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Tuesday Morning, May £2s"*.
Atlanta Amateurs.
By notice in another column it is announc
ed that the “Atlanta Am tears will give a
Concert in this city on Friday evening for the
benefit jf the Sddiers Relief Fund. Our
Citizens may expect a rich entertainment.
The Concert.
The Concert on Thursday evening last was
Well attended and gave much pleasure to
those who were present. We understand
that the net proceeds were over S6O to be
used for the benefit of the Cobb volunteers
and their families.
Acworth Infantry.
The notice of a Flag presentation by Mrs.
S. 11. Stokley to the Acworth Infantry sent by
G. C. was duly received and put by us into
the hands of the printers in this office and
by some accident mislaid. We make -this
statement as due to Mr. C.
Fresh Peaches*
To Mr. N. B. Harden we are indebted for
a can of Peaches put up last summer. The
fruit seems as fresh as when taken from the
tree. Messrs. Groves <t Butner have on hand
a supply furnished by Mr. Harden. M e a
gain commend Mr. Hardens nursery, near
Marietta, to the attention of any who wish to
procure choice selections of fruit trees.
Southern Yenst Powrie- ■
Mr. William Root has handed us a package
of his Southern Yeast Powders. Upon trial,
they prove to be superior to any that we
have used Mr. Root, as will be seen
by his advertisement furnishes the Yeast
Powders put up by himself at less price than
the imported can be bought.
T.ccturc by Hon. Mr. Baylor.
Mr. C. J. Baylor, as will be seen by the
correspondence has consented to deliver a
Lecture in this place at an early day. Thurs
day evening June the 6th has been suggested
as the time, which we presume will be agreed
upon.
Mr. W. F. Groves. P. M. at this plate will
re leem U. S. postage stamps if presen’ed be
fore Friday the first day of June, after which
<1 ate such stamps c moot be used in the Con
federate States.
The Von'cileratc Guardi.
Wo are obliged to defer the address o’ Dr.
Bankst in on presenting the Flag of the C m
fcdcrate Guards, till our issue of Friday. We
will publish the address then with a list of
the officers and private* of the Guards
The McAfee Gunrd-s.
The following officers wore elected on Sat
urday last by the McAfee Guards, a compa
ny recently formed at Woodstock.
Captain. —Wm. (’. Edwards,
Ist Lieut.—Wm. Johnson,
2 “ —II. D. Freeman,
3 “ —II. IL Carmcihel.
"We arc informed that Dr. J. M. McAfee in
honor of whom it is named will at his own
expense uniform the whole company’.
Pit krn» Comity.
"We have received for publication an article
in vindication of Pickens county. As we
nse now a united people we do not think it
necessary to publish it. Out of a voting pop
ulation of only seven hundred, a volunteer
company of eighty mon has been raised,the
Pickens Browns. By the statement of ourcor
respondent over a hundred citizens of Pick
ens have joined volunteer companies of ad
joining counties. There facts arc of them
selves a sufficient vindication of the patriot
ism of that county. From the Cherokee
Mountaineer wo copy the f dlawing list of
officers of the Pickens Browns ;
C.ipt. B. F. ll.inie, Ist. Lieut. W. 11. Man,
2nd. \\ . 11. Talley, 3rd. John Bruce. Ist. Ser
geant, R. B. McCuehin.
Mvriftta, May 25, 1861.
Hon. (’. 0. Baylor.— Dear Sir: Being a
*nre that you have devoted many years to
the study "f the industrial and commercial
interests of the South, we request that von
will address the ci.izens of Marietta, nt such
time as may suit your convenience.
Very Respectfully,
Samuel Lawrence,
F. W. Capers,
William Phillips,
A. J. Hansell,
M. Myers,
Jas. F. Cooper,
J. P. Eve,
W. F. Groves,
L. Bankston.
Marietta, May 27, 1861.
(>i \rt FMKx-:—s > ur communication of the
25th instant is received. It will afford me
much pleasure t > deliver a lecture, under the
auspices ot your distinguish* I committee at
such time and place as you may determine ;
more c*pe-ially if the proposed lecture an in
any manner however small, be instrumental
in a I hng to the e. insert of our gallant volun
teers.
1 nave the honor to Is
Very truly.
P. G. Batlo*.
To Hone. S. Lawrence. Wm. Phillips, W
I Capers, A. J. Hansell, M- Myers and oth
er*.
