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ATLAHTA, QEQRGIA s
1802.
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An Associated Press.
The Convention of the Press, lately held
here, was not as fully attend*d as would have
been ui.for ditforeot circumstances: but a
movement wa» inaugurated which we hope
will result in great good, and accomplish the
desired ends.
'J he plan which was discussed and agreed
up >0, was this :
1 To form an association ot the daily press
or the Confederate States. Their interests are
m itua , and a oloser al lance, with concert of
action will result greatly to the advantage ol
all. in mai y respects.
2. To make an » greement with the telegraph
companies of the Confederate States for the
trails nission of telegraphic di-ipatches over all
their lines from anyone point, to anyother, at
regular rates to be mutually agreed upon. A
very liberal and simple arrangement at pres
ent exists wi h the Southern lines, which has
been t made by Mr. Prichard, who hasestablish-
ed a news agency at Richmod. Such an ar
rangement has not yet been effected with the
S >uth-we8tern lines; but Dr. Green, the Pres
ident, gave assurances to the late Convention,
tfiat he was ready to negotiate arrangements
witn the press upon as favorable and convent
ent terms as the Southern lines could afford.
The line from Richmond to Norfolk isnotcon-
nected with either of the lines named above,
but is an independent concern. This is also
the case with several other short lines in the
country. Toe of jeet is to bring all these lines
into a general agreement to transmit press
messages over them upon a common system,
or make whatever arrangement with them
that can be made.
3. To toe mplish the leregoing objects, the
late convention appointed a committee con
sisting of Mr. Somerville, of the Memphis
Appeal j Mr. Laid!er,of the Charleston Couri
er, and Mr. Moseley, of the Richmond Whig,
to corresi ond with the daily press of the Con
federate S.ates, and get them to agree to form
an Association of the Prsss of the Confederate
States; and to correspond with tho telegraph
companies, and get them to agree upon some
system of transmitting press dispatches over
their wires, that will besimple and equitable to
all. When these shall have been accomplish
ed, the committee are to call together a con
vention of tne press in Richmond.
When that convention shall have met, and
the terms of the details association, and con
tracts wim telegraph companies are agreed up
on, it is proposed to employ a JVeics Agent oj
the eiofe Press, who shall be charged with
the enure management of telegraphing the
newa to the pres. Let him be thoroughly com
petent, a reliable trustworthy man. Give him
the power to appoint sub agents, fix their sal
aries, send them to whatever point he may
think proper and send them elsewhere when
he deems it to be to the interest of the press,
and dismiss them whenever their services are
no louger wan ed. or when they prove them
selves to be incompetent, inattentive, or un
reliable.
This is the general outline of the plans dis-
cu-i-ed aud agreed u on.
We hope every daily in the Confederacy
will respond to ib • call, when addressed upon
the runject by the Executive Committee, and
agree to go into the Association, and we spe
cially ask all the papers in the Confederate
States to copy this article.
Our Paper.
We fear we shall be compelled before long
to increase the price of on- subscription. The
B. dtburn Co fkdvract is the only widely-
oiri ut ted daily j -ureal in the Confederate
States mat makes pretensions to giving an
outlme of the news of the day, which is pub
lished a’ $5 per annum. We have refrained
from increasing ihe price, while nearly *11
our daily cote in po-arles have done so—some
of them doubling it. The price of paper, ink.
and otner suppli s have fully doubled, and
some have al uost trebkd since we commecc
ed. it is by rigid economy and unceasing
l,b>r that we are able to make our enterprise
piy. It however does br.ng us a living in
come. When it ceases to do this, we ahall
ejase to publish it, lor we are determined not
to run tho •• Con.ederacy" or anything else at
a loss. A business that will not bring a man
a support is not worth < arrying on.
If ma erials increase in price much more,
wa shall, however reluctsntiy.be compelled
to increase the terms of our subscription and
advertising We shall not dj if see can
makes living without it. We caaaider this
candid statement due to our subscribers and
tr.ende. If ef er every exerticn, and long
fast ta ion we shall be forced to do so, to save
ttimelves from loss, we feel well assured that
o ir readers will . xcuse us, and cherfullv bear
the increased burdens. We shall not put it
on them if we can help it.
Interest In the Columbus Miu Office tor |
Bale.
