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THE PUBLIC GOOD BEFORE PRIVATE ADVANTAGE.
BY ADAIR & SMITH.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1862.
VOLUME n—NO. 62
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OEU KOI A KAILKOAI).
Augusta to Atlanta, 171 Miles—Fare,.....$4 6*
GEOIUIE YONGK, Superintendent
aoRNiwe pass**®** trai».
(Sundays excepted.)
Leave* Atlanta, daily, at 7.00, A. M
Arrives at Augusta at « f “
leaves Augusta, daily, at ®-5o.
Arrives at Atlauta at 7-»*. *■
RIRBT pass*»«rb am> rail train.
Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 7.40, P. M.
Arrives at Augusta at •••• £ "•
Leaves Augusta at f w
Arrives at Allant» at 1 °- s > A
TO CONNECT WITH
AT1IEXS un«! W ASHIXOTOSi.
Leave Augusta
Arrive at Athens
Leave Atlanta
Arrive at Washington
Leave Athens
Arrive at Augusta
Leave Washington
Arrive at Atlanta..
I 8.38, A. M.
,..6.44, P. M.
...T.60, A. M.
...4.11, P M
...0.00, A. M.
.. 4.46, P. M.
10 00, A. M.
I..T.1I, P- M.
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CONNECT WITH WARREMTOS.
/av« Augusta 4.00, P. M., and Atlanta T.00,
irrivclt Warrenton JJ’ p JJ
[rriVert^ugusU 6-56. P- M-. at AtlanU
at 2.W, A. M-
This Road runs in connection with tho Trains
f the South Carolina and the Savannah and
iUSUSta Railroad*, at Augusta.
ATLANTA A WEST-POINT R. R.
LtlaaU to West-Point, 87 Milee-Fare,..$S »*
GEORGB G HULL, Superintendent-
MAIL TRAIN
Leave* AtlanU, daily, at. *•"». A. M
Drive, at West-Point at..... J-JJ- f “■
Leaves West-roint, daily, at - P- *
Arrives at AtlanU at - ®*
rRKlfiHT TRAIN.
Leaves AtlanU, daily, at. | A -
Arrive* at West-Point at..... <-*i. P »
Leaves West-Point, daily, a - • •
Arrive* at Atlanta, at 1 ’ '
Thu Road connect* with the Montgomery *
Weak-Point Road at Wert-Point.
W ESTERN A ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
AtlanU to Chattanooga, 188 I*
JOHN 8. ROWLAND, Superintendent
N»gnr passrnbs* train.
Leave* Atlanta. daily, at.. V* I * M.
Arrives at Chattanooga, a ’ y
Leaves Chattanooga, daily, at « . - *
Arrives at Atlanta, at-
lxrasss nail ano fa.....« ^in
Leave# Atlanta, daily. at..._
Arrive, at Chattanooga, at.... * *"• ' •
Leave* Chatuaoc'ga, daily, at 4 40, A. .
Arrive* at Atlanta Rt„... * 2 *’ _
This Road connocu.each way w.th the Rom.
Branch Railroad at Kingston,
nea.ee and Georgia R.alroad at Da ton. and the
Nashville A ChatUnooga Railroad at Chatta
Atlanta Post-Office Regulations.
ARP.IVAL AND CLOSING OF MAILS, Ac
BT GEORGIA RAILROAD
Due, daily, at 9.00 a m
Closes, dally, at „ 6.DO F. M
BY WBSTWUI A ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
Due, dally, at 4.15 p jj
Closes, daily, at J.00 P. M.
BY ATLANTA A WEST-POINT RAILROAD.
Due, dally, at 8.15 P. M.
Closes, daily, at 900 p y
BY MACON A WKSTBRN RAILROAD.
Due, daily, at A00 P. M.
Closes, dally, at ....9.90P M.
OFFICE HOCR&
This Office will be kept open as follows;
Open at...... T% AM. Closest... 1 P.M.
Open at ttfc P.M. Close at ... 6 P. M.
SUNDAY.
