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I V,It PER AN.MM IN ADVANCE
ATHENS. CLARK COl'NTV, GEO. MAY 1, 1861.
VOLUME
-NUMBER 8.
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BUSINESS
DiREl io|!Y. 1-
II. A. LOWRANCE, '
Resident DENTIST,;
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
OI-T1CK—College Avenue, Athens, Ga.
Oct is.
UR MM KING, .
1lomn ope: th ir. P/i ysicia n,
O I'FKIS* hie pr«fe«eiuinil si-rricea to the clt
i/<•'»* of Atiu-nw nn»l vicinity,
fic.-iilcncc. at Mr-*. Clayton a. Office, corner of ,
Clayton ninlThoinr.a atrcct 1 ?. May 3.—ly. i
G. L.MclLESKEY, M. I)T, i
U AYllYfw permanently located in Atliena.wil ;
'•ontir.uctli«jt«ctifcotMc.Heinean«l Surgery.
CJ^IkCsitlonc?, that recently occupied by Mr.
Aibon 'J ha sc. Ollio■ at home, where i««* inav b._-
toumi. March S?h, !&«».
I)It. CIPHERS,
l<nir of TOillrtlgct jllr,
! -low located in Athena nud hna taken a |
it** «*f iooin*» ut the Franklin I1<>uhc. Dr !
t h»s been in the practice of Dentistry from i
icst youth. I!** in nUa graduate of one of |
si DentalCollci'ea. All ihe improvement*, |
rctl by the proieaaion, will be introdncod in j
■fi< «*. 'In ladiccs and gentlemen who may
e with ac.di. | will ,«nv 1 am authorized fV» |
rev era I persona fnrtvhoiu I have pot up ■
• rk lit thi* place. I (tin uow fully prepared i
no al’ operations both in the mechanical
rihvc department that maybe required.
iy family .nhniUiT ivc, further notice will be I
II
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POETRY
TO MISS JENNIE 0
She came with a ?Vp Ji^ht r.;;*!
And with a tort ot tender yiee,—
Could it deceive!
Kindlipjj licr eve of darhert Mu *.
She *nid iu tone* so -cemiu^ trn-*,
1 d fain believe
**See! hero I hrin^ th» piomi-ei! i
Your fnv Tito, jrlitsT’iiiiij;, d«:nj» r.
Of morning dew!
I’ve waxhed for day* to so.: then
] knew that you would prize t e n
My violet* blue!"
And ns I id seed them on my br*-n
lVrhapa ineir brent!i my sense
1 K-nroe can fell.
My eyes were dim : !«>, did l f«*» !
A i4#*ntlenei»H upon m*- *!«.*nl.
Like to a rpoll!
Mud for the «l->y 1 cr>: r^.de
My lean*. my d uld>, my «nceid ; :
My ►mil quiescent
Did float in t! «• returning ;ide
Of youth * biiniit dr«?a-i.i. too-vu
And tbi-* sweet pvscni
Of pn'.cst floweri* thnt dvinj lay
t’pon my bo^oui ail the’dav,
Not u*e!es«!v
Their periumc r*h» •!. their hue r.-u
s\U; mu!
Secretary
For-
ireta-
A!i,
• I tail
frame toinv private door West <
id of Frank
A»c.
A
V \. t
VOIt.MA
? ;n hill
1 W A: -
i . A .Vi A I i com
ATTORNEY AT
ov i4 v
at;
Dili
1; H.'.l YM
A 11 Oh- IM
1)r. R. M. SMITH,
M Itolosale and Retail Dealer in 1
nines. MKD1CINES, PERFUMERY,
r.i/.XTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS, f
i MLPICtNM. HRANDV AMI WINE, &C., &C„ AiC. I
j 9 S NOW rcccixing nod opening a large stock ut /
1 yoo,: 3 , frU-rtcd ia the Northcin Markets by him* j
• it vs ith^rcat « a o,and which liecoufidcnily recoin- J
'•cii'bi' tlic p jidic ,,a hcing pure,
j.,...-i^.v».
i I5R. 11. Gll.I.ELANl), DENTIST,
\^ T •'’* G'S'^Vll.l.V. Tin ,rrf perl fully 1
T , p;ili,'im™,' i.t 1 lif* Mirtouiicliii!;" country.— j
i C.Ui -•i!i'[a<':i,.]i w ill bo given in ILtir jirolnciu
a; PTTV1 PP
i RESIDENT DENTIST
, AT1IEN
I >OOIIN on Hroad Street.
14. to the IiihUinuce cfJico.
GA.
Eiilrr.i.ce ucit dwi
, DELON V,
; 1 l.u.v,
Tinoas u\ u \i.m:k,
A TI'OliN i;v AT i.AW . \!l,.-iis, I
t::>. OKi.c i>-.. r A S. .V M. II. M , .!< i
1). (i. I INDI.ER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ii.„,
a 1 :
’!. D\Mt
st b in'
n, fSeoriri.
irke.Waltoi
(>gU Ihorpt
Dlt. (. It. LOMBARD.
n i:\TIST. ATHENS.fiKKUniA; Konm, in
huild iig with North ot th»\I*oi*t Dfficp.Ci'l
c f ’<* Ami. to. Fob!>~ y.
r. IV. & II. It. J. LONG,
U ril'H.KSAU: r.r.d retail Alli'ni
<;.i. f.iin.a
F. U. Ll f .AS,
\"irilDhKS,\hK and retail dealer in Dr v floods.
» ▼ t Jrt»«-ierio>, IInidwnrc, Ac.,No. Inroad ut
\then , tin. ;,la:i l!h
It. L. BLOOMFIELD,
Mfd.KSAI.K nml retail Chtthinir Store
Uvoad Strreet, Athens, tin. [May Ip.
\\
T. BISHOP & SON,
U r HOLES A LK and Ketail deal
ies, HanUvai
1 Froad St.Athtna
AV-Ui.IV «
^ ttoiimA it 1.
