Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

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 CONFECTIONARIES. A «*«. tVXli ilea a bo re Richmond. II« mi the ■Avenil. •* firXT DU0H IW F# RftSHlXu 4 00., WUitHifUl St n Atlanta, Q«* *ioa. ’oFconfeT'tT6nabieb”' 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 *