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THE INDEPENDENCE OP THE SOUTH.
TWO imilAKS PER AN M M IN ADVANCE
ATHENS, CLARK COUNTY. GEO. JANUARY 8. 18G2.
VOLUME NXX-NUMBER 44.
Ti!
rrni.isiiKi) weekly,
FLKIXiE & HEKSliJ,
J. F. O’KELLY,
l'UOTOtiUM'H A Sit AHDHOTYVE
YBTIST.
I i (HUIS ,.u Ur
V i-t..:.- of .Jui.r
•'»«• :u 4 Snrin” stvoot^.ovor Un
it. JI uthewh, 41 liens, Ga.
Mil him ami Proprietors.
OF 1” 1 ( ’ I’M ’ 1 *-STA 11 {S, N O. 7 (!!«AMTK Ii..w
%T\V0 DOLLAR ? l'l’.K ANNUM. IN ADVANCE
To riui*' $10 in iKlvniins
HR. II. GILLELAND, DENTIST,
\ M/" ATKI NS VI LLE Ha.v,pi‘( tfully p<4icitMhc
» T pntr.>im”o of the* fiimnm-liii” romitry.—
Kill! salil fariioii Mill lie_ivi.ll in tiu-ir jirofo.ision.
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l)R. I. II. LOMBARD.
D ENTIST, ATIIENS.GKOKGIA; Room* ill
with North ul thrjlVrG (Mice,0*1-
Av< n ;• . F»-h ‘J—*y.
WaysbT
1'iipurhr of
1UI1NE WINE
Attusr.t.tii,
StImported Ly himself and warranted
Pure, and sold as low as any Northern
I I fill so.
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POETRY.
From the Goliad Messenger.
TIIE COQUETTE.
Bright are her eyes as the frosty rays,
That flash (rout the ice-encrusted snow,
When the sun in cloudless winter days
Pours light on the frozen earth below.
Sweet is her voice as the Syren’s song
To the r.aiior venturing near her isle.
As charmed by iis sound he floats along,
Gliding to death but to win her smile.
Fair is sheas the Goddess of stone.
Whose maichtess beauty enchants tin;
world :
Proud is she as a queen on her throne’
Of glossy marble and gold impended.
J Yet gaze not upon her lustrous eyes,
i For where’er her lightning glances burn
? j They wither the heart until it dies,
And its mins into ashes turn.
frs promptly attended to.
in .<11 -
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
ISAAC M. KFNNEY,
ST LOIS ©ILE) ifYJUKI S
j^ETI KN* tliiinks to his friemlH mid n ^on-
IV
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ITlills Jilllilir
i i .>iiiiiiii iii.
'(i.KMlsehe.
>r I'.’ist patrininge, respi
>f their favors.
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; ^-l'rotei-.ll.
hi >i eiii'iDin-. i
at 1 lie rule of K
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L.A MAI t COUP.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, GEO.
IV
,FFICK
A. M. 0
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t'riiM tor.l. Dim
M m ill. ami Sun
•Mulberry Sire
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irk. Will |.
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U1LLIYH G. DELOSY,
.% i Joint y at l.a w,
.»» I1* I. ••vu lin* N-.-rv
, aiv . .«; i. M:o. h
T, VI. DVMEL,
A t l uitM x t r i. \ w to
M ill ... :i -li-.- in lie r,.untie-
INEw coons!
KALI, A N I) W I N T E R
CLOTHS,
CASS I MERES
AND
VESTINGS
H AVING just arrived from New York
. with a large stock of Cloths, Cassi-
ineres and Vestings, I will give advantages
in prices to all who will favor ns with a call
early and make their selections, as I wish to
give my workmen immediate employment.
We have the latest reports ol fashions.—
Please eallsoon and t \ainine the stock at
Sept 1. P 1. PI.OOMMFLIPS
STO V r ALL'S
ilxcchio a* JF S o aa i*!
I S sold in Alliens by
July A T. BISHOP A: SON.
FAIRBANKS
SCALES.
()I.I> at Munufaei:
List not to her voice so soli and low ;
There is death in its musical charm ;
Its mellow tones and rhythmical flow
Are potent spells that will work your harm.
Heed not her beauty offotm or face;
it is the loveHne$t£dTihe moon,
That bewilders in a little space,
And surely maddens the gazer soon.
