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,’H OF HON A. H. STEPHENS
0 SAVANNAH, .MARCH 21ST.
'"\ffei have been requested by many
of our friends to publish the ablest
speech ever delivered by Vice-Presi
dent Stephens, and in doing so are
forced to crowd out a portion of our
editorial matter. Let every man in
the county read and ponder:
Jl [r. Mayor and Gentlemen of the
Committee, and fellotv citizens :
We are passing through one of the
greatest revolutions in the annals of
the world; seven States have, within
the last three months, thrown off an
old Government, and formed a new.—
This revolution has been signally
marked, up to this time, by the fact of
its having been accomplished without
a single drop of blood. This new
Constitution is now the subject to
which your attention will be partly
invited. It amply secures all our an
cient rights, franchises and privileges.
All the great principles of the Magna
Charta are retained in it. No citizen,
is deprived of life, liberty or property,
but by the judgment of ins peers, un
der the laws of the land. The great
principle "of religious liberty, which
was the honor and pride of the old
Constitution, is still maintained and
securedi All the essentials of the
old Constitution which have endeared
it to the hearts of the hearts of the
American people, have been preserved
and perpetuated. Taking the whole
new Constitution, I have no hesitancy
in giving it as my judgment, as decided
ly better than the old. The question of
building up class interests, or foster
ing one branch of industry to the prej
udice of another, under the exercise
of the revenue power, which gave us
so much trouble under the old Consti
tution, is put at rest forever under
the new. We allow the imposition of
no duty, with a view of giving advan
tage to one class of persons, in any
trade or business, over those of an
other. Honest labor and enterprise
are left free and unrestricted.
This old thorn of the tariff, which
occasioned the cause of so much irri
tation in the old body politic, is re
moved forever from the new. The
subject of internal improvements, un
der the power of Congress to regulate
commerce, is put at rest. The power
claimed by construction under the old
Constitution, was at least a doubtful
one—it rested solely upon construc
tion. We of the South, generally,
apart from considerations of constitu
tional principles, opposed its exercise
upon the ground of expediency and
justice. Notwithstanding this oppo
sition, millions of money in the com
mon treasury had been drawn for
such purposes. With us it was sim
ply a question, upon whom the bur
den should fall. In (Georgia we had
done as much for the cause of internal
immjov'* as any portion of the
couw wording to population and
mditrsr.'*’ We had stretched out lines
of railroads from the seaboard to the
mountains; dug down the hills and
filled up the valleys, at a cost of not
less than §25,000,000. All this was
done to open up an outlet for our pro
ducts of the interior, and those to the
west of us, to reach the marts of the
world. No State was in greater need
of such facilities than Georgia, but
we had not asked that these works
should be made by appropriations out
of the common treasury. The cost of
the grading, the superstructure and
equipments of our roads, was borne by
those who entered upon the enterprise.
Not only the cost of T iron was borne
in the same way, but we were com
pelled to pay into the common treasury
several millions of dollars for the priv
ilege of importing the iron after the
price was paid for it abroad. What
justice was there in taking this money
which our people paid into the common
treasury on the importation of our
iron, and applying it to the improve
ment of rivers and harbors else
where ?
The true principle is to subject' the
commerce of every'locality, to what
ever burdens may be necessary to fa
cilitate it. If the Charleston .harbor
needs improvement, let the commerce
of Charleston bear the burden. If the
mouth of the Savannah river has to
be cleared out, let the sea-going navi
gation which is benefitted by it, bear
the burden. So with the mouths of
the Alabama and Mississippi rivers—
just as the products of the interior, our
cotton, wheat, corn and other articles,
have to bear the necessary rates of
freight over our railroads to reach the
seas. This is again, the broad prin
ciple of perfect equality and jsutice.
And it is specially held forth had es
tablished in our new Constitution.
The new Constitution provides that
Cabinet Ministers and heads of De
partments shall have the privilege of
seats upon the floor of the Senate and
House of Representatives —shall have
the right to participate in the debates
and discussions upon the various sub
jects of administration.
Our heads of departments can speak
for themselves and the administration,
in behalf of its entire policy, without
resorting to the indirect and highly
objectionable medium of a newspaper.
It is to be greatly hoped that under
our system we shall never have what
is known as a Government organ.