MoxrmivKiiv. Mav 22 -I h- 20th ufJuyia
fixed a* the time for the re assembling of the
Southern t'oiigrees at Richmond. ’ lie War
Ifeptxrtm ent will he removed at once.
The Pres.deal has signed the tariff, and it
is new a law.
THE MARIETTA SEMI-WEEKLY ADVOCATE.
From the London Review, of May 4.
Tbc Civil War ii» America.
Although there is much bluster in the
North, and much solid determ nation in the
South —a gathering of armed men, and loud
and angry ebullitions of passion and vindic
tiveness in every part of the country, all of
which arc perfectly natural and intelligible—
it is evident to unimpassioned bystandersand
sincere well-wishers to both paities, as we
are in England, that the restoration of the
Union is impossible. The great State of 5 ir
ginia has finally cast in her lot with the slave
holding Confederacy; and all the other
Stares where black men and women are con
sidered aj chattels, including North Carolina,
Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, and Arkan
sas, ifnot Maryland and Delaware, will in
evitably follow her example. Such a Con
federacy cannot be conquered. President
Lincoln in the attempt to uphold an authority
that no longer exists, may carry the war into
Texas or Louisiana ; and President Davis
may attempt the capture of Washington by a
coup de main. The waters of strife may be
poured out in a deluge of devastation, of
which the evil effects may cat into the very
heart of American property and liberty ; and
retard the progress of the country’ for a cen
tury. A thousand other untoward contin
gencies may arise to set at nought the calcu
lations of the prudent or wise; but whatever
may happen, remotely or immediately, it is
clear the Union is as dead as the Heptarchy.
And were it possible for Mr. Lincoln to in
vade, conquer, and re-annex the scceders, we
may well ask, how long would the patched-up
Union subsist? Andat’wbata perilouscost —
that of a standing army (fatal to all Repub
lics) —would the incohcsive fabric be main
tained ?
We have no sympathy for the South. We
think the original Secession was unwise, if
not wicked. We detest and abhor its insti
tution of slavery, and are moreover, of opin
ion that if it successfully maintains its posi
tion against the North, it will fall into .the
roar as a nation and a community. But,
holding these opinions, wc are nevertheless
compelled to admit that the South is in earn
est; that its leaders act fiom’a deep seated
conviction ; that the influence of climate as
well as the institution of slavery tenders it,
<le futo, as different a people from those of
the Nort ■ as the Italian or Greek is from the
Englishman or the Dutchman; and that, if
it wishes to secede from the Union with an
uncongenial mate, it has as great a right to
do so as Washington had to throw off his al
legiance to the British crown ; and that the
North, if it attempt coercion, will act in a
spirit inconsistent with that on which its own
liberties were founded, and perhaps prepare
the way for the extinction of Democracy as
the governing power of the new world.—
We are also of the opinion that the North in
its conflict with the South has all along actcl
the part of a hypocrite and a false pretender.
11 has feigned a sympathy with the negro
which it never felt. It has made shivery the
pretext of a purpose that it durst not avow.
1( Ims profited by the institution while aims’
ing it ; and by it.-, stupid and selfish protec
tive system has taxed the South to an enoi
mousextent, without conferring upon it a
single advantage in icturn.
The South may invade and capture M a-h
--ingtou. The North may invade, but it can
u 4 ultimately subdue the South. Though it
have a few ships and much money, and a
large number of volunteers, the North is only’
strong on its own ground. It will find it dif
ficult to transport a large invading force by
sea into the enemy's territory, and an overland
inarch through the countries that lie between
Washington and Charleston may well make
the bravest and tn ist skillful of commanders
pause ere he undertakes a work ot such ex
treme peril and doubtful is>ue. The attack
upon a Massachusetts regiment by a brutal
mob at Baltimore, w ithin an hour’s railway
ride of Washington, is a sample of what the
Northern troops will have to encounter if
they cross the border lines that separate the
lands of the slave from the lands ot the free.
