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"Vol. 1. We Artvocitf. By W. M. JEFFKIISON, & CO. Tlie Semi- Weekh' Is issued on Tuesday and Friday mornings at $2 50 a year Strictly in Advance. Blanks ! Blanks I Blanks! BLANKS in any quantity and of every va riety kept on hand or printed to order, at the lowest possible price, at this office. Also—JOß WORK, of every varie ty and style, executed in the neatest a, id moat approved style of the art, and at prices which cannot be “murmured at” by the •closest-fisted 1 ’ in or out of this section ot the country. Give ns a trial. GEORGIA. Milton County. WHEREAS, John 11. Cook. Executor on (he Estate of Jeremiah Cock, deceased, ap plies for Letters of Dismission : These am therefore to cite and admonish <iu persons concerned, to be and appear at the Court of Ordinary of said county, on or before the first Monday in October next, to show cause (if any they have) why said letters should not then be granted. Given u der my hand nt office in Alpharetta, Ga., March Kith. 1861. O. P SKELTON. Ordinary. GEORGIA. Milton Coixty.—Whereas. John G. Cantrell, and Sarah Dinsmore applies to me for letters of Administration on the estate of William Dinsmore, d'ecensed. These are therefore to notify all persons con cerned to be ambappear at my office on or be fore the first Monday in August next, to show cause, if any they have, why said letters should not then be granted the applicants. Given under my hand at office in Alpharetta, this June 25th, 1861. O. P. SKELTON, Ordinary. /! EORGIA. Milton Coi xty. -Two months after \J date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of said county for leave to sell the lands belonging to the estate of Walton W. smith, deceasei], LUCINDA SMITH. ) , . EBENEZER F, SMITH, f Jtihe 12, 1861 'Ubi. ("1 EORGIA, Milton Covni y, Two months as- T ter date application will be mule to the Co irt of Ordinary of said county for lea ve to sell the lands belonging to the estate Eli Mc- Connell, deceased. JOSH FA ROBERTS. 1 henry b. McConnell, f r ' xtc 11 Jone 7th, 13.12 m, (’t EORGIA. Mii.in ; (.'oL'crv. Two months as- T ter date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of said county for leave to sell the lands belou dug to the Estate of Drncil la Walker, decease I. June 5 1861. JAS. WALKER Adin'r. /I EORGIA. Mu i > County. Two months af *l ter date appli ■ Pion will bo made to tin 1 Court of Ordinary of slid .'oiinty, for leave to sell the lands belon .■ing to the Estate of Sarah Spence, deceased. J A ME-SPENCE. | , S \MU!’.L P SPENCE, j A,l,n June stli. 1861. -w2in. TWO MONTH:) after (late, application will lie in ide to th" Com t of Ordinary Paulding countv. I>r leave t > sell the real es tate of Wiliam Greer, late of sail comity, deceased. Julv 1, 18(11. , 30 ‘ I’. M. BRYANT, m/m/or. Administratrix's Sale. Postponed. m a r 11,1, bo Fold, by virtue of nn order from V V the Court of Ordinal \of Cobb county, on the Ist Tuesday in September next, before the Court House door i i the city id’ .1/ irivtt i. Cobb cmtri 'y, between the legal hours of sale, one lot in the e'ty of J/iirieltn, on which is a brick house, near the W. <t A. Railroad, nml opposite (Hovers shoestore at present sccupied by ,1/rs. Clcr. AL >, one lot in the city of ,1/arietta, on which is n small framed dwelling house, near the W. A A. Railroad and adjoining smith the above lot, sohl’ns the property of Charles Cler, deceased, fir the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms made known on the day of sale, ELIZABETH CLER. June 17, 1861. tds Adin's A<l in Inl st rat lie’s Naic. KY virtue of an order from the Court of Ordi nary of Cobb county, w ill lie sold on the first Ti ksuay in Srcriwnum m-xt, bafore the. court house door in (he <-ity of Marietta, between the le gal hours of sale, Two Negroes, n.imelv. Ester, a woman about aa years old ; and Caroline, air- I. about It years old. as the property of Martha Ma loney, deceased, tor tin 1 henelit ot the lo irs and creditors of sai l deceas -d. Terms made known on dav of sale. July a. I i;|. 