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JAUfiD (. WHITAKER,
PBOPBIBTOB.
>01151 H. STEELE
B'D I T O B .
A. E. MARSHA EE,
4KBOCUTK EDITOR AND BEPO HTEB
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Saturday Morning, October 10,11838
RETICENCE.
Wo id vile the attention of our cotcmpora-
rie8 of the press to the following article,
writteu, wc can assure them, by a distin
guished officer in our army, who has not
been charged during this war —in which he
has participated-in many a battle and won
laurels that will never fade—with any hos
tility tp the press. Hence, wo tiust, the wri
ter’s Views will receive that attention and
consideration tho important subject upon
which he writes, imperatively, ia our judg
ment, demands. Having no de^-e, howev
er, to bo considered by any one of our co-
tomporarics as reading the press a lecture
on reticence, especially when that subject i#
presented through our columns in a manner
moro forcible than wc could present it, and
by one who sees more of the necessity of its
observance than wo do or can, wc shall not
indulge in any further comments, but only
call again the attention of our cotempora
ries to the following article, and to ask again
for it their consideration :
For the Intelligencer.
RETICENCE.
At a time when a single blunder may im
peril our national existence, and a single dir
aster discourage our people, it surely be
hooves the press to be guarded in its revela
tions. The Yankees procure our newspa
pers just as regularly as we do, and it is not
extravagant to say that they have gotten in
formation from that source which a large
corps of spies could hardly have furnished.
In a single paper the writer of this saw an
account of tlio manner in which'Brogg was
getting cattle from Middle Tennessee, the
composition of hi3 army (from which its
strength could be readily calculated,) the
position of his troops, the arrival of rein
forcements, the location ot our cavalry, &c.,
&c. What more could Rosecrans desire to
learn through Li, spies V Would it bo pos
sible, In fact, for them to give him such com
plete and ample information ?
Tho spriglitliness and attractiveness of
newspapers may be increased by such army
Items, but they aro fatal to our cause.
The following things should be carefully
excluded from our papers, even at the risk of
making them dull, viz :
The names of general officers; allusions
to corp3, divisions, and brigades; arrival of
troops; trausfeiuf the same, their position,
strength and composition, movements of
cavalry. In short, whatever would interest
us In regard to the Yankees will of course
Interest them in regard to us, and should be
suppressed. *
It may be objected that newspapers will
then be made very dull, and writers for them
and their readers will miss their usual pleas
urable excitement. To all such wc would
respectfully suggest that a* higher and no
bler excitement may be found in the army,
and that tho 80,003 muikets taken at Cfiica-
mauga have not all, as yet, been issued to
our noble volunteers.
IN FOB TH E WAR.
For the Intc'li^enet'r.
COL. LEE’S BATTALION.
A Raid in Tennessee—Night Capture—A
Chase after Bushwhackers—Captures by
Daylight—Mountain Scenery by Moonlight
—Camp at Murphy—A Marrow Escape—
An Alarm in Camp—lhe Prisoners and Re
turn.
From Atlanta I proceeded to join Col.
cc’s Battalion, which, by way of compli
ment to their bravery and many hard-won
battle-fields and wounds which will carry
their names forward to future generations,
is called the “Broken-legged” Battalion, I
found Headquarters at Dahloncga, where I
reported myself. Col. Lee is a courteous
gentleman, clear-headed, judicious leader
and an agreeable compauion. The gentle
men of his stall' are a truly select company,
among whom any one cannot fail to be agree
ably situated,
In a few days we moved to Morgamon, a
distance of thirty-six miles. On the way we
crossed tho Blue Ridge, luxurating in mag
nificent scenery from its lofty summit. From
Morganton a small party of us, under com
mand of CapL Averhart, were ordered to
proceod northward and join Capt. John C.
Hendrix’s cavalry in the mountains of the
fliwassee. We were ordered to leave at
dark and march all night, keeping a strict
lookoot for bushwhackers and freebooters
on the way. The moon shown beautifully,
nud the shining waters made soft music us
their ripples rose on the stillness of night. —
We called at nearly every house, but all the
men had fled to the mountains. Lee’s caval
ry had alarmed their guilty soul?, and per
sonal safety had prompted their flight. At a
distance of about fifteen miles from Morgan
ton, and at the hour of midnight,*a few men,
under command of Lieut. W. II. Paxton,
proceeded very quietly to the house of a no
torious bushwhacker, who was caught “nap
ping. Two others were soon caught ia the
adjacent houses, and all three bound and
sent back to Morgantown in care of Chap
lain Garrison. Nothing of special interest
occurred after this till we joined Capt. Hen
drix on the banks of the beautiful Hiwassee.
Wa found the Captain and his command in
fine spirits, and received a cordial greeting.
The whole force were now eu route for Tili-
co Plains, where we were informed the no
torious Bryson and about two hundred of Ills
followers were engaged in killing a govern
ment beef they had stolen. LieuL Paxton
and myself were riding a few miles in ad
vance Of the main force, when we suddenly
came upon a squad of ten or twelve of Bri-
son's men halted to feed.
