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Tho Tariff
Congress of the CoufederaTe Ftates,
Montgomery, Ala , Feb. 18,1861.
To the 'Collector <f the Custom*.
*** Savannah, Georgia:
Sir: By direction of the enclosed resolution of
the Congress of the Confederate Sta’e* of America,
I herewith trnsroit to yon —— copies of the Acts
passed by Ihe Congress on the subject of duties on
imports.
Yon are instructed to collect duties on articles im
parted from all foreign State*, in compliance with
the provisions of these Acts.
Respectfully, your obedient servant.
V fi > ?t . HOWELL TOBB,
President of the Congress.
ACTS AND RESOlirnONS OP THE CON-
ORESS OP THE CONFEDERATE STATES
THTmSD AY.FUaaUAHY 28,1862.
Z*$jFDelegates of the Convention from the sever-
... , al Counties in this State, are hereby notified to meet
IN RELATION TO THE CUSTOMS AND j j n j!j 0 City of Savannah, on Thursday, the 7tU of
jra.E QPPIOEUS THEREOF. | March next. GEORGE W. CRAWFORD,
AS ACT TO COXTIMJE IS EOICE CEItTATK Un« THE) .... President.
S»rq> CUTnnr MUM*. . 1 Eel-Air, On., Fob. 21, 1801, It.
Be it eMclsd by the Confederate States of America I m t| i‘ '
in CtuKpesS assembled, Thai all th- larva of .he 0. - Tb0 Southern Government.
Slate* of America in force and in use in the Con- _ . . , „ . ' . „
federate States of America on the first day« f Never. 1. rrior 10 "‘ e formaUorx of a Southern Government,
her last, and not inenmbirnt with the Comfit of ion | n was our pleasure dfe.Yiell as the pleasure of all
of the said Confederate Spates, be Rnd the wnp are : parties formed at ; the fJoulb, honestly to point at
hereby continued i:» Iorco until repealed or altered ; one object, which was the preservation of the Union
iTAttror i rr\T>n 1 and the Constitution which was framed by the
, feigned) IIOWELL COBB, i . . . ... _ . .
to.': v Pre-sd- nt of the Congress patriots of the Revolution. All efforts by all par-
I Certify that this Act passed ihe Congreas on the! tic9 failed, anlTwc are now no longer united.' The
ntn* It it«v nf Vuhrn.pit 1 UA1
ninth day of February, 1861.
J. J. HOOPER, ,
v. . Secretary of the Congress.
body of the Government is dissolved, and there
• left no vitality to its spirit. It has sunk, we trust,
! in unfathomable depths to rise no more forever. 'As
Aft ACT TO Ulil.MIT Tao^V CERTAIN COMMODITIES! ' h ° D ”’°“ dU “* Cd ‘ ^ “ **">*
THERE'S named, and for othbr purposes. ovcr prospects of the South. If wo will but
Be it enacted by the Confederate States of America throw our eyes to the North,-wo can but perceive a
in Congress assembled. That the following'articlesdark and gloomy Cloud, with thunder and forked
ahull be exempt from duty, and admitted Iree in* n j lightning playing upon. each lull and flashing
J* h»cor., pork, hams, lard beef,, e vaU Docs that portend nothing? Let
fi*n of all kiwis, wheat and flour of wheat, and flonr: . . . . .
of all other groins. Indian rotn ,.nd meat, barley and , CM,#ur **? «S?>'n SonUt-ve there
barley Boor, rye and rye floor, oats and oal meal,: pereetvo but a faint cloud, opening wtdc
gunpowder, and all the material* nf which it is made: j tains, beautifully tinged by the light of day, that
lead in all form*, arm* of every description, alid | Heaven s sunshine may rest in peace on Southern
munnion^of war, and military accoutrements, per- j 80 jj. Docs that portend nothing? The dark and
cu.sloii cape, and living animal, of all kind.; also,! , cloud bas luk t th= jf orli . Tbo bril .
til agricultural product* iu their natural »tat». if. r, , .
8lC. i Ami I* il farther enacted, Thai ail goods, j lmit r “!' s from » Southern shy, bids tho people of
ware* and merchandize imported from any one of the \ tho South, bo ye ever cheerful, for yours is the king-
late United States of America, not being now a [ doin and the eden of the earth. ,
member of this Confederacy, into this Confederacy, The people of the South aro to-day the masters of
Wore the 4th doy of .March next, which may have I uniTcrse . in lbeir bands tbo des |iny of 0 „
been bona Jute purruiretl heretofore, or witruri ten* , ... ~ .