Bend not to worship her lofty pride,
For it stands in the way of her love.
The eagle must soar, but by your side ,
Will nestle only the gentle dove.
Then swiftly flee from the fair coquette,
Lest soon you inay swell her captive
train ;
Her myriad graces strive to forget,
And snap, while you may, her silken
chain. MERLIN.
Texas, 18G1.
MISCELL^jSI y.
Fur the Southern Banner.
The Yankee.
The picture below of these sweet
people, we copy from the Richmond
Whig. We are satisfied that their
I character is now being fully developed
and appreciated. It is reported that
while the great fire was raging *in
Charleston, the Lincoln blockading
Mini* .v sox.
i-r (i I'll'.
ii:
Hi LL & lilLLYER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
*|• i" of tlio pressure of Ike times
lU r this U.1H-, m o M ill si ll nil oinss
s iif g.> I'l- f.>r CAS//, except whore miller spe
ml oi.iitraet, different Hrrnn^emeiilH be mild?.
Prompt payment will be required nt the end
W,
[, 11 K uiiilersign.
* ii.eetli -r ill th
<U1<> Mil.t.YKit.
Mo: roe. Ga.
July i">—lj -
-•ofiato.l themselves
•f law, will aiteiid
esiern (.'ireuil. r.ni!
nti.m i.) nil business
\VM. II. JlH.Ii.
Athens, On.
M'hei) iieeouiils are made,
nil those lion-indebted to us to
uid pay up. us m i: shall be eoiu-
tln-ir ae>:ounts in lie hands of an
•tion.
SANSO.M A l'ITTABI).
1st. D’ l.
composition. To the world they ap
pear as unscrupulous liars, habitual and
inveterate swindlers, coaise and brutish
vulgarians ; sordid and sensual in their
appetites; swaggerers and poltroons,
insolent to the weak, and crouching to
the strong ; destitute of all sense of
honor, and conscious of the destitution,
hut keenly sensitive to the scorn and
contempt of the world. This is their
collective appearance ; their individual
phase is no whit more attractive. For
years they have made the name of
American a by word of ridicule and
contempt on the other side of the At
lantic. In every European city and
in every fashionable resort, in the
Champs-Elysee, on the Pincian Hill,
in the Villa Reale, there are crowds of
these impudent pretenders to gentility,
elbowing their way and thrusting them
selves into prominence, to the discredit
of the continent that gave them birth.
In all fancy stores, their huge, greasy
paws, imperfectly covered with straw-
colored gloves, are the terror of all
shop-keepers. 11 you turn your hack-
on Europe and betake yourself to the
Sweet Waters of the Golden Horn, in
the hope of escaping the Yankee vul
garity, there, too, you find the horizon
disfigured by the same disgusting ob
ject. There is no escape anywhere;
it is the univetsal pest of the age and
of every clime.
Rut though the character of coarse,
vulgar, and obtrusive everywhere at
taches to the Yankee ; yet having mo
ney, he is tolerated and supposed to
be smart. His idea of all the virtues
is embodied in the almighty dollar;
and knowing that without money he is
himself a foul wretch, worthy of no
consideration, he estimates all others
by the same standard. Rut having
money and being unscrupulous as to
the means of getting it, he has had the
reputation of being a shrewd, sharp
and sensible fellow, and enjoyed that
sort of consideration, which money
bestows.
But this reputation is noiv gone.—
Coll in Burlington Vt, remained two
year—graduated and immediately took
charge of a Sent in Newark Del, two
vear their, one in Ala—Music, Draw
ing and the Languages—have been in
this State for the last four year—as a
Teacher cannot say, who or what I am,
1 only aim to do my duty, support my
mother, my little brother,and lean my
self on that precious promise, “Heshall
choose our inheritance for us.”
My Dr Sir pardon that I have made
you so much a friend, that I have talked
so freely, Should it suit--I would like
a place with you, Will send tnc simile
of a few Testimonials, Will give you
die branches taught in the Coll at
Mansfield La—where I was two year
“Miss A, M,
Instructress in Eng-I.it’re, Modern
Languages, Music Painting, Draw
ing and Embroidery,’’ from report of
Committee—same place
“The specimens of paintings, and
drawings exhibited in the Dept-of fine
arts indicates that the pupils had made
rapid proficiency, and that the Instruc
tress ranks high in her profession”—
I have several others, from eminent
artists both in this country, and Eu
rope,—
With regard to Eng Literature—will
send a few.