IftDY,
t A
i» tin* ir. -t, i
of' «illoi-iGi|{.
In f!roi cr
find S'nplo Ifrv Goodn. !N*o
* |Mny 1
VRAM FORI) & STAPLER,
SUCCES.-OKS TO T. CKAWKOUD,
7J l»r*»id hfinct, under fhc llanncr Ofiio,
avi- on hfiii'l ;i nirn Murk of Funny mid Stn
pin F-:y 1 !„. Urncnrin.. Hnrdunrc. llontii mid
>linn.-i. Hats nud Caps, fl id uinnv other tliinKa ion
iiiiiunrnttsto niniition ullnfwliicll rvilihnsotd ven
. .« July 31. ’
.V
vith i: .j m\.i
K, J. & U
^ITOUNEYj
T. VAUM W,
Will pi :ic! .cc
of Mndi,
I'irunit.
r law
, W. vl
1, Kibe
%. M. WTKG 9
r HOLES ALE an * Ketail Denier in Hard
ware, Crocker and House Furnishing
foods,olio door below \. L. Bloomfield'sClothini.
j Store Athens, Qu. Jan.7,
\V
With inoin's 1.1
I have a casket, rie!« and rare.
With treasure* filled. mo.-t c..m!
(ieina ol i.tVcction .
And I ir um l»*\e the donor wed
When I permit hi* t«* dwe!
Mid thin o.r.t
For, many an hour cn*idown at;
These souveuii* have made me
Or.wiist «■«« swedcr—
I’nlocked !ho fountain «•: my le
Or stirred my thoughts to
And made vuij kiir
The joy tha: ra r o'.rrmnPH to th.
My stern soul* and nij lunc hva
To overt! wing.
And so, this casket i* r.K»rc r.in
Tiihn curious things, with tins i
To jew els ow ning.
And standing now :h : .ii «>;*l!y 1:1.
Within the nine s: irs shiunueri
My hand hath strayed
And clasped mv Mouv«*nir—my
Of a vast iioai i ~i love nnspoi
And yci. displayed
To nicnmiN’s eye in s. r n« as « 1
Am if ouch ilonor h»vi <1 were In
And once again.
With smile or sigh.«.r tear or-.
Asked of her lov. a menioiy
I v i*u’d retain.
And slowly from mybrfn-t I !
Your flowers—ytitir ;»r»*tty. gra
And w iih diinm^d eye*
I place it, with n tender sigh,
ithin i!iis charmed einhra. c {
And w hen the dye*
Of many tut are -:sn «ct hours
Have fringed with gold I
And very uutuy
New iji-segays will have
Lnch worn its inonn ur,:»
That lew, i: any.
Will be more sweet, more pri/.**.
Than this, ttint I embalm io ei. 1
Of your.-* dear jtuuy !
Atcjsn.tii, * [.an
•gavel newer*,
r. iTcrcd been--
been chaitr.d bv M.-ss s. Foi
Crawfou! to firtseiil to tlic
in person.
Iti tbiil commuiticntioii Nhs
s\th an<! Crawford uitorm the
rv of .State t!ia! ti,r\ l..;vo Lorn <!u!_\
accredited by tbc ^ .vernmetit < i tlw
( onlVdciiite States of Ametioa r.s Com-
li.i.-'i'na. s to U:C jjovciiHKCtit of the
Loiitcd St.iti-, awl tb.-v set forth tin.-
objrcts i ! their attendance at Wash
iiioton. TIicv c use; ve that seven
States of the Ainenean Lnion, ill the ■
exercise ef a ripdit inherent in evcr\
free people, friau the United .Stub's,
ren-.-utned the attributes ol sr. vereiiyti ;
power, ami lurnicd a "ov«rntnent of;
: tb- ir own, and tn.it tliose Coiifede ate
; Stales new constitute an independent
nation ‘I • /•'. !■> and dr jure, and possess |
a government perfect in all its parts
and fully endowed with all die means
ot st 11 support.
Messis. I'orsv'.li and Craufon!, in
their atoresael eotiinmnieation, tliere-
upon proceed to inform the Sjeretarv
j that, with a view to a speedy adjust-
! merit of all questions tp oviu'i' out i f
' tise political separation thus assumed.;
j upon such te rms uf amity and gor.il
Iwdlas tlie respee'ivc interests, ”eo-
oiajdiica! cotitipruity atid tin; future
i we!faie of the supposed two nation*;
j ini^Iil lender neecssnry, they aie in-
I structeil t., m ike to the government of
(the United States overtures for the
| opening i f negotiations, assuring this
I government that the lhe.-idtnt, Con-
i gress ami penjile ol the Confederate,
I States earnest‘v de-ire a peaceful solu-;
• tiun of these gte.it questions, and that
; it i< neither their :i.tere*t northei; wisli
to make air. demand which is not
founded ill stiietest justice, nor to du
! any act to injure then late confederates.
After making these statements,
Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford close
: their euinim.nicatiut>, as they say, in
J obedience to the instructions of their
: government, by requesting the Sceve-
1 tary of State to appoint as early a day
as possible, in order that they may pro-
; sent to the President of the United
States the credentials which they be r
, and the objects ol the mission with
which they are charged.
1 The Seerdaiv of State fiaiikiv oon-
I fe-ses that he uadusl uuls ti.c events
; which have recently occurred, and the
;ei.iidition of political all.iirs vviiieh ae*
j tuaily exists in the part of tiic Union to
j vvl.ieh his attention has thus been .Ji-
t. lected, veiy dule;
to Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford that other portion. That that can never be ' believe that tin so assurances express*
he has no authority nor is he at liberty j done while a freeman survives in the ' i d the intentions of die administration
to recognise them as diplomatic agents, j Confederate States to wield a weapon, at the time, or at all events of promt*
the undersigned appeal to past history i nent members of that administration,
to prove. j T his delay was assented to for tne ex*
These military demonstrations against' press purpose ot attuning the great
or hold oorrcsponTcnei
munieation with them.