The Columbus "Sun” announces that an
interest in that journal is for sale, in conse- j
quecce of one of the proprieties entering the ■
military service
Old Papers
For sale at this office— pice $1 per hundred
From the Hichmo fi Etfjuir.-r.
•‘The Bespot’s Heel 1* on Tby Seek!”
Poor Alexandria She is required to drink
the cup of tyranny to its very dregs! Bravely
have her son* vindicated their loyalty to V ir-
giuia, on the bat.le field; and their zeal this day
is as freth us ever. Bravely have her citizens
maintained their integrity at home, rurn.unded
bv the bayonets of the • n my. Overpowered
they have been, and forced to t-ubwii t j hostile
military rule; but their lit arts are unconquered.
Their thoughts are a-« tree as ever; anuffieart
and thought are all for the dear old ComrnOn-
wealtn to which they render love as well a* owe
allegiance
The vile oppressor has of late been tighten
ing his cnams upon ihcee unhappy people. The
iron has been forced into theit liesh. The
yoke has been ground into tbeir very necks.
The xollowing paper i- copied lrom the ‘ Lo
cal News’’ of Monday afteruo> n, tne 10th ult.
The "Local New ” was published by Eu*ar
Snowden, Jr, in the office of ihe Alexandria
"Gazette,” which litter japerwis suspended
on the occupation of Alexandria by the enemy
on the 24 th of May.
[From ths “Local Jr us,” Alexandria, Ya., Monday.
F ;oru iry 10.)
A scene occur ed in St. Paul's Church, Alex
andria, Va., on Sunday luorniug, Feb. 9, 1862,
which hat, perhaps, u, ver had a parabel anioug
civilized nations— certainly notin the history
of ttua country.
The officiating minister, Rev. K. J. Stewart,
had gone through the morning prayer of tin
Episcopal scruee as lar as the L'lany—tne
prayer lor the President being omitted, but
without anything in ns place—and was proeeed-
ng with the Liianv, when an interruption oc
curred of the character which ihe law desig
nates as "brawling;” tuai is, ihe intervention
of noise and tumu t by certain per.-ons who
had come to the Church with the intention oi
interrupting the service, should it not proceed
according to their wishes. These persons com
menced me disturbance as soon as they found
the prayer for the President omitted. One of
them, Capt. Farnesworth, of the 8th Illinois
cavalry, who sat near the ilranct 1, dressed in
uniform, with some 5 or fi of his soldiers near
him, undertook to offic.ate in prayer, (if pr y
er it could be c lied,) ny reudi g the prayer for
the President of the United States. How far
he went it does not appiar in the eoufusi m;
but, soon quitting his position as ihe officer of
prayer, he advanced to the altar, where Mr.
Stewart was kneeling, still continuing the Lita
ny, aud ordered h s airest. Mr. Stewait was
dragged from his knees by the soldiers. The
ground ol the arrest, Capt. Farnsworth distinct
ly avowed to be the ouns.-ion of tne pr. yer for
the President of the United Stat<s. With this
avowal, he said, "1 arrest you by the authority
of the United States, as a Rebel and a Traitor.”
“And I,” responded Mr. Stewart, (who, by this
time, had advanced to the chancel rails,) to
Capt. F., “Summon you to answer at the judg
ment seat of the King of Kings and the Lord
of Lords for interfering, by torce ot arms, with
his Ambassadors, while in the act of present
ing the petitions of His people at His altar.”—
The solemnity of this appeal caused the parties
to tall oack and pause; but, soon the soldiers
were ordered to seize Mr. Stewart, which two
of them did, with great violence, forcing the
prayer book from his hands; one of them draw
ing a revolver. Another revolver was present
ed to an old and venerau d eitiz n within the
chancel, when the offieer ordt red the soldier
not to tire. Very soon a considerable number
of armed soldiers appeareqjn the Church. Mr.
Stewart refusing to yield voluntarily, was drag
ged by force from the altar and through the
aisle out of the Church. He was in his surplice
which he wore through the streets and at Col.
Farnsworth’s quarters; where he was taken.—
Capt. Famswoith said, that he went to Church
intending to arrest Mr. S., if he should otter
any prayer for the Confederate States. Near
him, in the same pew, sat Mr. J/oreton, (the de
tective,) who then gave orders to Capt, F. to
make the arrest, which was executed as above
described.
