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S O IT THERN CONFEDERACY.
* ontlimu tf ouftdftatn
T. C. HOWARD iind L A. (RAWF0R9,
OO-MITOM.
ATLANTA, QEOKOIA i
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1801.
••Wars amt Humors of Wars/*
The impression seems lo be gaining ground,
especially in military quarters, that we are to
engage, and that in a short time, in a bloody
an l protracted war. If this, apprehension is
not well grounded,it >is lest that the public
mind should be disabused of this mistaken no
tion as soon as possible. While, on the other
hand, if wa are feHuesly threatened with this
great disaster, it should liof be allowed to fall
upon ua unaware*. The expectation is, tba
the Abolitionists will make their aciite ag
gressions in the way of blockade, and that tbe
mouth ol tbe Mississippi will be the great
point of hostilities. It is thought that the in
tolerable darning up of our outflowing trade
through that graud outlet would aoon bring us
to terms, while the North would mitigate, if
not erode, the eril consequences of this meas
ure, by turning the tide of Southern exports
towards New York, by means of the existing
channels of transportation North of Memphis.
The inconsistency of this programme with the
■Urn and oft repeated demandlof the North-
West, that the Mississippi should be kept un
obstructed, is too great, we imagine, to be
thought of. We could, besides, so obcck and
burtheu our products, by an internal tax on
their leasing our frontier, for such a transpor
tation as here spoken of, that it would soon be
found an unremunerating bit of strategy.
But, to our minds, the conclusire argument
against a serious collision of arms with the
North, is to be found in the temper of Wall
Street. The recent loan of $8,000,000 oould
not hare been made had the Money Kings of
Wall Street not indulged the hope that in keep
ing the wheels of Gorernment moving a little
while longer, some happy turn would occur In
the troubled state of the country. To bring tbe
wheels to a doadl ook was tantamount to utter
annihilation of the Government securities al
ready in their hands, and to render worthless
tUo claims of contractors and other creditors of
the Government; which claims, to a large ex
tent, had been advanced upon by these capi
talists. Besides, there was hope in Lincoln
and his Inaugural. What if the call was cow
made for that aame $8,009,000 already licked
up and gone? What if a call was made on the
Shylocks for $50,000,000-yes, for $150,000,000,
to carry on a brutal butchery of tbe Southern
goose which lays their golden eggs ? Would
they get tbe money? Echo answers, would
they ? Why, what creditor of the Government
docs not see that every dollar of good money
advanced towards civil war makes ten other
dollars of public securities worthless? It ia
per feat suicide ; and the Wall Street instinct
of ealf-praservation is not, we humbly suggest,
obliterated quite.
But the North has long ago placed herself
awkwardly on paper, in reference to a doctrine
of International Law, very material to this is
sue. That doctrine it, that " free bottoms make
free goods," and though 'tis very true the Abo
lition expounders have hitherto met some re
sistance from European diplomacy in the on
forceruont of this doctrine, now it is Europe’s
turn to get the benefit of tbe dogma we think
it will pass. Again, paper blockades are un
fortunately out of vogue, and our dear breth
ren of the North are out of any other sort just
at this time.
We give our readers tbe latest news of the
feeling of Great Britain and France, in view of
an active war between the North and South :
Tbe British Minister hasofficially notified the
American Government that Great Britain will
nos recognize a blockade of the Southern ports,
unlees it is thorough and effectual, and that
tbe mere announcement of a blockade, in ac
cordance with the Treaty of Paris, will cot be
recognized.
In order to make the blockade of the South
ern ports thus complete, the American Gov
ernment must have vessels enough to block
ade every port, otherwise, tbe British Govern
ment will feel themselves compelled, in ac
cordance with their engagements with other
Powers, to disregard the restriction, and car
ry on their commerca with vhe Southern porta,
aa if no such blockade had been announced.
It is understood that it is also the intention
of M. Mcroier, the French Minister, to givo the
same notification to the Government in regard
to France, and that all European powers, in
consequence of the peculiar relations they have
with the commerce of the world, will likewise
take advantage of the Treaty of Paris, and act
in accordance with the policy adopted by the
French and English Governments.
