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ROME, GA.
M. DWINF.LL, Editor.
Tl'ISDAY y DliNING, Feb. 18.
. lC0MlllfNlCi>TID.
Wholesale Extortioners.
The outrageous, exorbitant prices
demanded by the soulless corporations
who own tho Cotton Factories in the
Confederate States for their Cotton
yarns, shirtings and osnaburgs, -and all
other goods manufactured by them is
perfectly barbarous. Talk about tho in*
lquitous Morrcl tariff of tho Yankee
Government, why it would be a perfect
God-send, to our people, compared
with tho execrablo monopoly of tho
patriots (?) companies refored to. The
raw material, this year, is 50 por-cent
cheaper than it was lust when the same
companies sold their yarns at from 15
to 20 cts. per pound and their shirtings
nnd osnaburgs at from 9 to 10} cts per
yard. . Now, however, ns our ports
blockaded and our citizens and soldiers
almost in a shiftless condition these
land sharks nnd horse leoche3 have re
duced us to tho alternative of either go
ing naked or paying them from throe
to four hundred pr. ct. on last year 3
pricos, and God only knows where they
will stop in thoit depleting process ns,
every few days wo hero of another nd-
vnneo on yarns, shirtings nnd osna-
bergs. Yarn is now selling, we learn,
at tho factories, at $2,25 pr. bunch or
45 cents pr. pound, by the halo, and
some of our merchants think that in
less than throe months those whole
sale extortioners will put it up to $5,00
pr. bunch or $1,00 pr. pound 1 If this
does not take tho shirt from every poor
mans back in the Confederacy, it will
certainly put hard earned dollars in the
rich extortioners cotTors to which 1m
linHiio just claim, unless “might makes
right”. Where is Governor brown— aro
not “ shirts” us essential to our comfort
and well being ns salt.”?
.w«»wwiii'«f..i ' '.i . ■ q-p—-
Shooting Affair.—A shooting affair
fcame off on Broad streot, on Saturday
evening last, between Wm. Johnson,
and Wm. Karp, of this oeunty—the
result of some previous difficulty.—
Each fired some three or four shots,
one taking effect in Earp’s breast,
causing a severe but not dangerous
wound. Two shots struck Johnson,
one jn the left hand, nnd one in the
right breast, passing through the lung,
producing a mortal wound, from which
he died on Sunday night.
S9*Col. A. M. Sloan is opening
Spring and Summer stook of Ladies,
Dress Woods, which he will offer at old
priest. Cull and examine his slock.--
bee advertisement.
Ciiakoe or Schedule.—The schedule
was changed on the Home Railroad
on Sunday last. Tho 'rain now loaves
at half-past seven in tho morning, and
returns at half-past twelve.
#@*Gov. Brown line, by proclamation
commanded tho stoppage of tlm distil
lation of ntdent spirits in tho State,
after tho 15th inst., until tho meeting
of tho Legislature.
BStA. W. Caldwell offers, for sale
his entire stock of Stoves, Tin wnre Ac.,
and also his town property, lie wishes
to change his residence on account of
his health. Wo shall bo sorry to part
With Mr. C., ns ho has always been the
kind friend, tho ncoomodftting business
man, nnd tho good oitizon. Wo hope
some of our citizens will buy and keep
his stock liore.
8®" Tho Memphis Appeal says the
gun boats suffered severely at Fort Don-
elson. Thirty-two shot passed through
tlm Cincinnati and that the Essex “was
n perfect slaughter pen.” Two other
boats were badly injured. Com. Footo
is satisfied that liis iron-clad boats will
not do to attack Columbus, and has
sent to Pittsburg for a lot of mortars to
mount upon bomb-proof boats, previ.
ously condemned, but now lying at
Cairo.
MESSAGE OF
PRESIDENT JEFFEURON DAVIS,
OF TUE CONFEDERATE STATES.