Mr. Moreton has declared that he was acting
under authority from Washington.
The scene in the Church was such as may be
imagined under such circumstance-; gentlemen
were indignant and excited, and ladies gave ut
terance to th ir feelings of grief and indigna
tion—but, oi course, no serious effoit was made
to prevent the arrest. Stewart was taken away
and the congregation disper.-ed.
It is proper to state ihat these proceedings
were without the knowledge of Gen. Montgom
ery, the military Governor of the city, and were
strongly condemned by him when they came to
his knowledge. He te egraphed to Wa-hington
for instructions from the Government, which,
when received, were of such a nature as to lead
to Stewart’s release alte r a lew hours detention.
The issue involved in the transaction, thus im
perfectly skete* ed, is tao great to admit ol
comment. It will, However, be well to state,
that Mr. Stewart only insisted upon the tight
of all Ambassadors to coin mini cate with their
King untrammelled by civil or military inter
ferenc", and that iu no ease have anv or thet-er-
vice of this Chnren as-timed a political aspect.
No prayer has been offered and no sentiments
advanced at any time tbat were calculattd to
offeud even the most sensitive critic. But it
public worship is to be inter-upted, those who
take that office upon themselvos seldom invade
the chancel and, with drawn revolvers, drag the
minister of religion from Lis al ar, because he
will not do their biddings.
The undersigned were present in the Church
and testify to facts above stated It may bo
proper to stat-, that by request of the Vestry,
■n ’he absei ce of the Rector, the Rev. Geo. A.
Smi h aud Rev. Mr. Stewart have been officia
ting in St. Paul’s Chu. ch for several weeks past,
and that Mr. Smith ^'as in tne chancel at the
time the occurrence took place.
George A. Smith, Cassius F. Lee, Sydney G
Milier, A. H. J/urray, John A. Dixon, W. H.
Mai bury, Townsheud D. Fendail, Albert E.
Bassford, Edward C. Fletcher, »Seo. H. Smoot,
J. J. Wheat, Wells A. Harper, Nathaniel Boitsh,
John West. P A. Clagett, Jas. Green, Isaac
Winston, Thos. W. Swann. Jas. Entwisle, Lew
is HootT. Cha-. R. Hooff, W. D. Corse, Stephen
A. Grcfffi, S. F. Gregory, John F. Dyer, Geo. T.
Baldwin.
Copies of the above statement have been sent
to the President of the United States, and to
Gen. McClellan,
We have heard, from eye-witnesses, many of
the circumstances attending ihe above describ
ed outrage. The statement above is the calm,
moderate, well-considered testimony of the
highly respectable gentlemen—the first names
rh Alexandria—wiio have signed it. The brutal
ity of the solders was oniy equaled by the spir
it of our citizens. A drawn pi-tol was planted
against the breast of ti e minister, but the brave
man blenched not. Tbe violence of one ot the
ruffians was resented by a knock-down from aD
aged and gentle citizen, all una-ined as he was.
"Bin the story has another chapter. Tbat night
the ruffian soldieis tired the office of the “Ga
zette,” or “Local News.” Tnev chose an hour
when the great body of the people were con
fined to their houses by the requisitions of mar
tial law, and none but imported vandals or trai
tor citizens allowed to go abroad. The print
ing office was totally consumed, as was. also,
au adjoining building. Such efforts as were
made to save them were thwarted by the mis
creant soldiers who, with their sabres, cut the
hose ot the engines.
The Church\Si. Paul’s) was the next object
of vengeance. To save it, Montgomery, who
ie seemingly more humane than the pack that
he has at his heels, and whom he is apparently
unable to restrain, ordered a guard to be placed
around. The guard was threatened, aud had to
be doubled.
The end of the story is not yet reached. In
another column we ptblish a numerous list of
Alexandrians who have been torn from their
homes and families, and ordered off to Fort
Warren. In the list are the names of many who
signed the paper which we have above copied.
They are Alexandr a’s best citizens. The wri
ter knew them well, and deepdv sympathises
w ith their mislortunes.
behave no patience to dwell upon these
enormities. Thy make the heart >iek; but
they al-o make the biood boil in one’s veins!
