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rescue a spot consecrated by the name
of the immortal Washington ! That
slmme will be consummated! The
chair made Sacred by a line of patri
otic Presidents will be filled by a—
in vain we seek in the vocabulary of
infamy for a name vile, base or vitu
perative enough, to be sunk low enough
to express our disgust and abhorrence
of the traitor whose name has become
synonynyms with anarchy*and treason ;
and is loaded with detestation among,
eight millions of people—Abraham
Lincoln !
Then prepare for the struggle at
once ; meet it as your forefathers met
it; and that you will, as did they, es
tablish your rights, despite all odds
and treason, is as firmly our belief as
that the sun rose and set this day.
To the Citizens of Merri wether.
We are not of that class of publish
ers who think themselves too good, too
inherently worthy, to ask for support
in an enterprise which is alike honora
ble to its originators and supporters.
It is a favorite hope, among the
many that actuate our daily life, to
establish a permanent, worthy, and
more than respectable paper, in the
county of Merri wether; and to the full
extent of onr abilities we are deter
mined to make the attempt. For a
time, but too brief a time for our rep
utatiou or ambition, we might sustain
The Georgia Weekly alone, and pock
et the loss, embalmed with sighs. But
we desire no such mummied result of
our undertaking, and therefore earn
estly and confidently appeal to the cit
zens of Merriwether to come forward
and support their County Paper!
jjgj" We refer to the advertisement
of Judge G. G. Howard. Ilis car
riages ami other vehicles are always on
the road, and his signs—when he
paints them—ornamental as well as
useful. Come and see the one he ex
ecuted for our office, then walk up and
subscribe for the only paper in which
the Hero of the Blue Cockade adver
tises. Be it known that the said cock
ade will be visible until Fort Sumpter
strikes its colors to South Carolina!
Mav the cockade soon become in
visible!
Look to Tins Cotton ! —Planters
are desired to read the advertisement
of B. W. Ferrill, of Griffin, Ga., agent
for the sale of Jarvis k Baker's Is
land Guano. Cotton is and will be
King, and guano is the queen dowu
ger.
Crime and its Punishment. —We
learn on most reliable authority, that
a day or two ago, a negro named George
owned by Mr. Abel Nelson, attempt
ed to commit a heinous outrage upon
the person of the wife of a highly re
spectable citizen of Harris county.
After the failure of the attempt be
was captured, imprisoned, and then
rescued from jail by a band of indig
' nant citizens, and put to death.
Important. —The Bankers of Bos
ton and New York, have agreed, for
mally, not to advance a dollar to the
United States Government for coer
cion purposes.
This determination has been tele
graphed to Washington.
ggy* See advertisement of Messrs.
Beauchamp and Stribling, Wholesale
and Retail Grocers, Williamsville, Ga.
B@“Let everybody read the adver
tisement of Mr. Thomas Swint, of New
nan, and then give him a call.
Latest Condensed.
Washington, Feb. 15.—1 tis re
ported that Virginia, North Carolina
and Mississippi will vote against ev
erything in the Peace Conference that
does not come square up to their de
mands for Southern Rights. It is
certain that the Black Republicans in
Cengress will reject everything that
savors of concession. The Peace
Conference is about to adjourn.
Feb. 18.—The bill of Stanton, au
thorizing the President to employ the
militia force to suppress insurrection is
almost certain to pass. Senate P. 0.
Committee has quashed the bill to sus
pend mail service in the seceded
States. * $
Latest. —The Peace Convention a
total failure.
Virginia; Feb. 16.—The State
Convention so far is not encouraging
to the seceded States. Anti-Coercion
resolutions predominate.
18th.—It is rumored that Virginia
will pecede in less than thirty days.
Florida, Feb. 16.—The Legislature
has passed a bill authorizing an issue
of Treasury notes to the amount of
9500,000.
I, OPAL.
To Correspondents. —We will not
publish any cotnmuications unaccom
panied by the name of the writer.
We have received several articles in
prose arid verse, during the week, hut
have not yet determined upon their
merits.
The following articles arc crowded
out this week, ‘‘The Pleiades,” by
W. T. Revill; “ Advice as regards
Music,” by D. 0. Shiifse.
The following arc respectfully de
clined, “Christmas,” “ Snowllood’s
Roost,”. “ Sweets with hitter mix,” A
II. Talbot, “Adelaid Boling,” A. 11.
Talbot, “Captive Liberated,” A. 11.