“Miss has won her A. M, nobly
and we take great pleasure in com
mending her to any who may desire
the service of a good Instructor.”
Presi’t Graham—Dei Coll—
“As a Lady, a Christian, and a
Scholar Miss has few equals’’
from thi: Bishop of Montreal.
Have plenty more, dont like to look
at them, they wer all given by those
that loved me of course
Of Botany I may say It is one ol my
particular studies, feel that I under
stand it in all of its bearings
with regard to Salary—
mcnl. To ho happy wo must be true
to nature, and carry our age along with
or furnish them with work when em
ployment cannot be obtained.
There was as much propriety in buy- us *
ing the tobacco crop as the cotton crop,
and yet we do not hear of tobacco
planters asking for relief. He alluded
to the able address of Mr. Memminger,
and to the refusal of Congress to sanc
tion a measure like this. Gentlemen
alluded to the want of currency to pur
chase the crop ; in addition to the ; in the Message of the President of the
$10,000,000 of banknotes, we have Southern Confederation, and we are
$100,000,000 Treasury notes in circa - | glad to notice the friendly tone in which
lation, and if the war lasts five years it | it treats of the relations of the South
will reach a thousand millions. If we j with this country, while we are em-
inaugurate this easy system of getting barked in a critical negotiation with the
President Davis’ Message in England-
WIIAT IIKR CABINET AND POLITICIANS
think and hope from the paper.
Frnm tlic London Post, (Gov. Orfr#n,) Dec. 7.
The principal intelligence conveyed
\y the Edinburg from America consists
a currency it will depreciate to a very
low standard. He alluded to the
charges made against the hanks of
grinding down the ootton interests.—
The hanks could not purchase the cot
ton, they are prepared to do all in their
power to relieve planters, they sufler
scvcrely by this stagnation in the cot
ton trade. He alluded to the inade
quacy ot our Insurance Companies for
the business expected by this scheme.
North ; and while we are also about to
enter into our intervention in Mexico,
a country bordering upon the Southern
States. This is, in fact, the only sat
isfactory and significant information
that the present American packet has
brought. The “Trent question” re
mains in statu quo. The opinion of the
officers of the Washington Cabinet,
which is now repeated, had reached us
by the Persia on Monday last, hut the
It would take sometime to provide safe | popular excitement which the question
warehouses, and the danger from fire
would be great, and the door for fraud
thrown wide open. He trusted the
House would not pass a bill fraught
with so many dangers. If, in a mo
ment of fatal weakness, we yield to the
pressure brought to hear upon us, we
are lost.
A Ray of Truth.
Mr. Conway, member of the L. S.
Congress from Kansas, made the fol
lowing admission, on the floor of the
House of Representatives, a tew days
had provoked, appears to have in some
measure cooled down. For the mo
ment, therefore, Southern politics ar
rest our chief attention.
The Message of President Davis to
the Southern Congress is, in our judg
ment, the more satisfactory, tor the firm
and determined .attitude in which it
confronts the Unionists party and the
Cabinet at Washington ; for if we con
cede the conquest of the South be next
to impossible, it is by the exhibition of
Southern strength rather than of South
ern weakness that peace is to be re
stored between the two belligerents.—
fleet fired a salute over the calamity, (money getting) as the test, lie hasper-
petrated a folly, in grossness and mag
nitude, unequalled in the whole histo-
V TTim.VI.Y-
tv. Gi. .Mill
•im -- i-iitrua..!
M. 31. PITTMAN.
■.M-,,Ii’tT’TM>ii, Jluksonrotiii
• jir.mqit intout ion t
• l.i
any Ini.
January VI — I'-'in
JOHN il. HILL,
MCNEY AT I.AW, An-u.-ta, Ga.. will
mi ni l.milt ly to all buslines enti r.MU-ii in
I,Inn. s.