And we estimate tbe significance of the fol
lowing extract from the "La Pays," of Paris,
as very striking:
“ Tbe press which represents European in*
t crests will perhaps hesitate to lavish further
its boundless eulogies and approval on a poli
cy, the practice of which would but hasten
the ruin and destruction of Southern marts,
which are, after all, its nroper markets.
“ Let us not be deceived ; tie North exhibits so
much rashntss and audacity only Jrom the belief
taught it by the European press, that the inhabi
tant of the South, too weak in numbers to resist
its attacks, will not find on this side of the Atlan
tic a single: generous sentiment, much less a mor
al support. Will philanthropy so far blind
European commerce as to make it forgetful of
ite owq interests ? We do not think so, and
already England, profoundly moved, awakes
et length to the reality ; the begins to raeas*
ure the whole extent of the disaster which
menaces her manufactares; she no longer dis
guises the fad, in spite of her abolition teutlencies,
that her commercial interests depend in a great
measure on the prosperity of the South, which
Europe has a deep interest in seeing preserved, at
least temporarily, her instistntivns, now attacked
so pinch veheyienee, _ ,
" The qaest ion Is a plain one; we have pre
viously said that the South, far from being the
aggressor, as it seems to be generally supposed,
km the victim if Northern pretensions. Those
recast worde ef the Emperor also find an echo
In tbe bottom of onr hearts“ France hat ao
d eel re to meddle In any way whom her Inter*
ests are not at stake ; ia fine, if she has sym
pathies for what is great and noble, ahe does
lie opiotaa will appreciate them on both tides
of tbe AfUotio, and will find for the great in
tercels at etake in tbe Aneeeiaaa erisis, a solu
tion which may he eMUfHWy to all—aame-
ly, an amicable separation, without cenfilct
and without war, instead of a secession by
violence, or a Union maintained by force. N
0o, the towers of the wind are about takiug
ia their harvest, of whioh we wish tham great
Direct Tradn.
We regard It as a most important Cart that
the citizens of Charleston have promptly re
sponded to the proposition of Mr. A^M. Weir,
of Liverpool, and Messrs. Laird Jt Co , ship
builders, to build and run a line of iron steam
ers between Charleston and Liverpool. The
stock needful for starting this important en
terprise, amounting to $7«U,00C, has been sub
scribed, we believe, one third raised by stnek-
From the New York Herald.
The Northern Confederacy.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. President.
Abraham Lincoln, President of the Northern
Confederacy, was born In Kentucky, February
12tb, 180k. Ilia ancestors, belonging to the so
ciety of Friends, originally seltlod In Buokf
county, Pennsylvania, whence they removed
to Virginia, and subsequently settled in Ken
tucky, where the subject of this memoir was
first introduced on the stage of life. Mr. Lin
coln, imbued with the wandering.proclivities
of Ida anciitry, loon removed to 8 pen cor coun
ty, Indiana, where he remained for fourloen
years. He here received a limited education.
In 1830 our subject removed to Illinois. Shortly
koldei. in Cb.rle.lou, the r..t in Engl.od- j afuirw4rd , , Mr¥td „ c , pUin in . reg i mMl ,
We regret that a similar movementon the part i ... _ .• it.....i.
regret that a similar movementon tbe part
of Georgia has not been ao urgently and suc
cessfully pressed. The enlightened liberality
o( the Legislature of this States, in oinking
moat generous subscription towards tbe build
ing and equipment of a line of steam
ers to ply between Savannah and some Euro,
peon port, should have so atreogbened and in
sured the success of the movement as to have
invited the balance of tbe capital needed to
to give it practical effect. The advantage
the South, and the profit to share holders re
suiting from this experiment, if energetically
conducted, are tooovident to allow it to remain
long untried. Great as tbemsterisl results may
be, from direct intercourse betwten the South
and Europe, we regard the political couso-
quences of this step ao vastly more important
at present. Should we furnish Great Britain,
for instance, ao plausable an argument for in
terferiog with the floating Custom-House pol
icy of the coercioaists, as the protection of the
ships and cargoes of her own citizens, we do
not think that a blockade of a Southern Cot
ton port would survive very long. The poten
tial interposition of England would settle, in
short order, the attempt on tbe part of the
United States to interfere with our outgoing
commerce. And we regard this attempt as by far
tbe most serious resultof secession and Abolition
assertion of supremacy. We may not hope to be
so fortunate insecuring as fair a proportion of
tbe naval as we have of tbe lnad ai uiaa: cot be
longing to the'old Union, and Ibereforo, may ex
pect serious obstruction to our foreign trade, if
the entire Naval strength of the Northern Con
fedcracy should be brought to bear on oui
commercial marine. Wo, therefore, earnestly
hope that our State authorities will take into
speedy consideration this question of Direct
Trade with Europe, enlisting, if possiblo, a
fair proportion of foreign capital and influence
in behalf of the enterprise. If this can be ef
fected, (and we sue no reason against it,) the
question of our recognition by foreign powers,
and the scheme of forcible collection of cus
toms off the bars of Southern sea ports, by the
United 8tates Government, will be matters of
the easiest possible solution. England will
take care of our rights on tbe water, while we
have it all our own way on terra firma.