Ami what should not be lost sight of, the
South, though comparatively poor in money,
is richer than the North in energy, fanati
cism and unity of purpose. All the white
men, and possibly large numbers of the blacks,
would start up in every town, village, planta
tion and swamp, and become soldiers to repel
the Northern legions. The very women
would wield the rifle or revolver against a
foe invading them on their own soil ; and
where, we nuy ask, would bo the eomtnisa
riat ? The first great victory gained by
President Davis would not only make him the
idol of his countrymen, but inspire every
soldier under his command with that re-in
vigorating heroism which transformed the
ragged, wretched, half starved and ill armed
soldiers of the first Frenchrepubllcint. heroes,
who became the terror el the world, the con
querors of the legions ol combined Europe,
ami the pride and glory of their countrymen.
The North is well rid of the South, if it
did but know its own good fortune. The
separation, if it can be effected without fur
ther bloodshed, is. under all the circumstan
ces, the best thing that could have happened.
The woild is quite wide enough for both par
ties to live and thrive. AV ere the separation
in itself undesirable, it would be infinitely
preferable to the struggle to pneveut it. Ha 1
it not come now it would inevitably have
■ taken place a few years lienee. The late
United States were geographically too scat
tered and unwieldy ; too much divided in
feeling, edueation.cbar.icter, interest and cli
mate, tn hold together like the compact m di
archies of the old world. The founders of
American liberty offered to the world a
great and nA le example. It remains to their
sucec'.st.rs <n the present d.iv. if they be
| w rthy < f the iiLartT which Jefferser. i:t Aid
ed, and which Washington conquered,to give
an example equally brilliant and much more
needed to the older civilization of Europe.—
Let North and South shake hands and part,
before the further effusion of blood removes
the case out of the province of reason into
that of passion. That is the example which
they owe to the nations, and it would be the
noblest example that history has yet record
ed. Is there sufficient wisdom in America
to allow the world to hope for it? We fear
not, for reason has rarely yet ruled mankind
in great emergencies,and We dare hardly hope
that the present crisis will afford an instance
of her being allowed to exercise her desired
influence.
_—
Richmond, May 23d. —The vote in this city
is nearly unanimous for the ratification of the
Secession Ordinance. Vote stands for ratifi
cation about 4000—against ratification 16 !!!
AVith the exception of Alexandria and Ports
mouth the returns so far received give no
vote against the Ordinance.
The editors of the Dispatch estimate the
majority in the State to be at least one hun
dred and fifty thousand.
——- 1 ■
Messrs. Sharp and Hamilton of Nashville
are manufacturing first quality heavy bow e
knives for the Tennessee soldiers.
White Pine Shoe Soles—How the Sol
diers are Swindled —AVe invite the atten
tion of the true friends our patriotic soldiers
to a letter from a visitor to Camp Scott, in
reference to the miserable clothing furnished
in the name of the State to the troops now
there. The writer is a responsible and reli
able authority.whose name has been left with
ni. As a voucher (which was scarcely nec
essary') our correspondent sent one of the
shoes he speaks of, which, after two day’s
wear, ha 1 dropped to pieces. The insole of
this specimen of the State supplies was a
thick white shaving.
[Philadelphia Enquirer.
The Hiawatha.—The British ship Hia
watha left her moorings at City Point on Sat
urday morning, destined for Liverpool, with
a cargo of Tobacco. We feel some anxiety
to hear how she will fare at Oi l Point, as the
Captain, while off Fort Powhatan, stated to
the Commander of that Buttery, that it was
his determination to pass or be sunk. He
did not mean to be brought to by the guns of
Monroe.— [ZAferaJ/M/v/ Express, May 20.
Corresp.ni lent of the M ibil i Advertiser.
Pensacolv, May 15. President Davis and
Hon. S. ft. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy,
arrived in Pensacola by last night’s train.
To-day they are on a visit to General
Bragg’s cr.mpat Warrington, and a thunder
ing salute is now being fired from the Confed
erate batteries, in honor of their presence.
The city is in a state of hilarious excite
ment in consequence of the visit of the dis
tinguished Chief of the Southern Confedera
cy. President Davis and Secretary Mallory
will return 11 M intg imery by to-night’s train.
The President seems well and vigorous, but
looks somewhat jaded and care-worn, as
might well be the ca.-e under the constant
pres.susc of his onerous ofllcial responsibili
ties. Our “boys” were already prepared to
do anything that man could do, but since
seeing the face of their beloved Coinmander
in-Chief—the man whose stern unyielding va
lor made a single regiment a whole host at
Buena A’ista, au<l who marched at its head
into the very jaws of death to find victory
there—they feel like doing more than man
can do.