To the iStnate and House of Representatives
of the Confederate States;
In obedience to tho constitutional
provision requiring tho President, from
time to time, to give to tho Congress
information of tho state of tho Confed
eracy, and recommend to their consid
eration such measures as ho shall judgo
necessary nnd expedient, I havo to
communicate that sinco ray mc-ssago at
the last session of the Provisional Con
gress, events havo demonstrated that
the Government had attempted more
than it had power successfully to
achieve. Uooce, in the effort to pro
tect, by our arms, the whole of the ter
ritory of the Confederate Statce, son
board nnd inland, we have boon so ex
posed as recently to encounter serious
disasters. When tho Confederacy was
formed tlm Stales composing it were,
by tho peculiar character of their pur
suits, and a misplaced confidence in
their former associates, to a great ex
tent, destitute of tho moans for the
prosecution of the war on so gigantic
n scale ns that which it has attained.—
Tho workshops nnd artisans wero main
ly to be found in tho Northern States;
and one of the first duties which de
volved upon this Government was to es
tablish the necessary manufactories,
and in the meantime to obtain, by pur
chase from abroad, as far as practicable)
whatever was required for tho public
defense. No effort has been spared to
effect both these ends; and, though
the results hnvo not equalled our hopes,
it is believed that an impartial judg
ment will, upon full investigation
er to advert to the fact that the process
of furloughs and ro-enlistmont in prog
ress for the last month had so far elisor
gftnized nnd weakened our forces as to
impair our ability for tuccessful do
fence ; but I heartily congratulate you
that this evil, which I had foreseen nnd
was powerless to prevent, may now be
said to be substantially at an end, nnd
that wo shall not again during the war
be exposed to seeing our strength di
minished by this fruitful cause of dis
aster—short enlistments.
Tho people of the Confederate States
being principally engaged in agricultu
ral pursuits, were unprovided at tho
commencement of hostilities with
ships, ship-yards, materials far ship
building, or skilled mechanics nnd
seamen in sufficient numbers, to make
the prompt, creation of a navy a prac
tical task, even il. tlio required appro
priations lmd been made for the pur
pose. Notwithstanding our very limit
ed resources, however, tlie report of
tho Secretary will exhibit to you a sat
isfactory progress in preparation, nnd a
certainty’ of early completion of vessel*
of a number and class on which wo
may confidently roly,for contesting tho
vaunted control of tho enemy over our
waters.
Tho financial system devised by tho
wisdom of your predecessor, has proved
adequate to supplying all the wants of
tho Government, notwithstanding the
unexpected nnd very largo increase of
expenditures resulting from tho great
augmentation in tho necessary moans
of defence. 'The report of the Secrota
ry of tho Treasury, will exhibit tho
gratifying fact, that wo have no tloating
debt) thqf the credit of tho Govern
ment is unimpaired nnd Hint the total
expenditure of tho Government for
award to the various departments of year, has been, in round, numbers
the Government credit lor having done one hundred and soventy millions ot
all which' human power find foresight dollars ; less than ong third of the sum’ and :i request the President of each
enabled thorn to accomplish wasted by the enemy, in Ins vain enort company lload, in this State, to give a
The valor and devotion of tho poo-1 '? conquer us—less than tho value of a
Tribute of Respect. „
Caud Jackson, Feb. 20th,1862.
At a meeting of the Froemon of
Floyd, Company C, Eighth Regiment
Georgia State TroopB, held this day at
Jackson, Major John R. Freeman was
called to tho Chair, and Liout. Langs
ton requostod to act as Secretary.
On motion of Capt. Moore, Iho tol-
lowing Preamble and Resolution, wero
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, it lias pleased an All wise
Providence, in the dispensation of his
mercies, to remove from our .midst
our much beloved and esteomed fellow
soldier, Corporal James H. Espey, who
died at tho residence of Mrs. Ashe, of
Savannah, on the evening of the 19th
of Fehrury, while engaged in -the ser
vice of liis country. And whereas, wo
.think it right and proper, to give ex
pression to our grief, which this sad
event ha* producod, Be it Therefore
Resolved, That we mourn the death
of Corporal J. II. Espey, one of our
best friends and fellow soldiers, and
deeply sympathize with his parents
and relatives in their boroavemonts.