How long shall it be beiore Alexandria’s deliv
erance snail come? How long shall the des
pot’s heel be upon her neck?
Citizens of other cities and of the Confeder-
are States generally, ye see in the fate of Alex
andria what fate awaits you. if you fall even
temporarily into the power ot this detestable
Northern tyranny ! To the deep humiliation of
Letng captured a( all, will be added the ir.yff*
ble misery of being cruelly oppressed by the
lowest and most vulgar tyrants that the world
has, perhaps, ever seen. Well might the then
doomed, and now captive Alexandrians, say
that the scene iu St. Paul’s Church on the 9th
of February “has, perhaps, never had a paral
lel among civilized nations.” If we do not de
sire that such evidences of brutal despotism
shall be witnessed elsewhere and everywhere in
our land, let ns call out our utmost energies
and the last resource of an indignant heroism
iu repelliug such despicable foes. Nay, with a
zeal nut surpassed by that wnich sent Europe’s
bravest Knights on distant crusades, let every
soidier become a champion, and every champi
on a devotee, in everywhere redeeming our
down-trodden but faithful brethren from the
the foot of the oppressor. F.cery man to the res
cue!
From the New Orleans Delta, 14th lust.
Mr. I ancej’s Speech.
Yesterday Mr. Yarrbey arrived in the city
from Berwick’s Bay, via Opelousas railroad,
and stopped at ihe St.Charles. In the coutse
of the evening, being in ihe rotunda of the
hotel, and a large impromptu assemblage of
gemlemen having collected, he was called
out and almost forced to make some remarks.
He mounted the ceDter table, looking re
markably well after his voyage, and com
menced, as indeed he coniinued throughout
nearly the whole of his remarks, iu a style
perfectly free from passion, and remarkable
tor calm conviction and confidence in our
cause.
It was one year, lacking two days, smee
be had quit cur shores, and he was glad to
stand among his countrymen again. He
came back convinced that we have no friends
in Europe; tbat we must fight the battle
alone, and rely only on our firm hearts. [Ap
plause.]
They looked coldly on the South beeause
of its slavery institutions. There was no*, a
country in Europe which sympathized with
us. Even tbe great principles of our revolu
tion were not understood by them any more
than by the northerners, who have never
beeu able to seize the true spirit of our insii
tutions. With the North, Europe believid in
the unqualified supremacy of government,
not understanding that government is made
for the people. They have, therefore, no
friendship for, nor sympathy with us; neiih
er have ibey, however, for the North.
They regard the North as a people memia
cious, unjust, and hypocritical. They do
not believe a word said either by the people
the press, the Cabinet, or tbe President. Eu
ropeans are ptejudiced against slavery; hut
they do not wish to deprive men of (heir
property without honesily paying for it;
they have no idea of cutting the chains of
bondage with a lawless sword. They have
discovered ihe northern motive iu this war to
be political, noi social; not u strong princi
ple against wrong, bm u determination io
rule
Having, therefore, uo sympathy for us,
and luruii.g with honest contempt from the
hypocritical Yankee, they would look with
positive indifference on tbe contest bui for
their own interests involved. They desire to
cripple a dangerous rival This country was
getting too vigorous, and they are determin
ed that it shall forever remain separated.—
They would never allow the South to be stth-
jugaled, and would interfere to prevent such
a result, but that they feel certain that it
cannot be accomplished They know and
say the South will be free. In the meantime,
they wish to see the war drag on until each
side is thoroughly exhausted and overwhelm
ed with a debt which shall crush its energies
for years, or, if possible, for ages to come.
4 To further this policy they ignore the wel 1 -
established fact that the blockade has been
run al least a thousand times. They set
aside, practically as against, us, the plainest
behests of the European treaty, which fixes
the law of blockade. They are deiermiued,
in the face of all law of all equity, of a!’, hu
manity, not to recognize us until the last
possible moment, and will never do so uutil
they see our blood-reeking sword stretched
over a conquered and prostrate North.