Another change in the Constitution
relates to the length of the tenure of
the Presidential office. In the new
Constitution it is six years instead of
four, and the President rendered inel
ligible for a re-election. This is cer
tainly a decidedly conservative change, j
It will remove from the incumbent all j
temptation to Qse his office or exert,
-it . _r%. * -
the powers confided to him for any
objects of personal ambition. The
only incentive to that higher ambition
which should move and actuate one
holding such high trusts in his hands
will be the good of the people, the
advancement, prosperity, happiness,
safety, honor and true glory of the
Confederacy.
The new Constitution has put at
rest, forever, all the agitating ques
tions relating to African Slavery, as
it exists amongst us. This was the
immediate cause of the late rupture
and present revolution. Jefferson, in
his forecast, had anticipated this, as
the “ rock upon which the old Union
would split.” He was right.
Our new government foundations
are laid, its corner stone rests, upon
the great truth, that the negro is not
equal to the white man. That slavery,
subordination to the superior, is his
natural and moral condition.
This, our government,'’is the first,
in the history of the world, based up
on this great physical, philosophical
and moral truth. In the conflict thus
far, success has been on our side, com
plete throughout the length and
breadth of the Confederate States. —
It is upon this, our social fabric is
firmly planted ; and I jpannot. permit
Imyself to doubt the ultimate success
of a full recognition of this principle
throughout the civilized and enlight
ened world. It is the first govern
ment ever instituted upon principles
in strict conformity to nature, and the
.ordination of Providence, in furnish
ing the materials of human society.
"The negro by nature, or by the curse
against Canaan, is fitted for that con
dition which he occupies in our sys
tem. The substratum of our society
.is made of the material fitted by na
ture for it, and by experience we know
that it is best, not only for the supe
rior but for the inferior race, that it
should be so. It is, indeed, conform
ity, with the ordinance of the Creator.
The great objects of humanity are
best attained, when conformed to his
laws anfi decrees, in the formation of
governments as well as im all things
else: Our Confederacy is founded
upon principles in strict conformity
w'ith the laws. This stone which was
rejected by the first bnilderts “is be
come the chief stone of the corner”
in our newedifice. I have been asked,
what of the future ? It has been ap
prehended by some, that we would
have arrayed against us the civilized
world. I care not who or how many
they may be, when we stand upon the
eternal principles of truth we are
obliged to and must triumph.
On this point I w r ould barely say,
that as anxiously as we all have been
and are, for the border States with in
stitutions similar with ours, to join us,
still we are abundantly able to main
tain our position, even if they
inhfffiately make up their mnfds7 hot
to cast their destiny with ours. That
they ultimately will join us, be com
pelled to do it, is my confident belief,
but we can get on very well without
them, even if they should not.
We have all the essential elements
of a high national career... The idea
has been given out at the North', &nd
even in the border States, thrft we are
too small and too weak to .maintain 'a
separate nationality. This is a great
mistake. In extent of territory, we
embrace 564,000 square miles and up
wards. This is upwards of 200,000
square miles more than was included
within the ' limits of the original thir
teen States. It is an area of country
more. than, double the territory of
France' gr the Austrian empire.—
France in_rpund numbers, has about
248.000 sqhare miles. Ours is great
er than both combined. It is greater
than ay France, Spain, Portugal and
GreraT-Rritain, including England, Ire
land and Scotland together. In pop
ulation, we haVe upwards of five mil
lions, According to the census of 1860:
this intitules’ white and black. The
enticd white and
black, of the original thirteen States,
was less than 4,000,000 in 1790, and
still less in ’76, when the independence
of our fathers was achieved. If they,
with a less population, dared maintain
their i«dependence against the great
est power,on earth, shall we have any
apprehension of maintaining our
own ? •-
In point of material wealth and re
sources, we are greatly in advance of
them. The taxable property of the
£ppfederate States cannot be less
‘than §2,200,000,000. This may be
considered as five times more than the
colonies possessed at the time they
achieved # their independence. Georgia
alone possessed last year, according to
the report of our Comptroller General,
§672,000,000 of taxable property. —
The debts of the seven Confederate
States sum up in the aggregate less
than §18,000,009 ; while the existing
debts of the other of .the late United
State sum up in the aggregate the
enormous amount of §174,000,000. —
This is without taking into the account
the heavy city debts, corporation debts
and railroad debts, which press, and
will continue to press, a heavy incubus
upon the resources of those States.—
These debts, added to others, make a
sum total not much under §500,-
000,000.