Finally, the Secretary of State would
observe that, n;th
gh he has suppos- j the people of the seceded Slates are j end of the mission of the undersigned,
l that he might safely and with pro- ! certainly far from being in keeping and , to-wit: A pacific solution of existing
pne'y have adopted these conclusions
without making any reference of the
supjeet to the Executive, vet so strong
has been his desire to practice entire
directness and to act in a spirit of per-
tevtii speet and candor towards Messrs.
Forsyth and
tion of the r
consistency with the theoiy ot the
Secretary of State, maintained m hi-
memorandum, that those States aic
still component parts of the late Atner
ican Union, as the undersigned are
not aware of any Constitutional pow-
Cravvlord, and that por- j er in the l’rcsident of the United States j.
'e of the Union in whose to levy war, without the consent of
name they present themselves bcfoie | Congress, upon a foreign people,much
Inm, Uiat he lias cheerfully submitted ] loss upon any portion of the United
this paper to the
eides generally
President, who coin-1 States.
in the views it ex-
s, and sanctions
press
deeiMun declining
with Messrs
I'he undersigned, like the Si
the Secretary s j r j- of State, have no purpose to
official
'orsytli and Crawford.
Aran. 8, 1861.
ereta-
invite
complic ations. The inference dediioi-
ble trom the date of your memoran
dum, that tlie undersigned had, ot
tiieir own volition and without cause,
consented to this long hiatus in the
grave duties with which they were
inrgeil, is therefore not consistent
ith a just exposition of the facts ot
the case. The intervening twenty-three
• I..ys wcie employed in active unofficial
efforts, the object of which was to
smooth the path to a pacific solution,
Farther Point April 24 —'I he Hteiuii"
ship J urn, with lato European Lews,
hits been signalled, but telegraphic do
rangements nro so great that it is un
certain when tho news can bo comma*
eicnted.
Louisville. Ky.. April 24.—Pri
vate dispatches received here from
Cairo, Illinois, state that one thousand
Federal *roopaare now at Cairo,.and
four thousand more are expected soon.
New York. April 24.—Tho schoonor
Haunali Morton, bound from Boston to
Baltimore, and the schooner. Three
Masters, bound to Baltimore, with pro-
vis ons and clothing have been seized
by tho authority of the Government..
' Tho stoamers Mercury and Virgin
aro on a similar duty at tho entrance of
Long Island Sound.
Brook'yn, N. Y , April 24—The city
f Brooklyn has appiopriated one hnn-
The (Treg
fed in this
March last.
mg memorandum was
Uvpavtment on the loth
A delivery of the same,
however, to Messrs. Forsyth and Craw
ford wus delayed, as was understood
with their consent. They haw now,
through their Secretary communicated
iiieii desire for n definitive disposition
ol the subject. The Seeietary ofState
tlierelore directs that a duly verified
copy of tlie paper he now delivered.
A true copy of the original, deliver
ed to me by Mr. F. \V. St ward, Assis
tant Seeietary of State of the United
States, on April 8, 1SU1, at 1. 15 P.
M-, in blank envelope.
Attest, J. T. PICKETT,
Secretary to the Commissioners.
T/tc commissioners in reply io Air. S^w-
onl, excusing the government of de
ception, and 'icccpling u solution by
the sword.
Washingros, April G, 18G1.
lion. Win H. Sevvar.l, Secretary of
State of the United States, Washing-
1 he ‘•metnorandutn” dated Ilepart-
ment of State, Washington, March 15,
1 Sol, with postscript under date of 8th
hist., ha> been received through the
hands of Mr. T. Pickett, Secretary to j
The Correspondence Between Mr. m which they are presented by Messrs.
Seward and the Confederate 4niu- 1 Forsy h and Crawford. He sees in
missiouers—The Gage uf V.ar
Thrown Down and Accepted.
The following is the correspondence
between the Secretary of Stale and tlie
Commissionss from the Confederate
States:
Messrs F ipsytii ami Cit ivnonii to
Mr. Seward. Cpexinu the Nego
tiation and Stating tuf. Case.
Washington Citv, March 12, 1601.
Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary ol
State of the United States :
this Commissii n, who, by thu instruc- | t| ja t y
lions of tin; undersigned, called for it
on ye.-teiday at the depurtment.
In that mtmorandum you correctly
; state the purport of the ollieial note ad*
v ‘"^^U" 1 1 dressed to you by the undersigned on
the 12th ultimo. Without repeating
the contents of that note in full, it is
ittul am
shed
them, not a rig
rc’ olution and
with an established government, but
rather a perversion ot a temporarv and
the inconsnler-, ... . , ... . . . , -
. ! Stairs and the seven States lately of
the Federal Union, but now separated
from it by the sovereign will of tiieir
people, growing out of the pregnant
mi oinp.i.-iiitj j enough to say here that its object was
an independent nation, . • . ,
1 ’ i to invite the Government of tlie United
States to a fr endly consideration of the
.... . lelations h c twee n the United
partisan excitement to ~
ate purposes of an nnjusliliah!
uneonstitn’ional aggiession upon tin-
rights and the authority yested in the
tVili-ral government, and hitherto be
nignly exercised, as from their very
i nature thev always must be so oxer
or engage in discussion ' on the sub
ject on which their two Governments
arc so irreconcilably at variance. It i-
this variance that has broken up tin-
old Union, the disintegration ol which
has only begun. It is proper however,
to advise you that it were well.to dis
miss the hopes you seem to entertain
that, by any of the modes indicated
the people of Confederate States will
ever be brought to submit to the au
thority of the Governrnetd of the Cur
ed States. You are dealing with de
lusions, too, when you seek to separate
our people from our Government and
to characterize the deliberate, sover
eign act ot that people as a perversion
of a temporary anil partisan excitement
If you cherish these dreams you will
be awakened trom them an 1 find them
as unreal anil unsubstantial as others
iu which you have recently indulged.