The lieutenant remained to watch their
advance, and in a short time Capt Hendrix,
Capt Young and a few more were upon
them. They attempted to escape with their
hoises, but a few shots put them to flight
in every direction; over hills and through
ravines, where pursuit was useless, we cap
tured their horses and hurried on. About
1 o’clock P. M. we reached their camp at
Tilico Plains, which they had left one hour
before.
We now put our horses to the top of their
speed, for four or five miles, where the
roads forked, and we halted-to ascertain
the way.
The pursuit was renewed immediately,
and in about twenty minutes the rear of the
enemy was overtaken. Some were shot
from their horses, others leaped off and hid
themselves in the impenetrable thickefi
while those better mounted made' their
escape. The chase lasted about an hour,
and resulted iu the capture of a number of
good horses and some fourteen prisoners,
of whom it is but just to state C. W. Lewis,
ol Capt. Hendrix's company, captured five
and took their arms aud horses.
After resting a short time, aud getting a
little refreshments, we set out, prisoners and
all, to pass over Tilico Mountains. In a
few minutes all signs of civilization were
lost. The beautiful and fertile plains wore
left behind us, Nature in all her wild gran-
duer around us, and again the soft moon
light fell upon the war path of the tired and
hungry soldier. Sometimes our route lay
along the tangled ravine, pathless and wild,
and sometimes up the ragged cliffs, on a
path so narrow that a goat would almost
tremble to follow. Upon one band yawned
the awful precipice, hundreds of test below,
while on the ilher towered the shaddowy
and ten in’less mountains. But when day
light c un , and we all stood upon the sum
mit o( “ old Bald,” (for such is the name of
the tallest mountain over which we passed,)
sore feet, aching joints, craving stomachs,
weary limbs, sore backed jaded horses; all •
all were forgotten for tho time, in (easting
upon the unsurpassed loveliness and gran
deur of the landscape before us.
One thought only marred the ravishing
vision. Freebooters, outlaws, deserters and
tones, dwelt in every valley, and Infested
the glens where sunlight never falls. How
a mortal born amid such glories of Nature,
could shrink from the banner of freedom, is
hard to conceive; but so it is; truth is strang
er than fiction. _ From this lofly eminence,
wc descended towards the once pleasaut.
town of Murphy, N. C., where we stopped
for a little rest, having been for nearly forty
eight hours in the 3addle, during which time
we'eat but two meals. The town is nearly
serted on account of the thieving raids of
the bushwhackers. In fact, there is no se
curity in all this region for either life or
property.
My friend was shot at and liis horse
wounded within hall’ a mile of the Court
House, by a bushwhacker.
About sundown one evening, Capt. Hen
drix received information that an attack
would be made upon us by daylight, by a
fofco four hundred strong. Everybody was
ordered into line, strong detachments placed
at the bridges, and pickets posted on all the
approaches to the town. About midnight
the picket on the Duck Town road came
flying in with the alarm that the enemy was
upon us, A reconnoitering party under
Lieut. Paxton, proceeded in that direction
several miles, and making no discovery re
turned, and we, like Pane in the ship, waited
all night wishing for the day. When day
came, we were ail willing to bid adieu
“To the land where tte clouds lore fo rett
L'ka the shroud of the d^ad on the mountain's cold b «ut
Where to the cataract’s roar the eagles reply,
Arjd the'r lone bosom) the lakelets expand to the iky.’ ‘
Thus closed a raid which will ever be re
membered by tbos 3 engaged in it, as one of
the most laborious, industrious, and in some
reaped s, as successful and daring as any
during the war. And I will here remark
that every disloyal man we captured, is op
posed to Joe Brown. DION.
Morgantown, Ga., Sspt. 28,1863.
to pay the cost, and grate
tor-incurring the cost, to
a prize.
This, we say, is not merel t
view: it is the economic, stoe
net* lending, the meanest
that can be taken of the subje
have not yet met any person _
and forethought who does not regard our
financial condition in that light. Yet the
very men who know and acknowledge all
this are obliged to demand a ten or fifteen-
fold price for everything they sell owing to
depreciation of the ewrency—are obliged to
demand it, because they have thelnselves to
pay a ten-fold or twenty-fold price for every
thing they buy. Who will get us out of this
vicious circle V What financial magician will
disenchant ©ur money for us, save it from
turning, within our very hands, into that
“fairy money” in which the Devil pays (ac
cording to German legends,) tor Dutchmen’s
souls?''
What seems still more unnatural aud in
credible than all the rest, is that this paper
money of ours i3 actually of mo^yalue in
the eyes of strangers and enr
our own. In Wall street, N
seem to have more confiieuc
ity of our government and t
currency than upon Maine str
We can sell Confederate bone
it appears, for three times the
get at home. We read—
‘“The Mobile Register
agent of the Atlantic Steamslii
of that city, that he had just rece
as late as the 18th August, from
in which ho is advised of the sale of Con
federate 8 per cent, bonds at 85 cts.. and that
88 had been offered and refused for a large
amount belonging to the company.”
