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LOCAL. ffgr- At the request of the author of “ The Old Men of Merriwather, 1 ’ we announce to our readers that ho wore of those sketches will be pub lished, in Tile Georgia Weekly, jj@“ Our regards are publicly ex pressed to Col. UKxiiY Mangham for his Welcome present of a fine mess of fresh and savory fish. - May he never be u hooked in.” - - g@“ All ye who do love good smo* king go-call ye upon Mr. It. D. Adair. His are cigars worth all kinds of puf fing—so 'tis said in this office and ev erywhere else. Our press of job work has compelled us to apologize to our pat rons in that line, for apparent delay in filling order.s We have now en gaged additional force, and are pre pared to execute all orders with dis patch. Wo take this occasion to thank our patrons. Thieves! Our domicile was feloniously entered on Sunday night last, and robbed of about SSO worth of apparel, apper taining principally to our chick-a biddies and better-half. Our editorial boots weae “toted.”' May the rascal that stole them go barefooted over a briar patch for sixteen thousand years! MERRIWETHER VOLUNTEERS. Twice during last week we had the pleasure to see the Merriwether Vol unteers on parade—once under the command of Col. C. W. llowrad, and once under that of Capt. W. Ector— botli candidates for the office of Major General of the 9th Division. T he appearance and drilling of the Volunteers were excellent, and spoke well indeed for the material of the xorp* and the energy of its officers. We understand that the ladies of Greenville are about to present a su perb banner to the Company, and at the proper time will take great pleas ure in giving the names of the fair and patriotic donors to the public. We refer, in this connection, to the special notice of the Company in this issue—by which it will be seen that the Merriwether Volunteers, - armed and equipped, will parade on Tuesday next, Sale Day. Let every man in the county be present, for the parade has an impor tant object for immediate considera tion. Guns.—The invention of guns is indisputably German, and was pro duced in this manner: One Barthoe Swartis, a friar, in ma king chemical experiments, mixed salt petre and other ingredients, and set them upon a fire in a crucible; but a spark getting into it, the pot immedi ately broke with great noise and vio lence.; which event surprised him at first, but he repeated his experiment, and finding the effect constant, set himself to work to improve it; for which purpose he caused an iron pipe to be made with a small hole to ignite at, and putting in some of his ingredi ents, together with some small stones, set fire to it, and found it answered his expectations in penetrating every thing before it. This happened about the year 133-3, and was soon improved to the making of great ordinance, &c. llcw to" Make Money.—Let the the business of everybody else alone, and attend to your own; don’t buy what you don’t want; use every hour to advantage, and study to make your leisure hour useful; think twice be fore you throw away a shilling, re member you will have .another to make for it ; find recreation in looking over your business ; buy low, sell fair, and ■ take care of the profits; look over your books regularly, and if you find an error trace it out; should a stroke of misfortune come upon you in trade, retrench, work harder, but never fly track ; control difficulties with unflinching perseverance, and they will disappear at last; though you should fail in the .struggle you will be honored; but shrink from the task, and you will be despised. Set a pitcher of water in a room, and in a few hours it will have ab sorbed nearly all the respired and per spired gases in the room, the air of which will have become purer, but the water utterly filthy. The colder the water is, the greater its capacity to contain these gases. At ordinarp temperatures-, a -pint of- carbonic acid gas and several pints of ammonia, This capacity is nearly doubled by re ducing the water to the temperature of that of ice, Ilencp kept in the room awhile is always unf}t for For the same ppaßon. the water in a pump-stock should all be pumped out in the morning before any is used. Impur? water is more injurious tq the health than impure air, A drayman in St. Louis has become totally blind in consequence of over exertion and lifting. _ The Confederate Loan. Secretary Memminger has publish ed in the Montgomery Advertiser a circular in which the rare opportunity is offered of investing money in the credit of the Confederate States, to the amount of five million dollars, at the present remunerative legal rate, for the period of five or ten yeurs, the interest payable semi-annually. The stocks are made to ramge from a thousand to fifty dollars, so as to come within the reach