With such an area of territory—
with such an amount of population—
with a climate and soil unsurpassed by
any on the face of the earth—with
such resources already at our com
mand—with productions whichTbontrol
the commerce of the world—who can
entertain any apprehensions as to our i
successs, whether others v join us or
not? ,
THE GEORGIA WEEKLY.
I believe, I state but the common
sentiment, when I declare my earnest
desire that the Border States should
join us. The differences of opinion
that existed amongst us anterior to se
cession, related more to the policy in
securing that result by co-operation
than from any difference upon the ul
timate security wo all,, looked to in
common. Whatever *4iffiSfepCes of
opinion existed as to the best policy in
having a co operation with our border
sister slave States, we are now
independence, whether they, come or
not.
Thus far we have seen -done of
those incidents which usually attend
revolutions. Wisdom, prudence and
patriotism, have marked every step of
our progress thus far. This augurs
well for the future, and it is a matter
of sincere gratification to me, that I
am enabled to make the declaration,
of the men I met in the Congress at
Montgomery, an abler, wiser, a more
conservative, deliberate, determined,
resolute and patriotic body of men, I
never met in my life.
Their works speak"for them; the
Provisional Government speaks for
them ; the Constitution of the perma
nent Government, will be a lasting
monument of their worth,'’fhdrft and
statesmanship.
Will everything, commenced so
well, continue as it has begun ? It all
depends upon ouselves. We are a
young Republic just entering upon the
arena of nations; we will be the arch
itect of our own fortunes.. With wis
dom, prudence and statesmanship on
the part of our public men, and intel
ligence, virtue and patriotism on the
part of the people, success, to the full
measure of our most sanguine hopes,
may be looked for. 'But if we become
divided—if schisms are—if dissen
sions spring up —if factions are en
gendered —if party spirit, nourished
by unholy personal ambition, shall
rear its hydra head, I have no good to
prophesy for you. Without intelli
gence, virtue, integrity and patriotism
on the part of the people, itofCpublic
or representative government can be
durable or stable.
We have intelligence, and virtue,
and patriotism. All that is required
is to cultivate and perpetuate these. —
Organized upon principles of perfect
justice and right—seeking amity and
friendship with all other powers—l see
no obstacle in the way of our upward
and onward progress. Our growth,
by accessions from other Stated, will
depend greatly upon whether we pre
sent to the world, as I trust we shall,
a better government than that to
which they belong. If we do this
North Carolina, Tennessee and Ai’-
kansas cannot hesitate long; neither
canr Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri.'
They will necessarily gravitate to us
to m iTinr~~ J —***** 11
pie provision m our Constitution for
the admission of other State; it is
more guarded, and wisely so, I think,
than the old Constitution on the same
subject, but not too guarded to receive
them as fast as it may be proper. —
Looking to the distant future, and,
perhaps, not very distant either, it is
not beyond the range of possibility,
•and even probability, that all the great
States of the North-west shall gravi
tate this way as well as Tennessee,
Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, &c.—
Should they do so. our doors are wide
enough to receive them, but not until
they are ready to assimilate with us
in principle.
The process of disintegration in
the old Union may be expected to go
on with almost absolute certainty
We are now the nucleus of a growing
power which, if we are true to our
selves, our destiny, and high mission,
will become the controlling power on
this continent. To what extent ac
cessions will go on in the process of
time, or where it will end, the future
will determine. So far as it concerns
the {"states of the old Union, they will
be upon no such principle, of recon
struction as now spoken of, but upon
reorganization and new assimilation.
But at first we must necessarily
meet with the inconveniences and dif
ficulties and embarrassments, incident
to all changes of government. These
will be felt in our postal affairs and
changes in the channel of trade.—
These inconveniences, it is to be hoped,
will be but temporary, and must be
borne with patience and forbearance.
As to whether we shall have war
with our late confederates, or whether
all matters of differences between us
shall be amicably settled, I can only,
say, that the prospect for a peaceful
adjustment is better so far as I am
informed, than it has been.
The prospect of war, is at least not
so threatening as it has been. Fort
Sumter, it is believed, will soon be
evacuated. What course will be pur
sued towards Fort Pickens, and the
other forts on the Gulf, is not so well
understood. Our object is Peace , not
only with North, but with the world.