~~ 11 r
Caution.—Persons who use fire arms
should remember that percussion guns or pis
tols are some hues discharged without the
caps. A Southern paper says:—“ A youug
man was badly wounded in this city yester
day, by the accidental discharge of a pistol in
the hand of his friend. It is worthy of re
mark, that this pistol had no cap on it, but it
seems that a small portion of the percussion
powder was on the tube, and this was suffi
cient to fire the powder.
Our Troops at Pensacola.— It is a grati
fying fact that, although many thousand sol
diers have been concentrated in the town of
Warrington or its immediate vicinity, subject
to exposure and climatic influences incident
to that latitude for some months, there has
been no general sickness among them. The
good health and spirits maintained in the
camps is remarkable. Sporadic dysentary
uud occasionally a ease of ephemeral fever
are about all the diseases that are reported
from the hospitals. Purulent optbalmia. which
is always to be dreaded, an 1 which it was
feared wool I break out as an epidemic among
the men is scarcely seen. The location of the
camps his boon seleete I with reference to the
health of the troops after a survey by the san
itary officers. AA’ith the sea upon one side
and the piney-wools upon the other, with
plenty of fresh, excellent water and whole
some food, it is to be Imped that they may es
cape any serious diseases. Thus far they
have been favored beyond the m >st sanguine
expectation.— Montgomery Advertiser.
The Jacksonport (Ark.) “Herald” says a
powder mill has commenced operations on
White river, turning out 2,000 pounds daily,
and that another can be put in nperati»ii with
in a month, capable of manufacturing 1,000
pounds per day.
Abolition lienrrolstirs.— One ot Lincoln’s or
gans at Philadelphia relates the following in
stance of the tender mercies of the flag-mad
people:
The family of a man named Charles N. Mor
ris, a volunteer, who lived in a very bumble
tenement at Fourth and Stan ley -street, were
yesterday turned ir.n the street for ncu-pay
raent c f n?ab
TELEGRAPHIC.
Alexandria, May 22, 9 a. m.—Lincoln,for
the past tw’o months, has seized all the tele
graphic dispatches sent North as far as New
York, with a view of obtaining information
Southern movements and evidence against of
Northern sympathisers.
Nfcw Orleans, May 21.-- Russell, corres
pondent of the London Times, arrived here
this morning.
Louisville, May 21.—1 tis reported that
75 Lincolnites, with two guns, have crossed to
Spottsville, on Green river.
The arms at Puducah are threatened. The
Kentuckians are guarding them and an inva
sion will result in blood.
Five cannon go to Paroquet.
There is great excitement throughout Ken
tucky growing out of reports of the clandes
tine introduction of Northern muskets placed
in oath-bound hands.
AA’.ashington, May 21. —One thousand men
have left Harper’s Ferry to resist the aboli
tionists invading Wheeling.
Dupont, the powder manufacturer is ap
pointed Major General.
The Congress programme is arranged. The
session will be short.
Floyd is made General and is raising a Vir
ginia brigade.
The fircing at Sewell’s Point has fired the
A’irginians. A brisk retaliation is anticipa
ted.
Indianapolis, May 23.—G< v. Dennison of
Ohio, was serenaded. lie said the Constitu
tion and the Union must be maintained, and
traitors and treason must be overwhelmed
and if necessary for the loyal army to go to
A'irginia or Charleston to overthrow rebellion,
it must go there.
Louisville, May 24th.— The Senate Bill
arming the State, appropriating 1,700,000
dollars, passed the Lower House of the Legis
lature. ’l’he Underwood Bill was defeated
vesterday. The Senate Bill gratifies the States
Rights men, including Gov. Magoffin and
Mr. Breckinridge. The Bill includes a pro
vision for Home Guards. The Legislature
will probably adjourn to-morrow, at 12
o’clock. Incidental appropriations passed
unanimously.
Major John C. Breckinridge was invited
within the bar of the House, and was sur
rounded by his friends, and received their
congratulations.
Richmond, May 21.—Alexandria is ncCu
pied by the Federal troops; they made their
appearance early this morning.
The excitement is intense.
The Federalists have sent a regiment of
cavalry towards Harper’s Ferry.
Richmond, May 24th.—Alexandria was pos
sessed by the Federal troops. About 5000
crossed the river early this morning.