®P* B * l 8 A.M. Close at. 9 u A.M.
Open at 6 P M. Close at « P.M.
The office will be closed on the arrival of each mall
anlli the tuune ig distributed.
' TH08. C. HOWARD,
... Post-Master.
Atlanta, March 11, 186*2.
GORDON SPRINGS
Near Tunnel Hill Station, Georgia,
FOR SALS.
FORCONFEDERATE NOTESOR EX
CHANGE FOR NEGROES.
T HIS fashionable and popular Watering
Place, is accessible by railroad from any
direction, and twelve miles from Dalton, in
Wbitfiold county, Georgia, and twenty five
miles from Chattanooga. It has a fine Hotel,
containing thirty room*, together with ail ne
cessary out-houses, four cottages with four
rooms each, and one large one story building,
with thirty rooms There are thirteen Springe
of Chalybeate, 8ulphur, Magnesia, Boda and
Freestone waters. A fine Stock Farm is st
udied to tbe Springs, of between three and
four bundred acres, cultivated in grain, of
which two bundred acre* are creek bottom
land. A portion lice on the mountain side
(Taylor’s Range,) suitable for a vineyard, and
near tbe Hotel is an Orchard, with fruit 01
almost every description. These Spri g are on
the Western A Atlantic railroad, and easy o!
access, being convenient to those desiring a
pleasant or summer residence.
Title guaranteed. Apply to
PAUfitUORK, LIDE * MARSHALL,
Memphis, Tenn.,
Or to Z. H. GORDON,
apld 1m Shell Mouui, Tenn.
DRU6S, &c.
BLUE MASS.
EPSOM SALTS,
QUININE,
SULPHURIC ACID,
ARROW ROOT,
WINE CORKS,
’ CREAM TARTAR,
NO. 2 EMERY,
GUM ALOES,
300 LBS. BEST INDIGO,
200 LBS. BEST.MADDER,
BLACK PEPPER,
500 LBS. COPPERAS,
ALSO,
14 BBL8. OF NO 1 REFINED TANNER’S
OIL.
AND 25 BBL8. TANNER'S OIL, AT
redi ced rates.
HAMILTON, MAKKLEY A JOYNER.
mar28-tJ7jly’«2.
E. M. EDWARDY,
Family Groceries,
—AND—
COMMISSION MERCHANT
AT GKO. H. DANIEL'S OLD 8TASD,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Cia.
Psrticolsr attention jlven to all orders,
janll-tf
Direct from Ireland!
Blockade, Stone Fleet and the Rail Split
ter to the Contrary Xoticithstanding.
J UST received from three to five hundred
barrels of
IRISH POTATOES,
large, »ound, and of JItrccr descent, suitable
for the table or for planting, and may be :ound
M FOSTER, *■ oc\n
jan. 12-timy - 62
Contributions received by the “ Cadies’
Soldier’s Relief Society ” for the At
lanta Hospitals.
Afkil 1.—Mrs. J. C. Franklin, Pulton county, Gi.—
10 doxen f-ggs, 2 lbs. butter.
Ladies Soldiers Belief Society, Atlanta, Ga.—£4
shirts, 7 pair drawers, 1 towel, 1 pair seekj, 12 haver
sacks.
Americus, Ga.—1 box containing 1 mattress, 1 com
fort, 2 coverlets, 4 sheets, T shirts, 1 pair pants, i vest,
T pair socks, 1 dressing gown, 9 towels, 16 bottles wine,
4 butties cordial, 1 bottle beer, 2 bottles preserves, 6
papers cocoa, 2 cakes soap, 1 bag dried fruit, old
clothes.
Clark’s Station, Wilkes county, Ga.—1 box contain
ing 8 quilts, 7 sheets, 6 pillows, 5pillow slips, 1 blanket,
1 counterpane, S shirts, 8 pair drawers, 6 towels, 10.
pair socks, 10 dozen candles, 1 bottle honey, dried fruit,
mustard, pepper, sage.