Talbot, “ Grey Haven’s story,” A. 11.
Talbot, “A Jest”—fearful onej A. H.
Talbot, “ Impromtu Lines,” A. 11.
Talbot, “ A Vision of Bettie,” A. 11.
Talbot, and forty other pieces by A. 11.
Talbot, who thinks the Georgia Week
ly such a small sheet that A H.
Talbot must deign to feed it on wishy
washy, milk arid water doggerel. At
some future time we shall publish A.
11. Talbot’s precious letter and per
haps a specimen of A. 11. Talbot’s
“ help for Southern Literature.” The
aforesaid A. H. Talbot must send on
a dollar or two in postage stamps and
we will return his many-scripts. Good
bye —A. H. Talbot.
Superior Court.
The Superior Court of this Circuit’
is now in session at Greenville—Judge
Bull presiding. In his address to the
Grand Jury he elaquentty referred to
th.e great political change that has ta
ken place during the last sixty days,
and delivered his charge with his well
known force, clearness, and dignity.
Solicitor General Cooper is also in
Court, and delinquents will probably
hear from him during the week.
The Grand Jury is an intelligent
body—Joshua L. Render, Foreman.
Only unimportant cases, tlrus far,
have been reached. We notice Buch
anan, of Newnan, and Bigliam, of La-
Grange. W. A. Adams, of this coun
ty, and B. R. Harris, of Troup, were
admitted to the bar.
Hon- B. H- Hill’s Address-
We have not space or time enough
as we are going to press, to give more
than a sketch of the Senator’s speech
to-day, Thursday, the 21st.
He argued the necessity of seces
sion from the following reasons : “ Be
cause of the great abuse of the powers
of the U. S. Government ; the waste
ful expenditure of public money ; the
employing of useless agents at enor
mous salaries, such as secretaries, &0.,
of SISOO, for doing nothing; the abuse
of the Constitution; by tacking on
important amendments to Bills, ma
king them hurtful to the South ; the
New Constitution gives the President
of the Southern Confederacy the pow
er to veto what may he wrong and to
approve what is right in his opinion ;
that we are better prepared for war
than any other Government; that the
old men can take care of the women
and children, and the overseers of the
negroes, and keep up supplies that
England will keep our ports open, as
5,000,000 of her people depend up
on our cotton for their bread. That
if the Peace Congress does not agree
the border States will join us—and
that if it does agree there will be* no
war as no-coercion is a proviso of its
demand.
We refer our readers to the
advertisement of Mr. J.N. Burton, on
our fourth page, as regards “ The
Southern Cotton Packer.” A trial of
its merits will doubtless prove his as
sertions true.
Some Turnip.—Mr. John T. Sims
has presented us with a mammoth
turnip, S3 inches in diameter, 7 iuches
deep, weighs 16 pounds. Goiiah is
supposed to have been fed upon such
bulbs—or should have been. Mr.
Sims says he has larger ones—raised
on common soil—but as his horse is
weak in the back he brought the small
est. Long may he live !
We are pleased to lay before
our readers the inaugural address of
our President, Gen. Jeff. Davis. For
this pleasure we return public and
private thanks to M j. 11. E. Malone.
We have no space for comment upon
the speech.
We call attention to the arti
i cle headed “ Westminster Abbey,”
| from the pen of an eminent citizen of
our county. The author speaks from
his own observation while in England.
Cash paid for chickens, ducks,
turkeys and eggs at the office of this
paper. . -
THE GEORGIA WEEKLY.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
OP
PRESIDENT DAVIS,
DELIVERED AT THE CAPITOL,
Monday , 1 o'clock, P. Af t Pei. 18 th 1861.
Gentlemen of the Congress of the Con
federate States of America ; Friends
and Fellow Citizens:
Called to the difficult and responsi
ble station of Chief Executive of the
Provisional Government which you
have instituted, I approach the dis
charge of the duties assigned to me with
an humble distrust of my abilities hut
with asustaining confidence in the wis
dom of those who ai'c to guide and to
aid me in the administration of public
affairs, and an abiding faith in the vir
tue and patriotism of the people.