The telegraph wires between here and
AVashington are cut.
Our troops to the number of 600 made no
resistance, but retired in good order, in full
view of the enemv, to Fairfax Station, ten
miles from Alexandria.
Col. El’sworth. was shot and instantly kill
ed, by a man named Jackson, the Proprietor
of the Marshall House in Alexandria.
The secession flag was waving over the
Marshall House, and it was attempted to be re
moved by Ellsworth. Jackson was cut to
pieces by the bayouetsof Ellsworth’s Zouaves.
All our troops who were stationed at Alexan
dria arc safe.
Richmond. May 25.—Forty mounted men
in the service of A’irginia, under command
of Captain Ball, were taken prisoners nt Al
exandria yerterday morning. Having had
timely warning, it is supposed that Ball sur
rendered intentionally. Mr. Jackson, the
propi’etor of the hotel, was asleep when Col.
Ellsworth entered and tore down the Confed
erate flag, which was prominently displayed
from the hotel. Awakened by the noise,
Jackson sprang to hisfeet and shot Ellsworth
through the heart with a double-barrelled
gun. Jackson was immediately riddled by
the bullets of the Zouaves: after his death
bis body was hacked by bayonets. After the
train had left with Col. Terrett’s command,
five hundred Zouaves tore up the Railroad
track. The Railroad bridge was burned by
the Virginians.
Gen. Lee considers Alexandria indefensi
ble. Should the Federal troops advance, the
first battle will take place at Manassas Junc
tion, as our troops will not retreat further.—
Gen. Bonham has been abundantly reinforc
ed, an lis fully prepare 1. The Carolinians
have the p<»st of honor, and will maintain
their ground at all hazards.
AA’ashington, May. 25.—The mails in all
the seceded State*, except Tennessee, are to
l»e discontinued by order of the Post Master
General.
Bv a proclamation of the British Govern
ment its subjects are forbidden to enlist ships
of war, and transports tre forbidden tn at
tempt to break a blockade actually effected,
to carry soldiers, dispatches or material of
war for either party. Spain orders six war
frigates of the first class to American coasts.
Ellsworth’s personal friends are deeply af
flicted. Beils are ringing and flags at State
at half mast. The remains are lying in
the Navy Yard.
Nrw Orleans, May 25.—Two schooners
have beer, captured by privateer skamer Cal
horn.
By Telegraph.
AYc stop the! press in order to give our rea- ;
ders the very latest news;
TWO BATTLES FOUGHT I
VOX FEDERATE TROOPS \ ICTORIOV S’.
THE ENEMY RF.PI I.SEI) • 1 ’
Alexandria, May 27.—A’privatedispatch
to the Gazette says that a fight took place at
Harper’s Ferry on Saturday. The enemy
was repulsed.
On Sunday a fight took place at Hampton
Roads. Six hundred of Lincoln’s troops
were killed and wounded. The Southern logs
was only fifty.
Harpers Ferry.
Telegraphic dispatches last night to Nash
ville and Chattanooga state that in the attack on
Harpers Ferry the Lincoln troops were re
pulsed suffering a loss of 3000 with very small
loss on our side.
Mobile, May 27.—A war steamer com
menced the blockade of this port yesterday
morning. Furt Morgan welcomed the steam
er by displaying the United States Flag, Un
ion down, from the same staff, under the
Confederate Flag.
Subscriptions have been opened here for
the family of the patriotic Jackson who killed
Ellsworth, the Colonel of the New York Zou
aves. SIOO has been subscribed.
Montgomery, May 27.—Business here is
mostly suspended in the Dcpartmet ts, and
the papers documents aud furnitures are all
being packed and directed to Richmond. In
a dav or two, everything will be en route fur
Richmond.
Manassa Junction, May £7.—Reports
from Alexandria state that the Federal forces
arc concentrating there. AVashington al
most entirely evacuated by Northern troops.
Arlington Heights fortified and occupied
by Lincolnites to the number of ten thousand.
Consternation exists in AVashington from
fear of an attack on that place by the Cuiife..-
eratc troops.
New Orleans, May 27—The sloop of war
Brooklyn came to anchor off’ Pass a Loutre
yesterday, and sent a boat to Fort Jackson
giving information that the blockade had
commenced.
Flat boats with ice are coming down the
Mississippi.