[Here tho speaker was interrupted with
cries of •* We don’t want it, then,” •• D—n
them, they can let it alone,” etc ]
As to the blockade, said Mr Yancey, I
don’t want it raised. If it continued six
months longer, he would not, on any consiu
eration, wish such a misfortune as that it
should be raised. By tbat time our internal
energies will have been developed, our man
ufactures established, and he had such confi
dence iu the ingenuity and enterprise of our
people as to believe them oapable of attain
ing, within themselves, all necessary ends —
As to luxuries, indulgence in them was not
becoming to a people laboring in the very
throes of a heroic struggle. [Emphatic ap
plause ]
Venous causes had hitherto prevented the
forcible raising of the blockade. In the first
place, when the blockade commenced to take
effect, immense s ocks of cotton were iu the
hands of the wealthiest British manufactu
rers. Those men had the ear of the govern
ment. and it was decidedly to their interest
that the blockade should continue umil their
stock on hand was sold at exorbitant prices.
Government, too, was the more willingto Iis
ten to them, because it was desirous of fos
tering the production of cotton outside of the
Southern States, even at the expense of heavy
temporary suffering at home
One principal ground of miscalculation
here as to the blockade has been tbe idea that
cotton is king. If by this is understood
American cotton, it is a fallacy. American
cotton certainly plays a mighty part in the
commerce of the world, but it has not abso
lute sway, because the staple is raised so
abundantly elsewhere. For hundreds of
years India has raised as much cotton as the
South now does. There is probably no one
thing in the world which grows so universal
ly as cotton. Europe, therefore, was willing
to take advantage of the crisis to enfranchise
herself from our sway at almost any cost, but
she found the ordeal too severe
India cotton is too dear, and the whole ma
chinery of their immense manufactories
would have to be changed to suit the staple
Orleans middling has been found by experi
ence to be the only thing that will exactly
do, and the supply of that will be exhausted
by the 1st of April. Then when a starving
population rises around their thrones, with
the words "cotton or blood,” the blockade
will be raised.
Here Mr. Yancey was askedby a geutleman,
whether Mr. Seward’s promise to open a cot
ton port had not had great weight? Mr.
Yancey replied emphatically, no. They did
not believe one word he had said. They be
lieved the Yankees to be a nation of menda
cious liars. [Applause and laughter.] It
was impossible now, in Europe, to get at the
truth cf things over here. Facts got there
filtered through the medium of northern pa
pers, and the strength was all gone. No
southern journal was allowed to reach them,
and that indeed it had been so to a great ex
tent before the war. People there got tbeir
ideas of the South from New-York papers
and Boston literature. They gave us credit
for being a brave people, determined to be
free, but reckless of life, somewhat inhuman
to slaves, and at best semi civilized; that our
sense of individuality went so far tbat each
man considered hie will paramount to the
law.
We caonoi look for any sympathy or help
from abYoad. We must rely upon ourselves
alone. Men and women—I teg their pardon,
said Mr. Yancey, the ladies are ever fore
most, and when they are first, men should
not be laggards—all must work. I return
and find your regular government fully or-
ganzed for six year*. Some may say you
have made bad selections. It is not now tbe
time to amend. All are embarked in the
same ship together. The storm is. raging
around her; the thunder is bursting over
head: angry waves are dashing against her
sides; and -.11 must stand together. If there
is any insubordination, any mutiny, an will
sink logei her.
Throughout his speech, Mr. V aocey was
warm’y aDplauded, and evidently held the
warme-t s\mpaihv of his audience, especial
ly at those places where he expressed indig
nation against the injustice of foreign gov
ernments. Afitrihe conclusion of his re
marks, we understood him to say, in conver-
sanon, that tie would advise the immediate
recall of ail our represeo aiive* and envoys
in Europe. .
Mr. Y'ancey leaves immediately tor Rich
mond
How will they Pay It-
In their desperate efforts to subdue the
Confederate States our Northern enemies
are accumulating a most enormous debt.
It already amounts to not less than five
hundred millions of dollars, and it in
creases at the rate of two millions every
day. The world stands amazed at this
apparently mad and fatal prodigality.—
We are ready to ask, has the shrewd and
calculating Yankee lost his wits? Is he
suddenly bereft of the one trait of char
acter for which he has been most distin
guished ? How do the Northern people
ever expect to pay this debt ?
We will-tell our readers how they ex
pect to pay it. They mean to make the
South pay it. And if they conquer us,
if we basely submit to their swa}’, if we
do not resolve by the he'p of God to put
forth every power He has given us to
maintain our independence, the process
will be very easy and very simple. As
soon as they have successfully put down
the “rebellion” they will set about it.