-day. after the passage of this act, shall ho exempt! governments-tho combined power, of the world is
and free train duty. ' at her bidding, and the edict is but to be sent forth
StC 3 A nd be it further enacted. That the State! to bo obeyed. Tho people of tho North speak of
of Texas no,and it is hereby exempted from the ope- 1 coercion. Why should the people of the North
ration of tlm Tariff laws, lien More passed or adopt.. tcmpt thc raah act _ wIlcn tbo combIned p0WC rs of
9 HOWELL COBB ! l ^ c ^ orl ^ cann °t couquor thc South ? Such an idea
President of the Congress, j belongs only to thc wandering imagination of a
I certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of i lunatic—the honest statesman cannot dream of such
the Original Act, on libs in mv office, and which a painful result. During tho pist political crisis, it
pawed Congress on the 18th February, 186b j 00r plcasoro to cnd eavor to sustain the Union
and tho Constitution. In our endeavors to sustain
it, wc spoke harshly of tho people of /he North.—
V.'c alluded to tho fanatical spirit of the North, aud
Alt ACT TO CONTINUE IN orncc TIIE OFFICER* cot-lnot generally to the people of tho North, for thc
NECTED with the COLLECTION < f the CUSTOMS in ^ 0 mh has friends there—friends who arc gallant,
Tnecr,Nr EDE RATr. .srxrrs "Fitltna. i p n,ria.ic and bravc-fricnds who would apill the
risen-'* 1 Dell enacted by the Confederate States • . , . . , , *
cf America, in Congress assembled. That the sever., lael liro P of b!ood for ,to Sl “ lM r, E llt “ nd “*«-
al offirera who, al tho time of the adoption ..I the cat » f Ike South—yet by a combination, they are
Constitution of ihe Provisional Govermne t nf these! powerless. Then let us despise fanaticism, but love
North Carolina and Georgia.
The Augusta Constitutionalist of.the 24th, says—
Hon. Sam’l Hall, Commissioner from Georgia, was
introduced to the two Houses of the North Carolina
Legislature; on Wednesday evening last, by Senator
Eli W. Hall, who discharged the duty in a very hap
py and eloquent speech. In alluding to the senti
ment of North Carolina on the crisis,lie said:
However we may differ in our views as to thc
TOmeily .to which we may resort, we know that the
wrongs of which they complain are our wrongs.—
That thc cause for which they are battling, and pre
paring, if need be, to sacrifice their' lives, is our
cause. That thc blood .which courses through thc
veins of their people, flows from good old'North
Carolina fountains. They aro our brothers, our
sisters, our sons and our daughters, and however
(we may be divided from them, by lutangible politi
cal lines, wo might as well expect to seo tho infant
plead in vain at tho mother’s breast for the life-
giving current, or the parched earth refuse to drink
in the grateful showers, as for our people, wiih
averted gaze, to turn a deaf ear to the voices which
me Up to them from thc South.
The State Journal says of the Commissioner's
speech:
Commissioner Ilall then delivered one of the most
forcible addresses wo ever listened to. Tho largo
audience listened breathlessly as the speaker recited
the causes which led to the present condition of the
country—save only when they broke out in loud
cheers as his eloquence touched-thc southern heart.
When he asked his North Carolina audience if they
would see Federal troops pass through their State
to coerce the people of South Carolina, or of any
other Southern State, such a cry of ‘’Never, never!”
went up from that assembly as was never before
beard within those wnlls. ”1 know you will not,”
the speaker responded; “I will believe it.when I
see it—but never before, so help me God.” (Anoth
er shout of “Never, never,” and loud and prolonged
cheers.)
Hon. H. T. Clarke, Speaker of the Senate, replied
to the address of thc Commissioner in a short ad
dress, in which he said:
After giving this momentous question our best
and most anxious deliberations, wo havo referred
it- to thc sovereign peoplo. in convention assembled.
Their judgment and decision will form the guide of
our faith and tho rule of our conduct: and to that
tribunal alone can we look for any authorised res
ponse to the friendly counsels and suggestions of
our follow suffering sister State. But without ref
erence to the amount of our sympathy or the extent
of our co-operation with her in her present struggle,
we, at least, will assure her that no hostile foot shall
march from or through our borders to assail
r hers. (Cheers.)
Very Latest from our Exchanges.' jTn C M.^y8 couon JpZerfln
ARRIVAL OF LINCOLN AT WASHINGTON. very sensitive upon the subject of future supplies of
was fixed for a later hour this morning, but ho has
anticipated the sight seers..
MARKETS.
Savannah, Feb. 22.—Sales 641 bales at pricss
ranging from 8§@11^. Market closed easy but un
changed.
Mobile, Feb. 23.—Sales of cotton to-day 2,500
bales. Middlings at 10^@11 cents. There was a
fair demand, and the market was firm. *
New York, Feb. 24.—Sales of cotton yesterday
1800 bales. Market firm. Middling uplands Ilf.
Charleston, Feb. 24.—Sales yesterday 750 bales
at prices t?iog from 9(2>1H. Market closed at a
decline of
M1LLEDGEVILLE COURT HOUSE BURNED. *
Milledgcvillc, Feb. 24.—The Court House burned
down about 7 o’clock this morning. . Booksmnd pa
pers to a great extent saved. Nothing left but the
bare walls. It is the general opinion that thc build-
} act on fire.
5555-3
cd by this t'nngifeM.
(•Signed)
February 16, 18GI.
J. J. HOOPER,
rotary of The Congress.
our Northern brothers the r
Washington's Birth Day.
Tho anniversary of the birth day of the great pat
riot, boro and statesman, was appropriately cele
brated in this city on the 22d. It was a day of
Orders from tho Executive.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Milledgeville, Feb. 21st, 1861.
Sir : On the fifth day of this, month I directed you
call out sufficient military force,, and
ships then i^the harbor of Savannah belonging to
citizens of the State of New York. The reasons fur
leisure were brictlj’ stated in thc order. Citi-
of this State had been rubbed of their proper
ty by thc police of New York, acting under the au
thority of thai State. 1 hud demanded the restore-
of the property to its owners. The Governor
of that State had given an evasive reply, excepting
o the form of’the demand
clearly evinced his dmpoi
mg ^
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
Raleigh, Feb. 24.—The Assembly will adjourn to
morrow morning, leaving much business unfinished.