32 ids. EDWARD MAYEH. Sdm'or. GEORGIA, Paulding county. "WW 711 ERE AS. John Will y of said county, v ▼ applies to me for !<• tors of adtnim 'ra on. on the estate of William Wiglev, Lite of said coun ty, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and require all per sons concerned, to be and appear at my office, on the first Monday in September next, to -how ■ io why said letters should not be granted the appli cant. Civen under niv hand and official signature. MII.ES EDWARDS. Ordinary. July 15, 1861. ' 5t 32 GEORGIA. Paulding county. "WYLTHERExS, Jims M. Lak’’. guar.Lan of .1. ▼ V H. Lester, applies to me tor lett< i-of di yiission from said guardianship. These are therefore, to cite and require all per sons concerned, to he and appear at mv office on the first Monday in September next, to show an«e why said letters of dismission should not b - arant cd the ■'PR- icant. Witnes- mv hand and offi -ial signature. MILES EDWARDS. Ordinary. Julv I •. 1881. GEORGIA. Paulding county. is hereby ipven to all perms* ■ d ra e 1. that II sky Mil ufj.l. late of said cmin tv, departed this lite intestate. and no person has applied for Administration on the estate of -aid. Henry Mitchell, and that in terms of the law ad ministration will be vested in the Clerk of t ie su perior Court, or some other til nml proper person, thirty- days after the publication of this citation, unlc)s .some valid objection is made to his appoint ment. Given under mv hand and official -ignature. July 15. |SH. ’ MILES EDM A RDS, Ordinary. NO I ICK. Twoaion nis •it ■ n i tna*' (-• the C< .:' .<t ti• i f C -'■’> . >-• tv, far le yve to -ell the I. \X’l» md NEGROES, b longing to the estate of M v>.y 11 y*to y . late of sa-J conntv. deceased, for the benefit of th ' heirs an 1 creditors of said de i«ed. June I; 1. A M NORTHCFFT. > , - ... U , NSI KY. ' ' '' EORG! I- "W J -eph Al Conned, a Imo ■ .»t <r e-ta’enf Wm. Reavers, .Je.-ras. t, M'p t s to me fur diamvasiem from a id plministr.'ion. These are therefore to rite aw a-Imm : h all ver sor.s that th v fie their <»lj c’ions, if atv they hive, within the time prwwri wd by law sii i letters of dism s-ion shaul i hot be granted the ap plicant J AMES JORDAN 0i y. AjMil IL 18»1. The Mariella Semi-Weeklj Admte B BJS ff ?¥EBS CA Si Churches in Marietta. AL E. Church,Rev. Alex. Graham, Pastor. Presbyterianßev. E. P. Palmer. Pastor Episcopai fSt. James) Rev. S. Beneihct. Rector Baptist,. :filled 2nd and Ith Sabbath in each month by the Rev. Mr. Rambau. Two Churches lor the Blacks, Methodist and Baptist. ”~a? \v7simpson Attorney and Councellor at Law Marietta Georgia. October 6. ly. A. J. HANSELL, Attorney at Law & Solicitor in Chancery. Marietta Georgia. October 6, ly. JOHN 0. GARTRELL, ~ Attorney and Councellor at Law Marietta Georgia. July 29. .yl ” C. D. PHILLIPS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Marietta Georgia. june 151 y G. Y. LESTEB. ATTORNEY A r F LAW Marietta, Georgia, WILT, practice in the Bine Ridge Circuit the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the District Court at Mrrietta. I ’ebrnary 29, 1861ly. CICERO WINN, ATORNEY AT LAW Marietta Georgia. Will attend promptly to all claims entrusted to his care. Oct. 12 ly. JAMES M. BISHOP, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Dawsonville Georgi \. WILL give prompt attention to any business confided to his care in the Blue Ridge circuit. Sept. 21, 1860 ly. J’_ C*A A Attorney arid Counsellor at Law. Acwoktii, Chub Coi xty. Geo. TTTill practice in Cobb. Cass, Cherokee, Mil- 1 ♦ v ton. Paulding and J’u’ton. Htferenct’s. Hon. J. W. l.mvis. linn. L. J. Gartrell. Atlanta, N. A. G. S. Avery. Acworth. yfJ~Any information as to responsibility of parties, promptly given. Feb. 29-’(H wm. I’HiLLira. j. t. nr turn alter PHILLIPS & BURKHALTER, at Z-nn-wV,, IXIm-idln, f-J-eoi-jgin.. Will practice in Fulton. Paulding and all the counties of the Blue Ridge Circuit , in the Su preme court, and District court, April 5, ’6O ... .