of every man’s purse, and thus give all alike the chance to share the benefits and bur thens of the Government. The secu rities are the safest on earth, being nothing less than the corporate faith of the Cotifederate States and the ma terial wealth of the cotton bale, which must ever be a necessity to the rest of the world, and an unfailing source of revenue to these States. Every wise farmer and capitalist will at once see the immense advan tage of placing money in the vaults of the Cotton Confederacy. This bank will never breuk or suspend. The loan is a matter in which patriotism and pocket are most happily blended, and we commend it to the earliest at tention of our people. Complimentary View of the South. —The New York Times draws a parallel between the people ruled by Lincoln and those under the govern ment of Davis. The latter it charac terizes as follows i The remorseless census, to begin with, tells us that more than two of the four millions over whom Jeff. Da vis rules are negroes, who are denied even the first lights of wen, to say no thing of the immunities of gentlemen. Os the remaining white fraction, the travelled world is all too familiar with the sneaking phiz and shuffling shanks of the Cat olina clay-eater, the death's head e.nd bow-legs of the Georgia corn-cracker, the brutish look of the Florida minorcan, and the piratical visage of the Gulf Ruffians, who arc now the ruling class there, ever to write them down as genteel above all who dwell in America. Neither will the towering gentility of the few thousands who constitute the rampant plantbcracv, be conceded by mankind generally; while the shopkeeper man down there lias much the characteris tics of that style the world over. And still less will it be conceded that the negro overseers, negro traders, negro auctioneers, or the other white odds and ends of a negro community, are entitled to rank foremost of the gen tlemen of the world.— Degustibus,frc. They who talk of re-eonstructing the Union by biiriging back the sece ded States, know nothing of the sen timents and temper of the people therein. They feel that they have liberated themselves from a despotism worse than absolute. They feel that they can conduct their Government on more economical principles, with fewer burdens and greater blessings than those of any other Government in the world. They feel that they are ho mogeneous in sentiment and in institu tions, and that, their Constitution is but carrying out the spirit of the Con stitution of the United States, as it catne from the bands of its founders, instead of being monst-ously perver ted to suit the consolidating ideas of Lincoln, who cannot see the difference between a county and a State of equal population and territory, and who, re pudiating the decisions of the Su preme Court, refers all constitutional controversies to t'-e arbitrament of a numercial majority. Those who be lieve that the people of the Confede rate States are now longing for the Black Republican domination, had better travel in those States arid learn tlieir-dsrror. —Nasiville Union. Hawks. —A great observer of na ture, and a clever sportsmany told me that hawks have their regular beat, and frequent daily the same line of country, soaring irlong for miles and miles in quest of’prey. So strongly impressed was he with this idea, that he always marked the time and place when he saw a hawk on the hunt, and sure enough the next day would find my friend at the spot, waiting in am bush, gun in hand, and consulting his watch, as confidently as if he were ex pecting a friend by the most punctual of railways. He assured me that he always found the hawk true to his time by half an hour or so, and seldom va rying his line of flight more than a hundred yards.— ‘‘ Buckland's Curi osities of Natural History.” Curious SupfcHSTrrroN.—Those who are familiar with cottage life in the rural districts, will often have no ticed a kingfisher suspended by the point of the beak from the beams of the ceiling, and if they have asked the object of the custom, will learn that the bird always turns his breast to wards the quarter from which the wind is blowing; Some writers, in mention ing this custom, have said Ahat the bird is so suspended as to point with its beak towards the wind ; but in ev ery case where I have seen this curious wind-vane, it has been hung by the very extremity of the beak, so as to rotate freely in every direction. The bird is not stuffed, but various species are placed in its interior, after the vis cera have been removed, and the body is thon dried by exposure to the sun. Never take morning bitters. Morn ing sweets, from the lips of a pretty little -wife jest before leaving the bouse, are eaooh better. TH E' G E t Y Washington Affairs. Washington, March 22.