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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. LaGrange Reporter, Literary Of nan, and Carrollton Adwcale please copy. fujusta fispatt|, ISSUED EVERY EVENING, IN ATJGU ST A, GEORGIA, Contains the latest News, and from its gieat cir culation, is an excellent medium for advertisers. Daily, per annum,. $4.00 •• *■ month, Weekly, per annus*, 1-00 B. S. ATKINSON, Editor and Proprietor.