-ly. DAVIII IRWIN. (IREEXLEE BVTLER. IRWIN & BUTLER, AT/O/fX/'jyS ,17 /:,4TI< JvTai-ietta., ca-a. Bi’SINFSS confiJed to their professional m tn igement in the following counties will be transacted, viz ;(’ampbell. Paulding. Polk. | <’ohli. <’her<>kee. Forsvtli. Lumpkin. Fulton and : Milton. Also, in tin' District Court at Marieita, and -it the Sutircm" Gouri at Atlanta. ;wr-Tlio District (Yuri si.s :■ ■ Mariett ion the ■ second Monday in March an 1 Sentcm'ier. Re turn 20 days before (,’onrt. feb29-'6l-l v. W. T. DAY. te J. W, HEATH. TTcnti?., . 7/orp»’i/’.s at Laa\ A rsi’Et:. Pk'kens (’oi xty. ,Georgi\. TTTH .1. pr.ietiee in the counties of I’i ’ n . ' > Gilmer. I‘innin. Lum 'kin. D iw-o’i. Mi|. ton. <’horoke.». Mtirrrv an! Whitfield. Thi* utmost vigilance giv<-n to colie Minus, and I moneys promptly paid over. <• >;■ l D’l V.' \tt(irncv mid ('mmsidlnr nt T,;vW. Marietta, Cobh count v G-a. Wil! practice and give prompt r.ttenti. n t ■ all business confided to his professional care, in the District Court of the F. S * Marictbi. The Supreme t’ourt of Georgia, at Allan: i, and the Superior and Infe’ior Courts of the Blue Ridge ■ f’ireuit, ami tlm counties adjoining Cobb of oth- : es (*’reiuf s. Ispeeial attention L> the cnllerL n o{ debts,-uid thi> securing of all tnanner o’ claim-:. Prompt and ‘ffi. ielii attention will be given to all manner of business in the (ourt- of Ord’na ry in the county of Cobband a.lj 'itiing m rnties. Feb. 10 w one x WILLIA MSNMrLE AV. Manul.u-turers and Peelers in all kinds es FURNITURE. MOSS AND HAIR MATTRESSES LOOKINCQLASS . PLATES/ Pecch-Trse Street \tlanta, Ga. GI tfilGi:.]. GABU-’. I»HO’n»GR Xl’ll ARTIST. All the various Sizes and Styles ; pjcTFRIIS MADE AND WARRANTED : S A T I S*F A C T O R Y. : A.. fc.yC.is t -s ! Prat. sJi -G at variety, always on ' x Rooms Ur-: -ide • f Pu’d ■ -$ l ire. Marietta. Georgia. ’ Ipril I - .• -M. . JV/TAR.IETTA, CS-JA., TTT.TZPSID.AAAy JTJT_.AT 30. 1861. N, HE AILMKR R E S I D E N T DENTIST. GRATEFUL to the citizens of Marietta and vicinity for a liberal -patronage during the past ten years, is still prepared to perform all operations either for preserving the natural, or nserting artifiicial teeth in the most approved manner. He solicits calls from those yvho have verybad lettk, as he is using a preparation for filling the most delicate teeth, no matter how badly de cayed, if not otherwise diseased —and rendering them serviceable for years. It is about the same color as the teeth and will never chang or discolor the teeth. y-fC* Refers to citizens of Marietta for whom Le lias operated during the past ten years. Terms. — Cash, unless by special contract. Office south side of public square, over the Post Office...Oct sth 1860. MOORE, FA SHIONA B L E TAIL 08, Mai:ietta . Georg ia. WOULD respectfully inform the citizens of Marietta and vicinity that be is permanent ly located in the city where he intends carrying on the Tailoring Business, in all its departments in the latest and most improved style of the art, and earnestly solicits a continuation of that pat ronage heretofore extended to him. Satisfac tion warranted. yA?'* Rooms up-stairs over AVade AVhite’s Grocery store—North side of public square. Nov. 9th, ly O, Z_ (AT J. H. MCCLINTOCK’S OLD STAND. Has now on hand a large and well selected astortment of FAMILY SUPPLIES i o which he invites the al tention of the citizens of Marietta and the oounty. The one price system will be strictly adhered to. His Hu-ins are cash, or equivolent, tint is. country pr oduce at cash pr cos. or short time, to prompt paying customers. Bills due on pre sentat.ron. His de ,or innation is to sell good articles it low prices, and will expect prompt payments. ' (P tc' Hamilton, Markley & Joyner, l:vsit :i, O-corgia,. A X D Hamilton, Markley & Joyner, zf < 11 lc/ !