Resolved, That in tho death of' Corp’
J. II. Espey, the Company lias sustain
ed an irreparable loss, tho county in
which ho lived a most excellent citizen
and the State a most gallant soldier.
He was a man of vigor strong,
’Twas his prido nnd boast
To be amidst the busy throng
And always at his post.
But though lie sleeps now with the
dead
He has left a name behind ;
A wreath about bis honored liend
Beloved by all mankind.
Resolved, That a copy of these pro
ceedings bo forwarded to the parents,
and a copy be furnished the “Southern
•r” and "Courier” of Rome, with
request that the same bo published.
JOHN R. FREEMAN, Chr’n,
J, W, Langston, Sec'y.
86y* The Confederate States Assay
Office is now in operation at the Mint
in Dnhlonega, Ga. The Assayor L. W.
Quillian, gives notice that they BBsay
value will bo stamped on each pieoo
deposited.
BQy-A correspondent of the Confede
racy gives the following recipq to do.
stroy lice:
Roast an egg done—mix only the
yolk with just laid enough to produoe
salve. Greaso’the head thoroughly
and in a short time the lice will all be
destroyed.
the fifteenth day of March next, to de
sist absolutely, from the manufacture
of another gallon of ardent spirits, un
til the next meeting of the General
Assembly of this State. I shall use all
tho pawer I possess, to enforce obedi
ence to tliis order, nnd in each case of
refusal to obpy it, I shall direct tlio
seizure of the still by military authori
ty, uiid. thus abate the nuisance. This
l have a perfect constitutional right to
do, as the materinl of which this spe
cies of private property is composod, is
now greatly needed for public use.
Wo need more cannon witli which to
meet the enemy. Gun metal, used in
tlio manufacture of field pieces, is com
posed of ninety parts of copper, and
ten of tin. The coppor stills in Geor
gia, which aro now heavy coluinbinds
of destruction, aimed against our own
people, would, if manufactured into
cannon, make many a battery of six
pounders, to bo turned against the eno
my. Upon this material thus omploy
ed in our holy cause, we could invoke
God’s blessing. Upon it, as now eta
ployed, we can only expect his curse.
- I charge all civil and military officers
■ this Stale, to be vigilant m detecting
every violation of the order iieiein con
tained, nnd if any distillery is found in
operation, after the time herein speci
fied, tlio military offioer who commands
tlie District, in which it is located, is
hereby directed to seizo tlio still imme
diately, and report to these Headquar
ters, and orders will bo issued for its
conveyance to the foundry, in tlio city
of Romo, in this State, to bo converted
into cannon.
