times that amount. And on Newspapers weighing more than theee ounces, there shall be charged on each additional ounce In addition to the foregoing rates, on those pub lished once a week, five cents per ounce, or fraction of an ounce, per quarter; on those published twice a week, ten cents per ounce per quarter ; on those published three times a week, fifteen cents per ounce per quarter; on those published six times a week, thirty cents per ounce per quarter; and on those published daily, thirty five cents per ounce per quarter. And periodicals published oltener than bi-monthly shall be charged as newspapers. And other periodicals, sent from the office of publica tion to actual and bona fide subscribers, shall be charg ed with postage as follows, viz: The postage on the reg ular numbers of a Periodical, published within the Con federate States, not exceeding one and a half ounces in weight, and published monthly, shall be two and a half cents per quarter ; and for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, two and a half eents additional; if published semi-monthly, double that amount. And pe riodicals published quarterly or bi-monthly, shall be charged two cents an ounce; and regular subscriber* to newspapers and periodicals shall be required to pay one quarter’s postage thereon in advance, at the office of delivery, unless paid at the office where published. And there shall be charged upon every other news paper, and each circular not sealed, hand-bill, engrav ing, pamphlet, periodical and magazine, which shall be unconnected with any manuscript or written matter, and not exceeding three ounces in weight, and publish ed within the Confederate States, two cents; and for each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, two cents additional; and in all cases the postage shall be pre-paid by stamps or otherwise, as the Postmaster- General shall direct. And Books, bound or unbound, not weighing over four pounds, shall be deemed mailable matter, and shall be charged with postage, to be pre-paid by stamps or oth erwise, as the Postmaster-General shall direct, at two cents an ounce for any distance. And upon all newspapers, periodicals and books, as aforesaid, published beyond the limits of the Confed erate States, there shall be charged postage at double the foregoing specified rates. The publishers of newspapers or periodicals within the Confederate States, may send and receive to and from each other, from their respective offices of publi cation, one copy of each publication, free of postage. All newspapers, unsealed circular*, or other unsealed printed transient matter, placed in any post-office, not for transmission but for delivery only, shall lie charged postage at the rate of one cent each. AflEa MARSHALL HOUSE, BY WM. COOLIDGE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. March 18,1861—ts. A Bargain Offered in Iron. THE ROME RAILROAD COMPANY have about 200 TON of OLD FLAT RAIL ROAD IRON for sale, and will deliver at Kingston or Rome any quantity not less than 1,000 fts. to purchasers, at 2ic. per Tb., cash. This Iron has been tried in the Blacksmith Shope, and found to work well, and suited for ordinary plantation purposes. W. S. COTHRAN, Sup’t R. R. R. Rome, Ga., Aug. 23, 1861. aug. 25-2 m