1 box , containing 1 quilt, 2 sheets, 4 towels, 1
pillow, 4 pnlow slips, 5 shirts, 4 pair drawers, 5 pair
pants, 4 pair socks, 1 vest, old clothes.
Mrs. Mark Johnson, Bartow county, Ga.—1 bundle
containing 2 piJows, 2 pillow slips, 2 shirts, 1 pair
drawers, 1 bottle wine.
Aram 2.—Military Aid Society, Mobile, Alabama,—
7 comforts, 2 blanket], 6 bed ticks, 1 pillow, 6 piiiow
slips, 6 towels, S shirts, 3 pair drawers, 6 sheets, 1 loaf
sugar, 8 papers tea, 3 boxes gelatine, 1 box allspice.
April 3.—Charleston, S. C —21 comforts, 21 pillows,
20 sheets, 12 tewe's, 12 handkerchiefs, 10 dressing
gowns, 6 shirts, 11 pair slippers, S brushes, 12 spit
toons.
Apkil 4—Washington, Ga.—1 mattreas, I quilt, 1
pillow, 1 pillow slip, 1 sheet, 4 towels, 5 shirts, 1 pair
drawers,6 pair socks, 1 bag flour,peis, paper, snap.
April 7.—Mrs. Kowland, Cass county, Ga—1 comfort,
7 pillow slips, 10 shirts, 10 pair drawers, 2 towels, 15
pair socks, lu pair pants, old bioihs. pepper.
Moklt KkCeurd.—April 1.—Mrs. C. W. Stevens,
Sparta, Ga.—11 00.
Eev. N. N. Cranford, Penfield, Ga.—$5 S5,
Citizens of Washington, Wilkes county, through Mrs.
Uull—#110 00.
April 3.—8. A. Society, Tuskeegee, Alabama—$SS.
Mrs. Sallic Lipscombs, Through Dr. Jtrown—$5 00.
Money expended—|S0 (.0.
Distributed among the various Hospitals from April
1st to April Sth—68 shirts, 75 pair drawers, IS pair of
pants, 6 vests, 9 collars, 72 pair socks, 25 towe 3, 7
handkerchiefs, 6 comforters, old cloths, 15 bottles of
wine. 4 bottles cordial, 5 bottles brandj, 8 dozen eggs,
hams, beei, butter, miik, coffee, tea, sugar, dried fruit,
corn, starch, gelatine, meal, grits, flour, rice, jelly,
ph kies, preserves, allspice, pepper, sage, Ac.
Sent to ihe Western Army at Corinth, Miss.—March
19—llj Mrs E. It.-Newsom—100 shirts, loO pillows, ItO j
pillow slips 50 quilts, 28 oed licks. 21 piiiow ticks, 1 tK> j
toivels, 100 slitits, 100 pair drawers, 1 i.rge box lint, 1
bandages, haudkeruhiels, linen, Ac.
April 5.—bent to the Western Army, by Dr. J. H.
Calvert—100 comforts, 100 sheet*, 100
niilow
—-wers, 80 pair
DilktVd Tt<l ?rw'*~ ' *—
books, 20 bottles wine, 2 bottks catsup, i bottles por
ter, 2 buttles cordial, 1 bo.tle ether, 1 bottle tomato
beer, 1 bottle number six, 1 bottle brandy cherries, 1
bottle noney, 1 bottle pepper sauce, 1 bottle mustard,
1 bottle cherry pector-l, 1 bott e csslcP oil, 1 dozen
paregoric, 1 box soap, 1 box candles, slippery elm,
salve, sponge, wax, 6 .-pltioons.
April 7.—Sent to the Western Army at Corinth,
Mbs., by Dr. W. i'. Westmoreland—59 comforts, 47
sheets, 100 pillow slips, 6 mattress ticks, 200 ihirts, SC
pairs drawers, 40 pair paints, 100 pair socks, lint and
bandages, 10 gallons whisky, 8 gallons brandy, 10
bottles morphine,castile soap, sponge, Ac.