All matters relating to the public
property, public liabilities of the Union
when we were members of it, we are
ready and willing to adjust and settle,
upon the principles of right, equality
and good faith. The idea of coercing
us, or subjugating us, is utterly pre
posterous.' Whether the intention of
evacuating Fort Sumter is to be re
ceived as .an evidence of a desire for a
peaceful solution of our difficulties
with the United States, or the result
of necessity, I will not undertake to
say. Rumors are afloat, however,
that it is the result of necessity. All
I can say to you, therefore, on that
point is, keep your armor bright and
your powder dry.
The surest way to secure peace, is
to show your ability to maintain your
rights. The principles and position of
the present Administration of the
United States—the Republican party
—present some puzzling questions.—■
While it is a fixed principle with them,
never to allow the increase of a foot
of slave territory, they seem to be
equally determined, not to part with
an inch “of the accursed soil.” Not
withstanding their clamor against the
institution, they seem to be equally
opposed to getting more, or letting
go what they have got. They were
ready to fight on the accession of
Texas, and are equally ready to fight
on her secession. Notwithstanding
their professions of humanity, they
are disinclined to give up the benefits
they derive from slave labor. Their
philanthropy yields to their interest.
The idea of enforcing the laws, has
but one object and that is a collection
of the taxes, raised by slave labor to
swell the fund, necessary to meet
their heavy appropriations. The
spoils are what they are after—though
they come from the labor of the
slave.
Mr. Stephens reviewed at some
length, the extravagance and profliga
cy of appropriations by the Congress
of the United States for several years
past, and in this connection* took oc
casion to allude to another of the great"
improvements in our new Constitution,
which is a clause, prohibiting Con
gress from appropriating any money
from the Treasury, except by a two
thirds vote, unless it be for some ob
ject, which the executive may say is
necessary to carry on the Govern
ment. Our fathers had guarded the
assessment of taxes by insisting that
representation and taxation should go
together. Our fathers also provided
in the old Constitution, that all appro
priation bills should originate in the
Representative branch of Congress,
but our new Constitution went a step
further, and guarded not only the
pockets of the people, but also the
public money, after it was-taken from
their pockets. He alluded to the diffi
culties and embarrassments, which
seemed to surround the question of a
peaceful solution of the controversy
with the old government. How can
it be done ? is perplexing many minds.
The President seems to think that he
cannot recognize our independence,
nor can-he, with, and by the advice of
the Senate, do so. The Constitution
makes no such provision. A general
Convention of all the States had been
suggested by the same. Without pro
posing to solve the difficulty, he Jjarely
made the following suggestion :
.That as the admission of States by
Congress under the Constitution was
an ttSfc of legislation, and in the nature
ftl
and the others admit
ting, why* should Sot this contract or
compact be regarded as of like charac
ter with all other civil contracts—lia
ble to be rescinded by mutual agree
ment of both parties ? The seceding
States have rescinded it on their part.
Why cannot the whole question be
settled, if the North desire peace, sim
ply by the Congress, in both bran
ches, with jthe concurrence of the
giving their consent to the
separation, and a recognition of our
independence ? This he merely offer
ed as a suggestion, as one of the ways
in which it might be done with much
less violence to constructions of the
Constitution than many other acts of
that government.
Free trade, as far as practicable,
would be the policy of this govern
ment. No higher duties would be im
posed on foreign importations than
would be necessary to support the gov
ernment upon the strictest economy. —
In olden times the olive branch was
considered the emblem of peace, we
will send to the nations of the earth
another and far more potential em
blem of the same, the Cotton Plant.—
The present duties were levied with a
view of meeting the present necessities
and exigencies, in preparation for war,
if need be ; if we have peace, and he
hoped we might, and trade should re
sume its proper course, a duty of ten
per cent, upon foreign importations,
it was thought, might be sufficient to
meet the expenditures of the govei’n
meut. If some articles should be left
on the free list, as they now are, such
as breadstuff's, &c., then, of course,
duties upon others would have to be
higher—but in no event to an extent
to embarrass trade and commerce.—
'He concluded in an earnest appeal for
union and harmony, on the part of all
the people, in support of the common
cause, in which we were all enlisted,
and upon the issues of which such great
consequences depend.