—Among the confirmations to-day by the Sen ate were Tboinas Corwin, of Ohio, as Minister to Mexico. The nominations of Joshua R. Gol dings as Consul General to the Brit ish Provinces, and Mr. Dunnell, of Maine, as Consul to Vera Cruz, Mex ico, were made to the Senate.— Among some fifty* confirmations and nominations sent in there are only two from the border States. The rumors of the non-evacuation of Fort Sumter it is said have been put forth for political effect. It is posi tively certain that that Fort will be abandoned speedily. It is equally certain that Fort Pickens will not be re inforced. All the signs are favor able to a peaceful solution of the present national difficulties. United States Congress. Washington, March 22.—1n the Senate to day Mr. Douglas' resolution was up for consideration. Mr. Bayard concluded his spkech, in the course of which he favored the recognition of the independence and' sovereignty of the Confederate States, and also urged* that a treaty should be immediately made with them. Mr. Howe, of Wisconsin, opposed the adoption of Mr. Douglas’s resolu tion. lie doubted that the War De partment could answer the call, and if it could he thought it would not be judicious at this time to do so. He said it was the fixed purpose of the Administration to maintain the au thority of the United States, (and not the authority of this or that section,) by peaceful means, if peaceful means will suffice. He admonished Senators, if another resolution be thrust upon us, that we shall take especial care that the future historian will not be compelled to record, that the friends of the Union were the semblance of the Cowboys of the Revolution. The Senate went into Executive session. Exciting Times in Texas. New Orleans, March 22. News has been received here announcing that the Texas Convention had pass ed an ordinance declaring that the Gubernatorial chair now filled by Gen. Houston is vacant, and also that of the Secretary of State on account of his refusal to appear before the Convention and take the'oath of of fice. Mr. Clark (the Lieut. Gover nor) was to assume the Governor’s functions at once, and the Secretary of State was calletf onto handover the seal offhis office and all his official receipts. The Legislature met on the Bth instant. • - ,-V It is not khown what course Gov. Houston will pursue. Another Federal Resignation. Washington, March 22. — Alfred M. Barbour, the Superintendent of Harper’s Ferry Armory, sent in his resignation to the War Department to day. Capture of a United States Vessel. Mobile, March 21.—The sloop Is abella, Capt. Jones, laden with pro visions for the United States fleet oft’ Pensacola, was seized last night. Trial of the Georgia Gun.— We hail the pleasure yesterday morn ing of witnessing the trial or the 24 pound howitzer, justcompleted by Mr. A. N. Miller. The tests to which it was submitted, were a double charge of powder atid a solid shot. At the first fire the shot penetrated a solid bank of mud. 1G feet in thickness, and passed some 300 yards the other side. At the? second fire, the mud was protected by a plank measuring in the aggregate 12 inches in thickness, the shot passed through the whole of tbetp,.and was stopped by a brace.— Thesfe.tests were entirely satisfactory, ■ and the gun will be received by the government. It is quite a triumph for Mr. Miller, that his first effort should be such a decided success. We learn that he will proceed at once to the manufacture of pieces of larger calibre,, and he is erecting anew fur nace for the special purpose. The iron used is from Uome, Georgia, and is pronounced more tenacious of fibre than that obtained from any part of the world. In passing through Mr. Miller’s shop, we observed a large quantity of shot and shell of every size, from a six pounder to a 10 inch Columbiijd,- made for the State of South Carolina. —Savannah Republican. The Crow Witnesses.—Luther tells a story of a certain German, who, in bis travels, fell among thieves ; and they being about to cut Iris throat, the poor man espied a flight of crows, and cried out, “Oh, crows! I take you for my witnesses and revengers of my death. ’ About two or three days after, these thieves, drinking tO‘ gether in an inn, a company of crows came and alighted upon the top of the house. At this the thieves began to laugh; and said one of them : “Look I yonder are they who must ! avenge his death whom we lately 1 slew.” The tapster, overhearing this, i declared it to the magistrate, who caused them to be apprehended; and, in c'nsequence of the contradictory statements and evasive answers, urged them *o far that they confessed the truth, and received their deserved punishment. The Chartered United grafts Vessels. Washington, Mami 22.—-The four chattered vessels iha* recently clear ed from New York with sealed orders, therefore nothka 6 but specula-j tiott in regard to then destination.