FROM VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Feb. 24.—The business of thc Con
vention yesterday was quite unimportant.
•MONTGOMERY NEWS.
Montgomery, Feb. 21.—Mr T. K. R. Cobb,
Ga., introduced the followingf
Resolved, That the Finance Committee be instruc
ted to inquire into the expediency of laying an ex
port duty on cotton exported from the Conledernte
States into any foreign country other than the ports
of this Confederacy. Apopted..
The President made the following nominations,
which were confirmed by Congress:
Secretary of State—Hon. Robert Toombs, of
Georgia.
Secretary of the Treasury—Hon. C. G. Mcmmiu-
ger, of South Carolina.
Secretary of War—Hon. L. Pope Walker, of Ala
bama.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 23.—The public session
of tho Congress to-day was uninteresting. Congress
had a loug secret session. No further Cabinet no
minations have yet been made.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Washington, Feb. 23.—The opening of thc bids
for the three million loan commenced at noon. At
one o’clock, not one-third had been opened, and the
amount largely exceeded the sum required up to
that hour—tho offers ranged from 85 to 93.
bids were mostly from New York.
Fourteen million were bid for the three million
loan to-day. No bids were accepted under 90 15-100.
No bids were received South of Baltimore.
Thc Republicans in the Peace Congress are too
impracticable to obtain a satisfactory result.’
It is stated that the ultras in Congress telegraphed
to Lincoln to come immediately to Washington, ho
ping his presence would aid in defeating thc com
promise. Nothing probably will bo done before
Monday.
The “States and Union” contains the following
_ I amendments that were proposed yesterday in tho
by telegraph ; which I Pence Congress- to Guthrie’s plan of adjustment:
ply by or- Mr. Hitchcock, of Ohio, moved, as an amendment,
States, held and exercised any office connected with
the collection of the customs, duties and imposts in
the eeveral Stales of this Confederacy, or, as Assis
tant Treasurers, entrusted with keeping lhe moneys
arising therefrom, are hereby appointed to the sever
al offices which, at tl*o said d<te, they respectively
held; and they aimII have tho same powers, be sub
ject to the same duties, and be entitled to the same joicing, yet the rejoicings were mingled with mtl-
salaries, fees and emoluments a s'are set forth and ancholy sadness. The Union which he formed is
provided in »nd by lh.- I.W„ of the United States nf t „. d d i SM , T( , d , n< thwc is n0 i ongC r tlmt united
America,until the first davof April next: 'Provided. , .. _ „ .
That the maximum of rnnipenxatiun which each col-. bc ” rla . 10 f ra,se ond rcvc f c!lcc b,s
lector shall receive, frun all sources, shall not exceed, 0I 7* ” ® are divided. Let us remain so.
thorite of five thousand dollars per annum. The Albany Guards, Captain Rust in command.
Sectior 2. Ench collector .so appointed .-diall, wllft-1 appeared in full ranks, and went through with the
in two wenke from the date of ttiia Avt, execute to usua i evolutions aud ualianal salutes. On fliis oc- j
the Conlederate £>t*tes of America a bond in the i . • „ , , , ,
our* amount and subject to. like cud,lion with his cas,on “ a f™ 1 - >" ad ° » very handsomeappear-
lut iwnd to the United St.it.-s of America, with an '-' c - In the afternoon they appeared again on pa-
LUreties to be approved by a Judge of any Superior 1 , fade in fatigue dress, and fired for two silver med-
or Circuit Court of the iState where such sollecfor als. The first, a silver cup, was won by private
is located. And each of ihe officers shall, within Stephens, distance, two hundred yards off hand.—
one week after the collector shall have entered upon Tb<J 8Kondi , n „ r , „ aa „ oa b prirate Ba ,. ka .
the di»rbarge of his dull?*, execute to the Confed- , , . , , , „, . J „„
rate States of America a hood in tho same amount, da,e - ' >Da hundred yards off hand. Ihe ffnng was
an] subject to the like condition’wilh Itis Iasi bond In strongly contested by the members, and wo do not
the United States of. America*in case be was re- ( remember of ever having seen better average shots
dering the restoration of the property. If the pro- that Congress has no power to regulate, control,
tectiun of this State were not in such case afforded j abolish slavery in the States, or discharge any slave
to its citizens, it cot only invited further aggression from service, contrary to law, in the District of Co
upon their rights, but forfeited all just claim to their ! lumbiii. Neither lias it thc power to prevent inter-
allegiance. 1 therefore had no alternative left but j State or inter-Tcrritorial slave trade, and the Fcd-
to order reprisal. This is the mildest remedy pro- j e ral Government must pay the value of a slave when
vided not only by thc law of nations, but by thc law rescued from the marshal
of nature, for the redress of grievances between sov- Mr. Chase, of Ohio, moved as an amendment,
ercign States, in the lust result. I that it was expedient to proceed to final action un-
Your prompt execution of the order, by the^ sci-1 til all the States have had an orportunity to dcliber-
zure of five vessels owned by citizens of New York, ate and take action; therefore, life moved that this
met my highest approval. The seizure was uiade Congress adjourn until the 4th of April, aud that
on Jhe morning ot the oigth of this month. On the ;he President request all thc States to send commis-
evening of that day, I mailed to the Governor of sioners.