The undersigned would oinit the per
formance of obvious duty were they to
fail to make known to the Govern
ment of tlie United States that Un
people of the Confederate States have
declared their independence with a
full knowledge of all the responsibili
ties of that act, anil with as firm a de
termination to maintain it by all tin-
means with which nature has endowed
them as that which sustained their
fathers when they threw oil the author (
ity ol the British crown.
The undersigned dearly understand
you have declined to appoint a
day to enable them to lav the oCji-it
of the mission with which they are ;
charged before the President of tin- j
United States, because so to do would i
be to recognize the independence and 1
separate nationality of the Confederate j
States. This is t. c vein of thought
ike distinguished personage alluded to j drp(| tllou ' salld , lo llare to equip tho 13tli
co-operating with the undersigned, <tnu , which leaves to-day.
every step of the effort is recorded in j ^ u , smid , ht Va ., April 24—All corn-
writing, atul now in possession ot the j i nlI11 i ca tious with Washington City is
undersigned and ot t.'u ir government, j suspended. All is quiet here to-day.
and
it was i nly " hen a I these anxious el
icits for peace hail been exhausted,and
it bii-umc clear that Mr. Lincoln had
di-ti imined to appeal to the sword to
reduce the peop e of the Confederate
Slates to the will of the section or par-
v whose President he is, that the un
Philadelphia, April 24—Command
m s U L Page and Arthur Sinclnirgbotli
Vi.ginians) and J R Ti kcr, from tho
1) : inet of Columbia, .-ud Lieutenant
r J M Spntswond (fro Virginia) and
.. oert B l’egram (frotr - ginia), have
v-h gnetl, and tho two .. . r will act as
ri'sunit'i
the official neon- Captains in thn Virginia L ,vy.
•lA'inii teinpnidi !v suspended,and sent j
(li. ii Seeietary for a reply to their olli- j
,-iai note uf March 12. t
I i- proper to add that, during these
t’.M-ntv-tiuee days, two gentlemen nt |
otfi.ial distinetion as high as that oil
the personage hitherto alluded to,aided j
the undersigned as tnteimeikaries in j
these iiii dfi.T.il negotiations for pca-'e.
Tlie undersigned Commissioners of
the Cordedt-iate .States ot America, l
having tuns made answer to all they I
New York, April 24—The authori
ties here have decided to muster into
immediate service the whole thirty
housand voluutecrs authorized by tho
Legislature.
Washington. April 23—About
12.000 in-ii, including the Massachus
etts Regiment, arc quartered in the
Capitol !
All the Army and Navy officors
from Virginia have, or will, resign
immediately.
It is authoritatively slated that
deem material in the memorandum \ Martial Law will not "bo declared
tiled in the Department on the 15th of until tliero is certain evidences of
Match last, have the honor to he, |preaching danger.
JOHN FORSYTH,
MARTIN i. CRAWFORD.
A. B. ROMAN.
A true copy i>l the original one t)e-
mued to Mr. F. W. Seward, assistant j b \ rro 3 of 8tores havo
.'-eei' tary ol .State ol the l lilted States
.it eight if,-lock in tlie evening of April
IStil.
Attest,
but
J. T. PICKETT, !
Secretary, ,Ye., ise.
R> ’ilij !o the I'omruisxtoturs, !
t t.W Iti. dpt of tin ir Litter,
r.iul Hn:i f
WM. T MI!.T.
T. II. WILSON A BROS
•»
It. J. XI12.1.1*' AX, WM. T MIM.n-.VX,
.l.-tf.-rsnu, O
S. j-f. lit—ly
lilLLJt BILiAMR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
rjIUE umkr-'i^iii'il li.Avii^r.- ..it»‘t! i , ;cih.>cIvok
j in th«* prnrti- «• of l.iw, will ntt«*n*l
C ir. nit, and
t* Heir joint perv»;ia! &H< ::!iun :«» all hue*
W HOLESALE fc retail ' cnlcr* in Dry Oooas
Or«H*4*ricrt t Hardware, Crockery, 4c.,N«*e.
llo, (Id. | and 4, College Avenue, Athens, (ia.
-reh Iti
r*il Courtb h
nr joint per-4
ri nit* cd t !ioua
iiKO. HILLYKK
Julv 15—1 \ .
WM. H llTUi,
A then-*, (ia.
M. M. PITTMAN.
\ TTOK A’EY •»! Law, JcfiVrsnn. ,1 ack-on loun-
ty, C«n M will • {irouqviaiteniton I.* any hu.
itine^s cut mated tu hi? rare. J;«uunv> *1 - I Jin
J. F. O’KELLY,
I'HOTOGHAI‘H AM) A UUnOTYPE
ARTIST.
and undeninahie fact that those people
I have rejeeteu the authority of the Uni-
. - -. • L Z”, ' J-'' 1 | ted Stales atul established one of their
cise< , foi the inaintenanec ot the Ln- , .- , , . ,
’ - i _ ,'own. 1 he relations had to be friendly
The people of the old and
hostile.
JOHN II. HI LL,
\ TTOUN’KY AT l,\W, An-urtn
attend promptly to all bu-ine.“8 cntruHted to
Cn
nt run
l.lan.
IV. B
V T'r<»liXT. V .1
VVil.pim-li. .'i .
UMl’KIN,
«, V tv. Attn-:
NOTICE TO PLANTERS!
Three Thousand Fairs of the Best
NEGRO SHOES IN THE WORLD!!
Made by McCIcskey 4" l)oy!c.