Heroic Conduct by a Lady.
We learn from tbe Columbns Enquirer that
the residence of Dr. 8ehley, near that city, was
entered on Saturday night, and by false keys
the burglars opened a secretary in which Dr.
L. Pierce, general agent of tbe Georgia Metho
dist Episcopal Conference, had deposited about
$110, collected by him for other persons. Hav
ing secured this and other booty, tbe burglar
wa*.interrupted in his explorations by a lady
of tbe house, who had been aroused by some
noise that he had made and confronted him
with a gun in her hand. This so alarmed him
that he beat a precipitate retreat, dropping the
money and other articles that he had colieeted.
He had a dark lantern and other burglar’s
tools. The rare presence of mind and resolu
tion of the lady defeated his plans.
Fire in LaGraiige.
We regret to learn, as we do from the La-
Grange Reporter, that the dwelling of Major
B. H. Bigham, in that city, was destroyed by
fire on Wednesday night last. Major Bigham
was absent at the time at Coweta Court, and
Mrs. Bigham was sick. The out-houses were
all saved. No personal injury was sustained.
The fire is supposed to have been the result of
carelessness on the part of a servant girl. Loss
between four and live thousand dollars.
Georgia Reports.
The first Pamphlet of the Georgia Reports,
by George N. Lester, Esq., commencing with
the Atlanta Decisions at August Term, 1800, are
now ready lor mailing to subscribers.
Praetieing Lawyers would do well to note
this. Orders, accompanied with $5, should be
addressed to George N. Lester, Marietta, Geor
gia
JW Mra. Virginia A. Scott, daughter of Maj.
John H. Howard of Columbus, died in Ala
bama oa the 3d instant; and on the 5th, her
mother, Mra. John II. Howard expired at the
residence of her husband.
The store of Mr. Jerry Terry, in Colum
bus, was entered on Tuesday night last, and
robbed of about $130 worth of groceries, Ac.
Mr Th# Precursor, of Antwerp, Feb 4,
announces tbs organization of tbe Uelgie
Americon Company for the development of
diroct commercs wilh the Southern States of
A morion.
MT A youth, after vainly trying to explain
some scientific theory to his fair inamorata,
said: "The question is difficult, and I don’t
set what I can do to make it clearer.” “ Sup
pose you pop It?" whispered the blushing
dratel.
"I know the Georgians, and they can’t
bo conquered.”— General Oglethorpe, to George
nr.
Bishop Bayloy, of the Roman Catholic
dioeeseof Newark, N. J., instructs his people
that Christian burial will bo denied to all who
sail intoxioatingdrlnks to improper persona,or
at improper times.
...*.The convicts in the Penitentiary of Mia-
sisalppi are engagwd in manufacturing tents for
tho Army of the State.
Mrs. Millington, of Selma, Alabama, has
been committed to Dallas jail, without ball,
on a charge of murdering a slave.
tafe. The stay law of Tennessee baa been
pronounced uneopfUttitioaat by JUHg# Baxter,
in the Circuit Coart of Datidnoo county.
of volunteers in the war against Black Hawk.