\ ork, at Albany, a communication stating the | Mr. Summers, of Va., moved, as an amendment,
ith the reasons for it; and that that uo Territory should be acquired without the
qnired loexecute a bond, with sureties t<
ed by the collector of the port where
located.
Section'3. The
sn oath be fur
done on this occasion by the whole company,
i officer j At night the ceremonies of the day closed with a
id several officers shall lake, S™ 0 * Mn itary Ball given at the Byington Hotel, i
<»»>trHto well and faithful! v to; which we learn every thing passed off pleasantly.
fact of ihe seizure, with the reasons for it; and th
I should hold the ships till justice should be dune
the injured citizens of this State, by the restoration
of the property of which they had been robbed by
the police of thc city of New York.
On the night of thc ninth inst.., I received a tele
graph dispatch from Mr. G. B. Lamar, of New York,
whom I had appointed agent to receive the guns
seized by the police, if delivered up by thc author-
ities.'stating that tho guns were then at the com
mand of their owners and asking me to release the
ships. At the same time I received a dispatch from
Mr. John Boston, the Collector or the port of Sa
vannah, stating that he had just been informed by
“r. Lamar, tjiut the guns lmd been delivered up.
Regretting tho necessity Vhieh compelled me to
resort to a means of redress which, while natural
and legal, might interrupt tho commerce between
thc two States, aud expose to temporary hardship
individual citizens of New York, whoso properly,
un.’.cr t .e laws of nations, is subject to seizure tor
such outrage commit ted by thc authorities of their
own State, though they may disapprove and
demn them, I wasMctertuined nut to occupy the po
sition of an aggressor for a single hour. So
therefore, as I was informed that the autliorit
New York had made reparation for tho robbery, I
immediately ordered the release of tho vessels.
Gov. Brown and his Appointments.
our last issue wc stated that Governor Brown,' Since that time l directed Mr. Lamar to have the J hopeless.
discharge the duties uf hid office, and to support the
Constitution of the I’rotfsionnt Government of thui
Confederate States of America; which said onlli}
shall be endorsed upon the bond, and the bund shall in his general military appointments, failed to re-j guns shipped to Savannah, that they might be do-
be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Trea-i cognize thc South-western counties of this State—' leered to their owners. He now informs me that
eurj, or in such other place n< he may direct. I Wa hav( . -; ncc i Pflrne d tlmtihcfl «<m „n .nniirMinn I ho d ° m: » ndcJ their shipment and was informed by
J ' IIOWELL COBB r V *“! T0 BlDCe Iearncd thei ® was no application lhe Superintendent of the Police of New York, that
Presid nt of the Congress, j tor ° ffico fr0m lhis 8Cctl0a of ,he State—our citizens | he had changed hts mind, and that he would
concurrence of a majority of the Senators from tho
slave States, and that no treaty of acquisition be
•atified unless consented to by the same majority.
Mr. Franklin, of Pennsylvania, moved, as at
amendment, that all Territory North of thirtysix de
grees* thirty minutes remain in the present Status,
and that ull questions therein be decided by the Fed
eral Courts.
Mr. Bronson, of New York, moved to amend, by
inserting that Congress has no power to legislate in
Tegard to slavery, except to provide for the rendi
tion of fugitives, and to suppress the slave trade;
and that the Territories remain unchanged until ad
mitted as States.
Mr. Hall, of Vermont, moved, as an amendment,
that Congress prohibit the slave trade in the Dis
trict of Colubia, or that the slave be transferred
hence to States for sale.
The Cabiuet met in extra session this morning
at nine o'clock.
President Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, and IV.
II. Seward, had a private conference at the White
House during the session of the Cabinet. It was
understood that the conference was for tho purpose
of eulightcuing Lincoln as to tho true state of af
fairs.
Radical Republicans consider their cause almost
OEITUABV.
Died, in Kingston, Now York, oh 2lst January,
1801, in lhe 68th year of his age, the Rev. Seskc.v
Green Bragg, So long and so favorably known as a
eek, humble and consistent servant of God, and
a minister of the Episcopal Church in the Dio-
se of Georgia.
Mr. Bragg was born of Quaker parents in WasU-
ingtoncounty, New York, being related to the dis
tinguished Gen. Green of the Revolution, and it may
be, that from this descent tho uniform gentleness
and love which characterized his life, may in a great
degree, be traced. Having completed his education
and graduated at Middlebury College, he was for i
several years connected with the celebrated school
of Mrs. Willard, at Troy, New York. While at Troy
ho united himself with the Protestant Episcopal
Church, having before that time been a Methodist,
and under the advice of Mrs. Willard and his own
convictions of duty, determined to study for tho
Ministry. With this purpose lie entered thc Theo
logical Seminary of Virginia at Alexandria, when
his studies were completed and he was ordained to
tho Ministry by Bishop Mead, of Virginia. His
first charge was a Missionary in Tallahassee, Fla.,
where he remained about a year, and removed thence
to Macon, Ga., about the year 1832, where there
was no church and but a handful of church people,
who had been collected by the Rev. Lot Jones, now
of New York City, as a Missionary. Macon was
ihe chief field of Mr. Bragg's life and labors as a
Minister; here lie founded Christ’s Ci.urch, which
for fifteen years engrossed every faculty of his bo
dy, mind and soul to plant, to build up aud extend;
exhausting in this service not only the small de
gree of health and strength which he had, for
was always delicate and almost an invalid, but
pending with a lavish hand tho patrimony ho had
inherited, in his never ceasing works of charity and
love. It is a singular fact, that during the fifteen
years Mr. Bragg was the Rector of Christ’s Church,
Macon, tho minutes of tho Church show but two
communications from him to the Vestry on the sub-
ject of his salary, each of them protesting that it
was too much—more than his wants required or the
congregation could with convenience pay. While
in Macon, in the midst of a most useful and success
ful Ministry, and surrounded by a congregation as
devoted as ever a Minister had, his health so far
failed him that he felt it a duty to sever thc connec
tion and give place to a successor physically more
able to perform the duties of a Pastor. This reso
lution of his was for several years resisted and post
poned by his friends, they hoping that relaxation
and travel might restore his health and strength, but
both proving unavailing, his resignation was finally
accepted, in the year 1846, after which at tho kind
and earnest solicitation of Bishop Elliott, he re^
moved to Montpelier, first as a member of thc Bish
op’s family, and then for several years as Rector of
thc Diocesan school at that place. The Montpelier
Institute having been discontinued, and Mr. Bragg’s
health entirely gone, lie removed to Viuevillc, where
for years he was domiciled as a member of the fam
ily of Mr. N. C. Mtinroe, one of his oldest friends
and first parishioners in Macon.