Our crack battalion, the AVashington Light
Infantry, leave early for A’irginia.
A subscription for the benefit of the fami
ly of Jackson who killed Ellsworth has been
opened.
AVashington, May 27. —The President and
General Mansfield were simultaneously in
formed of startling hostilities on the part of
the Confederate forces in Virginia, while at
tending Col. Ellsworth’s funeral. Heavy fir
ing is heard and dense smoke is seen South
ward. The President attributes the smoke
to firing of guns, and the latter to camp
fires.
The utmost vigilance of the Federal troops
is required to guurd against suprisc.
A skirmish at Arlington Heights is reported
—no particulars given.
Seven Railroad bridges and fifteen Hides of
the track west of Alexandria have been des
troyed. Ex-Governor Banks has been appoint
ed Major-General.
The Southern Armory will be located in
Cobb county, G,i. Mr. McNeil, the pr jcctor
of thcentcrpri.se, is a practicial man, and ev
ery way competent to give direction. Co
lambus Sun.
Fort Pickens.—The editor of the Montgom
ery Mail, who recently visited Pensacola in
company with the President and Congress,
says; “Our «>wn impression, formed while in
Pensacola, is that there will be no battle at all
at Pickens, or at least that it is not now the
intention of the Confederate authorities to at’
tack it.
Not There.—lt is said that AVin. B. Astor
when called on to make good his liberal prom.
, ise of millions to Lincoln’s Government to car
ry on the war, incontinently bickel down,
The privateer Calhoun, from New Orleans,
has made $60,000 —a very good beginning.
Mr. Yancey in London.—ln a private let
ter written from London to his friends in this
city, IL>n. AVilliam L. Yancey says, there is a
strong contest going <>n between the Exeter
Hall Abolitionists and the Ministry. The Ex
eter Abolitionists are as bitter against the
South as the Massachusetts anti-slavery fanat
icn. The Ministry party however, are favor,
able to the Southern Confederacy, bating in a
small majority have to proceed cautiously to
obtain the c incurrence of the people. Mr.
Yancey does not doubt the success of hismis
sinn. -Montgomery Advertiser.
Jfkw Jldicrtisemcttj.
WAR MEETING
THE Provisional Committee a«k a meeting of
the ciuzens of CoM> county al the Court Hon«e
in Marietta on Thurrday next after the drj»artnre
of the volunteers from this county for the transac
tion of important bu-ine/f.
A W. HOLCOMBE, CL’m
A A Wj>»v, Soe’ty.
car 2k f»*?
|lnv guhtrtiisC)nrnt.s.
F. M. MYERS;
Jktt oi’iicy nt Lh.w,
Marietta, Georgia.
attend to all bueiness Co his
care.
Itvfercncex : — Demnead <fc Wright, A. J. llamell,
Irwin Lester, Marietta, Georgia, Hon. Sol. Co
hen'. and S. Yates Levy, Savannah, Gu.
Nov. 23, ts;
DAVHI IRWIN, GNEF.NLEE BUTLER.
irwin & Sutler,
Attorneys at
Marietta; Georgia.
IY USINESS confided to their profe’siona.l mat-
5 agenent in the following counties will bo
t'airhfuly transacted, viz; Campbell, Paulding, Polk
Cobb, Cherokee, Forsyth, Lumpkin, Fulton and
Milton. Also in the District Court at Marietta,
and the Spreme Court at Atlanta. ma. 1.
G!’(). A■.,"LEST I R,
Attorney sit
Marietta, Georgia.
WILL practice in the Blue Bidge Circuit, and
in the Supreme. Court of the State; also in
the District Court at Marietta. (Nov. 23.)
WE are Agents for all the Family or Vatent
Medicines of the dav.
may 10, 1861. HAMMETT A GROVES/
ALARGfe lot of IVfiling Ink, which is war
ranted. for sale by (
may 10,1861. HAMMETT A GROTES.
IJSINE Hair, Tooth and Nail Brushes, and a
’ general assortment of Toilet articles,
may 10, 1861. HAMMETT A GROVES.
GEORGIA, PICKENS COUNTY,
JESSE MONROE, having applied to be ap
pointed Gu irdism of the person of Mary E.