After sustaining a defeat, in 1832, for the Leg
islature, he was elected to that body for the
three succeeding tei ms by the Whig party.—
During his term he studied law, and subse
quently engaged in practice at SpriDgfieid, al
though still devoting greet attention to politics,
serving as Whig elector iu several Presidential
elections. He was elected to Congress in 1830,
end served three years, distinguishing himself
by his pertinacity in sustaining the Wilmot
Proviso, in connection with Seward, Chase A
Co., and his opposition to the Mexican war. In
1848 he supported the nomination of General
Taylor, and in 18S2 was very active for tbe
success ef Gen. Scott. In 1849 he was defeated
by Gen. Shields for the United States Senator-
ship, and again in J855 by Judge Trumbull.—
In 1830 Mr. Lincoln’s name headed th# Fre
mont electoral ticket. He was first, however,
brought in public notice by his memorable
campaign against Douglas for the Senatorship.
HANNIBAL HAMLIN, Vice-President.
Hannibal Hamlin, the Vice-President, was
born In Paris, Oxford county, Maine, August
27th, 1809; is a lawyer by profession; was a
member of the Maine Legislature from 1830 to
1840; was elected a Representative to the Twen
ty-ninth Congress: was a member of the House
of Representatives of the State Legislature in
1847, and elected to the United States Senate
May 20th, 1848, for four years, to fill ibe va
cancy caused by the death of Johu Fairfield.
He was reflected for six years, July 25lh, 1851,
and elected Governor of Maine January 7th,
1$57, resigning hia seat in the Senate and being
inaugurated as Governor on tbe same day. On
the 10th of the same month he was reelected
as United States Senator for six years, and re
signed the office of Governor February 20,1857.
Mr. llatnlia was formerly a Democrat, but
prior to his election as Governor of Maine he
changed hia politics and attached himself to
the Republican party.
WM. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
Mr. Seward was born in Orange county, in
the State of New Yi rk, on the 16th of May,
1801. Ho was educated at Union College, in
this State, and took the degree of Bachelor of
Arts in 1820, and of Master of Arts in 1824.—
At the age of twenty-one he established him
self at Auburn in the profession of the law,
and soon acquired a lucrative and extending
practice. Early in his public and professional
life he traveled in the Southern slave States,
upposed to have f>*tiiieti at that time
the opinions and principle hostile to slavery
to which ho has since given expression. To a
greater degree than is known of any other
American statesman—Mr. Sumner, perhaps,
excepted—the object of his life seems to have
beeu to counteract the extension of slavery.—
Upon other questions Mr. 8ew aril's policy may
be described as humanitarian. He is in favor
of the education of the people, o' the amelior
ation of the laws and of tbe development of
the material resources of the United States. In
theso respects he has been among the foremost
of American statesmen, and may justly claim
praise bestowed upon biui, by his friends,
and scarcely denied by his opponents, of being
'the best and clearest head in America.” In
830 he had acquired such influence and char
acter that be was elected a member of the Sen
ate of tbe 8tat« of New York, then the highest
al tribunal of the State, as well as a Leg
islative body. In 1834, at the close of his term
of four years, he was nominated a candidate
for tho Governorship of the State of New York,
opposition to Mr. Wm. L. Mercy, the then
Governor, and, later, the distinguished Secre
tary of State of the United States. On this
occasion Mr. Seward was defeated by a major
ity of nearly 10,000. In 1830, his party becom-
ng bolder and stronger, he was triumphantly
elected, io opposition to Mr. Marcy, the major
ity being greater than bis previous minority.
Without having pasted through the lowcrstra-
of the House of Representatives, he was
n 1840 elected to the Senate ot the United
States for six years. He gave so much satis
faction that be was reelected in 1853.