This is a state of things absolutely mon
strous; not paralleled, we believe, in any
land or any age. While wc seem bent on
pulling down our own credit aud decrying
our own currency and our own cause, Eng
lishmen, nay the very Yankees refuse to
take our low estimate of our affairs, and bid
us be of good cheer.
Perhaps, tnere is no effectu il remedy ;
there is far too much money in the country,
three times as much a3 it ‘can possibly bear,’
and more and more continually issuing from
the inexorable printing press of Mr. Mem
minger. “Confederate Societies,” such ns
they aro organizing in various cities, aud
county organizations, such as those which
we have heretofore commended, may, how
ever, do much good by enlightening and
concentrating public opinion, sustaining con
fidence, preventing panic, and counteract
ing the interested representations of specu
lators.
the
pany,
letters
ivepool,
• the^debtetniss of the north.
In addressing the great Democratic gath
ering at Philadelphia, on the 1st inst, Col.
J. Ross Snowden, late director of the United
States mint, made some curious statements
showing the magnitude of tho financial
operations of the Federal Government, as
follows: ,
The national debt—what is it now 'V ho
can tell* An official statement recently
published says that it amounted on the oOth
of June last to one thousand one hundred
and ninety-seven millions two hundred and
seventy-four thousand three hundred and
sixty-six dollars. It consists of the lollowmg
classes of obligations:
Four percents $ ljn ^97639
Kce^r:::::::;::::::::
Seven and three-tenths per cents. 189.920,500
Debt not bearing interest d9b,7*i,uo<
.$1,197,274,360
Total...
But this frightful sum total does not in
clude all the liabilities of the Government,
see in the newspapers of the day other
From the Richmond Enquirer.
VALUE OF CONFEDERATE MONEY.
If a man were induced, or compelled, to
hoard ten thousand dollars of paper money
for five years—to bury it in the earth for that
length of time—would he choose “ green
backs,” or Confederate bills and bonds ?—
Which of these two specif s of securities will
be worth money ia five years ?
It is only another form of asking—Will
the Yankee nation succeed, or will itfail, in
the effort to conquer and confiscate our
country V If they are to succeed, their green
backs are good money and our Confederate
piper good only for lighting our pipes—if
tiiey are to fail, then they must repudiate
their whole war debt, and their green bills
are les3 precious than the leavesof the tiees,
while our debt, incurred for the redemption
of a great country, and guarantied by the
government of a wealthy, proud and pros
perous young nation, will always be worth
ils denomination in coined gold. Now
which of these two events is likely to take
place ? Is this Confederacy to be subdued ?
Or is the Yankee nation to go into bank
ruptcy? Wc do not put it to the reader’s
patriotism—we appeal to his common sense
only. AVe suppose a man diiccted (let us
say) by the will of a whimsical testator, to
bury ten thousand dollars in paper money
for five years, without restriction as to wuich
of the two currencies he will select for his
hoard; and we suppose him absolutely in-
differeat as to the fate and fortunes of either
country, desirous only of oue thiDg—to dig
up his money in gold after live years.
\Y e do not believe that any reosonable
person, capable of calm judgment, would
hesitate (or one moment. He'would hoard
the Confederate paper. It ho had in hi9
hands ten thousand dollars in Yankee pa
per he would buy Confederate bills with
them—aud he could get forty thousand of
them for the ten—would have thirty thous
and^ spend merrily, would bury ten thou
sand and would dig them up after ten years
—worth more, by forty per cent, than his
original (imd of ten thousand greenbacks.
He would choose, not because be is a pa
triot, but because {ex hypothesi) ho is not a
fool. He knows that the nation will never
own these lands of ours to secure their
debt upon, and consequently that we, the
Coniederates, wilt own them and have and
hold them to us and our heirs forever, with
all their boundless resources, with the un
fettered and triumphant industrial system
which can soamply develope those resources
The Yankee Army op tse Potomac.—
It is evident that the Yankee army of the
Potomac is not in a condition to take the
field. It is believed that it has largely rein
forced Rosecrans, and that it is only threat
ening in order to conceal its weakness. The
Washington correspondent of the Chicago
Times assures his readers that its days are
numbered.
No more long marches, it says, no more
fatiguing campaigns; no more sanguinary
battles; no more thinning of ranks to rein
force the great army ot the slain; no more
jealous rivalry for the leadership; no more
political warring and conspiracy; no more
victories or defeats—the record is made up.
There only waits to be written the account
of the death struggle, and the history of the
proud and great Army of the Potomac is
complete. The ambition that has at one
time and another inspired its successive
chieftains; the relative merits of Scott, M<£
Clellan, Pope, Burnside, Hooker and Meade,
its different leaders; the true and authentic
account of its unparalleled campaigns, sep
arated from party bias and political purpose
leading to the exaggeration ot this or the
concealment of that important fact; the
calm judgment bf impartial witnesses a3 to
the balance of advantage gained or lost in
different battles, and the merits of different
plans adopted, one after the other, for the
attainment of the same end by different cap
tains—all this, and much more, is yet to en
gage the pen of the historian, and the future
will do justice to each and all of the gener
als whose names have been prominent in
connection with the operations of this army.