In the first place they will pay a large
portion of the debt by the confiscation of
the property of Southern patriots. The
posessions of every one of us who owns
anything, and against whom any share in
the “rebellion” can with any shadow of
proof be made out, will be seized and ap
propriated for this purpose. Our houses,
and lands, and goods, and no doubt our
slaves.too, will he sold, and the proceeds
applied to the payment of this debt.—
Sold to whom ? To Northern men and
foreign adventurers, who will seek for
cheap homes in our pleasant climate and
on our fertile soil. Our people will be
beggared, imprisoned or driven to exile,
and a hateful foe will poseess our homes
and firesides. They will swarm over our
land from the Potomac to the Rio Grande,
aud with pockets filled with Uniied States
treasury notes (the form in which their
Government debt is incurred chiefly) buy
up from the United States marshal all we
possess. Northern speculators will reap
here a rich harvest.
Then they will impose on us heavy di
rect taxes. Whatever property may es
cape confiscation will be burdened in this
way to the extreme point of endurance
United States tax gatherers will spread
over the country like locusts, and eat up
the little, confiscation may have left.
Then the highest possible tariff will he
imposed on all imports. This will help
to pay their debt in two ways: fiirst by
the revenue it will furnish ; secondly, by
the flood of wealth it will pour into the
hands of the Northern manufacturers,
enabling them to bear their share of the
burden incurred by their public debt with
ease.
Already, in expectation of a conquest
over us, the proposition has been introdu
ced in the Congress at Washington to im
pose a tax of three cents on every pound
of cotton exported from the country.—
This is an intimation of the way in which
they mean to pay their debt.—Southern
Presbyterian,
Wood for^the Needy Families of
Soldiers.
We find the following notice in the
InteUhjenccr of yesterday morning. This
provision is timely and will be a great
relief to many who are suffering during
this cold snap :
We have been requested by Major Row
land, the Superintendent of the State
Road, to state that on application to Mr.
E. R. Walker, at the State Road Office,
the families of soldiers and of indigent
persons, will be supplied with wood.—
This considerate and generous act of the
Major speaks volumes for his benevolence
and patriotism. The poor soldiers’ fami
lies, and the indigent of the city, have
suffered much for the want of wood for
weeks past. r i hey could not buy it, and
cannot now. Major Rowland has seen
and felt this, and has come to their relief.
Back A umbers Wanted.
Our subscribers who have copies of onr pa
per of the following dates, will confer a specal
favor on ns by sedding them to ns :
daily.
October 16, 1861. December 22.
WEEKLY.
No. 17, July 10,1861. No. 29 Oct 2
N°. 24, Aug. 28, " No. 33, Oct. 3l]
No. 2o. Sepr. 4, "
Fan We Endure It f
The people of the Confederate States
ought to consider the consequences, the
inevitable consequences, in case we suf
fer the North to carry-out their purpose
to overrun and subdue our country.—
YVe fear many are not fully awake to
the dire results which must ensue, if we
fail to resist successfully their cruel and
wicked invasion. What are the purpo
ses of the Northern people ? What do
they aim at in this war? What do
they mean to do with us in case they
subdue us ?
The most decent and conservative
portion of the Northern people avow
their purpose to be to restore the Union,
to bring back the United States Govern
ment to its former limits, and to place
us again where we were before. But
who does not see that it is impossible
to restore the Union and the Constitu
tion of the United States as they were
and as our fathers made them? Were
we to lay down our arms and take our
places again in the old Union, it would
be in a Union and under a government
fundamental!v different from what they
1861.
1861.
Notice to Advertisers.
* are eom peAed to eoonomiee our space,
and wish to save the room required to display
advertisements. Therefore, "in futures, we
will display no cards except ai an advance of
50 per cent upon our regular charges. W e
wtll carry out in good faith, our present en
gagements, but can take no more advertise
ments of this kind, except upon the terms
Mentioned.
were.