I further direct that < n ami after the
dale above named, the Superintendent
of tho Western & Atlantic Railroad,
which is tho property of the State, do
absolutely prohibit tho importation qf
whiskey over tlie Road into this State;
Tlie valor ana Ucvotion ol tho pco- “
plo have not only sustained tlio efforts I single article of oxport the cotton
of tlio Government, but have gone far C1 '”P °* the year,
to supply its deficiencies. Tho report of tho Postmaster-Gene-
The nctive state of military prepare- r<d Wld show the condition oi that De-
tion among the nations of Europe in partment to lie steadily improving—its
April last, the date when our agents revenues increasing, and all affording
first went abroad, interposed unavoida- the assuranco that.at will be sclf-sus-
ble delays in the procurement of arms, taming at the dale required by tho
and the want of a navy has greatly im- . ? ns Jj on > while affording mail facil
poded our efforts to import military lll ® s “) r “ 10 people,
supplies of all sorts. In tho Department of Justice, which
I have hoped for several days to re- includes the Patent office nnd Public
ceive official reports in relation to our Fnnffli|, some logislntvo provisions will
discomfiture at Roanoke Island, and | bo required, which will bo_-specifically
the fall of Fort Donelson. They have
not yet reached me, nnd I am, there
fore, unable to communicate to you,,, - ,, . „ - ,
i information of those events and ^ipreme Court of the Confederate
consequences resulting from them, k£ a J? 8 » \ 1 } ncc ;™ nc0Wlt ‘ l mandate
as would enable mo to make recoin- °f the Constitution,
mondations founded upon tho changed f refer you to my message commum-
condition which they have produced, cated to tho 1 divisional Congress in
Enough isTmoivn of the surrender at ovpmbor last, for such further infor-
Roanoko Island to make us feel that it fP nt, on touching tho condition of pub-
wns deeply humiliating, however fin- fic affairs, as it might bo useful to lay
iicrfect may havo been the preparations before you; the short interval which
or defence. Tho hope is still enter* slnce elapsed, not having produced
tained that our reported losses ct Fort a «X material changos in that condition
Donelson have been greatly exoggora- I °thor than those to which reference haB
statod, in tlio report of the head of that
Department. I invito tho attention of
Congress to tho duty of organizing a
ted, inasmuch as I am not only unwill
ing, but unablo to bolieve that a large
army of our people havo surrendered
without a desperate effort to out their
way through investing forces, whatever
may havebeen their numbers, and to
already been made.
In conclusion, 1 cordially welcome
Representatives who, recently cliosen
by tlie people, are fully imbued with
their vioivs and teelings, and can so
ably advise mo, as to needful provis-
Gen. Grant has declared martial law ‘
over West Tennessee. At Chicago, the
26th, it was reported tlio Confederates
would make a stand at Columbus, Run.
dolph and Memphis, and that tbeij
forees were concentrating at the latter
loint, and the .Streets there wore bein s
•rricadod with cotton-. r
The previously reported pacification'
of Tennessee is denied. It is said now
(among the Yankeos) that the Govern
or made a patriotic spirited war
speech. •
The great mortar fleet has been fin
ished.
Cotton market at New York on tlie'
27th had assumed-moi-e bone and s'*,
bility. The sales were 1,000 bales at
23c for middling.
Tlio llorald says, in a very short
time, they will bo in possession of
$2,000,000 worth of oolton, captured at
Charleston, Savannah and. Memphis
nnd will be ablo to send, to Europe the
usual supply of cotton 'for tho year;,
then the price will decline to tho usual!
figures.
At Washington tlie 26th, the Com-
mittee of Ways and Means were labor
ing on tlio tax bill—its principal f«*.
ture's wero unknown.
Secretary Chase says tlie actual pay
ments of the Government amount to a
million nnd a liulf a dny, and still » r .
rcarages hnvo largely accumulated,
causing serious trouble to tlie Govern
ment, and distress to the creditors,—
Payments nro urgently required on un
satisfactory raquisitions. The several
debts of this kind amount to $26,500,-
000, nnd tho floating debt now excoeds-
$40,000,000. Certificates of indebted
ness nro to be issued whore payments
can’t be made by the Government for
want of money ; and a general Bank,
rupt Law will be reported to Congress,.
similar order, applicable to the Road
which he controls.
In assuming the responsibility in ref
erence to distilleries, which I now take
without hesitation, nnd in announcing
my fixed determination to execute the
above order, I am aware that I come in
conflict with the interest of a large nnd
influential olass of persons, who have
disregarded alike, the dictates of hu
manity. and tlio promptings of patriot
ism, in their eager thirst for gain. I
must, tlicreforo, expect their denuncia
tions. But fooling conscious of tho
roctitudo of my course, in the dischargo
of an important duty, which f owe to
the people of this Stato, 1 appeal with
conndonco to every Christian, every
patriot, every good citizen, and espe
cially to every mother, wife and daugh
ter in Gnorgia, to aid and assist mo, in
extinguishing the burning liquid stream
of death, which is spreading desolation
and ruin, throughout the whole length
and breadth of the land
Late News.