The Society returns many tuanks for these liberal
contributions, and earnestly solicit from others simi
lar favors, as the Hospitals have not yet been removed
from here nor will they be soon.
Mrs. WK31 MORE LAND, President
L08. Cczxrt, Secretary.
QUEEN A CO.’S,
M&rieu* Stre«l.
W. H. JOMIS*
BiVfll iOIUKR.
H. JOISER A: SOX,
SACON \ WESTERN RAU4KJAD.
Util'.* to Kiaciin. 102 Mile* Fwe, J4 4#
ALFRED L TYLER, Superintendent-
Vlaco* A Wbstsxn Railroad Co*ram, 1
M&cou, Georgia, July 30, IS61. )
) M and alter Suuday, 4th of Augurt th*
Pa*sotiger and Mail Train will run a* *>»-
»• :
save Macon -•'* JJ’
mve at Atlanta - 4 J-
mve* at Macon - IS
Thi* Train connect* with Central, Bouth-
satern and Muscogee Railroad* at Mapon
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
So. 15, Alabama street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
J£EEF constantly on hand—
FLOUR. BALT, BACON,
RICE, SUGAR, SYRUP,
CORN, WHEAT, OATS,
IRISH POTATOES. RYE, A<
mart ly 1
69 DOZEN.
W E h«ve just ree«;veo AOd-aen DRESSING j
COMBS For »aie to tne trade. Or^sr
•oon. Also
4 barrel* Sulphur and Brimstone.
J® barrel* liexwaa CoehtnfaL
Hamilton, marxley a jotNt**-
ap4-UTjiy’«?
Distributions by Atlanta Hospital Asso-
c iation.
Atlanta Hospital Association has distributed among
the various hospitals now In owr city and elsewhere,
the following items:
SOu shirts, 475 pair drawers, 475 sheets, 425 comforts,
680 pillow eases, i59 pillows. S!0 towels, 16d table nap
kins, 6 dressing gowns, 214 pair socks, 86 hankerchiefs.
125 dozen eggs, 80 bushels potatoes, 60 bags dried fruit,
450 bottles d-ffereni wines, 17 Jars pickles, 10 cans seal
ed fruit, 12 bottles honey, 15 bottUs brandy, IS bottles
corn Whisky, 75 bottles cordial. 10 bottles castor oil, 1
bottle cologne, 1 gallon Godfrey's cordial, 3 gslhm.
vinegar, 200 haversacks well filled with cooked provis
ions, given to our soldiers on leaving for their regi
ments ; large quantities of ham, beef, butter, milk,
lard, tea, coffee, sugar, corn starch, gelatin, tapico
arrow root, gum-arabic, horse raddish, alum, flaxseed
meal, grits, flonr, rice, jelly, preserves, allspice, balm,
pepper, sage, Ac., Ac.
Sent to Corinth, Mira., by Dr. Calvert—10* pillow
eases, 100 sheets, 66 shirts, 53 pair dra-ers. 30 towels,
23 comforts, 22 mattresses, 1 bale beds, 1 bolt home-
spun, large number pillows, bandages, quantity lint,
1 bag griu, 1 bag apples. 2 bags rice, red and bla^k
pepper, sage, gelatin, wine, catsup, corn stareh, pickles,
preserves, honey, spice, soap, flour, sffpp»ry elm. A«.
Sent to Corinth. Mi»s„ by Dr W. J. Westmoreland—
100 pillow cases, 26 counterpanes, 20 pillows, 16 com
forts, 16 cotton mattresses, 12 pair drawers, 7 shirts,
large number bandages, old clothes, towels; 1 bag
fruit, 1 bag rice. 1 big peas, S jars pickles, 27 bottles
wine, 1 jar preserves. 2 bottles catsup. caDdies. soap,
matches, mustard, pepper, rpice, ginger, tea, coffee,
sugar, slippery elm, crackers, cakes, flour, earn starch,
sage, Ac.