In the first place, the present war has
put an end in the United States forever
to the doctrine of “ state l ights,” even
in its lowest form, as a principle of the
Constitution. The very idea of it is
abolished, repudiated and put down at
the point of the sword. Henceforth un
der the United States Government there
can be no such thing. The Federal
Government is supreme, absolute and
omnipotent. The States, as States, ex
ist no longer. They are mere territori
al or provincial divisions of one consol
idated Government, having no rights and
no powers which they may assert and
exercise independently of the central
government. The power of the Fede
ral government is unlimited. And that
means the power of the majority—and
that means the power of the North.—
We become the helpless and defenceless
subjects of that many headed monster,
a Northern mob. They will make out
laws for us, and interpret them and ex
ecute them. And though we might
have a nominal share in the Govern
ment of the country, it would he but
nominal. We should have no real pow
er in it whatever.
But then, further, the United States
Government has assumed the right,
whenever the “ safety” of the Govern
ment requires it, to set aside any, even
the most sacred provisions of the Con
stitution ; and the Executive has assum
ed the right to set aside the legislative
and the judicial authorities of the coun
try when expedient, and itself to judge
of that expediency. And the Northern
people have acquiesced in and approved
these assumptions of their Government.
This renders it to all intents and purpo
ses an absolute despotism. Henceforth
there is no check or limit to its authori
ty and power. The President of the
United States, with the army and navy
at his command, can set aside the enact
ment of Congress and the decisions of
the Supreme Court at his own discre
tion, and reigns the absolute monarch of
an abject and degraded people. Hence
forth the North will elect the President
and provide the despot for us, if we
submit. And it needs no fancy to paint
the consequences to the South.
But this is not the worst of it. They
are preparing hills in the Congress at
Washington to establish governments
over the Southern States as conquered
provinces. The plan is to abolish our
State Governments, to appoint gover
nors, judges, marshals and other offi
cers, who shall be empowered to make
and execute laws over our country, sub
ject only to the control of the President
of the United States. This will require
of course a standing army to be placed
in the midst of us. Let our readers
think of this. Let them consider our
condition when these diabolical purpo
ses are consummated—when our own
rulers and leading men are hung as trai
tors and rebels, or immured in prisons,
or driven into exile; when our proper
ty is confiscated, and our homes possess
ed by foreign owners; when governors
and judges are sent to us of the vile
hordes of Northern politicians, or of
outlandish adventurers such as Siegel or
Schurtz; when our own laws and insti
tutions are annulled, and the arbitrary
will of an incensed and rapacious despot
makes laws for us; when an armed sol
diery, made up of the base and polluted
and polluting rabble of Northern cities,
are posted in every town and neighbor
hood to enforce the despot’s laws and
collect taxes, to feed on our substance
and outrage on our wives and daugh
ters; when the rod of the oppressor—
an oppressor without honor, conscience
or pity, an oppressor maddened by our
resistance and thirsting for our blood
and treasure—shall be fell by every
man, woman and child in all our broad
land.
Think of all this, and say can we en
dure it? Is it not better now at once
to lay ALL upon the altar of our coun
try’s independence, and make one uni
ted, universal, victorious effort to repel
the invader who comes with such pur
poses as these ? The man who breathes
the thought of submission should die on
the spot. His presence should not for
a moment taint the air which only free
men should breathe.—Southern Preshy-
terian.
DISSOLUTION.
T HE c . partnership hereof re xisti- g ur> .
<ltr the naisie <>!' HunuicuU, U\! r 4
Jt.nts, is this fiat’ dissolved by mutual ,• r
sem.
The business will be eontinue.l at the old
stand by * W. Hunnicutt and J. A. Tay],. r
under the style of Hunnicutt A Taylor, uh.i
her* by return thanks to the public for their
very libera! patronage to the late firm, and
solicit a continuance of the same under the
new arrangement.
N B —Ail persons indebted to the lute tiro,
ot Hut,icutt. Tailor A Jones, are r.qu^sted
to call at once and settle their accounts
mar? - -' lw
COX & HILL)
Wholesale Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS, Ac.,
Peach-Tree Street,
Have in store—
150 barrels pure Corn Whisky.
100 barrels recified Wh sky."
50 barrels old Rye Whisky,
10 quarter casks Port Wine,
a quarter casks Madeira Wine,
10 quarter casks Malaga Wine.
25,000 Clears. mar22 !v
H. WARMOUTH. F. GEITTEB CCK.
WARMODTH & BEDTEBRBCK,
Importers and Manufacturers of
H % V A X A ASfl AMERICAN
CIGARS,
Dealers in
LORILLAROS M ACC A 30 V AND SCOTCH
SNUFF. SMOKING AN 1 CHEWING TO
BACCO. PIPES. &c, .