This is not yet the time to pass judgment,
or to attempt to arrive at the facts in regard
to those interesting yet troubled points. The
power and influence of the army for good
has been wasted by ambitiou i and political
jealousy, and the object for which it was
created has been lo3t through the machina
tions of designing politicians.
Now, what is to become of the army of
the Potomac ? Ju3t here I will drop the
subject Circumstances over which I have
no control forbid that t should enlarge upon
this subject. Other correspondents have
announced that all the Western troops have
withdrawn from this army. Tho announco-
ment has also been made that we were about
falling back into tho defences of Washing-
tod. These statements have appeared in
papers having a pseudo connection with the
administration. You m ty take them for
what they are worth. I will only say that
we are still on the Rappahannock, but that
our fighting daycare all fold. I verily be
lieve that the army of the Potomac wiil nev
er fight another battle.
How Britih Iron Clads ars Mads.—
The London Times gives a description of
the iron clad turreted ships now building in
the British navy, accompanied by a com
parison between them and the Yankee iron
clad Keokuk, destroyed by us in Charleston
harbor. The English have adopted some
thing of the same principle upon which
that vessel was constructed, as their turrets
are partly iron and partly wood. The Times
says:
From the inner skin of the turret, formed
of half-inch boiler, plate, will project out
wards iron ribs T shaped, ten inches in
length and twenty inches apart, the spaces
between these ribs being filled in solid with
teak. Round the outer circumference ot
this combination of teak and iron rib? is a
crossed trellis work of three quarters of an
inch of iron, and on this trelliswork, and
through all and outside all, is bolted eight
inches of solid teak.
Outside of this there arc to be laid solid
five and a half-inch rolled plates, and between
the two ports a four and a half-inch rolled
plate, so that in the section of the turret’s
circumference which will be exposed to the
shot of an enemy, the defensive powers of
the turret will consist of, from outwards, ten
and a half inches of iron, three and a half
inches of teak, five inches of three quarter
inch iron trellis work, ten inch iron T shaped
iron ribs, filled in with teak, and the inner
iron skiu. The side armor of the ship is
five inches, supported behind by three feet
of solid' timber, whfrh is strengthened and
supported iu its tur 4 ^ alternate wood and
rolled iron beams, placed at one-half the
usual distance apart, to each of which iron
knees of great weight are attached, and by
the crossed diagonal iron banding over the
inner skin of the ship. A ring of tempered
armor platiDg surrounds each turret at its
base. The ship, which is called the Royal
Sovereign, is to carry four turrets, one with
two three hundred pound smooth bore guns,
the others each with two of smaller dimen
sions. This is a formidable vessel of war,
but its great draught will prevent it being
used for war purposes, except in an open
items mentioned, namely: U nited States cer
tificates of indebtedness; quartermasters
vouchers. These and many other items
constitute a floating debt, most of which is
not embraced in the above financial state
ment. , ■ ■ .
Some idea-of the magnitude of the busi
ness of settling army paymaster’s accounts
maj' be inferred from the fact that over one
hundred and fifty clerks are employed upon
them at the office of the second auditor ; yet
with all this forc3, there is a year and a
hall’s accumulations of accounts and claims
in that office.
If we add to the above statement all the
liabilities incurred for war purposes since
the 30lh of June, and claims for damages,
pensions, bounties, etc., etc. wo will not over
state the total liabilities of the United States
at tho present time at two thousand millions
of dollars.
Pennsylvania is about one-tenth of the
“ Union as it was.” Her proportion of the
national debt is therefore two hundred mill
ions of dollars. But if we impoverish aud
destroy tbe South, depopulate her cities, her
towns and her plantations, the proportion
of the debt to Pennsylvania wilt increased
fifty pet* cent; making her liabilities for the
war four hundred millions of dollars. The
expenses of the General Government, for all
purposes, at the present time, exesed two
millions of dollars per day, that is at the
rate of seven hundred million dollars per
annum. The internal revenue tax now lev
ied is estimated at one hundred and fifty
millions dollars. It is very doubtful wheth
er that amount will be collected ; but whetli
er it is or not, these figures wit) show wliat
an immense increase every month and ev
ery year of war will make to the above men
tioned enormous amount of liabilities.
The debt is now represented by a mere
promise to pay, but it is payable in mone,\
which the Constitution recognizes to be gold
and silver. It will increase our understand
ing of the amount of the money I have
named when we consider the weight of these
amounts in gold and silver. The debt is now
say, two thousautl millions of dollars; tlm,
iu gold coin of the Unit* d States would
weigh three thousand eight hundred and
seventy-five tuns. A tun of gold weighs
about 3,683 pounds. To move this amount
on an ordinary road would require 3,885
horses, or 921 wagons with 4 horses. - Silver
weighs about fifteen times as much as gold.
It.would, therefore, require a greater.force,
in that proportion, to move the above amount
if estimated in that metal. How much these
amounts would weigh in paper, which has
no intrinsic value, I have no means of cal
culating.