THURMOND & NORTH,
jYltorm'Vs at Law,
X
hi» <
W 1 ';
lie arrnunls at.4 mill s of our custo-
aily I'nr sniilunent, nn4 rrs|n ril'nlly
invito all thnt are in.lolitcJ In us. to oomc forward
mnl make pavinoi::. Also, please be reminded ol
the sums due the old linn nt Grady Ac AVImlson,
We return our thanks for the liberal patronage
beSti’M-fd nil us, mid Imp.: they M ill now do the
one tliiiiir needful—l’AY I * t*!
Jim ~ NICHOLSON, HEAVES Ac WYX.V
\Y
T ILL I”
p:ui:
•’.ill
r:11j) 1:1 toe e
ekson, Gwinnett,
Uliu. Hanks, llaber
-, and H.m and Mad-
. and M-ii: j*ive lln ir
an ... all business en
•tInn of debts will re-
,l( ’llN It. NORTH,
Jeff.-rson,.!tirk.-
Oei I”
if (li.uk. Halt.
//all. Ka mil. White, Eif
.ham nf the Western fire
ison nf ilm .Yerthern Fire
ii, li x iilunl and joint attei
.rusted In them. Tim en!
•vivo prompt and ••••ireful
sim I, i*.im uM"M*
(tver Loll os’ Uni" Stole , ] Jell. isnii..liiiK.-on in j
Athens, G i. _ » I
.1 WkSON HlTUliXS,
V TTOItNKYS ATI.A W.—Will practice
in the < ollilties nf Gwinnett, Walton, .fmk-
gnii. ,nd Hull, of the Western, and the County ”1
F. r .yln of the Mine Kidn<* Gin-iiit .
J.MKS J.-IfKSON, IN. I-. Ill It IHNS.Jr..
Jthein’. l.a. I I.awreii.’eville, C.a
Wm in” M r. .1 nek son's absence Iro.n t .eor
letters should be addressed to the
brm at Luxvreiieeville. Sept -1U tt
ATHENS STEAM COMPANY
li. NHTiFKMOX, Ar.KNT i Si f t.
VIA Nf KAf Tl it EliS of (irrular Maw
iT.fi. llill«, Mi,-am iCnaiat-n,, foi'ein”and Iif:
in” l*f MI'S, Sh u-1 im: ami .M,ruiNKnv ; Mill
Gin, and all nib»*r lei ml of G liAlil Nti. Ikon and
HiiassCasi IN’. :nf every description. SMITH
ING, li. pairin” and Kinisbiii” pn .. ptly exeeu
ted. Sel.s 1 paUem.snl Imn Fem-in”, Are. Terms
cash. May I I ly
A. M. \\TAG,
iloLKSALK aii'l Retail Dealer in Har<l-
warv, Cr«M-Jvt r- ami IIons<* Km nisi,in^
%oiu- <loi»r Ik low 1a. IllooiniicliTs Clotiiin^
j\ 11n*11 *. (5a. Jan. 7, IS.*
\V
St.
NOTICE.
ll'KIXG my absenee linn
is my aiiibori/eil li”.
He.-.in be found Hi tile Hill”
noon- H.M.
Athens, S.-pt. !.
o
I be State, Hr. W.M.
;ent.
; Siore in the after
SMITH, M. H.
1*. S.
£in, bu.-ii
MHOICO-OHiaURGICAL!
W. D. WELDON, M- D.
HOMED, BANKS COUNTY, LEO.,
I
„ rea.lv to serve the public pmfessiniially :
an I v'ill be iniind in hit otli. e. at that place,
t all tine-!?, miles , professionally absent.
~ ,-|pril IU «>:i>.
11. A. LOW ItA,\(T.
Resident XSENI'IST,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
OFI IGK—College Avenue, Athens, Ga.
|\TO. 1 MAf KI'.KEL, cheaper than bacon, for
IN sale bv T. HISIIOI* A SON.
Sept. t.
P. >Y. LITAS,
W HOJ.ESAl.i: and retail.ler.lerinDrvOooda,
Grneie ies, Hardware,Ae.,No. Broad st.
Allien , Ga. (Jan !!>.
IL L. BLOOMFIELD,
W HOLESALE and retail flotbin” Store,
JJrond Strreet, Athens, Ga. [May 10.
T. BISHOP & SON,
W HOLESALE and K. lail dealers in Grocer
ies, Hardware and Staple Ory Goods, No.