8. P. CHASE, Secretary of 7‘rtasury.
Salmon Portland Chase was born in Cornish,
New Hampshire, on the opposite bank of the
Connecticut river from Windsor, Vermont, in
the year 1808. When nine years of age his
father died, and three years after this bereave
ment, in 1820, young Chase was found at the
seminary in Worthington, Ohio, than condno
ted by the venerable Bishop Tbilander Chase,
uncle. Here ho remained until Bishop
Chaco accepted the Presidency of Cincinnati
College, entering which, our student sooo be-
came a chief among his peers. After a year’s
residence at Cincinnati, he relarned to his ma
ternal home in New Hampshire, and shortly
after resumed his studies in Dartmouth College,
Ilauovcr, where he graduated in 182C. He
shortly after commenced the study of law in
the city of Washington, under the guidance of
the celebrated William Wirt, Attorney-Geoaral
of the United States. H sustained himself dm
ring the years of his professional studies by
imparting instruction to a select school for boys,
composed in part of the tons of the most dis
tinguished men of tbe nation, ne was admit
ted to the bar at Washington in 1829, and in
the following year returned to Cincinnati and
entered upon the praetioe of his profession, in
which he soon rose to eminence, and in which
he was distinguished for industry and paliaot
investigation. He waa subsequently elected a
member of the United States Senate, and upon
the expiration of hia Senatorial term he was
put in nomination for Governor of Ohio, and
elected. He waa ngsia pot ia nomination for
Governor, and waa again elected to that poai-
tion.
SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War.
Gan, Simon Cameron was born in Lancaster
eounty, Pennsylvania. Reverses and misfor
tunes in hie father’s family east him very early
In life on tha world lo shape and earve out his
own fortune. After having removed to fiun-
bmry, fn Northumberland county, bis father
died, while Simon waa yet a boy. In 1817 he
came to Harrisburg, and bound himself as an
apprentice to tbe printiog business to James
Peacock, who fa atlll a resident of Harrisburg,
and one of ite most worthy sod respected citi
zens. During this time he won the regard and
esteem of Mr. Peacock, and all bis fellow-
workmen, by his correct deportment, his indus
try, intelligence and faithfulness. His days
were devoted to labor and his night* to study.
Having completed hie apprenticeship he went
to Waihiogtqn City, and was employed as a
journeyman printer. In 1824, though scarcely
of competent age, he had attained such a posi
tion and influence that hia party, then in the
ascendancy in the Congressional district, pro
posed to nominate him for Congress, an honor
which he promptly declined, as interfering
with the enterprise in which he was then en
gaged. He was appointed Adjutant General of
the State in 1828, an office which he filled cred
itably and acceptably during Gov. Shultz's
term ; and in 1831, unsolicited, he was ap
pointed, by Gen. Jackson, as a visitor to West
Point, a compliment, at that time, tendered
only to the most prominent citizens. To no
single man, within her borders, is Pennsylva
nia more indebted for her great systems of pub
lic improvement and publie instruction. Nor
did be hesitate to invest bis own means, when
prosperity and fortune dawned upon hitn, in
enterprises of great public importance. In
1834, he originated and carried to successful
completion the Harrisburg, Mount Joy, and
Lancaster Railroad, surmounting difficulties
aud prejudices which would have appalled and
paralyzed a man of ordinary energy and de
termination. In 1838 he waa nominated for
Congress, but declined. He was engaged in
public enterprises from which he would uot
permit himself to be drawn aside by any con
sideration of office or personal elevation. In
1851, he was mainly instrumental in tbe for
mation of tbe Susquehanna Railroad Compa
ny, now consolidated with the Northern Cen
tral Railway, by which the upper valleys of
the Susquehanna are connected with the capi
tal of the 8tate. There waa still another link
wan'ing to form a direct and continuous Rail
road to New York City, the great commercial
metropolis of the Union. General Cameron’s
practical mind soon suggested the mode aud
manner of supplying this want; and the Lob
anon valley Railroad Company was organized,
and that road built, and now consolidated with
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. In
1832 General Cameron was elected Cashier of
the Middletown Bank—a position which he
held for twenty-seven consecutive years. So
that about the year 185 4, he was at the same
time President of the Susquehanna Railroad
Company, President of the Lebanon Valley
Railroad Company, President of the Common
wealth Insurance Compauy, and Cashier of
the Middletown Bank, besides being director
and manager in several other institutions, and
having a large private business of his own to
manage and superintend. Yet, notwithstand
ing tl:t* vast labor and respouslbili'y of these
positions, he performed the duties of them all
satisfactorily and successfully.
MONTGOMERY BLAIR, Secretary of the Navy.
The State of Maryland will be represented
in the Lincoln Cabinet by Judge Montgomery
Blair, who resides at Montgomery Castle near
Silver Spring, Montgomery county, Maryland.