The valuation of the properly, real and
personal, in Pennsylvania, as fixed by the
revenue board of 1883, is five hundred and
ninety-six millions of dollars. The aseer
tained and registered debt ot the United
States on the 30th of June last, alone, with
out reference to other debts aud liaoilities,
is nearly twice as great as the whole value
of the assessed property in the Common
wealth ! If we include the estimated debts
before referred to, including claims for dam
ages, &e., &c., we then have a debt more
than four times the value of the property of
all kinds in Pennsylvania, a3 returned by
the As ; essors to the county commissioners.
This comparison also will assist us to form
some adequate idea of the magnitude of the
national debt.
Again, Boston, in proportion to her pop
ulation is the richest city in the United
States. The total wealth of that city, a9 re
cently valued by the assessors, is three hun
dred and two millions of dollars. The whole
wealth of that city will not pay the expenses
of the Government for much more than one
hundred days.
the unconcjuerable determination to die or
to be free. The iron has entered their souls,
and made every man, woman and child a
hero.
AVe may take it for granted there is no
speculation—no hoarding for higher prices
—no skulking or desertion in that country.
Every man aud woman is fighting and la
boring for liberty as something dearer than
life itself. The conditions of the dreadful
struggle seem to us impossible. Poland must
again sink more hopelessly crushed than
ever under a foreign yoke.' Bat as desper
ate as are the chances, we believe there are
very • lew croakers and prophets of evil
among the Poles. They have counted the
cost, and made up tueir minds to the sacri
fice.
In the face ot such a spectacle as this, do
not our own conduct and achievements ap
pear almost trilling? If the Poles do not
despair, should we ever doubt? If they have
a possibility of success, have we a possibility
of failure, outside of a lack ot spirit aud en
ergy absolutely disgraceful lo us as a peo
ple ? If we had been ground down by op
pression as the Poles have been, and as we
cjriainly shall be, should tho North bringhis
under its yoke,the spirit of the people would
laugh to icorn the possibility of failure—
-would show iu a month that subjugation by
the North is a physical impossibility. With
the lire and patriotism of the Poles, we
should have had peace and independence
two years ago.—Macon Td.
ATHENAEUM.
itl&RRIEO
N?ar Rome. G .orgia, on the evcn’ng of the 7.h, ins„,
b/Rev. Mr. Ko lion, of the EpDsopri .Charch, Mbs Al
berta Johxstos Byejs of Kent leky, to TTapt. Frajk
M atrix? of Georgia.
[The Editor returns his thatk) for the compliment cf
ctkj, and w'sh;s the O iptala snl Ida hr d j all the joys
cf wed djd life]
STATE AHD COUNTY TAX NOTIDE.
I will be at the City Hall cn Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
and Thursdays in each week until the first d iy of De
cember, for the purp r s) of co’.lectiug S.ats and County
Tax, at which time the Books will close.
Come forward and pay your Tax, save eost and t.ou-
bo. Wa. I. HUDSON, T. C.
Oct 9-dtDec. Confederacy copy.
AUCTION 1 AUCTION!
Large and Extensive Sale
F U R N ITU RE!
Lessee
(Also
anti Manager, - \y. h. ritlv
of the Mobile and Montgomery The a ”,
OPEN EVERY EVESis,..
GrZIXI AiT b I
10th, the Thrilling i>; av .
Saturday Evening Oc
LUCRETIA BOESIa
Or The Poisoner i
— * •
To conclude with the Laughable Farce oi ft .
LOVER.
ess’e cia,
LOAN OF
Goitru ie (with Song9)..
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In preparation, “ The Sergeant’s Wife ” , n i *
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or I’ll fclecp Upon It.’
A euard will be pi iced in <l\-
order. Seats reserved for Ladies.
Thoatr
Price:—Parquette, $3.
Gallery. $1.
Upper Tier, fl.fto.
GEORGIA, DeKalb County
X ODAWICS 1U3GLE having aopl
AJ ed guardian of the person and prori-Mv^of Vi 1 ’"’’*'
Ayers, a minor child of David J. Aj’rj ceZ*
_ jceceesui.cn,.
aid cotn'y. Tlds - “
1-1 years cf age, resident of CL , tn v Th! .
all persons ecu erned to be atd appear at L'! °
the court of ordlrar.v, to be held next afw ! tet ® ‘ !
.s . . "tpire-
lionofthirty days from the first publication of ,n
ti-e, and show cause if they can why s it i ’ '
Tuggle should net be intrusted with the guai a
the person and prorerty of Victoria A Vt rd
nay official Bienature, October the Tth. Is6>
Cet 10-w30.l j. ] S- WILSON
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Administrator’s Sale.
\\l ILIgbe so'd .Before the courr house d
V f town ot Z.bulon, l’ike 0,untv, by an
ty by in o ' In " 1
ciurt of ordinary of P.ke Count>,'between the°let?l hi!
of s&itv^n the fi*st Tuesday in December j a J
acre) ot laid, tl e former re idenoe of K. C. Lifjji' ■ *'■
Sri ( under the licunbracee of
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. .. the widow's (tower».
for the benefit of iheheiisatd creditors October n
, J0HN 1 IFdKY , Adm’r,
Oct 10-wtd ( of R. o. Lifs;.y, dccM.