Looking forward to the speedy es
tablishment of a permanent Govern
ment to take the place of this, and
which by its greater moral and physi
cal power will he better able to com
bat with the many difficulties which
arise from the conflicting interests of
separate nations, I enter upon the
duties of the office, to which I have
been chosen, with the hope that the
beginning of our career, as a Confed
ercy, may not be obstructed by hos'iitdf
opposition to our enjoyment of the
separate existence and independence
which we have asserted, and with the
blessing of Providence, intend to
maintain. Our present condition,
achieved in a manner unprecedented
in the history of nations, illustrates
the American idea that Governments
rest upon the consent of the governed,
and that it is the right of the people
to alter or abolish Governments when
ever they become destructive of the
ends for which they were established.
The declared purpose of the com
pact of Union from which we have
withdrawn, was “to establish justice,
ensure domestic tranquility, provide
for the common defense, promote the
general welfare, and secure the bles
sings of liberty to ourselves and our
posterity;” and when, in the judg
ment of the sovereign States now
composing this Confederacy, it had
been perverted from the purposes for
which it was brdained.and had ceased
to answer the ends for which it was
cstablislied, a peaceful appeal to the
ballot box declared, that so far as
they were concerned, the government
created hv that compact should cease
to exist. Tn this they merely asserted*
a-fight which the 'Declaration of In
depence of 1770, had defined to he
inalienable, of the time and occasion
.for'its exercise. theV, as sovereigns,
were the final judges, each for itself.
The impartial and enlightened verdict
o4mankind will vindicate the rectitude
of our conduct, and He who knows
the hearts of men will judge of the
sincerity- with which we labored to
preserve the government of our fath
ers in its spirit. The right solemnly
proclaimed at the birth of the States.-
and which has been affirmed and re
affirmed in the Bills of Rights of
States subsequently admitted into the
Union of 1781*,nifldeniahly recognizes
in the people, the power to resume the
authority delegated for the purposes
of government. Thus the Sovereign
States here represented proceeded to
form this Confederacy, and it is by
abuse of language that their act has
been denominated a revolution. They
formed anew alliance, but within each
State its government has remained,
the rights of person and property have
not been disturbed. The agent through
whom they communicated with foreign
nations is changed, but this does not
necessarily interrupt their internation
al relations.
Sustained by the consciousness that
the transition from the former Union
to the present Confederacy has not
proceeded from a disregard on our
part of just obligations, or any failure
to perform every constitutional duty—
moved by no interest or passion to in
vade the rights of others—anxious to
cultivate peace and commerce with all
nations, if we may not hope to avoid
war, we may at least expect that pos
terity will acquit us of having need
lessly engaged in it. Doubly justi
fied by the absence of wrong on our
part, and by wanton aggression on the
part of others, there can be no cause
to doubt that the courage and patriot
ism of the people of the Confederate
States will be found equal to any
measures of defence which honor and
security may require.
An agricultural people —whose
chief interest is the export of a com-1
modify required in every manufactur
ing country —our true policy is peace, :
and the freest trade which out neces
sities will permit. It is alike Our in
terest, and that of all those to whom
we would sell and from whom we
would buy, that there should be the
fewest practicable restrictions upon
the interchange of commodities. —
There can be but little rivalry between
ours and any manufacturing or navi
gating community, such as the free
States of the American Union. It
must follow, therefore, that a mutual
interest would invite good will and
kind offices. If, however, passion or
the lust of dominion should cloud the
judgment or inflame the ambition of
those States, we must prepare to meet
the emergency and to maintain, by
the final abitrament of the sword, the
position which we have assumed among
the nations of the earth. We have
! entered upon the career of indepen
j dence, and it must be inflexibly
! pursued. Through many years of
controversy, with our late associates,
the Northern States, we have Vainly
endeavored to secure tranquility, and
to obtain respect for the rights to
which we were entitled. Asa neces- (
sjty, not a choice, we have resorted to j
the remedy of separation ; and hence
forth, our energies must he directed to j
the conduct of out - own affairs, and the 1
perpetuity of the Confederacy which j
Wejh*# fqrtned. If a just pcrcep- j
tiwn Jrtmitual interest shall permit!
us, peaceably, to pursue our separate
political carefcr, fny most earnest de
sire will have been fulfilled. But. if
this be denied to us, and the integrity
of our territory and jurisdiction he
assailed, it will but remain for us, with
firm resolve, to appeal to arms and
invoke the blessings of Providence on
a just cause.