Judge Blair is a son of Francis P. Blair, well
known in Gen. Jackson’s time. He graduated
at West Point, went to the State of Missouri,
practised law in St. Louis, was made Judge,
and was appointed by President Pierce one of
the Judges of the Court of Claims, from which
place he was removed by President Buchanan.
Judge Blair ia now in tho prime of life and
mental vigor, und thoro is no man south of
Pennsylvania who is more devoted to republi
canism, or who is more popular among the rad
ical Republicans all over the North and West.
He is son-in law of tho late lion. Levi Wood
bury, of New Hampshire, and brother of Frank
P. Blair, Jr., Congressman elect from the St.
Louis district.
C. B. SMITH, Secretary of the Interior.
Mr. Smith is well known in Indiana, and is
reputed lo be possessed of a vigorous int llect
and considerable administrative tact and abil
ity. He has been in Congress, and was Com
missioner on Mexican claims. In regard to his
political faith, it is not certain that he has
made any decisive declaration, but it ia very
generally presumed that he is a moderate Re
publican.
GIDEON WELLES, Postmaster General.
Mr. Gideon Welles, of Connecticut, ia the
Northern Postmaster General. Mr. Welles has
been for upwards of thirty years a leading pol
itician in Connecticut, and for mich of that
time has been connected, directly and indi
rectly, with the public press, wielding a parti
san pen, and always exhibiting evidences of
unquestionable hostility to bis opponents in
the advocacy of bis opinions, political or oth
erwise. He, for some time, held the office of
Postmaster of Hartford, under Mr. Van Bu-
ren's administration, and loft the o ’ ce soon
after tbe election of General Harrison, in 1840.
During a part of Mr* Folk’s administration he
occupied an important position in the Navy
Department. Like many ether prominent
Northern Democrats, Mr. Welles disagreed with
his party on the subject of the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, which breach was still
further increased by the Kansas polioy of the
Pierce and Buchanan adminislratralions. The
territorial question being tbe chief one at is-
sue, he became indentified with tho Republi
can parly soon after iti organization, and Lai
since been one of its leaders, taking a pronii-
neat pa: t ia its convantioui, 8tataand natk>aal.
He waa a delegate from tha State at large to
the Chicago Coevention, and oonslitoted ooe
of the Committee to proceed to Springfield with
official notice of Mr. Lincoln's nomination.—
He waa also one of the Presidential elector*.—
Nor waa bit visit to Spriagfisld tba first time
he had met that dietioguUbsd gentleman.—
Whila in Hartford a year or mere since, they
formed a somewhat Intimate acquaintance,
whieh resulted It the warmest mutual friend
ship and ooufideaae; to that Mr. Lincoln Ink
it the selection, no doubt, acted aa much apod
Ms own pares* al know ledge and estimation p t
tha mat aa upon any solicitation of prumiauai
New Htffoid Republicans. *
EDWARD RATES, Attorney General.
Edward Bates was born on the 4# of lap
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FRUITS,
CAKES.
NUTS.
CANDIES,
PRESERVES,
JELLIES.
PICK ELS,
t^cnlfos above Richmond. Ho wo* the seventh
soa a«d youngest child of a fsfcily of IwaHe
eklldrtr, all of whom lived to a »1 stare agfoof ,
Thomas Bales and Caroline M. Woodson. Both
of his parents were descendants of the plain
old Quaker families which hud lived for some
generations in the lower counties of tha Benin
suit between James aud York rivers. They
Were married ia tbe Quaker meeting, accord- 1
ing to the forms ol that simple and virtuous . -
pdople, In th4 year 1771: but In 1781 the father 1 Ald\ Fine Imported WINES, BRANDIES
lost his membership io the Society of Friends , TOBACCO, CIGARS, Ac.. Ac.
by bearing arms at tho siege of Yorktown-a ****** #f Artfole.-k*
volunteer private soldier under LsFayette. lu fhe Ladies end tbe Public generally arere .
1305, Thomas F., the father, died* leaving a \ spectfuliy invited to call. "iuoiaJ
very small estate and a large family. Left at j ~ “
an early age an orphan, and poor, the son i
fortunate in what is better than a patrimony,
a heart and a will to labor diligently for pro-
motion. Betide., .erer.l ot hi. brother, -ere i M.cn Tdegr.ph Lin. i, »o*tto«rt.