JOyThe Atlanta Confederacy has the
following items;
JHaT'Oen, Washington Barrow, of
Nashvillo, a member of the Tennessee
Legislature, and a prominent leader in
tlie Southern cause, was arrested by
the Yankees at his residence in Edge-
field, immediately after their arrival
there. We presume he has been for
warded to Fort LaFnyette, the Yankee
hostile for political prisoners.
BQf We bear that Gen. Bull Nolson
is tho officor sent by the Yankees to
tako command of Nashville. He is a
self-conceited, vain, pompos, bad fellow,
and will rule the people with an iron
hand.
BQy’fho Memphis Avalanche of the
27th inst., says the Confederate Caval
ry force which had been stationed at
Paris ever since tlie Fort Henry affair,
left there on the 26th, and it was
reported nnd believed the Fedorals
•,yere advancing upon the town.
endeavor to make a junction with other I * 01,s f? 1 ' public service. I assure
divisions of tho army. >' ou of-my hearty co-operation in all
But in the absence of that exact, in- four cftorls for the common welfare of
formation which can only bo afforded [ tbe country. Jefferson Davis.
by officiul reports, it would bo premature
Governor Brown’s Proclamation,
We give below tlio material portion
f Governor Brown’i
Proclamation in
8@*We see from some posters on
the streot, that Lieut. Col. J. J. Morri
son, of the 21st Georgia Regiment, lias
been authorized by tho War Depart
ment to raise a. Regiment of Cavalry,
and also learn that tho regiment is
well-nigh made up. Wo wisli tlio gal
lant Colonel 3u«cess.
JGQy-Let every man between the ages
of 18 and 45, remember the muster to
day. Unless bo has good and sufficient
reasons for staying away, if it comes to
a draft. Ucwill be among the number.—
AH applicants fov discharges on account
of disability must make it known to a
Court of Inquiry, to be held after the
muster.
figy-The army under Gen. A. Sidney
Johnston is falling back from Murfrees-
borough and Columbia, Tenn., to Deca
tur, Ala., rs we intimated day before
yesterday. We do not look upon this
with any degree of alarm, or special
concern whatever.
It is not because we are unable to hold
Murfreesboro, or many other places
between there and Decatur, but o
choice, and we prodict the fruits of
this judicious movement will be mani
fest to every one in due season, when
all will acknowledge and approve it.—
If the enemy will only attempt to fol-
law, it is all wo osk.
jj®*The “Reliable Gentleman”
brought tho news by the State Road
train yestordny, that Price liad achieved
a glorious victory in Missouri, and tlie
city was elated with it all the afternoon
When will the people cease to give
credit to rumors that ore unautlienlicat
ed. If such hod beon the ease, of
we would havo received it betoie pas
sengers could havo brought it.
KiTie Tennessee Legislature on
the 20th instant, had not been able to
obtain a quorum at Memphis.
Tiie Yankees in England.—A speak
er at an agricultural dinner in Eugland
in speaking of the civil war in this
country, said : “A Yankee is as groat
a parody on an Englishman as a mon
key is upon the human race.
to pass judgment, and my own is 10
served, ns 1 trust yours will be, until
that information is received. In tlie
meantime, strenuous efforts have been i ,, „ .
made to throw forward reinforcements r *f rd dlatlllatlun *
to the armies at the positions threaten- Information lias reached me tlirrough
ed, and 1 eannot doubt that tho bitter various reliable channels that in the
disappointments wo have borne, by midst of our peril s the distillation of
nerving tlie people to still greater ox- corn into ardent spirits has grown to be
ertions, will speedily securo results an °vll ot the most alarming magni-
more accordant with our just expecta- tude. .