I Broad St. Athens Ga.
Oct IH.
DR. H.M. KING.
Jlomwoputhic P/iysieittn,
O F FI! RS his professional services to the cit
izen- of Athens amt vicinity.
al Mrs. Clayton's. Other, corner of
l lnonas streets. May J.—ly.
Itesi'l
Clayton
(i, Li Mcl-LESKEY, M. D.,
f | ivi Mt permanently located in Athens,n il
I •.miii.-n th prnetii
CsTKesidoiifP, that
Albeu ’ base. Ollits- a
foun.l.
fMedieineand Surgery.
-,-iitly oe.’Upied by .Mr.
nine, where he may be
March Sih, !««'-
w
1. IV. X II. IS. J. LOStt,
llOLESALE and retail l->ru””ists, Athens
lln. | Jan.J
BOLTING (LOTUS.
I X \V. I.TCAN keeps a full supply of the
’ • best Anchor Brand Cloths, at city | rie^s.
March ’JO
LUMKUli! LUMBER!!
riJWil III NDIIEI) TIlOfSANU FEET o
.1. Lumber, well seasoned, now on hand nt my
null, about live miles from Athens. Any order
can be lillcn at short notice, J'iekets ol all kiuds
futTii'Jie 1 at nliori uot. r :
Th*? sawyer, .Mr. (iunnels, is one of the
moat experienced m tho country, and will give
entire isatislnetioii.
All orders left nt the store of J. It. Ac W. F.
Matthews, or handed to J. A. Witherspoon, will
he piouiptly attended to.
June ’Jo (mi. JAS. I>. MATTHEWS.
T. 11. WILSON & BROS
MILITARY UNIFORMS-
voMiiiKi.Ki rii.
TAILOll, ATHENS, GEO.
FEUKS his services to cut uniforms at rev
efliy five cents per suit. Other cup in” done
« r catling vluuc
ay t f.
Dr. 11. M. SMITH,
Wholesale aud Retail Dealer in
LUGS. MEDICINES, PERFUMERY,
MISTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS,
SAI lUANUY AMU WtNK, tiC., &C„ &C.
receiving ami opening a large stock of
Reeled in tbc Northern Markets by him
kcuro.and ivliidi hecoutideully recOUl-
Miens being pui'U
W HOLESALE A retail dealers in Dry Goods
Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, iVc.,Nos. 3
ami I, College Avenue, Athens, Ga.
M’rch Iti
[ JYWVKf.bPK*rAND WRIT1NO PA
PH It.—These can be still supplied at re
’.nil at the Bookstore. Get ‘-’3
PEOPLE’S MILL SOLD.
m * 7 e would inform our enslomora that wo still
\\ have for sale a large amount of seasoned
lumber of varivus kinds. Also, Pickets, Laths,
and common fencing, at the Mill stand,nr.d at the
Lumber vard in town. For particulars, cinjuiic
of W. I*. TALMAGE, Agent.
Nov. SO, IRtil.
CASH!
A FTEUIbefirstor Jimunry, 1802. tho under
signed will soli exclusively lor CASHI!
Athens, Jail. 1, lt>' : — »s,-M. SMITH.
r " :e,i Doubtless bad they a sufficient num
ber, and not been afraid, we might
have apprehended a landing—violence
to females, and stealage from houses.
Their want of courage, prevents their
giving expression to their feelings.—
See them now, with a tremendous fleet,
an abundance ot men, and all the im
provements in arms—they have not
risked attacking any of our seaport
towns; but are engaged in taking ne
groes and cotton, and endeavoring to
destroy the entrance to Savannah.
Providence long since intended to
separate us from them, knowing their
customs, manners, and habits were ut
terly abhorent to the spirit of Christian
ity, and to the genius of Southern so
ciety, institutions and taste. Southern
statesmen have proven their reliability
over Northern men, for they predicted
all that is now transpiring from the
election of Lincoln.
The North is last becoming a prey
to the most horrible anarchy, and laps
ing rapidly into barbarism ; they are
becoming as contemptable as they are
detestable! forsaken of God—spurned
by civilized nations—bereft of friends
—drained of specie—bankrupt in for
tune, and in character, the greatest
injury we can inflict upon them is to
leave them to themselves.