W K will keep a good assortment ol
iliese at the sioro ot Messrs. Pil-
ner, Kngland tc Freeman,in Allien*, whore
.Mr. .t/ct'hskey will be (ound al all times.
| ready io wait upon custom, rs. We will
l soli ibe.c shoes iu lots, Irom 10 pair up, al
I $1.50 per pair.
Gash will he paid for Hides,
| Oct r.'i
McCLESKEY A DOYLE.
i C'ulligc A veil-J
THURMOND £ WORTH,
ID >ri it
,nAM l. 1*. till ;; m. •
l»v . t I • . - 1 1 ... N
A tin IP. < * -
.•idvSON
Y’n*oK\i:\
M.n. oid ll.:i!.V-l 1
F«»t \in of 11..- !:.
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ISAAC MAYER.
Importer of
RHINE WINE,
I Ai«rm,CA.
i BiS” Imported by himsel; and warranted
j Pure, and sold as low a, any Northern
; House.
I f"iTOrilerR promptly attended to.
j Oct 35 if
jT$MC »♦ KFNNEYt
{■hT @IL© 6TANG9.
R KTl KXX thnnkM to his-frienda and a ^cu-
erous* j>ui»lic for past patronage, reaped fully
i apk* n eonmiuniKeuf tbcirfavor«.
i 1 *p*OoodB cheap, occoiunicKlating terms.
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j VTUENS 8TEA3I COMPANY
j II. .YK'KKKMOIV, Agckt A SCP T.
Y| AMKACTL'KERS of Circular Haw
. .*I tlilla, Hiram Kaaiaca,,forcincand lift
1 mg ITMI-S, Sh i. nsii mot Machisert; Milu
| His. nud nil other kind of GEARING. IhuS and
I Itu15*iiso :of every iteicription. SM1TH-
• INC, Itepniring mid Kiaiaiiing pit pity oxecu
||<'<1. Si it i t pauerua ol lron Feneinc, Ac. Term*
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FAIRBANKS
SCALES.
^OLD at Manufacturer* prices
T. BISHOP & SON.
Athens.October 6 1SS9.
XKW GOODS!
obr & yotiNQKitrs:
flHIKY are now receivtne. their Spring
Jl of Hr.!?, (’npi*. ll'Htts and .Shoes. Cali
Athens*, April 3d, 1861.
tiieir instructions have mnv the honor
to acquaint you with that fact, and tu
make known, through you, to the
President of the Ui.iti-d States, tlie ob
jects of their presence in this capital.
Seven States of tlie late federal Un
ion, having, in the exercise of the in
herent right of every I'.ee people to
change or reform their political insti
tutions, and through conventions of
their people, withdrawn from the Uni
ted States and resumed the attributes
of sovereign power delegated to it,
have formed a government of their
own. The Confederate St tes consti
tute an independent nation, dc ficto ! ' ZL ' S 1) ‘- as ' ul
and dejure, and possess a government ; ll is, however, tin
perfect in all its pr.rts, and endowed
with all the means of self support. j
With a view to a speedy adjustment,
ion, the preservation of libeity, and
Sir—lhe undersigned have been j l *' e sceui ity , pi c , " l ^' lrc ’ happiness , ncw (5 ovcmmen ts, occupying contigu-
duly accredited by the government of i nn,i aggram-izemcnt of ^ Amenean ous {err i, or i e s, had to stand ti each
the ( onfederate States of America as j l >eo i ,le - 1 !l( ; ot ...ate, tlK-n- othl . r tlie re | aflon 0 f g0 od neighbors,
Commissioners 1o the government of I '° 1C > o -viev-is. torsjti a ' li | each seeking their happinessandpur-
the United States, and in pursuance of, Ctavvlorit tnat he looks patiently but , su jmg ‘.heir natu al r.estinies in their
contidentiy tor the cure ol ev.ls winch , wa wilhout interference with
have resulted from pioeeeomg so un-, t|)C 0 , hi ; or „ had to bc rlva , and
necessary, so unwise, so unusual am , ; J .... , r
’ - . , , . ; hostile nations, lhe Government of
so unnatural, not lo lnctrular neirotia ,, .- , . o. . , , ,
, ° . . the C onfederate States had no hesita
tions, having in view new and untried , •
. ... , t:on in electing its choice in Jus alter-
relations w.th agcneies unknown to i .■ q , . ,,
t j ‘ ! native. • 1- rankly and unreservedly,
.e ron- stt king the good of the people who
had entrusted them with the power, in
the spirit of bun unity, of the Christian
, . , , c- . .i i civilization of the age, and of that
brethren m the other States, through , Arnericai|isin which .egarrls the true
the Congress ot the U nited States, and J Wlllare and happiness Jf , he people,
such extrauri ,nary eoi.ventions,!! there ; the Oovt . rnint ,| t ‘ ofthc Confederate
shall be need theicof, as the ledi rnl
eonslitutio-i eo'ileinplatcs and author-
be assembled.
derogation ol llie eon-
laws, but to icgiilar and ,
u-tiun ul the people of:
-, in en-cperatio:i vvi'h their
that pervades Uie memorandum bet re ; ... . f ,
'rpi,„ . to them tnat the Secretary of btate is
us. J he truth ot history requires that ; . . -V ,
- 1 , ! not at liberty to hold oilici.il intercourse
it should distinctly appear upon ■' '
record that the undersigned did
ask tlie government of the
i.„ m.i i :
him nniler date of tlie 1)th instant,!
in
asked audience to adjust, in a spirit
amity and peace, the new relations
springing from a manifest and accom
plished revolution in the government
of the late federal Union. Your ie-
fusal to entertain these oveitures for
i-i uerty
, 1,11 i with them, will, i*. is presumed expect t
ul noi i - .- | - 1 .- .. 1 ■
Unit 1 1110 ,l0 ' lce nom him ot the new
c . , _ . ,i-i i ' I munieation which iliey have addressed!
states to recognize the independence i
of the Confederate States. They only
rend th
the rei
Maj Haskins, uf Now York, is iu
c immand.at Fort Washington, with
two liunikteil men.