— The vessels took no troops but abun dant army supplies. , Markets. ...... 4 IMarch. f 22.—Sales of cot ton to-day’B,soobales. Middlings at .11 cejrta. Sales of the week 10,790 bales. Receipts of the week 6,405 bales, against 10,000 bales.— Decrease at this port 235,290 bales. Exports of the week 22,830 bales.— Stock 03,0d0 bales. Freights on cot ton to Liverpool $d —to Havre lc.— Sterling Exchange 106@10G§. Ex change on New York ± per cent, pren ium. .New Orleans, March 22.—Sales of cotton to-day 9,000 bales. Mid dlings at 12<a;12J cents. Sales of the week 59,090 bales. Receipts 27,500 bales, against 57,500 bales. Exports of the week 102,000 bales. Total exports 1,571,500 halos. Decrease at this port 292,000 bales. All ports 715,000 bales. Stock 244,600 bales. ■Freightron cotton {©.Liverpool 7-16d. @H- SPECIAL NOTICES. | CASH, in all cases, will bp required for Job Work, Transient Advertisements, and Spe cial Notices. WANTED! AN ,Anprenlice to '*ie Printing business. In quire at this office. f ATTENTION! Merriwether Volunteers! YOU are hereby ordered to appear on Saturday next, at 10 o’clock, tor drill. Th r re wilt also be a special Parade •n Tuesday next, pril 2d. Everys member of the company id expected to /be present, armed and equipped. By order, # -tuOtfxs A REEVE*, O. S. GreenvMe, March 26 th } 1861. FIVE JDOLLARS REWARD! I TITII!■ REA3 my dwelling was feloniously> Tt entered.on Sunday night, the 24th inst., and robbed of sundry articles of apparel, the above reward will be given to any one who will ; point out And convict tbe thief. The stolen ar ticles were principally children's c'othing. WM. H. I ECK. Mr. Editor, Please announced the name of CAPT. W. ECTOfc, of Merriwettr r CouDty, as a candidate for Major General of the 9tb Division, G. M., Election 3d'April next. Counties composing, the Division are Merriwether, Troup, Heard, Coweta, Campbell, and Carroll. IV'OTICE.— The Friends of JOHN L. -LN STRUZIE H propose him as a suitable, candidate for Captain of Militia, 669tb Dlstiict G. * J4(l i** 3* of April. ""H are authorised to announce Col C. W. HOWARD as a candi date fur Major General for tl e 9th Division, G. M. Election on the 3d of Apr 1, I SGI. NOTICE. Executors, Administrators and Guardians are' required by Iftw to give an Hccount of their “ actings and •doings’’ to the Ordinary; once in? dach and ti'try year. As there afe several representatives of estate* * in this County who have wholly neglected their, duty n this particular, and as the*Ordinary isjl justly held responsible fur such neglect, he takes! this method of informing them that a rule will be issued against ever}- one who fails hereafter to comply with this provision of the law. Returns must be made by the first Monday in; July, unless, by order of Court, a longer lime i* given, juid’no such order can be granted ex cept f«ergo«sd *»nd sufficient reasons. § F. KENDALL, Ordinary Jf. C. N. 15. —It is no jrttrt of tbe Ordinary's business to make out returns, ami as for keeping accounts, the fees accrue in such small amounts that it is alino-t.a waste of paper to say nothing more. I’. S.—Respects of the Clerk of the Superior Court totbe lath r part of N, B.—Sheriff ditto. 2-1 m * NOTICE. As mapy of the furraer patrons of the Green ville Masonic Female. College have heretofore complained of the difficulty of finding board for their children, ibe Pr< sident of the College res pectfully gives notice that he hns rented the large and commodious building known as Campbell's Hotel, and is fully prepared to board pupil* at as low a rate as can be obtained any*| wbefe. All entrusted to his care will be faithfully at-| find all the comforts and advan-f *tßges'of a home. WM. IfESiRY PfSfigJC. Special Orders No. 3. Head Quarters, G. if., ) Miilt.lgeville, J*n. 28th. f 1 A vavafigy h«s occurred in the Command ofAhe 9th Division. G. M., consisting of the ' esunties of Merriwether, Troup, Heard, Cow-j ' eta, Carnpliell and Carroll by the death of M»j. S Gen. Thos. C. I'.vans commanding said Divi-i sion. 2. In conformity iflfii (hr \ct of the T,rgis-1 laturc, to provide fur the election of Gem-rail Officers of this State, the Colonel* of Keg linen is, | and Offici rs commanding BaUa'kuis iu I he conn -J ties where there are no Re.