Here for years, in the midst of constant sickness
and suffering, both of mind uncLboily, he received
all those acts of kindness and attention, which his
friends and his family were so willing and so abie
> bestow. Although Mr. Bragg had formally re
igned his Rectorship in 1846, during all this time,
s well while at Montpelier as while at Mr. Mun-
je’s. during the pa toratc of two successors
church, he kept up by common desire and request,
a quasi connection with the parish, and from time
to time, ns his health would permit, united with,
and aided both his successors in their ministrations.
His system becoming more and more enervated, and
the climate of Georgia proving too warm for him in
his weak and feeble slate, it was thought advisable
that he should be sent in tho summer of 1860, to
Kingston, N. Y., where he spent his short remain
ing time on earth in the family of his nephew, and
near to the residence of his niece, his two nearest
remaining relatives. Here he died, and was buried
at Fort Edward, N. Y., beside_the remains of Jiis
THEATRE.
Mr. Fleming’s Company
WILL REMAIN IN ALBANY THIS WEEK ONLY.
TUl« Evening, Beneft of MIh Eberle,
The Merchant of Venice and Bieheliai will b. p^.
formed during Their stay—tugethcr with otherml
tertainments. [feb.28
TO REISTT.
O NE of thc most desirable residences in the cilv
Terms right. Apply to
ALEXANDER S. LIPPITT
Albany, Feb. 28th, 1861. 49—tf
ft'
W. M. McAfee,
RSNWICK P. O., Leo County, Ga.
FFE11S ojjargain m his HOTEL U
^rUEBITUEB, iu Smith- 1
, Ga. Having made arrangements with •■■■rai
the S. W. Railroad Company to feed Passengers on
the down and up Trains, and all the Freight hands
makes this, with my Bar-Room, a good paying busi*
I would exchange it for Lands, or sell on
with security.
me aud see, and I will sell a good bargain, u
49-4 m
CARPENTER FOR HIREr
fTMIE subscriber will hire a fine House Carpenter r
x Screw and Running Gear Builder, on reasona
ble terms. Persons wanting work done will apply
to A. J. Macartliv, Esq., onnvself.
JOHN CARR BROWN.
February 28th, 1861. 49-tf
TO E;EHT,
A COTTAGE, ond half acre of ground. Apply
at this office.
February 28th, 1801. 40_tf
parents.
To the distinguished statesman and successful war
rior, we erect monuments of brass aud 'marble—at
best but “broken cisterns, which hold no water”—
to our pastor and friend, our counsellor and guide,
wc each and all shall rear a monument in our hearts,
beautified and sanctified by the tnemorie? of liis
life; yea more than this, for him, the meek and
lowly follower of Christ, lias been erected a monu
ment more enduring and more exalted (hr—“a build
ing of God, on house not made with hands, .eternal
in the Heavens.” W.
Central Bail Road,)
SAVANNAH, GEO., FEB’Y 23d, 1861. j
T HE Congress of tho Confederate States of Ameri
ca having, on thc 18th day of February instant,-
enactcd the law hereunto annexed, it bccomes % neces-
sary that this Company should change the system'
hitherto pursued by them in receiving and forward
ing goods consigned to their care, as they are not
prepared to transact the business at the Custom’
House, and advance the duties, or give bonds for
the same, as will be required.
Therefore, Merchants, Consignees of goods, here
tofore consigning them to the care of Central Rail
Road Agent, arc hereby notified that from and after
the 10th day of March next, their goods must be'
consigned to tho care of some Commission Mer
chant in the city, whose outlay (commissions and'
duties always excepted) will be advanced by this
Company, and charged io thc goods as formerly.
Bill of Lading, Invoice and accompanying instruc
tions should be mailed to the Commission Merchant
employed to forward tho goods; and it would ho
AN ACT
Be it enacted by tiik Confedsbatr States op
America, That tho following articles shall be ex
empt from duty, and admitted free into the said
States, to-wit: Bacon, Pork, Hams, Lard, Beef, Fish
of all kinds, Wheat, and Flour of all other Grains,
Indian Corn and Meal, Barley and Barley Flour,
Rice and Rice Flour, Oats and Oat Meal, Gunpow
der and all the materials of which it is made, Lead
id all forms. Arms of every description, and Muni-
lions of War and Military Accoutrements. Percus
sion Caps, and living Animals of all kinds; also, all
Agricultural Products in tl»oir natural state. •
Section 2. That all Goods, Wares ond Merchandize
imported from any one*of the late United States of
America, not being now a member of this Confede
racy, into this Confederacy, before the fourth day
of March next (which may have been bona fide pur
chased heretofore), or within ten days after the pas
sage of this Act, shall be exempt and free from duty.