... . , . . . A ly ic paired and ready I or business ft.
industrious and prosperous nun, and treated causes of delay in the transmission of Best!
the helpless brother with generous affection.— ern Messages is thus removed. Offin t
One of them, Fleming Bates, of Northumber
land, Virginia, took him into his family as a
son, and did a father’s part to bim. Hu had
not tbe benefit of a collegiate education, being
prevented by an accident—tbe breaking of a
leg—which stopped him in the mi die of his
course of study, aud confined st home for near
ly two years. In chiidhood he was taught by
bis father, and afterwards had the benefit ot
two years' instruction of his kinsman, Benja
min Bates, of Hanover, Virginia, a most ex
cellent man, who,Hying, le t behind hitn none
more virtuous and few more intelligent In
1812, having renounced service in the navy,
and with no plan of life settled, jia brother
Frederic (who was Secretary of the Territory
of Missouri from 1807 to 1820, when the Slate
was formed, by successive appointments under
Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, aud wna se
cond Governor of the StAte) invited him to
out to St. Louis and follow the law, offer
ing to see him safely through his course of
study. Ho accepted the in\itation. an 1 vat
to have alarled in the Spring of 1813, but an
uulooked for event detained him for a year.—
Being in hia native county ef Goochland, a
sudden cull was made for volunteers to march
for Norfolk, to repel an appreheuded attiek by
the British fleet, and he joined a company in
February, marched to Norfolk, and served till
October of thut ye.*r, as | r.va'e, eorp »ral and
sergeant, successively. The next Spring lies* t
oit for St. Louis, and crossed the Mississippi
for the first time on the 29lh of April, 18 4.—
Here Lo studied very diligently iu the < ffioe of
Rufus Easton, a Connecticut mun, a good law
yer, regularly educated at Litchfield, und some
time a delegate in Congress from Missouri Ter
ritory. He mine to the Bar iu tho winter of
1816-17, and practiced with fair succet-s vs a
beginner. In 1853 he was elected Judge of th*
Land Court of St. Louis county, and after serv
ing in the office about three years he resigned
and returned again to the practice of law. He
anted as President of the River and Harbor
Improvement Convention whic h sat at Chica
go, and in 1852 acted as President of the Whig
National Convention which met at Baltimore.
In 1850 he was appointed by President Fill-
moio, and confirmed by the Senate, Secretary
of War, but declined tbe appointment for per
sonal and domestic reasons. Mr. Bates was
complimented with the honorary degree of
LLD., in 1858, by Harvard College. Some
years before he had been honored with the
same degree by Sburtleff College, Illinois
door to Adams Express Office, Alabama
T. CAMPBELL, Manager Allants Offic*
March 2 1801. dlw
CAUTION.
A LL persons are hereby notified not to trade
ii. for any note made payable by myself ia
New York or Philadelphia,'as I ahull resist tbe
payment, except in a just compromise.
J. W. II EWELL.
Atlanta, Ga., March 5, 1861. ft
FOR HALF AT COST*
T EN Shares of S'orh In Atlanta PhrpnixLnsa
A Building Association. Apply at this of
■il-ft
Clcrk’a Office. Supreme Court, i
Mii.i.rpgkvili.k. March 2. 1801. (
II AS. W. Dr BOM, m.
HEAVY STOCK.
Q C /IflA P*P®rs fresh Garden Seeds, 8 bar-
40.UUU rets Onion Setts, at tbe Drug
Store of D. YOUNG A CO,
mS Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
tAA gallons of Linseed Oil, 500 boxes Win-
OUU dow Glass, at the Drug Store of
Qt I). O ATM AN, proprietor, and denhr in
O* Italian, American and Egyptian Marble,
Monuments, Tombs, Tablets, Heud aud Foot
Stones, Urns, Vases, Marble and Enameled
Slate Mantels, Statuary Figures, and Furnish,
ing Marble of all descriptions.
Always on band a fine aseortment of Moan-
menu, both Plans and Carved, ol all sizes, e»4
prices to suit.