It is estimated that between four
teen thousand and twenty thousand
been takeu in
Georgetown, by the Government, and
stored in the public buildings.
Numbers of families are leaving the
--ity by every convenient route, deem
ing it unsafe to remain.
Alexandria, Aqiril 23.—A steamer,
supposed to be the Harriet Lane,
i asse-l up this af’ernoon with troops.
The Seventh Regiment, New York,
anil other troops, are coming round iu
lhe United States ship Constitution.
New Orleans, April 23 —cotton
dull. 2,750 bales sold at 11c.
Nnttiing doing ill Freights or ex
change.
A meeting of tho citizens takes place
m I to night The general resolve is to re-
i port to the authoritiis all persons
ippose l to our interest.
, , ,| , | Wilmington, N. C., April 23—Sove-
simple acknowledgement , ,, n . -
. , - , , , , ral Companies from Georgia—1 lie
Department or State, 1
Washing’on, April 10, 1861. (
Messis. Forsyth, Crawford and I’o-
i)i;ui, having been apprised by a me
i tnoran-ium which has been delivered
Cip: thereof, which he hereby | ^ « oy d ^liifles m.d
rULLlili\P1I NEWS'
t:i> Vl.\ MONTGOMERY.
New York, April 24
of Washington report that tho Baltimo
roans have telegraphed to the authori
f Viiginiau to send troops to aid
live interests, geographical contiguity
and future welfare of the two nations j
may render necessary, the undersigned ! States, in view of all the U
are instructed to make to the govern-!.
ment of the United States overtures for
the opening of negotiations, assuring
the government of the l nited States '
that the President, Congress, and the
people of the Confederate States earn-:
estly desire a peaceful solution of these ;
great questions, that it is neither their
Slock
»OOD.
I , AM now hc-IHr^ my 6toi'k t»f Boots, Sboca,
//ati*, Ac., at cost for cash only, an«i
will n.akouo new acoounts with any one’foi tbo
«iiMiinj; rear, «*xcent a very iciv by fcpccinl con-
ira«-t l liose indebted to uir, n-’ll make iinme-
Umu* paymeut a* 1 ain d« eirous of closing: iny
buMuess as soon ai possible. 1*. BAKKY’.
Jan *3
THU ADAMS KXPBF.SS OFFICE,
H aving l..
Hqtl'O lluiMli
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'll n-mnvo.l to tho Enrapk.s
-liu/, i-ir*ona tiaviug liuanu-9
M.t.i mill Company "witiuke duo notice thiriot,
uai govern thoinnclvi-8 eoritrngly."
T M LAMPKIN. Agl.
CHEAP GOODS—SPRING 1861.
’ jV EVi' Cloud, arc being received and aold every
* . < *'! v ' Gull Boon audcct bargains.
April J. * j. Si. KENNEY.
! St. tes, among its first acts, commis
sioned the undersigned to approach
the Government ot the United States
purpose of the i with the olive branch of peace, and to
^eorehiry cl Statu on this occasion,! oiler to adjust tl.e questions pending
not to invite or engage in any discus- i between them in the only way to he
sion of these subjects-, but simply to [justified by the consciences and com-
of all questions growing out of this | set forth hi* reasons for declining to j mon sense of good tnen who had notti-
political separation, upon surli terms j comply with the nqurst of Messrs ! ing hut the welfare of the people of the
of amity and good will as the respec- | Forsyth and Crr.wfoid. Confederacies at h* art.
On the -lth dl March inst., the thru - Your Government has not chosen to
evvlv elected President ol the Unitei. 1 niect the undersigned in the concilia-
Hi ts bearing tory and peaceful spirit iu whi -h they
or. the piesent question, assumed the j art . commissioned. Persistently ived-
evecu'ive administration ol the gov- ideil to those fatal theories of construc-
ernment, first delivering, in aceordatn e dol) t .f dl0 Federal constitution always
with an early and honored custom, an . rejected by the statesmen of the South,
inaugural address to die people i f the - Blld adhered to by those ofthe adminis-
Unitcil States, l iie Secretary ol State j (ration sehool, until they have produc-
respectfully submits a copy ot this ad-; ed tl a -j r natural and often predicted re
dress to Messrs, l-or. ytlr and Craw-' Sl ,It of the destruction ofthe Union,
interest nor their wish to make any lord. {under which we might have continued
demand which is not founded in strict-1 A simple reference to it will Le sufii- j !o | iVC happily and gloriously together,
est justice, nor do any act to injure ; cient to satisfy those gentlemen that ; i !i(d ,h c spirit ofthe ancestry who fram-
their late confederates. j the Fecretary ot State, guided by the • ,. d the common constitution animated
The undersigned have now tlie Iron- { principles therein :tr nouneed, is alto- j dlC i iearts , j a || t |,ej r sons, you now,
or, in obedience to the instructions of; gether prevented from admitting or as- ' w j d) a persistanee untaught and un-
thiir government, to request you to j suming that the States referred to y 1 cured by the ruin which has been
appoint as early a day as possible m them have, in law or in fact, withdrawn | wrought,'refuse to recognize the great
order that they may present to the from tlie federal Uni m, or that they f vl -t presented to you a completed and
could do so in tlie mariner descrihod i successful revolution; you close your
by Messis. 1 orsytli and Crawtord, or in j ,. VL . S t 0 the existence of the Govern-
any other manner than with the eon- U ient founder! ujiori it, mid ignore the
sent and concert of the people o! lhe j high duties of moderation and human-
United Mates, to he given through a j t y which to a'tach you in dealing with
national convention, to be assembled j d ,is great fact. Had you met these issues
in conformity with tt.e provisions of the, with the frankness and manliness with
j Constitution of the United States {which lhe undersigned wet e instructed
! Ol course tlie Secretary ot State can-; to present them to you and treat them,
not act upon the assumption or in any j die undersigned had not now the racl-
vvay admit that tlie so called Confeder- j ancholy duty to return hmr.c and tell
ate States constitute a foreign Power, | their Government and their country-
witli whom diplomatic relations ought . uien that their earnest anil ceaseless
Mr. John Forsyth, of the State of j to be established. eiloits in behalf of peace hadbeenfu-
Alabama, and Mr. Martin J. Crawtord, Under these circumstances the Sec j tile, and that the Government of the
ofthe State of Georgia, on the 11th retary of State, whose official duties j Uni'ed States meant to subjugate them
inst., through the kind offices of a di<- are confined, subject to the direction ; by lurce ot arms. Whatever may be
tinguished °Sen.itor, submitted to the of tire President, to the conducting ol the result, impartial history will record
Secretary of State tiieir desire for an the foreign relations of the country,
unofficial interview. This request was,; and do not at all embrace domestic
on the 12th instant, upon exclusively questions i r questions arising between
public considerations, lespictfully de- the several States and the iederal gov-
dined.