Section 3. That the State of Texas be and is here
by exempted from the operation of Ihe Tariff Laws
heretore passed or udopted by this Congress.
(Signed) HOWELL COBB,
President of the Congrcss.-
Passcd by Congress on thc eighteenth of February,
eighteen hundred and sixtv-oue. •
.* ' J. J. HOOPER,
Secretary of the Congress.
February-28, 1861 49-2w.
PEWS ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, ALBANY,
Will bo RENTED for the next year, on SATUR
DAY MORNING NEXT, at 10 O’OXiOCK.-^
Persons wishing to engage them beforehand, can do
so. By order of the Vestry.
February 28th, 18GI.
I certify that the fnregoinjj is a correct ropy of a
resolution adopted this day by the Congress ot tho
Confederate Bute* ot America.
J. J. HOOPER,
[ prefering to serve as privates and act as privates in I permit the guns to be shipped; but that ho would
thef ‘
Wet
not aware, however, that thero were applica
tions from any other portion of the State, and if i Governor of New York the communication above
Gov. Brown has made his selections to suit his own! ferred to, and I liavo received no response froiq him.
tooth, trad not that of the public, wo can arrive at i u « lma n0 ‘ 0 “ 1 J r rcfl,scd ' therefor, to order the
A RESOLtmoW TO CONTINUE nr OFFICE TIIE OFFICE is , # ,
of the customs i hut one conc l us,on * Which is, that he has most egre-
RcsaUciby the Confederate States cf America in' Kioualj erred iuhU appoint meats—not as to bravery,
Congress assembled, That, pnlil otherwise provided, but as to discretion on the part of the officersap-
the several officers conncctel with the collection of! pointed. The first “bugle sound” for a Georgia
customs, duties and imports in the several States **f I military organization eminated from South-western
oJThe-'S^erSuhl G-gi.-eh-m £ 1- - -nd a retreat.
Confederate States of America, with their present therefore she should be the first in office and thc
first in arms. She stands ready, if need be, to make
salaries and emoluments, until the first day of April
next; and that the Secretary, of ihe Treasury he^in-
•trncted to report to Congress a plan, to go into
effect at the said date, whereby the expenses of col
lecting the revenue nt each custom house shall be
diminished at least fifty per cent.
(Signed) IIOWELL COBB,
President of the Congress.
Congress, February 14,1861.
1 certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of an
Act passed this day by the Congress of the Confed
erate States of America.
J. J. HOOPER, i
Secretaiy of the Congress
A RESOLUTION.
Resolved by the Confrtlerale Slates of America t»
Congress assembled, Thai the President of Congress
instruct the Collectors of the several ports of this
Confederacy, to enforce the existing revenue laws
agniust all foreign coumrics, except the IState of
Texas.
(Signed) HOWELL COBB, .
President ol the Congress.
1 certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of ihe
original resolution on tile in my office, and which
was adopted by Congress on the. 16tl> Feb. 1H61.
J. J. HOOPER,
Feb. 18,1861 ^ Secretary of the Congresa. <
% . Sadden Death.
We leatn that Mr. William Daniel;of Jones cfthn*
<▼, died very sodden!? on Thnrsday last, at the resi
dence of his mother, Mrs. Singleton, some eight miles
from Clinton. He was in bad b>aith and said he
would go oat lo tlTe family burying ground arid se
lect* spot for his grave. He had scarcely left the
ground he bad marked out for that purpose before he
WJ and exnired, almost on tho very place he .'had
cbofceo for Vis sepulchre—Geo. Telegraph.
Tlx for Tat.—Greeley laid out Seward at Chi
cago, and Seward lays out Greeley at Albany.. The
last blow was severe. It was Greeley’s Ustcbai
sacrifice of men for the honor of tho South, and if,
fanaticism should plant her breast-work against
justice, the sons of Jhe South .will trample it under
foot and vanquish the tyrant who dare attempt such
a usurpation of power. Let offices, then, bo equally
divided throughout the State. Make not bone, of
one and flesh of another. The South-western coun
ties have heretofore been shamefully neglected in all
appointments to office, and while the political power
Seeks his own agrandizement, he must not do it, to
the advantage of one at the: expense of the other.—
Wo speak not in terms of censure, but of justice.—
Hear ye!
The Richest County *n The United States —
It U probable that Brazora county, Texa*, is the
richesi.in the Union in proportion to the numlwr o;
its population. According to the last comptroller’s
Teport*if the property of that county should be equal
ly divided among its voters, there would be some
thing more than $13,000 to each man.
We clip the aboye from an exchange., It speaks
well of the coonty alluded to r but we imagine our
colemporery is in error in claiming so much tor Bra
zora county. It is considered that Dougherty coun
ty, Georgia, according to population,is the wealthiest
county iu the Unlted Sttftds. While Brazora gives
each voter .$1 ?,000, Doughprty county, according
to the last, Uni ted States census, furnishes each vo
ter with a Capital of l#enry-ttoo thousand seven hun
dred and forty-aevea^driUars^jriiia makes a wide
difference between the two.
a Sad au) . - [Cfltn^unisatcd.]