Asa consequence of our new con
dition, and with a view to meet antici
pated wants, it will he necessary to
provide for the speedy and efficient *
organization of branches of the Exec-1
utivo Department, having special I
charge of foreign intercourse, finance, \
miliary affairs, and the postal service. *
For purposes of defence, the Con- 1
federate States may, under ordinary
v mainly upon their 5
militia, but it is deemed advisable, in
tlie present condition of affairs, that
there should be a well instructed and
disciplined army, more numerous than
would usually Lie required on a peace
establishment. I also suggest tha'J
for the protection of our harbors and!
commerce on the high seas, a navy!
adapted to those objects will be re-1,
quired. These necessities have doubt -
less engaged trie attention of Con--*
gwss. . . I
With a Constitution differing only D
from that of our fathers, in so far us I
it is explanatory of their well known
intent, freed from the sectional con )
Aids which have interfered with the!
pursuit of the general welfare, it isf
not unreasonable to expect that Statesf
fflfWi #) hl'jh we have recently parted"
may seek to unite their fortunes wittj
ours under the government which wij
have instituted. For this your cou-s
stitution makes adequate provision ;j
but beyond this, if I mistake not the]
judgment and will of the people, a re
union with the States from which we
have separated is neither practicable
nor desirable. To increase the power '
deVelope the resources, and promote
the happiness of a Confederacy, it i| ■
requisite that there should be so muclf
homogeneity that tile welfare of every •
. portion,-shall be the aim of the wholeU
VVlierc this docs not exist, antagnnl
isms are engendered which must am '
should result in separation.
Actuated solely by the desire tq
preserve our own liguts and promoter;*
ouiJLtn xtelfattv the separation of tin,.
Confederate States has been market 1
by no aggression upon others, ami*
followed riy no domestic convulsion!!’
Our industrial..pursuits have receiver*!
no check—the cultivation of our ficldJ.
lias progressed" -os heretofore—an l
even should we be involved in war}"
there would he no considerable diiniu-/;
ution in the production of the staples'
which have constituted our exports} ■
and in which the commercial world!
has an interest scarcely’ less than on:;
our own. Tins common interest ofj*
the producer and consumer,' can only
he interrupted by an exterior forceJw
which should obstruct'its transtnissint '
to foreign markets —a course of conkfj
duct which would be as unjust toward;''
us as it would he. dctiimemal to inan4 .
and commercial interest*’
abroad, should reason guide the ac-j
tioti of the Gdveuiuent from which wefl.
have separated, a policy so detrimeu-I
tal to the civilized world, the North-*'
ern States included, could not be dic-l
tated by even the strongest desire tup
inflict injury upon us; but otherwise,#
a terrible responsibility will rest upour
it, and the suffering of millions will},
hear testimony to the lolly and wick
edness of our aggressors. In tlioi
meantime, there will remain to us, be-.
sides the ordinary means before sug-L
gested, the well known resources tori',
retaliation upon the commerce of uni;
enemy. I
Experience in public stations, of|
subordinate grade to this which yourg
kindness has conferred, has taught me I
that (Hire,. and toil and disappointment, |
are the price of official elevation.—
You'will see many errors to forgive,|
many deficiencies to tolerate, but you*
shall not find in me either a want of!
zrial or fidelity to the cause, that is to!
me highest in hope and of most endu-f
ring afiection. Your generosity has!
bestowed upon me an undeserved dis-i
tinction ; one which I neither sought!
nor desired. Upon the continuance*
of that sentiment, and upon your wis-1
dom ami patriotism, I rely to direct!
and support me in the performance of!
the duty required at iny hands.
We have changed the constituent!
parts, but not the system of our gov-1
ernment. The Constitution formed!
by our fathers is that of these Confed-!
and ate States, in their exposition of it;!
iiijudiji cfie judicial construction it has!
rcceivhSi, we have a light which re-f
veals its true meaning.
Thus instructed as to the just »n-J
terpretation of the instrument, andK
ever.remembering that all offices art r
hut trusts held for the people, and \
j that delegated powers are to be strict i
I ]y construed, I will hope, by due dili
gence in the performance of my du r
i ties, though 1 may disappoint youtj-'
■ expectations, yet to retain, when re
tiring, something of the good will undp
; confidence which welcomes my en-f
| trance into office. _ < r
It is joyous, in the midst of perilous:'
St. Louis, Feb. 19th.—Ufliot#
ticket 6,000 ahead in this city. Re
turns favor Union in the State.