< t, .e.at'-a • .July Ist, 1861 DR. JOHN L. HAMILTt)N, of Atlanta, and T. C. Markley and R.-AY. Joyner, of Ma rietta, hereby give notice to the public that they will carry on the 1) U U G B US I A ESS In all its branches in Atlanta and Marietta. N. B.- Boole Store in Afarietta continued. WM. A FRAZER, HAS A SPLENDID STO C K OF GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, JEWELRY OF ALL KINDS, Silver and Plated U are, Which he offers at prices to suit the times. FG2I < ASIKONGY, At his store or.e door above ( onnell’s Ila’l. June Ist. 1861tf, JARMON & GO’S Excelsior Mills, MAUIETLA, GA. r IMHS French Barf Stone .Mill, lately put. up in I AL'Eifre-h’s Building, near the railroad, runs every Wvdnt'Mlay and Saturday, and makes the f:ie-t q;i lity of Meal and Grits. CORN MEAL AND HOMINY grouad r.t this mill, is nckmiwldged to .be su ; erior to th :t which is pri par • I by the oal style mill-. For -i! ■by the Groem-y and i’nrvision deal ers in Marietta. April 12. Pickles and Preserves, Fres.wvod Ginger. Fine Apples. Cherric-s. Ik-i.-hes, I’lambs. Quine s, J.dlev ; -orb- I. For sib' bv WM. ROOT & SON. FLATSL) Y-AT.-YLLTD. ZA »\>iS|-|NG of Tea-.-tts, < as- . <_ Forks \ Spoons. Holders. • ’up-. < 'ake in I i’i- 1 K lives A.-.. Ac., p! .’.'l on the very be-t White Metal with full weight of silver at . FRAZER S. T 3. Wnllaoe, HOUSE AND SIGN FAINTER •in.l Imitator of Wood and Marble’ 1 . -! -pin the E.U IL-eim nt of Marietta II tel on Decatur street. I’leas,. leave orders in Ah --rs. Marklev A- Joyner’s st :e. K A ’VH'T-S \ ’ • \i: • Wslnuts. p N v. . R< 'YES A Bl’ i’NER. I g; ?) FOR Mlijcii < <)W>. PE A MEAL. k SUPPLY of IV . :•■al -f. • !■<■< fi- i in VY market k• t-r c-,'y on ’it.n l. it 81 PARD. Corn Sliellers. / \N ’■ -.n.1. a lei of th' F- -t <Vin Shellers. V >Nv .. :. w. L. WAD-WORTH FMJiLY STORE. GROVES-& BUTNER, AVE opened in the Post Office Building a VAIETY F-AMILY STORE, in which will lie found EVERY ARTICLE in the GROCERY LINE. Liquors excepted—besides a great variety of other articles. All bills payable on presentation. If you want good COFFEE, TEA. SUGAR, RICE, SALT, MOLASSES. LARD. FISIT, SYRUP. YARN, CORN, MEAL. GRIST. FLOUR, Ac. or anything in that line, give us a call, and we warrant satisfaction. We will also keep Foolscap Letter Pa per Fens, Ink, other articles of sta tionery. Country Produce of all kinds, taken in barter on liberal terms. ALSO, ON HAND Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, Soaps, Indigo. Powder, Shot, Lead. Candles, Oranges, Lemons, Candies, Starch, Nails, &c. Arc. jyarielta, Georgia. Oct., 27th, 1860-ts. 1000 rOIXDS CHOICE Sugar Cured Hams, A LOS, P r i m c S m o k e d Beef For sale by ’ WM. ROOT & SON. ZET'iskfcx, Mackoral in Kitts and Half Barrels, SBA© & SABmniBS For sale by Wm. ROOT & SON. TTROM and after the first day of January 1861, I mv business will change from an everlasting credit, to a strictly Cash business. I prefer the cash if the profits are not so good. I have bought goods on time and sold them on time, an I the consequence is. I cant collect enough to meet ray liabilities. I am Very thankful to my old friends and cus tomers for‘past patronage. and hope they will continue to call at the same old stand with the ready cash, where they will always find a com - !e'< q.irk of Gkooi bies and I’mivisioxs. I will -el! goods lower than any house in the city who sell on time. Respectfully. Marietta. Dec. 27 ’6O. M• L. GAI LT. Tin Roofing & Gutters. I AM now ready to do ROOFING and put up GUTTERS, and to do all kinds of repairing in Tin Work, and painting of Tin or Felt Roofs. Dec. 20 1860-1 f. J. M. WILSON. For Salo. THE undersigned being desirous of going ■West, offers for sale, his sto k of Horses, Carriages. Buggies, and everything appertaining to the keeping of a first rate Livery Stable. He will. also, sell on accommodating terms, his large and well con.