-imntt* Wiilrfn sijdl Division, will give twenty days notice, by ad-1 vertisee ent in each Captain's District, and atl the pl-ice of holding Company Musters w ithin! their respective commands, that an election willl he held on the third day of April n'X', at the! place or places established by law for holding! -lections of members of the General Assemhlv.l under I he superintendence of one or more JudgesS of the JtiferiorCourts. or Justice of the Pence 1 togedtofkwtti’ t *° con * rti?su,n *< { military Offi-'y cers, or Two freeholders of the county in wlftchl the election is held. 3. The e uperiutendendents of the elections will make out a return of the votes received! (and in counties wheie there are several places! of holding the election, will count out and con-1 soli'late the votes ) and forward the same tothel Governor agr-eahly to the laws regulating the! returns of the member* of the General Aasem-9 Vy. Bv order of the Cammnnder-in Chief: HENRY C. WAYNE.' * I 2-ly Adjutant, General.' \ Country Fm^ice. C \SU p*£fcr Cbjckrts, Turkeys, Dock*,/ Butter and alths office of this paper. gupista fliupttj,, ISSUED EVERY EVENING, IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, C euUiiu the latest N«wi, and from itt great cir culation, is an excellent medium for advertised. Daily, per annum, $* 00 “ “ month, so Weekly, par annum B. J 9. ATKINSON, ♦ • »" <Editor anjl proprietor. DAVID ELLIS, Dealer iu Staple and Fancy CROCKERY k HARDWARE, Southern', comer of the Square, GREENVILLE, GA., KEEPS constantly on bund a large and care fully selected a took of Goodi suited to the want* of the county, an examination of which he most respectfully solicits from bis lady cus> turners friends and tbs public generally. tyTerms liberal and adapted to the time*. _ l-ljr , ' GROCERIES & HARDWARE. HUGH E. MALONE TANARUS) l areeifiilly solicits the custom of bis old and A-V new patrons ul his Well known stand at the Tost Office. Sugar, Coffee, Syrup, Tobacco, Cigars, Boot* 4t Shoes, Guns, Iron Ware, Powder, Shot, Lead, Soap, Oils, Candles, White Lead, ' and the usual assortment of vari eties of a first class country store. He bas also a splendid assortment OFGARRETSOS'S LONG ISLAND The cheapest ard the best, when we consider the quality and quantity in every paper. As he pays cash for his goods bo is obliged to a-k tbe same of his patrons. »-iy- DR. A. G. FLOYD, RESIDENT DENTIST. GRKESVII.I.E, GA. Teeth set on plate from one to a full set. Pat ronage respectfully solicited. [y All Work Warranted. DRS. ANTHONY & TERRELL, Practitioners of Medicine, DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS, &c. kc. I l-ly Greenville, Ga. 1 Doctor ¥.O. Daimelly, I PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, GREENVILLE, GEO., 1 Returns bis thanks to the citizens of MerrU ■ wether for tbeir past confidence and support, I and desires to state that nil the energies of his I life are devoted to his profession. He is continually corresponding with the I “ Giants of Medicine”—has an extensive Libra- I fly —fl complete Case of Surgical Instruments, [ with all the most approved Appliances for re- I lieving deformities, Ac., and tenders to his triends I attd the public generally the benefits of all the vast improvements in Medical and Surgical Sci ence. Call at bis Residence. l-ljr DR. J. R. HARRISS GREENVILLE, GA., Practitioner in Medicines, Wholesale k Retail Dealer la Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Fine Toile' Soaps, Feiliimefy. Furry Toilet Articles, Glass, Putty. Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dya*“ Siutf*. Fine Brandy's, Wines, Ker osine Oil,Tobacco, Cigars,<kc. All of which 1 will sell extremely low for CASH or approved credit. The cash ispreferred. Farmers' and Physicians’ ord-rs ooliciied. A fr>sh supply of Garden Seed just received. l-ly. WM. S. LAWSON, Wholesale and Retail dealer in eRY ©secs, CROCKERY, HARDWARE & VARIETIES, •B~> ESFECTFULLY solicits the custom of tb« people of'Merriwether county at bis store iu Greenville; where lie will always be found ready li s,ll upon tbe most accommodating terms, Silks, Satins, Brnaioloths, Homespuns, Domes* tics coarse, fine and siij erfine Stuffs, Ho siery, Osnaburgs, Yarns, Shirt Bosoms in.very styl.—plain andfaney—Magic Buffle, Ribbons, Straw-goods, Hard ware, Axes, Hoes. Locks, Cutlery, Crockery, Wooden ware, Boos and Shoes, Harness, Books, Stationery, Perfumes and Fancy Articles —in short everything from a3i4 centPiaco to a SI,OOO bill of goods. Those who can not tie pleased elsewhere will not be disappoint ed in him ; therefore, visit him first, and go on your way rejoicing. l"k T §eok §rlUr xn* StitUntr, UKU.bU IN Sheet Music k Musical Instruments Generally, LAGRANGE, GA. I RESPECTFULLY invite the Citixen3 of Merriwether and the a 'joining counties to my large and well assorted stock of College, School, Medical and Miscellaneous Books, «b<* Princw's, Maeon aid Hamlin I *, and Foster* Harmoneon* and Melodtons. Together wtU I Boardma”, Gray A Cos *, aud Newman a justly I celebrated Piano Forte*. I Melorteon* from 45 to >SO dolloxa. Pianos I from 175 to 500. Alwaya on band, *ll th. I new music for the Piano. Sheet sanavcmmle.. I free of expenae. Material* for <lll, Grecian and I ° P X?l"ord/* , th f ankfuUy rateivedaAd promptly I atttndod ». R.K. 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