On the
a peaceful solution, the active and
military prcparation'nf this government
and a formal notice to the conn,land
ing genera’ of the Confederate forces
iu the harbor of Charleston that the
intends to provision Fort Sumter bv
forcible means, if necessary, are vievv-
► d by the undersigned, ami can only
bc received by the world, as a declar-.. . , ...
ation of war against the Confederate I ,n ,la ’ P c ’"» *' 1 rr y- T .
States; for the President ofthe United , *' :uli: -T>re, April 2L—W i
States knows that Fort Sumter eannot
be provisioned without the effusion of
blood. The undersigned in behalf of
their government and people, accept
the gage ot battle thus thrown down
to them; and appealing to God and
the judgment of mankind for the right
eousness ot their cause, the peop’e of
•.he'Confederate States will defend
their liberties to the last against lhi>
flagrant and open attempt at their sub
jugation to sectional power.
This communication cannot he prop
erly closed without adverting to the
very cheerfully gives. _ j Columbus Light
A true copy of the original received ! through hero yesterday,
by the Comniissioi ers of the Confer!- j Norfolk. All well-
crate States, this 10th day of April
1861. Attest.
•I. T. PICKET T, Secretary, Ne.
Guards—passed
cu rout for
huu-o was catered by the mob last night
hut as Davis vvns absent, the mob re
tired.
1 lie tnub element is powerless to act
with sybN-in, hut it is believed that tho j !
people arid the tnoh combined will cum
: pel Federal troops to tight their way
through tho city stop by step
l he railroad botwcon Washington
and ii dlimo.e has been obstructed, and
-oino of flic bridges destroyed.
'1 no people of South Sus juehanna
j an- loyal, and vviil defend Llavro de
Grace, hgains', thosecessioni-tg.
At Annapolis, Gov. flicks protested
ig.nn.-l the landing of Gen. Butlur
Via Montgomery, April 23.—Tho
whole State of Vermont is in a blaze
of excitement. Large sums of money
— j arc tendered in aid of tho Govern*
ALL RECEIY-I ment
Wilmington, Del., April 23.—It is
The people ! generally believed that a recontrc had
— -- ' taken place bet •'eon Fort McHenry
and the city of Baltimore. No details,
however.
fm . Dispatches say that prominent Bor»
Winter Davis’' ^ er ® ,ate ,nen aro as king for suspen-
" siou of hostilities, vvi;h a view to com
promise.
Consord, N. U., April 23.—Ex
President Franklin Pierce addressed
ho poople to day, urging them to
uphold ilia flag, and bo true to tho
f | Country.
New York, April 23.—One thou
sand barrels of powder, bound to New
Orleans, wore seized 1 ro yesterday;
nisi a lot of blank Id istrations for
ve sols. Southward h- • • d. and sus-
• uted vessels aro hein -...tebed.
. Senator Wilson hf. _ -.ulisted as a
joivale iu tho .11 assac iu its Rifles.
Senator Baktr has been choseu
date of your memorandam. Tin- olli-1 Mu-saclinsetts Regiment. In cense- { Colonel of tho California Regiment.
queii i
Hi l ho
1 li
the |V|I"I t
- v1vaom. i
oi ihis protest tlie troops landed
Navy Academy,
lietim-o'e American cenfiiins
it tho -ciittling ot me I’eno-
•liimhus, Delaware. Raiitao,
Meiri oae governuient *■ e- -1■ Is a
folk, by the order ol Corn. Pender
-hips
. Pocahontas and Cum
•re me oo/y vessels saved lo
y Federal foees.
\ a., A {rr il 24.—Before the
ioj.s lett here they pulled
Atliart*
1
BACON, LARD, FLOUR, MEAL.
O'? I 1 '' 5 *® vbc«r i-aa l-oar-10 in thia mar-
VJ\% *■ M KENNY-
President ofthe United Stales the cre
dentials which they bear and the ob
jects ol the mission with which they
are cha ged.
AYc are, very respectfully,*
A'our obedient servants,
JOHN FORSY l H,
MARTIN J. CR .AVFORD.
THE REPLY OF MR SEW ARD.
M EMORA.X DIM.