-'nicfed stables, located in thebity of Marietta. Cobb county. Georgia, on the great W. &A. Railroad. The income from the above property is some S 9 or SIO,OOO per vear. AFo. for s ile. a Line of Hacks, from here ‘to Cumming, in the county of Forsyth. The above line leaves Marietta at 8 o’clock, in the morning, on Monday. M ednesday and hriday, regularly. Passengers going up should leave Mhntiin the night train, or at 6 o'clock in the morning. I- N. IIEGGIE. Jan. 27. IS)9.—ly. Bed Cards, &c. ( kOPE ASSORTED, Bed-Cords. I Well Ropes. Plow Lines. | Well Buckets. Various sizes, ! M heei . For sale by WM. ROOT & SObi aromatio DYSENTERY cordial. OP (’ompoiiml Elixer of Rhubarb. \PLEA>'.INT. safe, and effectual remedy for Dysentery. Cholera Marbns. 7’a’n <r >':< Loess at the stomach, and for all Bow 11 aj f,-< tloi's, 7’repare 1 and sold by HAMMETT A GROVES. Fell. 17, ’6O ts. J (’ST RI .< JEIVING !! G-Toceries LNCLUDING Sugars. Molasses. Syrups. ( <>f- - Flour. Corn. Bacon, Ac., Ac., ana f. ,• -ale'at the low.- Ca-h ].,).-• bv. 1.. .MfLI-LL %N I), F.-bruary 26th I"- !. XZoxiTiesa-w LZovise, ATTHE FAsSF.N- r * E n BITOT. Marietta. Georgia. THIS Ilouse. well arrang - l and eonrenmnt- I Jv I" ate I. has recently passel into the h.irV- of the under-igned. and is open for the a ■•■•••min • 1 iCon of permanent and transient T - <•-.- at- 1 to spare no pains or at- to make their guc-ts c >raf ■rtab’e. Por ters nlwavs in attendance at t'm- trims. —pt. ?8 -ts. DOBBS A HUDSON. WEAL AND HOMINY. Meal Hominy. <»f excellent quality, from whit" cm. fresh grmin l at Jarrnno a Co’s Ex elsii-rmill. J. SiIEi’ARD. 7 i A- s dav. and 1 f dav Clock*, eh" <p •)U - ’ ■ FRAZER’S < . McL.EL.aSi ll' .-/ Corner Puddle Square MARIETTA GA. Grocer and Commission Merchant. UiH devote hi* attention to the purchase o sort on. MARIETTA, GEORGIA, Tuesday Morning July 30, ISGI. , ■ / ——— Gen. Beauregard at Manassas—Description of Manassas. The folio A’ingfrotn the correspondence of the New Oilcans Picayune, will be read with special interest at this time, when the place and man form the theme •with every tongue : This place still continues the head quarters of the army of the Potomac. — By nature the position is one of the strongest that could have been found in the whole Sta c. About half way be tween the Eastern spur of the Bine Ridge and the Potomac, below Alexan dria, it commands lhe whole country be tween so porfecily that there is scarce ly a possibility of its being turned. The right wing stretches off towards the headquarters of the Occoquan, through a wooded country which is easily made impassable by the falling of ’ rees 'lite left is a rolling table land, easily com manded from the successive elevations, till you reach a countiw so rough and so rugged that it is a defence lo itself. The key to the whole position, in fact, is precisely that point which Gen. Beau regard chose for his centre, and which he has fortified so strongly that, in the opinion of military men, 5,000 men could there hold 20,000 at buy. The position, in fact, is fortified, in part, by nature herself. It is a success ion of hills, nearly cqni-distant from each other, in front of which is a ravine so deco and so thickly wooded that it is impassoble except at two points, and those through gorges which fifty men can defend against a whole army. It was at one of these p -ints that the Washington Artillery were at first en camped, and though only half the bat talion was then there, and we had only one company of infantry to support us, we slept as soundly under the pro'ecti- n of our guns as if we had been in a fort of the amplest dimensions. Os the fortifications snperadded here by Gen. Beauregard to those ot nature, it is, of course, not proper for me to speak. The general reader, in fact, will have a sufficiently precise idea of them by conceiving a line of forts some two miles in