A good assortment of the best Cigars for the
retail trade to be found at their storeon White
hall street, between R.pley 's Crock, ry and
Gilbert’s Jewelry store. marJ2 lv
JOHN H. LOVE JOT,
Cherokee Block, Peach-Tree Mieel,
Atlanta, Georgia,
Wholesale and Ret.il
JMt «B «Z2 Mb.a he
And Dealer in
ClftARS, TOK M t O,
Wines, Liquors, &c.
Cash buyers are invited <>• <* ; i and exam
ine his st< ok. hu will aiw..ys .ell for e.oh at
short profits. mar22-ti!]feb2Vfi3
r e. McDaniel.
WHOLESALE GROCER,
AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
*** DBA LEft !H
ALL KINDS OP PRODUCE.
Hunter Street, betwrar; Wn.irul' &{-. n
Jit In uLn
Marcr J*
WANTED.
A GOOD BAKER AND CANDY MAKER
can find steady employment by calling
on F. M. JACK, Confection er,
mar21-ti Whitehall street.
FOR SALE.
CJ]A LB3 Nonpareil, 500 lb". Brevier Type,
head letter, cases, dash rules, adver
tising rules, column rules, chases, Ac., in fact,
a complete outfit for a paper 26 by 36 The
materials have been used hut a short time,
and everything is complete and in perfect
order. For further particulars apply t>
J.-J. MARTIN,
Ex’: estate of B. Y r . Martin,
mar20-tl Columbus, Ga.
FIRST REGIMENT
Xjl&lxt Artillery!
Recruits B anted For 3 Veers, or War 1
P ARTIES who have not completed their or-
ganizitions, and who have fracti >ns ol
companies on hand, who would liKe to con
nect themselves wiih this desirable Arm of the
Service, will find it to their advantage to ad
dress (soon) in person or bv letter.
March 1 Sth, 1862. 'W. M. LEAKE
1st Regiment Artillery, P. a. C. 8.
N. B. A Battery and complete equipment
already secured. . W. M. L.
mareh20d A wtl.
OFFICERS
OP TBS
ATLANTA HOSPITAL ASSOCIA’N.
President—Mrs. Isaac WiDsbip.
Vice Presidents—Mrs. Cd. Yancey, Mrs.
Col. Wilson. Mrs. Wiliis Pack. Mrs. A. C Wyly,
Mrs G J. Foreacre, Mrs. 8.G Howell, Mrs J.
N. Simmons, Mrs. 8. B. ItobsoD, Mrs. Ellen
Ponder, Mrs. Dr. Taylor, Mrs. B W. Adams,
Mrs. Perino Brown, Mrs G n Hull Mrs. L.
Overbv
Secretaries—Miss Eue ii. G««> de and Mrs.
Dr Taylor.
Treasurer—Mrs. Er Laswhe
mar20-3m
Run the Blockade.
5,000
PAPERS FRESH GARDEN SEED.
Send in your orders at once to
EDWaRDY'S
mwlS-lm
Choice Family Grocery.
SALT! SALT!
Oft 8ACKS LIVERPOOL AND VIRGINIA
OU Salt;
300 sacks Flour;
50 barrels Whisky.
For sale at
E. M. EDWARDY’S
marl8-lm4'62 Choice Family Grocery.
CoL Jesse A. Glenn,
H AS just returned from Richmond, having
obtained an order from the War Depart
ment to pay tbe bounty of Fifty Dollars to the
troops enlisted in bis regiment. The money
is now in Atlanta. mar]6 lot
Lost, or Mislaid.
Club Rates for the Weekly.
We will send the weekly to a club of ten or
more, to one post office, where all the names
and money are sent us at one time, for f 1 50
each per annum nS—dAwtf
A Sealed Note, given by Jos. J W. Wilson
to B. V. Willingham or bearer, on the
1st July, 1853, for $139.15, and due one day
after date. It has on it a credit of $10, the
10th August, 1855. All persons are warned
not to trade for said note, as it has not been
paid, or disposed of br me.
B. V. WILLINGHAM.
NoT.23'81tf