Mil Editor :—Please announce the name of the
Hon. Charles L. WiimcnZAD, of Miller county, as
a candidate fbrt be offieb ot Major General of this
Battalion,,and 'oblige?* WfllsSoUS FRIENDS.
toration of the property of which his police had
plundered our citizens, within the limits of his own
State, on a demand sent by telegraph, but he has
neglected and refused to answer a written commu
nication upon the subject, sent to him through the
‘gular medium of mail.
While I had possession of the vessels seized, my
agent was informed that the guns were at the com
mand of their owners. Acting upon this assurance,
I ordered the release of the vessels; and my agent
is now informed that the officer in possession of tho
guns has changed his mind, and that ho will not now
permit them to be returned to their owners. These
facts show very clearly that it is the settled policy
of the authorities of New York to subject our com
merce to a surveillance which we cannot with hon
or submit to, and to seize upon our property and
plunder our citizens at their pleasure.
Under these circumstances, I feel that I, as tho
Executive'of Georgia, would prove recreant to the
high trust reposed in me by my fellow citizens, were
l to refuse to protect their rights against such un
provoked aggression, by all the means which the
laws of nations, or the constitution and laws of this
State, hove plaood at my command.
It therefore becomes my duty again to direct you
to call out such military force ns may be necessary
for the purpose, and renew the reprisals by thc seiz
ure, ns soon as practicable, of vessels in the harbor
of Savannah, or other property in the city, or else
where within your reach belonging to the State
to citizens of New York, at least equal in ralno to
double the amount of the original sdizyres made by
you. You will hold thc property so seized, subject
to my order and it will be released when tho guns
question, (together with any other property of
r citizens which has been or may in the mean time
be unlawfqlly seized by the authorities of N. York.)
arc actually shipped from tho harbor, and aro be
yond lhe reach or control of the police of the city
of New York, or the authorities of that State.
Respectfully, &c.,
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
' Col. Henry R. Jackson, Aid-de-Camp, Savannah,
Georgia.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
Washington, Feb. 23.—Senate.—Mr. Wilson re
ported a bill for the re-organization of the District
militia.
The post routo bill was debated, and postponed
until Monday. >
The California war bill was debated.
Several miscellaneous appropriations were taken
it of the committee, and will come up before the
Senate ou Monday.
House.—The House passed the Washington and
Oregon war debt bill.
The tariff bill was up, and the Senate amendment
was debated.
Messrs. Sickles, Garnett, and several others, op
posed the bill, but finally agreed that the House
should moet at 10 o’clock on Monday, to take the
bill up for final action.
•—.7 ** u wm uireicy »«M.ri«nce, • ■ - ■ — ronjiwtuttouNaa puuuus oi uuwurr, uaii uuu
far tftptrty will be >w*pt fr«*n power forever in . i® thli H*Ualio* will publish once, other mnmtioiw of war passed thioogh Raleigh on
Ifts next ehwtion.—-A T . Y. Day Book* ‘ - : * v [and forvrardaeeonht to’thW office.I ‘ * • : ;4 -‘: the 6tbfor Atlanta,Ga. ' - .
The Georgia. Muskets.—Another event in the
strange history of these musket* occured ou Satur
day. A writ'of replevin for them was served on
Police Superintendent Kennedy, on behalf of H. B.
Cromwell & Co.* owners of a Savannah steamship
line. Mr. Kennedy claimed three days* time to put
in counter bonds and consider the mailer.—N. Y.
Journal tf commerce.
Forty-twnjhousand pounds of powder, ball and
No. 7—An Ordinance
To provide for the execution of sentences passed
by the Courts of the United States, within the
limits of the State of Georgia, and lor the execu
tion of process issued by the same Courts, and
to preserved indiemenis. Passed January 22,
1861.
The people of Georgia, through their Delegate^ in
convention assembled, do hereby declare and ordain,
that all persons now sonfined ;n the Penitentiary of
this Slate under sentence upon conviction for mime
by any Court of the late United States for the District
of Georgia, shall continue in such imprisonment un
til the full execution of such sentence shall have
been accomplished in the same manner as if the
dinanceof secession hud not been passed.
And it is further declared and ordained by the au
thority aforesaid, that all person now arrested or
confined in the jail* of this Shite under process from
the said courts of the late United Slates, shall not
be released or discharged by reason of the said ordi
nance, but shall continue under the said a nest or
imprisonment until discharged by the process of law.
And all persons who shall have heretofore given
bail to answer to any warrant or other process from
said courts, shall no be released from the obligation
of such bonds, but shall be (with tbeir sureties.)
bound to appear and answer to such courts of this
State as may be directed by the convention.
And be it further declared and ordained, that all
indiements heretofore found true in the said Courts,
and not heretofore disposed of, shall continue in full
force and virtue nntil heard and determined by the
Courts to which jurisdiction thereof may be transfer
red. And all process or warnant or oilier crimiunl
proceeding issuing out of or returnable to the said
Courts, shall lose no virtue by reason of the said act
of Secession, but shall be returnable to, and execu
ted in the name of the Court to which jurisdiction
may be given by this Convention.
Geo! W. Crawford, President.
Attest;
A. R. Lauar, Secretary.
SECURE A GOOD NEWSPAPER.