extent, zigzag in form, with angles, salients, bastions, caseinates, and everything that properly belong 1 to works of this kind. The strength and advantages of ibis position at Manassas are very much in creased by the fact that fourteen miles further on is a position of similar forma tion, while the country between is ad mirably adapted to the subsistence and intrenchment of troops in numbers as large as they can be easily manoeuvred on the real battle-field. Water is g’ood and abundant ; forage as is every where found in the rich farming districts of Virginia, and the communication with all parts of the country easy. Here, overlooking an extensive plain, watered by mountain streams which ul timately find their way to the Potomac, and divided into verdant fields of wheat, and oats, and corn, pasture and meadow, tire the headquarters of the advanced forces of the army of the Potomac.— .They are South Carolinians, Louisian ians, Alabamians, Mississippians and Virginians, for lhe most part. Never have I seen a liner body of men men who were more obedient to tlisc'pline, or breathed a more self-sacrilieing pat riotism. As might be expected fftiiu the skill with which he has choten Dis position and the system with which he encamps his men, Gen. Beau regalias very popu lar here. I doubt if N-apoleon himself had more the undivfffed confidence of his army. By nature, as also fr.nrt a wise policy, he his very reticent. Not an individual here knows his plans ora single move of a regiment , before it is made, and tlum only the Colonel and his men know where it goes to. There is not a man here who give anything like a satisfactory answer how many men he has or where his exact lines arc For the distance -ot fourteen miles around you see tents everywhere, and from them you can make aTough esti mate of his men, but how many moie are encamped on the by-roads and in the forests, none can tell. The new c nner, from what he secs al first g lance, puts down lhe number at about 30,000 men ; those who have been here longest estimate his forces at 40,000, 50,000, and some even at GO,OOO strong. And there is the same discrepancy as to the quantity of his artillery. >o close does Hie General keep his affairs to himself, his left bund hardly knows what his right hm i doeth ; and so jealous is he of this prerogative of a commanding of ficer, that I verily believe, if he suspec ted itis coat of any acquaintance with lhe p ans revolving witlfin him, he would cast it frem him. The General’s headquarters is a lit-. tie farm house about, fifteen feet by twenty, fronting on one of the roads that lead to Alexandria. The ground floor is divided into two rooms, lhe f'oiit one is filled with desks, at which clerks sit writing, or engaged in Imsi nes of a varied character. The back one appears to e used as a storp room and kitchen. Above, ‘lre same division No. 1 continues, is tiw General’s apartment. It*is about fifteen feet long by ten wide, and hung with maps of the Sta c nd country .around. In the centre is a plain pine tabic,-on which lie, neatly folded up, what the visitor would naturally take to be plans, specifications, surveys, geometrical drawings, &c., and by their side mili tary reports. Everything has the air of neatness, coolness and ma.thern itical calculation. Os course there is nothing in the room but what pertains to the of fice, and to most eyes it would appear somewhat bare ; but what there is,’is arranged with so much taste, that the general impression is by no.means*un pleasing. The General is in his room the great er part of the day, apparently occupied wi It his plans and reports. 