Department ok State, )
Washington, Match 15. ISbI.
the-innneenee of the Government of
the Confederate States, and place the
ttsponsibility of the blood and mourn
ing that may ensue upon those who
eminent, is unable to comply with the j have denied the great fundamental doc-
13th instant, while the Sec- request of Messrs. Forsyth and Craw- trine of American liberty, that “Gov-
retary was preoccupied, Mr. A. D. ford, to appoint a day on which they j ernuients derive their just powen from
Banks, of Virginia; ealled at tnis de- j may present the evidences of their au-, the consent of the governed,” and who
partment and was received by the As- thority and the objects of their visit to - have set naval and land armaments in
sistant Secretary, to whom lie delivered the President of the United States.— j motion to subject the people of one
a sealed communication, which hr had . On the contrary, he is obliged- to state 1 portion of this land ty the will of nn-
cial note of the undersigned, of the
12th March, was delivered to the As
sistant Secretary ot State on the 13; U
of that month, the gentleman who de- 11,0 "diming »*' un- i rim- -
hrereu it informing him that the Sec
retary ol this Commission would call
at twelve o’clock, noon, on the next
day,for an answer. At the appointed
hour Mr. Pickett did call, and was in
formed by the Assistant Secretary ot
State that the ei gagemeuts ot the
Secretary of State had prevented him
from giving the note his attention.—
The Assistant secretary of State then
asked for the address of Messrs. Craw
ford and.Forsyth, the members of Uie
commission then present in this citv, TI
took note of the address on a card, and
engaged to send whatever reply iniuirr
be made to their lodgings. Why rhi-
was not done it is proper should be here
explained. Tlie memorandum isdated
Marcn 15, an.1 was not delivered un
til April 8. Why was it withheld du
ring the intervening twenty-three ilavsr
In the postscript to your memorandum
you say it “was delayed, as was un
derstood, with their (Messrs. Forsyth
and Crawford's consent.” This is true;
but it is also true, th-t on the 15th of
March, Messrs. Forsyth and Crawtord
were assureU by a person occupying a
high official position in the government I
and who, as they believed was speak- j
ing by authority, that Fort Sumter : ^’ e powder to the. city, and are prepar-
would" bc evacuated within a very few ; ’’’S * or :l v ‘S oroU3 defence,
days, and that no measure changing ! .Philadelphia, April 24.—Fort Mifflin,
the existing status prejudicially to the ' Gi’uated about B ix miles below this
Confederate States, as respects Fort ; C1, 3'' at ’he junction ot tho Schuylkill
Pickens, was then contemplated, and i alu ’ DM aw me rivers) has been garrison-
these assurances were subsequently re- ! et . - 1 uUclil * roo P s -
peated.fwith the addition that any con- i, St ' April 24.—Gen. Harney
templated change as respects Pi kens i ,, a3 e, ! l ’ stc : 1 . scv j‘ n , hund, " cd «”’ d er
would be notified to us. Ou the 1st{;, r0s ' dent Y‘“ c § 0, "» proclamation; nud
or April «, «. ag-in informed rim,; "***
there might be an attempt to supply
Fort Sumter with provisions, but that
The Eighth Regiment ut Massa-
ebu-etts have landed at Fort Me Henry,
lialiitn ire, April 23.—Nothing but
: ” flying. Nobody dares
sectsftsin.i
flags
in tho Arsenal 'here
Harrisburg. Pa., April 24.—Caleb
Governor Kta. sbnuid have previ- £*«
OUS notice ot this attempt, lheri sand Virginia troops, aro covering Ar-
was no suggestion of any rcintorcernent J lington Heights. (This poi
Tlie undersigned did
proclaim bun-elf favorable to tho
Union. Armed men aro stationed to
prevent the rn building of tho Bridges
destroyed a day < r two ago.
New York, April 23.—Advices from
Washington say that the Government
has planted cannon on all the heights
overlooking tho city. About tea thou
sand troops arc under arms. 7
Win. 15. Astor has offered to give tho
Government SI,000,000, and to loan it
•810,000,00o more.
i Tho rit. Louis papers state that the
.davor-of Norfolk and Ports-j people of the interior of Missouri aro
in Saturday night, -erit a flog indignant at Lincoln for calling out so
large a military force. A good deal of
secession feeling in some regions; but
jirivate sentiment is uuanimous for
conciliation and peace.
The ci'y is full of rumors, hut quiet.
No demonstrations as yet.
Cincinnati, April 23 —A Committee
of Safety stoppe i the steamer Decatur,
bound fur Now Orloans, with bacon,
lard, bei-f and other produce.
Wilmington, Del., April 23.—The
Baltimoreans aro actively preparing to
take Fort Mchcnry, The guns of tho
Fort are turned towards the city.
Philadelphia, April 23.—A bearer
of dispatches to Gen. Patterson, from
President Lincoln, disguised as a
Methodist preacher, ar-ived, aud says
that the Capitol ia safe from any attack ;
(hat Baltimore was quiet on Sunday
morning ; hut a perfect reign of terror
prevails, and the U nion men aro obli
ged to succumb.
Harrisburg, Pa-, April 23.—Au offi
cer from President Liucoln baa arr ved .
He says, that up to Sunday eveming
no lighting had taken place in Dahi-
more. Tho citizens havo twelve brass
pieces, and wore fortifying th j neigh-
coring heights.
Now York, April 23.—The Associ**
ted Press scat three Reporters to B<i
more,with instructions to sond the new’
by every possible way. Major A'.her'
The v.a
b.-rl.i id w,
vary avv.»
N,uf.Ik
Pt-deiai ir
down their atrip houses, arid tactories,
with lhe intention of setting tiie to the
mass ut timbers* and partially succeed
ed.
mon
• >; tiiioe, and asked Com. Ppiulegrast if
i In- intended to Iiie on tiieir eilies, and
IVin’egi«st replied that if he was fired
on or 1 lie Navy Yard was attacked, it
would be Iris duty to do so.
1 be excitement here has t-een intense
Women and children were leaving, an i
! men rallying lo a.itris.
It was expected that the ship of the
. line New \ ork would be set on tiro be.-
loie the abandonment oftlie Yard.
The 1 uildings were blowed up with
powder, aid not fired, for fear of tlio
conflagration extending to Nuifolk and
Portsmouth.
The people had s< ized the powder
house ou Craney Island, aud removed
„ (This point is oppo*
hesitate to ) site to Washington City.