tion, ana os favorable to our cause as In the richest gram growing section
tliose which marked the earlier periods ot oui State, the number of distilleries
of the war. has increased to on almost incredible
Tho reports of the Secretaries of War extent, and the quantity of grain
and tlie Navy will exhibit tlie mass of consumed by them is enormous. In a
recourccs for the conduct of tlie war single county,,that is not probably worse
winch we havo been enabled to accu- 111 proportion to its population, than
mutate, notwithstanding the very s«-1 niany others, I am credibly informed,
nous difficulties against which wo havo tlnit about seventy stills are now con-
ccm tended. stnn' Iy boiling. These consume more
They afford tho cheering hope that g>'ain daily than is required as food for
our resources, limited as they wero ut every human being in the county. At
tlie beginning of the contest, will, dur- tbls rate, our bread must fail in the
ing its progress, become developed to n \ 01 th of July, when wo have no sub
such an extent 03 fully to meet our slbul - 0 to sustain hfe.
future wants. Those heart-rending scenes must
Tlio policy of enlistment for short I bo produced that th® distiller, by tlm
fteto ftDbeHiscifiente.
GEORGIA, Polk County-
To nil whom it may concern—
XIXHEREAS William W. Simpson, ker
yy applied to mo for lotters of administn.
tion on tho estate of Elizabeth Putman I its
of said county, deceased.
Those nro, therefore, to cite and admonish
all persons interested in said estate, to show
cause, if any they have, within tho timo pre
scribed by law, why letters should noth*
granted to said applicant.
Given u»dcr my had nt office, this March
1st, 1862.
mar6-30d S. A. BORDERS, Ord.
Folk Sheriff Sale.
W ILL bo sold nt public outcry before
tho Court House door in CcdnrTotrn,
Polk co., Gn., within the legal hours of sale,
on tho first Tuesday in April next, the fob
lowing property—by consent of tho defend
ant—to wit:
Ono lot of Land No. 268, in 20th dist. and
3d sect, of Polk county, lovied on by fi. fa. in
favor of W. O. B. Whatley against Milbrun
Cameron, issued from tho Justice Court of
I07Sth Dist. G. M—levied nnd roturned to
mo byoonstable—Feb. 26, 1862.
marl W. R. BECK, Sheriff.
Richmond, March 1.—The Confeder
ate war steamer Nashville arrived at
the port of Beaufort, N. C. Tho.. Fed
eral blockadcrs fired 22 shots at her
without effect. She brings about
$3,000,000 worth of stores—principally
for the Confederate departments, She
destroyed, near the -Gulf stream, a
Yankee schooner, bound from Phila
delphia to St. Domingo.
The Nashville steamed up to the
blockaders in defiant style, although
at one time within musket shot of
them. She came by the guns of Fort
Macon,,and was soon beyond tho roach
of her chagrined pursuers.
Commander Fegram and Paymaster
Taylor, of tho Nashville, haye arrived
at Richmond, and a part of her freight
is now being delivered in front of the
Treasury Department.
Pegram speaks in glowing terms of
the hospitalitieh of England, and thinks
Belgium will soon recognizo tho Con
federate StateB.
Bermuda lias prohibited Federal ves
sels from coaling there.
The Sumter was at Gibraltar at last
accounts. S|ie had captured and de-
“ ik
N. J. OMBEKG,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
ROME, GA
Kkki'S constantly on hand a
largo supply of Cloths, Cassi-
—ILL meres, Silk and Vol vet Vestings,
Furnishing Goods, Huts, Ac. apr!2wlv
A GOOD GIIANCE
- FOR SOMEBODY.