Administrator’s Sale.
A greeable: to an order of the court, ot orllu-irv, .
Lrtti County, will be sold on the first Tuesdsi : !
Decanb r next, with a the Tegal hours of rale in tb
tAWn nf InnlrsAn in J - _ . . ... _ * WIV
f°' V1 L 0f i? ckso:1 in s * ld count y. Gm following nroMrtJ
to-wit: ThreehundreJ (300)acres cf 'and, be n- the dow
er o Sarah Cook lato ol said county dtcM, amUx iiu the
plsce whereon the said Sarah Cook lived at the ttee nf
Oct 10-wtds
JAMES R. McCORD, Ado’
NOTICE.
A LL persons hTeMed to the estate of Beni S Smith
late of 0i mpbell Oou. ty deceased, wlllaakeim
medlat i payment tj the undersigned, and these havimr
claims against raid es’at) are notified to present them
- - -present them
attested »greeab’e t.r> law by the first Monday in Fe> rua
ry nest. August 22d, 1S83.
_ - , , A , , r REBECCA SMITH, Adm’x,
JO^t 10 -W40I . A. M. Sid TTH, Adrn’r
ADKIIMSTRATOR’S SALIC.
GEORGIA, Campbell Cousty:
O R. the first Tuesday in December t ext wi 1 beul l
at the court hause d or in “Campbeiltm in s*ui
by w. wmmm & ccl,
9 O’iJLOOE:, a. m., OCIOBEE
12XH, 1883
c >unty, with! i ths 1 awful hours of sale, let of Jan 1 hu.-i
her tever.ty-eight (7$) In the 7th sl's rict ( f said corn h
It being the we t had of said lot of land, fc'old ns lie
pioperty of Berjunin ?. Smith deceased, for tie; btnea
of the heln and creditors of said deceased. T nrs cash
TVs October 6th,TSt».
REBECCA SMiTIJ, Adm’x.
OetlO-wtdfl A. M. SMITH, Adm’r.
To Capitalists.
J UST receive 1 and for saie low, 8 £>00 lb). Kil.
nick Smoking Tobacco, at
do. i-
and with a national credit and prestige whioh 6ea '
we cannot afford to tarnish; and shall be
queath all this treasure of fame and fortune
motions, while I hurried back to inform the to auolber generation which must be proud
jpg^*Mr. S. G. McCirnahan, of Greenville
District, grinds all corn for the use of soldiers’
Wives and families, toll free.
A Lesson fob the South.—The Polish
insurrection is.still raging. Telegraphic ad
vices report a great victory at Ivanow, bnt
on which side, it is not stated.”
The foregoing is an item of foreign news
copied from Northern papers of the 9th in
stant, which contain European continental
dates to the 94th Aug. It reveals the fact
that alter a sanguinary contest of six monilis’
duration, the Polish revolution still rears its
form, erect aud defiant, against the gigantic
power of Russia.
Let us for a moment glance at the relative
power and resources of the belligerents.—
Poland has an area of 48,000 square miles—
or ten thousand square miles less than the
single State of Georgia. Her population, in
round numbers, is live millions, and the rev
olution found them without military organ
ization—with few arms—and with pecunia
ry resources absolutely less than those of
the State of Georgia. Russia, on the other
hand, boasts an area, exclusive of Poland,
ol over two million square miles—a popu
lation of over sixty millions, a regular army
of seven hundred thousand men, with mili
tary appointments equal to those of any na
tion on the face of the earth.
We, in the South, groan over the disparity
in material strength between ourselves aud
the Lincoln despotism; but what is this dis
parity compared with that between Poland
and Russia? The North, we say, outnum
bers us 3 to 1. Russia outnumbers Poland
10 to 1' Lincoln, with all his absolutism,
cannot avail himself of the full military
strcagt'i of the North. The Russian auto
crat can put half his millions in the army.
The North Isas a regular force of 15,0JO.
Russia has a regular force of 709,000. We
have yet a country cf 600,000 square miles,
difficult of access by an enemy—necessita
ting long and hazardous lines of communi-
catiem—affording very inadequate means ol
oubsistance to the foe—more or less unheal
thy and impassable during a greater part ot
the year—abounding in positions of great
natural aptitude for defense. Poland, upon
the other hand, is shut up in a territory near
ly a fifth smaller than Georgia alone, dense
ly populated, and ail the elements of supply
as accessible to foe as to friend.
But perhaps you think aa inac
cessible country-surrounded by high moun
tain ranges, wiih a few and easily defensible
passes. 'Not so. Sbc has no natural car
riers whatever, and may be Pounced a
comparatively level country. Furthermore,
a "Teat railway runs from the capital of N
sla directly through her territory How,
then, has she been able so long to baffle the
designs of her gigantic oppressor'. I Q
other way, we believe, than by the simple
heroism of her people. . .