Texas Item.— Gen. Twiggs has
been superceded by the United States
Government.
Fire ! —A large fire occurred in
Newnan last Saturday night. The
loss is estimated at SIO,OOO.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ffltC A rTFaG ESj
BCGOIES, WAGON'S,
| BLACKSMITH WORK
Os every kind, and
SIGN PAINTING,
Plmn hi id Orn -'mental, done iu superior style
it liie Carriage Factory of
G. G. HOWARD.
3-1 y Greet vlfle. Ga.
TO COTTON PLANTERS!
DOUBLE YOUR CROPS I
And improreyonrl ..nds, with 200 lbs. peracre.of
JARVIS 4 BAKER'S ISLAND
Gr XT A NO !
THIS is the best and che-ip j st nunu r e ever
'•sed. Its application will double any crop
with ordinary s»hsods.
For Sale oa Easy Terms to Everybody.
CASH PRICES IN GRIFFIN:
Jarvis* Island Guano, ground, $45.00
“ sifted 40 00
Baker’s Island Guano, ground 50.00
The above Gtia* os will he sold for approved
acceptance*?, payable Ist November next at fire
dollars per ion over the above prices*.
II W FERRILL. Agent.
Griffin, Feh. ICth, 1861. 2-6 w
THOMAS SWINT,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROCER,
WEST SIDE GREENVILLE STREET,
NEWNAN, GEO.,
Keeps constantly on hand a good as
sortment of
SUGAR, COFFEE,
MOLASSES, IRON,
NAILS, SALT,
FLOUR, BACON,
MACKEREL, LARD,
DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED
. L IQUOKS,
I .O and every other nrtu*l*» usually Vept in a Gro-
St<*re, all of which will be sold low down
Cash and Ccuh only.
llFebrnary 20th, 1861. 3-ly
Feeauchamp & "stribling,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
I we itta i£F u a t'liis v*» wW
Williamsville, Pike (.'oiinly, Ga.,
HAVE and w ill keep on hand a lot of B<le<t
SHINGLES, «' S2 35 per 1000
at the j>i e. Any amount wanted will beship
ped at s!-ort notice Those wishing to pur
would do well to give us a call.
February 17 b 1861. 3-ly
A. D. GRAVER,
illinr & giquoc Jjtort,
GREENVILLE, GA.,
Fine Brandies, Select Groceries,
Wines, Cigars,
Sardines, Tobacco,
Nails, Oranges,
Apples, Snuff,
Soda, Cider
Lemon Syrup, &c., &c.
All of which he will sell Ht asloundingly low
|>ricer. Hv»se to Rive him n call—jou will
fiml him at the foutii corner, a’, liis old s'and,
always at liis post. 1-ly
Special Orders No. 3.
Head Quarters, O. M., £
Mi ie igeville. Jan. 28th. >
l. A vacancy has occurred in the Command
of lhe 3th Division, G M-, consisting of th«-
coumies of Merriwether, Troup, Heard, Cow
eta, Campbell and Carroll by the death of Maj.
Gen. Tnos. C. fc.va.ns commanding said Divi-j
sion.
2 In conformity with the Act of the Legis
lature, lo provide for the election ol General
Officers of this State, the Colonels of Regiments,
and Officers commanding Balta'ions in the coun
ties where there are no Re/iments within said
Division, will give twenty days notice, by ad
vertiser ent in each Captain’s District, and at
the place of holding Company Musters within
their respective commands, that tin election will
be held on the third day of April next, at the
place or places established by law lor holding
elections of members of the General Assembly,
under the superintendence < f oneor more Judge*
of the Inferior Courts, or Justice of the Peace,
together with two commissioned military Offi
cers, or two freeholders of the county in which
the election is held.
3, The uperiutendendents of tbe election
will make out a return of the votes received
(and In counties wheie there are several places
of holding the election, will count ont and con
solidate the votes ) and forward the same to the
Governor agr* eab’.y to tie 1 laws regulating the
returns of the members of the General Assem
bly.
Bv order of tbe Cammander in Chief:
HENRY C. WAYNE.
2_ly Adjutant General.
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