We hope our separation from them
will be final—that when we have peace,
our intercourse may cease. We regret
our Legislature had not shown Geor
gia’s full appreciation of the Lincoln-
ites, by passing a law to take effect
from th s time—that from henceforth,
any Northern man coming South, shall
not recover debts, or bring suits, or be
recognized iq any of our Courts; and
if herealtei any of our women contract
marriage with any Lincolnite, such
marriage shall be declared null and
void. But to the extract:
“ What to write about, Conscript Fath
ers ; in what terms to express myself, or
A'hat to refrain from writing, is a matter of
such perplexity, that if 1 know how to de
cide, may the just gods and goddesses of
vengeance doom me to die in pangs worse
than those under which I now linger every
day.”
Such were the words employed by
Tiberius in the preface of a letter ad
dressed from his Campanian retreat to
the Roman Senate on the monstrous
iniquities of the times. The good man
was in great perplexity—the subject
matter was so vast and weighty that
he knew not where to begin or where
end. We experience the same sort of
embarrassment in treating of the mean
nesses, the villainies, and the follies
of the Yankees. The theme is inex
haustible. Their unamiable qualities
are so conspicuous, and have so im
pressed an English journal that it has
devoted article to that particular
feature in their character, and expa
tiates on the fact that they have no
friends. Collectively as a nation, there
is not a particle of kind-heartedness,
generosity, or magnanimity in their
In Mansfield rec’d the highest of any
Lady there, viz $200—per school
year—
l'or the last year, with more limited,
Take his own standard of wisdom I but harder duties only $600, have made
' the year meet, for the reason, my ward
robe was very good, my personal ex
penses almost nothing, and still it has
| May 1
ry of man. In inaugurating a war to
uphold the Union, he has destroyed the
Union forever, and reduced himself to
bankruptcy. If he had been really
wise, and not merely smart, and had
been content to endure a pacific disso
lution of the Union, lie might have suf
fered some curtailment in his immense
profits ; but he would have escaped to
tal ruin, and saved himself from be
coming as a warrior—a character for
which the God of nature never design
ed him—the laughing-stock of the uni
verse.
It is very true, that in making war,
they took most of ihe Sourhern people
by surprise—lor with them the general
impression prevailed, that self-interest,
the god ot the Yankees, would keep
the peace. We could all see what
tlair direct loss would be, and we sup
posed they had sense enough to ap
preciate it themselves. But they were
doomed—they were stricken with a
worse than judicial blindness ; and no
human power can save them from their
fate.
Letter from a Yankee Scliool-Mislrcss.
From the .Southern Literary Messenger.
If the South is determined upon one
thing more than another, it is never
again to entrust the education of its
children to Yankee teachers. The
subjugation of the mind to that vicious
system of pernicious principles, which
is summed up in the word “Abolition
ism,” is far more to be dreaded than
the subjugation of the soil by force of
arms. But the two go together. Po
litical and intellectual independence are
inseparable synonyms. To achieve
the one, we must achieve the other.—
God willing, this war will end only
when we have passed from under the
yoke of Yankee despotism ami Yankee
infidelity.
That our people may know what
mflhner of creatures have come into
their midst, with intent “to improve the
mind and elevate the morals” of South
ern children, we give below a sample
letter from a Yankee teacher. The
easy off-hand impudence and assurance
of this letter, to say nothing of its spell
ing and its convulsive “b’hoy” style—
afford a vivid insight into the highly
educated Yankee character. With the
exception of the name of the person to
whom it was addressed, the letter is
printed exactly as it was written.
Pattersonville, La
Aug. 25th ’58
To
Dr Sir
Yours of the 18th ult lies before
me, you ask of Salary—Botany &c—
When Educated, and how long a
Teacher?
My Dr Sir, May I draw my chair
nearer—put my hand in yours, and tell
you that I belong to a family whose
only thought was to Educate me for»a
thinking, acting woman, My parents
lacked not wealth, and the better to
cary out their vieews I was taught at
home, my educational course the same
as a lad save, Greek, in the place of
all Lang—Music, anti Drawing, six
teen, and my Father was a bankrupt
—died.
