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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. Amil JJ. «It>’ M <li t1i n .if :! comiiloi linMo o : «TN t».o paul. H onlilillO Ilia a’ w lime for w! ii cd Hi wia'uiiio rovdinol.v. ” l’»l"’ will I. a of llo- oil it or 44. will b. | ami li. I.I I 2 rt ftO K. tiz.i I.. It AT KM OF AUVI1R IIWING. n.-istiii” of twolvo liio a lionl. I >%h- Dollar or tl. sijnurv. .• ’ r T<w« • m,anil lilty r. rial oontra -Is ill ml vorti-oMa i’kI\ ,, Aoaoaioioo i.ivioial.lv nili A.Ivon is.-no iniinlo r of ins h-m.li .I ill. or i tori. 1.1, mol i ll .1 for voa: 1 v a-Ivor tin- u uill rat ■o. Fiv- D .ll.i 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. i Af 1>r Oi l -Jj 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 - Simula l M ill I. li'-lv. |inl.lishi'il lid | BUSINESS DIRECTORY. ISAAC M. KFNNEY, ST LOIS ©ILE) ifYJUKI S j^ETI KN* tliiinks to his friemlH mid n ^on- IV u-k ITlills Jilllilir i i .>iiiiiiii iii. '(i.KMlsehe. >r I'.’ist patrininge, respi >f their favors. nc.iiiiun.JiluliiiL'tenn.i ; ^-l'rotei-.ll. hi >i eiii'iDin-. i at 1 lie rule of K tliaii.-ivliin-.m omil line. ml :iu>I On ; .-.1 nii'li . U.i v- Dullnis f. 4s>.’\ enty-liv L.A MAI t COUP. ATTORNEY AT LAW, MACON, GEO. IV ,FFICK A. M. 0 \Y 1-llillL’toll l’.l t'riiM tor.l. Dim M m ill. ami Sun •Mulberry Sire ! .ekldie.l \ f irk. Will |. V. 1 lnll--4.Ui, tl N 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