'I hen hour after hour he sits alone by his neat lit tle pine table, m ips, plans, and specifi cations before him, and large open win dows open be'.und and around him—at first sight, the cold, c tlculating, unsym pathizing mathematician. Every now and then an tiid enters with a report or a message, which is delivered in mili tary style, eliberately examined in si’ leitc 1 , the corresponding order prcmptly written out, or delivered in as few words as possible, and our mathenatical■ ice berg is alone again. When a \isitor comes in, however, ata leisure moment, the formality of the officer toad ly gives way to that easy interchange of civili ■ ties which characteriz s our people at home, but nothing more. Even at the table, when the General is daily sur rounded by the most distinguished gen tlemen of the country, there appears to be a distance which, I suppose, is nat ural to his posi'ion, but which is rarely found elsewhere. 'Hie leading characteristic of General Beauregard’s mind is clearness of per ccpiion. Superadded to this is a stricty mathematical education. This you see in word ami look, even in the expression of his face. Sines, cosines and tangents stick out everywhere. In peison, he is slendei, but compact!}’ built, and ex tremely neat. Add to this a precision of manner, slightly modified by the ease which characterizes the well bred men of the world, and you have a correct idea of the man whose word is law and gospel throughout one of the largest, most intelligent and best appointed ar mies ever assembled-on the American Com inent. In Ims personal staff, the General has been peculiarly fortunate. They arc principally from South Carolina—the same lie itad with him at the siege of Fot t Sumter - till of them accomplished, discreet gentlemen, of the most pleasing manners. The General’s mess is very much in keeping with his character, and simple enough for Napoleon himself. It is served on a long pine table, set in an open piazza of the farm house, all his friends are hospitably welcomed to it three times a day. lhe General sits nearly in lhe middle, his aids immedi ately on one side, and his latest guests on the other ; the rest of the company as they may choose or chance to seat themselves ; the viands are such as the country around affords, only the rice was “imported,” and with it, I suspect, a South Carolina cook, for every kerne) was as independent as the State from which it came. • The British Mrlns, 4 and th* Blockade A let'or in the New York Expreirt, from Fort Pickens, says that the Brit ish Admiral, Milne, who has been vis iting the coast to .sec that the rights of English commerce are proteted, has furnished to his .subordinate comman ders a definition of what is to be consid ered as an effective blockade in the fol owing articles : 1 No port is blockaded efficiently if any vessel can enter or depart from it unknown to, or in spite of the guardian men-of war. 2. An efficient blockade necessitates the complete cutting ofl’of all maratime ingress or egress except in regartj to harbor island having no outlet to the. sea, save under the guns of tliefl et. 3. l he escape of the third vessel from ( the blockading squadron signalizes the invalidity of the blockade. '1 he phrase of secon I article with re-, “spect to island harbors” is important, and seems to give no little uneasiness to the Northern construe' ion-ists.of the,, blockade, wh >co|npain ( tlqit there arc, such harbors as those (*N -rapted in Ad miral Milnes’ definition at several <»£ the Southern ports, which could keep the Confederates in. provisions for mon hs. Nearly one-half of the planters, of Brazoria county, Texas,, have signed"" an agreement to loan one-half of thcuri coming cotton crop to the Confederate, Government. llox. L. Q. C Eajiar.—We. regret to, sec announced, that this gallnnt native’ of Georgia has been lately stricken with paralysis at Richmond, while on a vis it connected with the public.service. It is the practice in the Bfitis.b army throughout the world for each,soldier t<> frank his oyvi letter, merely pulting on the corner of the envelop,“Soldier’s let ter.” This is respected by all the Brit ish Post Offipcs and mails throughout the world as a free frank.