85TThere are a great many of our
subscribers who are perfectly able, and
in the habit of paying regularly, who
are sadly neglecting us at present
This won’t do, gentlemen, as almost
any one can raise money enough to pay
a year's subscription to a paper. If yeu
were a hundredth part as anxious to
keep up the mediums of circulating
the news, as you are to hear it, how
smoothly we could get along.
terms, against which I hnvo stondiiy destruction of tho munificent gifts of
contended from tlio commencement of Divine 1 rovidonce.so nobly bestowed
the war, has, in my judgment, comrib- «P°, M . U8 the past year, may grat
is ted in no immaterial degree to tlio *Cy his unholy avarice, and accumulate
recent reverses which we Lave suffered, I iH gotten gain.
and oven now render it difficult to fur- ( an this evil be suppressed byr the
nisli you nn accurate statement of tho I process of our courts, under existing
army. When tlio war first broke out1 laws,? Clearly it cannot. Can public
many of our people could with difficul- opinion frown it (town-? Not while the
ty be persuaded that it would be long o° l ' n which tho distiller purchased at
or serious. It was not deemed possible ' ess Hi an one dollar per bushel, winch
that anything so intone as a persistent be withholds from the soldier s family
attempt to subjugate these States could and the suffering poor, pays him after
be made; stUl loss that tlio delusion | H 18 distilled, nearly five dollars per
would so far prevail as to give to the I bushel. Nor will the seizure of the
war the vast' proportions which it has c ° m l° r public uso oiroct the object.,
assumed. Tlie people, incredulous of I ^ Y 01 } seize what, he lias and pay him
along war, wero naturally averse to I fot'.ifhe will, buy more, and pay a high-
long enlistments, and the early lcgisla- er P nce f° r jL than the poor are ablo
tion of Congress rendered it impyacti-1 P a Y . * or bl01lc *' ” the root is not
cable to obtain volunteers for a greator | out, this noxious plant will continue
period than twelve months. Now that thrive, and feed upon the very vitals
it lias become probable that the war | society. It-must be dono, or wo
will be continued through a scries of shall be surroundod'by scenes of bun-
years, our high spirited and gallant sol- S 01 ' ana nusory, appalling to human
diers, while generally re-enlisting, are, na J’, u )‘ e ' nnd ., ttI ? amount suffering,
from . tho fact of having entorod the I Will [be entailed upon us, which must
service lor a short term, compelled in I curtain tho heavens and carpet the
many instances to go home to make ®®V.ih about us. in tho darkest habili
the necessary arrangements for their of mourning,
families during their prolonged ab- Charged as I am with tho oxerciso of
1 Executive power at a time of groat per
The Right Sort of Monument for
our Heroes.—Tlie Knoxville Register,
refering to a movement in Nashville
to erect ft monument for the memory
of (i»n. Zollioofter, properly suggest:
We would say, wait till the war is over
before we build monuments to our he
roes. Let the gentleman who have the
money contribute it to equip and arm
soldiers who will build a monument of
Hessian's bones to Zollicoffer’s memory
on the next battle field.”
Tho quotas of now regiments for the a " d I’espon.-sibilty, 1 cannot turn a
- - - - deaf car to tho repeated remonstrances
e different.States, . „ , .n;,
.war, called for from the
aro in rapid progress of organization.—
Tlie whole body of new levies and re
enlisted men will probably be ready in
the ranks within tho next thirty days.
But in the meantime, it is exceedingly
difficult to give an accurate statement
of the number of our forces in the
field. They may, in general terms, be
stated at four hundred regiments of in
fantry, with a proportionate force of
cavalry and artillery, the details of
which will be shown by the report of
the Secretary of War. I deem it prop-
of good mon against this grievous
wrong to society. Tho cries of soldiers
families and destitute persons come up
before mo on every sido, imploring that
the evil be suppressed, that tho cup of
destruction may ■ thereby be dashed
from thomouthsof their husbands and
fathers, and bread bo placed in their
own. * *********
Influenced by these considerations, I
feel il my duty to issuo this, my procla
mation, and to command each and eve-
ery distiller, in this State, on and after
stroyed twenty-one Yankee vessels,
Norfolk, Fob. 28.—The Federal
steamer Express is reported lost on the
Eugtern Shore of Virginia, in the gale
of the 24th.