If, said he, we are true to ourselves,
true to our cause, true to our destiny,
true to our mission, in presenting to
the world the highest type of civiliza
tion ever exhibited by man—there will
be found in our lexicon no such a word
as Fail.
The Fort Wayne (Ind.) Times says
that a most terrible and fatal accident
with consequences still more terrible,
occurred in Adams county recently.—
The stofy is at once the briefest and
most awful we have read in many a
year. A woman about to churn but
ter, threw some boiling water in the
churn, into which one of the children
had, unnoticed by the mother, placed
an infant, and it was instantly scalded
to death. In her frenzy the mother
seized a chair and inflicted a death
blow upon the little girl. After real
izing what she had done she threw
herself into the well and was drowned.
<s>{n ffibatgia fprklg.
‘ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3.
CROAKERS.
Now in the beginning, at tile very
time when our new Government needs
the unanimous countenance of the
people, croakers, political owls, edito
rial ravens are lifting up their voices
against it. Their whines, howls,
growls and snarls begin to fill the air.
We look upon every man who seeks
to find flaws in the new Constitution,
and blinds himself to its perfections,
either as an ignoramus or a would-be
traitor. To our mind the late Union
is irrevocably dissolved, and with it
should disappear all old party lines.
The motto of every man in the Se
ceded States should-now be “Life,
strength and perpetuity to the Con
federate States.” If these snarling
fellows must bite at something, simply
from habit become second nature, let
them exhaust themselves in snapping
at the common enemy. Away with
all old party animosities—new ones
Will too soon spring up: Party spirit
iS’to-a Republic as health to the pulse ;
but let .that man who can find nothing
better to do than assailing the new
Constitution, -or the Cabinet or the
Congress, be banned as a traitor —
powerless now, ’tie true, but yearning
for a chance lay violent hands upon
his fellow citizens.
Such fellows will become, in the
public eye, as the Tories were in the
war of the Revolution—and most de
servedly so. We have no patieence
with these croakers who are, in imag
ination, already shattering to atoms
the Confederate States. They are
in fact friends of the enemy, friends
of old Abe Lincoln, friends of Aboli
tionism, and therefore traitors and
spies in the Southern camp. In the
language of the Augusta Dispatch :
“It makes the blood of a patriot
boil to see the eagerness with which
every expression of dissent from the
policy of the Provisional Government
is caught up by thefreesoil press, and
heralded as evidence of the weakness
of the new Government, and the
growing sentiment in favor of re-con
struction.”
Knowing these things it is the duty
of every Southern patriot to frown
down such sentiments, or if necessary
Ifrusn "Tfiern with their utterers to the
ignomy they merit.
Let all read the speech of Vice-
President Stephens, and be convinced.
WE AREWAITING.
Fort Sumter still remains in the
hands of our enemy. We hear that
“it will be evacuated to-morrow,” but
that “ to-morrow ” is still in the dim
distance. Fort Pickens, it is repor
ted, is to be evacuated within less
than thirty days, but if we are to
judge of the length of those days by
the stupendous continuancy of the
“ to-morrow ” aforesaid, we think Fort
Pickens will be evacuated sometime
next year.
The Abolition Congress, with Old
Abe and bis Cabinet are “sittin’ on the
fence,” and are, metaphorically speak
ing, riding the sharpest, hardest, and
narrowest rail ever split by the Rail
Splitter !
European pressure, doubtless, will
shove them over, heels over head, into
concession by necessity, though old
Massa Horace Greely howleth for war
and free soil day and night.
Old Abe refuses to make public the
latest dispatches from Fort Sumter —
alleging that it would be inexpedient.
Perhaps Anderson has asked leave to
try his guns, preferring sudden anni
hilation to slow starvation.
Let us twirl our thumbs and—wait!
ggy As we have already announced
we shall be pleased to give notice of
all religious meetings when desired. —
In addition we respectfully ask the in
formed to furnish us with the names of
all Ministers of the Gospel as they
are to officiate.
There will be divine service in the
Baptist Church, of Greenville, on the
4th Saturday and Sunday of every
month.
Dr. Ledbetter, we are told, will
preach at the Methodist Church next
Sunday, the 7th instant.
Friends will confer a favor upon us
by keeping us posted in all religious
appointments.