Years of oppression, under a grinding tor-
' eiga tyranny, have wrought up her people to
CONSISTING OF
(li;irs. Bedsteads,
Mattresses, Blankets,
Sheets, Bed anil Pillows,
Tables, Sofas,
Crockeiy, Tabic Stands, '
Bureaus, Wash Stands,
Trunks, Looking Glasses,
Bedquilts, &3., &e.,
2 Cooking Stoves.
W. M. II1LL, Auctioneer.
OM 9-ilR*
GARCIA & COM.,
Segsr Etpre, Wi i eliall i-tivci ,
Koxt fioor to Kay’s Bor k Store
I’OE SALE,
WANTED
A SUBSTITUTE wanted immediately, foe which
fiberal i>: ice will be paid. Apply at
Oct'2-dtf
H. MUHLENBR1NKM.
Oct 10 - dts
$100 Reward.
FOR HIRE.
Apply to T. E.
A NO. 1 Co )k, Iroaer and W-isher.
2L Wbltaker'at
Yani’AKSR A TURNER’S,
Oct 10-ii3t M^gro Mav
FOR RENT.
U NTIL the 1st of May n^xt, a very desirable Kekl-
aidcnce In ihe vicinity of Maiietta, }% miles
from the Depot, In fu 1 view of the railroad, ana about
200 yard) from it. On the premises are a good dwelling
house lathed and plastered throughout, containing t! large
rooms and a shed room suitable for a bed room, 5 fire
p’aces, and a hall Hi f et wide, pantry, closets, Ac.,
kitchen, smokehouse, dairy, two framed servants houses
two rooms each, with Cre pieces, stables, carriage house,
graterv, horae lot), fuel house and yard, wood house,’
Ac., Ac. Tteper.oa renting will be allowed to get wood
on the place (for the use of the f;imiiy only,) wnich can
be obtained wit hi ui. 00 yards of the dwelling. It will be
rented to a careful teuaul only. For further particulars
apply to JOHN T. ROWLAND,
Orel- McNaught A Ormond’s, Whitehall St.
Atlanta, Oct. lo-dit each other day
T ILE above reward wli! be paid for the apprehension
and delivery of my boy Charles in any-j dl where
1 can get him. Charier is a Blender black negro, about
i feet tf or 8 inch-.s high-, and ab ut 26 years of a^e,
teeth very much decayed-*^has a downcast look, ia very
humble aud polite, has worked a good deal at she car
penters trade. Hs wai hired to Mjssrs Bruckner*
Flynn, Atlanta, 6a., at the time he ranaway. lie is
either lurking around Atlanta cr trying t o make l;is way
lo Tennessee, mod probably around Atlant-.
Address commuuicationa to
R. HOOPER,
Griffin, Georgia,
or Lt. W. F. HOOPE t,
, J ickson s Br g tde, Chea’ham’s Ditition,
v.o b-dlCt* Poik’s Corps, Army cf fenn.
$50 Reward.
F OB my bay Horse about 15 hands h'^i, 8 years old,
natural pacer, branded W on the hip. I v/iii pay
the above reward ftr the delivery ol him* to me at the
store.of Beach A Root, Whitehall Street.
Get 2-dlw* (V. j,-. PECK.
FOR SAL
BOY WANTED.
W ANTED a BjyloorlC yea s old to work in our
Tooth Factory. He most be industrious avd of |
steady habits. Constant employment, end good wage?
Apply to ; BROWN & if APE,
tc‘. 10-fiS . Dental Dipot, Whitehall rij.
LARfiE Coukhij Slove,
1 double sot or Carriage Harnesj ia good order, by
V. CORA,
oppositethe Athenoirm.
Oct4-u8t
■J pr TIERCEL China—white and gilt—each tierce
iM.tr C r ” - ' — ■
NOTICE.
containing a Tea and Dining Sett coatpie’e.
For sale by j. r pottTlR.
Oct 7—dit
j^TRWED or stolen frtm the subscriber .un-Che night
of tbe 4th in it., at Holbrooks camp ground in Chero
kee County, Ga., a large black mare mule, 7 years of |
age, with a small while spot on her left thigh about as
large as a five cent p*ece S rid mule is high spirited
ami In good order. No olher rauki remembered. I
will give $20 for any information by which I can obtain
said mule, or $50 for the mule and detection and con
viction of the thief. My aJdre3S is Hickory Flat, Chero
kee County. Ga. wm. Wayne.
Oct 10-«2'a wit*
LAND FOR SALE,
OFFER for sale my farm 2 miles-west r,f Carters-
villc, Bartow count?. There is ono hundred eighly
three and one half acres ki the tract, about S5 cleard and
In a high state ot cal.i/alion.
Sept 22-d:f
D. W. K. PEAOOOK.
M. W. HUTCHESON.
If. S. HIXiT •
$30 Eeward.
AUCTION HOUSE.
N.
B. THOMPSON, a p:ivate in C). H, 4hl tteg’f.
Gp. Vcls., ags SO to 35 yeirs, i ight about 6 feet
eyes blue, hair auburn, comp'exfon fair. Deserted about
the 17th day of May la- fc t will pay the ab >ve rewai d
for his apprehensio i aud delivery to me, cr to any Con
federate States Milittsy Pest where I will gel him.