Ajonroe, James M. Monroe, and Thomas P. Mon
roe, M’nors under fourteen years of age, residents
of sa d county :
This is to rite all persons concerned to be and
appear at the term of ti e Court of Ordinary, to be
held next alter the expiration of thirty dais from
the fi r st publication of tlus notice, and show
cause, if they can, why said Jessee Monroe should
not be intrusted with the guardianship of the per
sons of Mary E. James M. end Thomas I’. Man
roe.
Witness my official signature, this April 25th,
1861. P. F. FERGUSON,
Ordinary.
Stale of Geo., Pickens County.
The Grand Jurors sworn, chosen and selec
ted for the county of Pickens for the present
Term of the Superior Court, Leg leave to sub
mit, respectfully, the following geireral pre
sentments :
We have, through appropriate committees
ex unined the various county offices as well
as the public buildings in obedience to tho
charge of the Court
We find the oilice of Clerk of the Superi
or Court kept in a neat and business-like
style, having the proper vouchers of file and
on record for till moneys received l>y tho
Clerk f r the county, and we accord to tho
Clerk our approbation for the manner in
which he discharges the duties of his office.
Wc find the office of Clerk of the Inferior
Court kept in good style, and that all moneys
in his hands have been properly disposed of.
We find the Sheriff’s office in an excellent
condition.
The county Treasurers’ books are well and
neatly kept, and he has in bis hands proper
vouchers for all money received by him aud
paid out to proper orders. There is in his
hands of funds undisposed of belonging to
the county, the sum 0f5123,71.
Wc bear testimony to the orddr arid neat
ness of the books and papers of our Ordinary
and find his Office well and orderly kept, and
the School fund for the county of Pickens
properly distributed and receipted for.
We have by our committee examined tho
rowlitinn of the common jail of the county,
we found it in good ot’der stive some repairs
to the Steps on the out side, and we recom
mend that the Inferior Court Lave them re
paired at its earliest convenience.
We find the roof of our Court house in a
very bad condition and mDst earnestly rec
ommend that the Court do let the covering
of it out to the lowest bidder upon such
stipulations and tit such time as they in their
discretion may deem best for the interest of
the county.
We find theroalsin the c maty in a wretch
ed condition generally, to which there are
some exceptions: we would call attention of
the proper authorities to them,and especially
to the road leading from Cassville to Ellijay,
which is almost impassable in some places in
our county.
We recommend the Inferior Court to assess
upon the State tax such a percent as in their
judgment may be necessary for county pur
poses, and also, to pay the Grand tutd Petit
Jurors serving in the Superior and Inferior
Courts of the county the sum of one Hollar
each, per day.
We hereby tender to Miss Henrietta Cun
ningham of the town of Jasper, this public
expression of the thanks of the Grand Jury
for presenting to the Vobintecr Company in
process of organization in our county, a flag
ol the Southern Confederacy, and express
our earnest hope that the Company will be
formed and organized, and it a call is made
upon our county f<>r troops, that the Compa
ny will take its place in the Army of the
Southern Confederacy, and do valiant battle
I in the cause of our beloved South, and in de
fence of tin dearest rights of freemen against
the encroachments of the wicked and dan
i gerous Black Republican Administration.
' In taking ie.,ve of his Honor Geo. D. Rice,
wc bear cheerful testimony to his ability and
faithfulness as a presi<litig officer, uud his
urbanity and kindness as a gentleman.
And we tender our sincere thanks to Col.
Charles D. Phillips the acting Solicitor Gen
eral, for his uniform kindness and prompt
attention to this body during the j/tvseut
Term of the Court, and that these present
ments l>c bublished.
April Adj mrued Term, 1861.
Andrew Steel, Foreman.
Cmint P. West, John Su-gaH,
Andrew Jones, SnwAuel Weaver,
Stephen Griffeth, Js. WiHia»> A. Reeves,
Joseph Williams, Jasper Johnson,
Andrew J. Glean, James Bha.rver,
Henry Wilby, Lawrence Bradlev,
Wiliam Heath, Eli C. C (flee,
James R. McCutchen, Davis Collins,
William Partain, lid ward Swanson,
Caleb R Tate. Griffin Cnsw.
Rultert B. Deering, William 11. Steel
It is ordered by the Ci urt that the abtvo
presentments l>e published ns reqneste 1.
GEO. D. RICE, Judge S. C.
April 26, 1861.
True ixtract ir rr trie minutes <>f C .urt
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