Alone, unaided I entered a Fein
all gone, pardon, pardon—my free
dom—
As I have lived on $600, the last
year I suppose I can - another, I-know
there are many schools where Music
takes the Supremacy, the teacher tim
ing more than in any other Dept but.in
all of those with whom I have been
acquainted, tbe classes in Painting es
pecially in Oil have been most valua
ble.
Could I have my choice this is the
Chair should best like—You will have
the goodness to write at once, as I have
several proposals, will not decide ’till
the lapse ol sufficient days to hear
from you—
With high regard, have the honor
to remain Your Ob’t Serv’t
;i(r 0 .
“Mr. Conway (Rep.) of Kansas, con- President Davis recounts, that through
tended that the conflict which has been { °) 1 * '' l0 seven months ot hostilities the
progressing for nine months has chang- ! Confederates have almost uniformly
ed its original character. From an at-1 ^ c P t ^ lcir ovvn ) an< l P )at * n several in-
tempt to put down an insurrection it! stances, they have thrown their oppo-
has settled into deliberate war. We
have not encountered the enemy in any
battle in which we have won an un
questionable victory. With tho excep
tion of the advantages gained by two
expeditions on the Southern coast, our
arms have everywhere been overborne,
notwithstanding our volunteers have
displayed a gallantry rarely equalled.
The general purposes of the govern
ment have been defeated, and the reb
els have secured with nations a bellig-
nents into a defensive attitude.
President Davis is therefore fully en-
titled to bold the ground which he as
sumes when be declares that “the South
will be content to live at peace with
the North, but that the separation is fi
nal.” He adds that the South will ac
cept of no compromise. He is now,
pet haps for the first time, in a position
to make use of this language. Indeed,
one is lead to ask, after the trial anil
exhaustion of so many designs, and the
erent character, in derogation of their expenditure of so much money on the
Georgia Legislature—Discussion ou
Hook's Cot ton Bill.
Saturday, Dec. 7th, 1S61.
The House met at 3 o’clock.
Mr. Hook moved to take up the un
finished business of the morning—the
bill to provide for the purchase of one
third of the cotton crop.
Mr. Hargrove opposed the motion ;
Mr. Burke favored it; Messrs. Whittle,
Love and Candler thought it due the
friends ot the bill to take it up, as the
rules had been suspended with that un
derstanding in the morning. The mo
tion prevailed.
Mr. Dumas of Monroe, favored the
bill, and plead, earnestly,for this tneas
ure of relief to the planting coniniuni-
<)•
On motion the bill was taken up bi
sections. The first section was amend
ed so as to authorize the establishment
of agencies at other points than those
named in the bill, when the amount ol
cotton received would justify it, and to
allow those making but two bales to
sell the whole crop, &c.
Mr. Whittle offered an amendment,
providing for the payment of all insu
rance and other expenses by owners of
tbe cotlon.
Mr. Tatum, of Dade, objected to
strangling the bill with such amend
ments. He proceeded to argue in de
fence of the bill. He believed it for
the interest of the grain-growers of the
State, who sold their products to the
cotton region, to pass this bill.
His country was in a better condi
tion to day, in spite of the war, than it
had been in 20 years. He repelled
the insinuation that this was a war for
the cotton interest, and that they should
not ask all other classes to protect
them especially. It was the people’s
war, and he intended to take a hand in
it himself, if necessary.
Mr. Adams, of Clark, could not for
bear lifting his voice against the mens
ure. The object sought for by the
bill was nothing new, it was as old as
history itself. The experiment had
been made in France during the first
revolution, and in 1S48, and had failed
signally.
Government owes to the governed
the protection of their lives, libeitics
and property, it is not a duty of govern
ment to buy the productions of its cit
izens when they cannot find a market,
responsibility to the Federal Union.
How this plain statement nails to
the counter all the lying accounts of
the Northerner Telegraph, newspapers,
and official Federal reports ot the bat
tles between the Federalists and the
Confederates. Scarcely an encounter
between the hostile forces, but has been
claimed as a Yankee Victory ! Yet a
member of Congress, has the audacity
the honesty, God be thanked, to make
public admission that defeat, anil
only defeat, has attended the Federal
Army in all of its encounters with the
Confederates on land. Let the South
possess its soul in patience, after this.
Even Bull Run was called a Federal
victory; and now we have the authori
ty of a Federal member of Congress for
saying that the battle of Belmont,
where we fought against great odds,
was a Confederate victory! The truth
will leak out after awhile.—JSlilledge-
villc Union.