^ Call and see specimens, at Ware Rooms sad
Yard, opposite Georgia Railroad Depot
Catos choice Patent Medicines, at the
Drug Store of D. YOUNG A CO.,
Whitehall street Atlanta, Ga.
i o.ooo rz
pounds White Lead, Paints dry
»nd in oil, Brushes, Fancy Goods,
_t the Drug Store of
D. M. YOUNG A CO.,
mS Whitehall Street Atlanta, Ga
K EROSENE Oil, Burning Fluid. Lamp Oil,
Train Oil, at the Drug Store of
D. YOUNG A CO .
mS Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
SILVEY & DOUGHERTY,
NORCROSS’ BU LI DING,
Junction Whitehall Ac Peaoh-Ti*ee
Street*,
Atlanta, Ooorfla,
A.UPtftlATM
TONIC, DIURETIC,
dyspev^ 6
W OLFE'S celebrated SCHIEDAM ARO
MATIC SCHNAPPS should be kept is
every family. It invariably, corrects ths 111ef-
rccta of change of weather, aud, as a beverifa,
it is the purest Liqnor made in the world.
Put up In pint and qnart bottles. Abe,
tIDOU'HO Wdlft'i
I'll re Cognac Brandy,
ml tiuUlr.1 by hlmatlf, rarrsntol
VDOLPnO WOLFH’S
Par. Part Wine,
loolpuo womt'd
Pure Sherry Wine,
Imported and butted by liluuelf, the same i
I DOLPUO WOLTK’ti
Pure Madeira Wine,
laipoflvl Ml) IMUU4 hy Mantf, lor .il.au
Itiaal UK, Un be« Win. irr to th. ir«*
Its* Thu Wins u varrtnUd perfectly pur*.
UDfLHtOWOVKH
Pure Jamaica Rum,
H AVE just received, and are now opening,
the largest stock • f Gooes they have evor
offered in one season. Their stock was bought [
exclusively for Cash, and will be priced etlow
figures.
They have every variety of
DRY GOODS,
from Brown Homespuns to tbe finest Dross
Silks; all kinds of fresh LADIES' DRESS
GOODS; a large assortment of
8TA1»Zj3D GOODS,
including Linaoa, Laws, Piece Goods. Calicoes
Ginghams, Ac.; all kincs of HOSIERY and ,
FANCY ARTICLES. Alio, a large assortment ; Croix Rum, Hcotrli aud lrl«ll *
°f
* All the above Imported and hot ite* I by IiIimm*
JEWELRY, A\ A 1 CIIR.M, Are', j ranted pure snd fhequstHr.
In their Basement Rooms, they have an ale
gant and foil supply of
Re.dy-M.de Clothing,
and OEHTLEMEN'8 FURNiSHINO GOODB,
TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS, Ac. AUo, .taut
$10,000 worth of
SHOES, BOOTS. &o.
embreciug ,11 aim. ud . grr.t ..riety, Tor L»-
dln, Miam, Man. Boy. .ad ChihirM.
They tbmr .took i. T.ry full, .nd
ih±r nr. dftermfnMl to mil.
Th. public .re rMpeatfully limited to call
and aztinia. Uair Mock and pr ce. baler, .ur
dialing eiMwb.ra.
march* BILVBY k DOUGHERTY.
To the Public.
UNION LOAN A BUILDING ASSOCI
ATION.
QTOCK-IIoldtn ia IM, A uo d«iiou ebu pay
O their duct tor lb* .meat math ct th. Or-
Sc of lb. AtlMta iuMfeac OoMpacy, util
Friday .vcnltt ««t.
sr R»gulir monthly meting .t th, City
Hull, Friday nighb W.Fali »th. . v
March A, I ML DAN. PITTMAN, Bw>.
"4byltcl.., who cm Wlnra and hbi.i-r. I. thdr
tic. ahould idtr. the pre/artnc* I > (liiK.itlcU* ,
For salt hy sit reeitertsbl* '
vies.
UOOLPHO WOLFE.
Hole Mmiiiferiurev tud Importer »f Mitadaw
ttehuappe,
No. 03, Reiter Street, New Yet*.
MUMNICUTT, TAYLOR h JON1A
WholeMlo Agon
Artrrat*. tNworolu.
rt,>1*^.0 » " *
IfANIkUL date Uri CotlM O*
A11— t Mr wl.hu
■ MoNAUeer, ormond *