The steamer Hoboken, engaged in
laying a telegraphic cable from tho bay
shore to Cape Henry is going to pieces.
Iler crow were savod by the steamer
Spaulding. The attempt ’to lay the
telographic cable across the Chesapeake
is a failure. Half of it is laid and bu
ried up, and tho balance lost. The
gunboats which were at Fortress Mon-
loe, are ashore at Nag’s Head. Ono
ship, four brigs, nnd two schooners are
ashore at Holme’s Hole.
The Paris correspondent of the New
York "Herald” writing on tho 7th
February, says the distress at Rouen
und Lyons is so groat among tho work
ing population, that disturbances are
seriously feured. The want of cotton
has thrown many thousands out of
employment, and unless the Emperor
interferes in the American quarrel,
must starve; and unless McClellan
speedily strikes a blow the Washington
government will bo exposed to a pres
sure from France and perhaps England.
The peoplo of France are losing confi
dence in the ability of tlie Northern
government to put down the revolu
tion ; and the cry for help from tlie
manufacturing depots will soon bo
heard, beaded by the Imperial govern
ment.
At New York, on the 26th, there was
a spasm in the money market. The
bankB were lending all their money at
7 per cent., and inquiries for Federal
a nd Stato stocks were active, Miiisqurii
and Tonntssees werp lower, and the
leading railroad Bhares were lower.—
Virginia 6’s wero 04, and North Caro
lines 72.
Northern papers to the 27th are at
hand.- There was no movement in the
Federal army on tho Potomac on the
26 th.
A dispatfch received at St. Louis, 26th,
from Donelson, says: A boat just from
Clarksville brings the report of the
evaouation of Nashville,- and that tho
Governor of Tennessee had burned all
the State Documents and retreated to
Murfreesboro.
$4,000 WORTH
Cooking, Parlor and Box
STOVES, TIN-WARE,
TINNERS’ STOCK AND STOVE PIPE-
Tho entire stock will bo sold altogether, in
order to close out business.
Proforenco givon to parties who will not
remove the stook* from Romo.
I also offer my city proporty for sale, con
sisting of Three Lots, fronting 60 foot on
Broad streot, Two good Storo Houses—on»
brick—a Dwelling ftttaohod to tho building!
—situated in the centre of tho business part
of tlie city.
I will sell low for Cush, or Exchange for’
good lands suitably situated in Bouth-woit* -
ern Georgia, or for likely ^owng^i^roe^
fub4-lm
THE ROME RAILROAD
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On and after Monday tlio 3d inst., th'
Train will run as follows:
Leave Borne every morning at 7JA.M.
Arrive at Kingston at 6 A M.
Leave Kingston at 11 A.M.
Arrive at Romo at ]2J P.M-
mart C. II. STILLWELL, Supt.
SPRING AND SUMMER
DRESS
GOODS.
A. M. SLOAN
H AS in storo and will open on th* ,0 “J
ins 1 .., a choico and boautiful
Spring nnd Summer Dress Goods, touiii»“l
of the following:
Pluin and Fig’d Eng. and Fr. Berege*w
Grenadines, Challios, Muslin*,,
Valentins, Poplins, Dueals,
_ J/oiambiques, Tamatins,
"Organdio Mvmlins, Lawns,
Florontino Muslins, Brilhantes,
French and American Calicoes.
MOURNING GOODS.
Bombazines, Alpaecas, Coburg Cloth*.
Muslins, Challios, Bl’k, afid bl’k * "h
Berogos, Foulard Silk.
Tho abovo Goods with. f. few oxcop'
will bo sold nt old fhioes. All in vr*“J
bargains aro requostod to oxamins my 6
boforo purchasing elsewhere. |
A VIRGINIA LAD?
■^yriO has Bix years oxpori«ne_e
Ing, desiros'to proonre a sltust .J
Teacher in a school,or family, “he is 1
cnorgotie and intelligent, and won: ,
good associate for children. Andress ^
MeOlung, Rome,G*. 1