Brownlow Discharged.
In the Confederate Court at Knox
ville, on Friday, a volte jnoxequi was
enteredin the case of Parsou Brownlow,
on tlic ground that having surrendered
himself voluntarily on condition that tho
government would agree to convey him
out of East Tennessee, and protect him
in his exit. The faith of tlic govern
ment being pledged, his discharge was
ordered. The Knoxville llrgistcr re
marks on the arrest as follows :
Whether Rrownlow was w< 11 enough
to leave the jail last night, or what has
become of him, wo liavo not learned
though we understand It was the in
tention of the commander ot the post
here to hold him under arrest, with a
view to his safe conduct beyond our
lines.
The indignation of the soldiers here,
upon hearing of his release, we under
stand to have been intense. What
may follow, we cannot conjecture, tho’
wc presume the military authorities
will seethat lie is protected and trans
ported beyond our lines, where lie will
bo able to co-operate with Johnson and
Maynard.
Old Nge.
There is a quito repose and stead
incss about the happiness of nge, if -tlic
life has been well spent. Its feeble
ness is not painful. The nervous sys
tem has lost its acuteness.—Even in
mature years wo feel that a burn, a
scald, a cut is more tolerable than it
was in the sensitive period of youth
The fear of approaching death, which
in youth wo imagine must cause inqui
etude to the aged, is very seldom the
souicc of much uneasiness. We never
like to hear the old regretting tlie loss
of their youth. It is a sign that they
aie not living their life aright. There
are duties and pleasures for every age,
and tlie wise will follow them. Tlmv
will neither regret the loss of youth,
nor affect to be younger thau they arc.
When men they will not dress as boy6,
nor compete with them. When mat
rons, or matron-liko maids, they will
not dross like girls.—When young
women, they will not bo childish, aud
play pipings tunes by way of enchant
part of ti.e North, what is yet to intro
duce decisive features into thi cam
paign ? The Federals have enjoyed
immense advantages in point of men
and money, and also, (as we showed
yesterday) in drawing warlike supplies
from this country, through their supe
rior command of the sea. President
Davis will no doubt derive fiesh con
fidence when he reads the two royal
proclamations which, in the latter re
spect, have now placed the North and
South on a footing of equality. But
there has been scarcely a State overrun
by the Northern army during the whole
course of the campaign, and it is much
questioned whether tlie naval expedi
tions of the Federal Government to
Hatteras and Port Royal have done
much more than slightly to reduce the
privateering activity of the South.—
The assertion of the Southern Presi
dent, therefore, must be admitted to he
substantially true, that “the recon
struction of the Union which the Fed
erals seek to effect by force of arras,
lias become more and more palpably
impossible.’’ He maintains, also that
the causes which brought about the
separation not only remain in full force
but have been strengthened since the
civil war began. With a view of ob
serving strict neutrality between the
contending States, we have carefully
refrained from officially recognising
the South ; but tbe time has certainly
arrived at which we cease altogetherto
believe in tbe possible reunion of the
Stales, anil at which we must at all
events, recognize the independent con
federation of the South as an actual
fact.
President Davis speaks with just in
dignation of the seizure of his Envoys
to the Courts of France and England ;
and there is a passage in this part of
his message, which throws a probable
light on the distinctive mission on
which Mr. Slidell and Mr. Mason were
sent to Europe. He remarkswith some
evident pride,that the Confederate States
have been content to fight theirown bat
tle, and have solicited no assistance
trom foreign powers. But he declares
thaj they have a right to bring belore
Europe the question of the application
of the existing blockade of their own
ports to the acknowledged principle of
international law, that blockades,if they
are to be respected hy third powers,
must be effective. He is about to rep
resent to the European Governments,
accordingly,the total efficiency of these
blockades, and to put the assertion
upon evidence. It is a fair inference
that this was one of the questions upon
which Messrs Slidell and Mason were
sent to Europe.
But there is another statement in our
present American intelligence which
threatens to put the blockade question
in a light altogether new. It is an
nounced that twenty-five vessels have
set sail, apparently from New York,
heavily loaded with stones, with the
view of their being sunk at the mouth
of a Southern harbor. Now, in alt