DAILY AND WEEKLY SUN,
COLUMBUS, GA.
The times arc pregnant with interost to every
Southern man, and every one should be well and
thoroughly posted as to th^ current history of tho
country.
THE DAILY SUN,
Published in Columbus, Georgians just the paper
every man should have who has a daily or tri-week
ly mail. It contains all tho lastest reliable tele
graphic news, and is furnished at the-very low price
of Five Dollars per annum, in advance.
THE WEEKLY SUN
Is a large and handsomely printed paper, filled
almost entirely with reading matter, original and
selected, and is furnished at Two Dollars per
im, in advance.
Now is the time for all who wish a good and cheap
newspaper to obtain it. 1
TERMS.
DAILY, 12 Months _$5 00
“ 6 “ 3 00
“ 3 . “ 1 50
“ 1 “ 50
WEEKLY, 12 Months $2 00
sc
DIJEOC”
WILL commence his season on the first
day of March, at Hill, Wright & Mar
shall’s Stables, and will continue until
thc first day of June.
S. L. BA1U1F.R.
Albany. Feb. 28, 1801.
A LL persons having demands n
l “ ' ’
<t the Estate
of John C. Boynton, late of Dougherty county,
deceased, will present them duly, authenticated
of the law; and all persons indebted
estate will come forward and make immediate pay
ent. JAMES SUTTON, Adm r.
Feb. 28Ui,'18Gl. 49—6*
GEORGIA—CALHOUN COUNTY.
To all Whom it May Concern.
WHEREAS, Elizabeth Strickland and Joel Strick
land has applied to me for Letters of Administra*
tion on the estate of Alexander Strickland, late of
said county, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all par
ties interested, whether kindred or creditor^ to show
cause (if any they have) within the time prescribed
by law why letters should not be granted to said
applicant. Witness, ray hand, this 18th Feb. 1861.
feb.28. HANS T. ROBINSON, dcco.
EXECUTOR S SALE.
O N the first Tuesday in MAY next, will be sold
before the Court House door in the city of Al
bany, Dougherty county—Lot s of land number forty-
nine (49), two hundred and fifty-sycn (257), and four
hundred and eighteen (418). lying in the 1st Dis
trict of originally Baker nqw Dougherty coqnty.—
Sold as the property of Wright Murphree, late of
Baker county, dcc’d, and for the purpose of making
a final settlement of said Estate. For any informa
tion respecting said lands, apply to Messrs. Claik
& Lippitt, Attorneys at Law, Albany, Ga., or to the
undersigned at Midville, Burke co., Ga.
JAMES GRUBBS, Ip.w
JAMES M. REYNOLDS, j
February 28, 1861. #
EXTRAORDINARY INDUCEMENTS TO
CLUBS.
> Copies (Weekly) to same office. $8 00
) “ “ “ “ “ „15 00
1) “ “ “ “ * 26 00
All orders must be accompanied with tho Cash.
Specimen copies sent when desired.
Petri is making her appearance as a Cotton grow-
ing country. She recently sent 1JS00 bales of her
cotton across the Isthmus, but the greater portion
went to Europe.
In addition to the Newspaper Department, we
have in successful operation thc most complete and
thorough
JOB OFFICE
IN THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY,
So that wo are prepared to turn out work in Col
umbus of a style equal to that of Northern, estab
lishments. Printing, whether in colors or plain
styles, execute'd with neatness and dispatch.
• We have also, in connection with the Printing Es
tablishment, a complete
BOOK BINDERY,
IN CHARGE OF AN EXPERIENCED WORKMAN.
Blank Books, which are nsed by Merchants, Banks,
and Country Officers, furnished, on first class paper,
at as low rates as they can be obtained at in Yan-
keedom. #
Address
. TH0S. GILBERT & CO.,
• . J;‘. Columbus,’Georgia,
February 28th, 1860. • -19
Dougherty Sheriff’s Sales-
O N the first Tuesday iu April next, will be sold
before thc Court House door, in the city of Al
bany, between thc legal hours of sale, thc following
property, to-wit: .
Tho House and Lot containing ten acres of land,
ore or less, recently occupied by Evelina A. Spicer,
and now occupied by one Alfred Palmer—said house
and lot of land situated and being on the West {tide
of the corporation limits of the city of Albany, W*,
in the first district of Dougherty county and ljUf
South of P. J. Strozer’s residence; levied
property of Evelina A. Spicer to satiafy a fits front
Dougherty Superior Court, in favor of Pulk Roben-
son vs. Evelina A. Spicer. Property pointed out by
plaintiff’s attorneys.
Fcbruaiy 28, 18QI.
S. ATKINSON, De[>. Sh'ff.
COPT NOTE.
By the 2oth day of December neat, I pramieetj
pay tv. L. Hunt, or bearer, twenty-eight dollar, for
value received. ELIHU tt 00DAL, [fc.».] i
This, 7th January 1848. . I
Justice Court, 3121st’ Dist., 0. M., V
February Term, 1861. )
E l appearing to the Court that 'V. L.
the owner of a promissoiy note of which ta
,e is » copy, which being still JueandunWUJ:
has been lost or mislaid and cannot he found . «
therefore ordered that tho said lilitm Woodal sl»F
cause by tho March Term-of this Court, why a copy
should not be established in lieu of said lost, ong
al, aud that scrrico of thla order be pecK"' s
publication in the Albany X£ES< j p, d !
February 23, 1861. 4tt-4w