We have received the March
number of the Southern Cvltivator,
and recommend it as the most valua
ble publication of the day. We have
quoted largely from it in this issue.—
Each number contains 32 pages of
most valuable agricultural reading.—
Price §1 per annum. Published in
Augusta, Ga. D. Redmond, Pub
lisher.
Two weeks from to-day, we
shall begin the publication of a South
ern Romance, from the pen of the ed
itor of this paper, the author of “ The
Brother s Vengeance “ Virginia
Glencaire,” &c., &c., titled: Rosetta,
the Wine Seller’s Daughter ; or,
The Night before the Battle of
Few Orleans.
The story will run for three months
in our columns, but all of its scenes
and events are represented as having
transpired between the hours of 7 and
12 o’clock of the night of the 7th of
January, 1815.
This story will immediately be fol
lowed by another from the same au
thor, titled : The Fanatic ; or, The
Home of the Abolitionist.
Subscribe early!
Mountain Rangers.
A company of volunteers has been
organized in the Ist District of this
county, and numbers over 50 men—
as we are informed. Below we give
the names and rank of the officers :
A. B. Howard, Captain.
N. T. Campbell, Ist Lieut.
J. C. Franklin, 2d Lieut.
W. C. Campbell, 3d Lieut.
Wm. Andrews, 4th Ligut.
Wm. Piielps, Ist Sergeant.
Thos. Maddox, Jr., 2d Sergeant.
Seaborn. McGuirt, 3d Sergeant.
Jas. Bridges, 4th Sergeant.
The following volunteer com
panies have been notified, by Gov.
Brown, to hold themselves in readiness
to march at the command of President
Davis:
The Gate City Guards* .Atlanta*
gone.
The Quitman Guards, Forsyth, Ga.,
gone.
Newnan Guards, Newnan, gone.
Two companies in Augusta, gone.
Two companies in Macon, gone.
Two companies in Columbus.
The Etowah Infantry, Cartersville,
Georgia.
It is rumored that the Merriwether
Volunteers, and the Mountain Ran
gers will be ordered out very soon.—
Drill, boys, drill l
We have just received a mag
nificent mess of radishes from the
garden of Mrs. Maj. McGehee, of
thq 2d District. They are by far the
finest we have seen tfeis yeaiy-a»d *iw
thanks of The Georgia Weekly office
are herewith returned to the fair
donor.
We have also received a Spring cab
bage from Col. J. A. Gaston, thirteen
inches high. Like himself his collards
are of the tribe of Anak.
ggp 1 The Newnan Guards, num
bering 80 men, left Newnan for Pen
sacola on Monday Ist inst. It is ru
mored that Merriwether county will
soon be called upon for a company.—
Keep your powder dry !
We have carefully reviewed
Lamar's English Grammar, pTe'sen
tedbyMr. Wm. A. Adams, and un
hesitatingly pronounce it the best adap
ted for schools that we have ever
seen.
An Extraordinary Surgical Operation.
At the last sitting of the French
Academy of Sciences, Dr. Jobert de
Lamballe gave an account of a singu
lar surgical operation performed by
him, in the case of a soldier named
Gustin, aged 21, who had been woun
ded at an advanced post before the
Malakoff Tower in the Crimea. A
ball had penetrated through his fore
head, making a clean circular open
ing of the size of about one franc
piece; the man thus struck fell down
from the parapet, a height of seven
feet, and was taken to the nearest am
bulence in a state of insensibility,
which lasted 24 hours. Eight days
after he was shipped off to Constanti
nople, where he remained four months
in a military hospital. However, be
ing well provided, it would seem, with
the organ of combativenes, he asked
and obtained permission to return to
Crimea, although his wound was in
full suppuration. He subsequently
fought at Traktir, and afterwards re
turned to France, where he continued
in the army, but without being em
ployed in any active service on ac
count of the state of his health, his
wound still suppurating as before.—
At length, in February, 1857, he en
tered the Hotel Dieu and placed him
self under the care of Dr. Jobert,
who, upon examination, found that a
ball was still lodged inside his skull;
this, with a variety of precautions, was
successfully extracted, and the man is
now perfectly recovered. The ball
had remained in for the space of
twenty-two months.
Three Cent Patriotism.—Many
of our contemporaries are expatiating
at length upon the fact that the Con
federate States have fixed postage at
five cents l This, they say, is one of
the beauties of secession. Do our
friends lower their patriotism to a
three cent postage stamp!— Augusta
Dispatch.