Chieamauoa, Tern, Oct. 7th, lfCl.
Jo HI. M. MITJHELL, Capt.,
Cci 10-;S * C.mnandingCompany.
TO RENT.
T HE Dw» ling nousd at th j corner (f Houston ana
Bat er Streets, containing 6 rooms, has on the lot
of about one acre a good kite'-en, smoki home, stable
at d carriage bouse. For terms aptly to Gso. Gibbon at
Messrs. Webb & Sigi’s s‘o e, Peachtree S re**‘
Oct 10-dlv*
GEORGIA, DeKalb County.
tO'lLt WHOM IT MAY C0NC2RX.
W HERE AS Fan usl Power having in proper f ,rro a>-
plied to me for permanent letterj of aimlnutri-
tion on tbe est its cf Virgil P. Power late of said cocn-y
deceased This Is to oiie all and singular the kindred
an 1 credit:-rj of .aid V rgil D. Power, U be and appear
at my ofiiee within the time prejeribed by liw, and show
c tuse If any they ca”, why permanent adm’nistfation
should net be grsn-ed t> Samuel Power. Witness my
hmd nnl officiil signitire, September tbe SAt 1 * 1S03 '
... Ord’y.
O.t l-wS0d
J. B. WILSON,
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
A GREEABLE to an crJer Of the honorable tie court
of oroinary of Pike County, will be coll before the
courthouse door In the town of Z bn'on In tab! countv
within the legal hours of sale, on the 1st Tuesday In"De
cember next, 227>^ acres of lmd, two mi'ei north of
Z rbuion on he Gr.uln road, i-j being the plantation wo ere -
on Lemuel I.it3et;r late ot said c jonty dcc’d, formerly
resiled. Also at she same Dm; and place wi 1 be so id
seven neproes be ong ng.to the estate of stld djpeased.
Sail properly sold for the purpose of d’stributicn among
the hgitess of said eaate. Oct 6 h, lSCST
Cc.lB-stda JiPfUA J. GRISHAM, Ex’r.
M. W. HUTCHESON & CO.,
General, Auction, Commission,
—AND—
BEAL ESTATE MER0HDNT8,
CONN ALLEY’S BUILDING,
Corner Whitehall and Alabama Sts.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
D RY Goods, Gro jeries, Real Estate, Negroes, Horses,
Mu'es, W a go is, furniture. Clothing, anl in short
any and e%*y thing bought, sold and i hippo J < n com
mission.
1ST Busineis a'tcnded to with pramp’oess hpc! di.s-
nateb. SST Oct 4-dla
FOR SALE,
A GOOD BLACKSMITH—one of tbe bed, ia the
Confederacy—young, act tv, pcweri'uJ and h ahln :
can do any wo k in Iron about a forge or steitn eng ne,
make rati power, Ac., and very rapid, in his work. £o’.d
for to fault, but because he is d's;:al.";siie<l from not
haviqg work enough to keep him employed. Fu 1 .uar-
anleSi in every resi e a. • i»OUT. M. CLARK,
octB—lw White Hail si red.
Confederacy copy one week
LABD OIL,
FOR SALE.
Administrator’s Sale.
be sold by virtue c f r-nercer obtained from
the court of ordinary of DeKslo County, Gv,oa
ths first Tuesday in Decembir next, before the court
hvea-j dcor In Alpharetta, Milton County, Ga., one town
lot in said town of A'pharetta. known r s let number ten
(10) in the 1st section of the plan of sai t town, fronting
thirty (30) feet, mnn ng bact seventy (70) feet, having
on it a good store horse well fitted for a dry good store,
with comfort able back looms. Tne above property sold
for the benefit of the heirs and creditois of Gostin E.
Gooiwin late ot D .-Kalb com ty deceased. Tones cash.
October the 5th, 156J. J AS. M. REEVE, Adm’r.
Oct 10-wtds
ICS LIES l’ market price paid for Tallow a aid
Bard, by
* GLENN, TABOR A CO.,
Sspt25-d*wlm at Wilton Spring, Atlanta.
H
VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY
For Sale.
F IVE Oac-Half Acre unimproved Lot?, fronting on
Faith Alley and Mar.in and Clark Streets. Toese
Lots will be sold together tr sep°rate—well watered and
suited for a Mat»uf.»c!ariag Company. Apply to
WALDR JP & COOLEY,
Oot.-dlw* Rear Washington Hal’.
A SMALL HOUSE WANTED!
A SMALL House wanted in a desirab'e part of the
City, for which a good rent will be paid. Apply
to the Editor. Oct 4-dtt
A HOUSE and l.0T 'n Griffin, Ga , two stoiirs tti It
six rooms, and til the necemry out bui dings.—
All tbe buildings on the lot ar^ In good repair, sn-1 there
is an excel ent we J oi water on the place. For further
information apply to Rev. A. Van Boose on the lot.
Atlant t, Qct 9-dtf