Sent to Corinth, Miss., by Mrs. K. It. Newsom—A
large box containing sheets, shirts, piliews, pillow
cas >s, comforts, towel:, drawsrs, bandagis, lint, rags,
old clothes, wine, Ac.
Sent to Dr. rim, of Columbus, Miss.—106 pillow
cases, 79 towels. 59 shirts, £2 pair drawers. 8 table
cloths. 41 pair aocks, 8 comforts, 1* quilts, it bun rise
rap, 3 bettUs catsup, 6 bottle# wine, * cans fruit, 2
j bottles brandy, 141 yards Bandages ; lint, dried fruit.
1 sage, pepper, rice, grits, mutton suit, Ac.
| We hope our friends at a disrar.ee vil! still coe‘ , nne
j to send us sack articles a* our sick and woenAcd sel-
j fliers may need
Miss Erx H
Met ISAAC WINJIilP,Fresh
Goode, Sec-eesnv.
M0EE TEC OPS WANTED.
H*AD-quasnsRS, Daltos, Ga , }
March 27, 1S62. j
I WILL receive three c n pames ta complete
an independent rev;meat I ia tnittorised
by the 6«**«tiry of * ar to ra se
Companies or indivtdwn* t«»de tag t-«r
service* at mv Camps, or by writtfif to aco
wi.i receive orders for transportation to tuts
place- I will recti e fraction*' parti *>f «osa-
pante* on ihs sacie tertui, aid give them t:r*e
w£ii« ia camp K h i ap
Filty Do.lars bounty will be paid M scon as
they arrive at my camps Ine money is ter*.
apni2 2m COL. JitbSM A. Gl«ENN.
The Couscriptiou Bill,
A BILL ENTITLED “AN ACT TO FUR
THER PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC DE
FENCE.”
Ssctigh I. The Congreis of the Confederate
States ef America do enact, That the President
be, sod he is hereby, authorized to call out
and place in the military service of the Con
federate States, for three years, unless the
war shall have been sooner ended, ail white
men who are residents of 1 he Confederate
States, between the ages of eighteen and
thirty-five years at. the time the call or oalls
may bo made, who are not legally exempted
from military service. All of the persons
aforesaid who aro new in the armies of
the Confederacy, and whose term of service
will expire before the eod of the war, shall
be coutiaued in the service for three years
from the date of their original enlistment,
unless the war shall have been sooner ended:
Provided, however, That all snen companies,
battalions and regiments, whose term of orig
inal enlistment was for twelve months, shall
have the right, within forty days, on a day
to be Sxod by the commander of the brigade,
to re organize said companies, battalions and
regiments, by electing all their officers, which
they had aright heretofore to elect, who shall
be commissioned by the President: Provided,
further, That furloguhs not exceeding sixty
days, with transportation home and back;
shall be granted to all those retained in the
service by the provisions of this act beyond
the period of their original enlistment, and
who have heretofore not received furloughs
under tbe provisions of an act entitled "An
Act providing for the granting of bounty and
furloughs to privates and non>commisstoned
officers in the Provisional Army,” approved
ll.h December, eighteen hundred and sixty-
one, said furloughs to be granted at such
times and in suco numbers as the Secretary
of War may deem most compatible with the
public interest; and Provided further, That
ia iivti of a furlough, the commutation value
in money of the ransportatitfn hereinbefore
granted, shall be paid to each private, musi
cian, or non commissioned officer who may
eieot to receive n at such time as the furlougn
would otherwise be granted : Provided, fur
ther, Tnat ail persons under the age of eigh
teen years, or over the age of thirty-five
years, who are now enrolled iu the military
sorrico of tbe (Jenfederale States, in thereg-
iiianis, ballalleas and companies hereafter
to b* organized, s.:aii be required to remain
ia ih« r teApsciive c-inpauies, battalions aud
DgiriieniS for siae.y days, unless their places
can sooner be etiptmeu fey cber rtCruiuLgoA
irmjaTueii aCV,‘nuty• five years, and ali laws
and parts of laws providing for the re enlist
ment oi volunteers, and the organization
thtieef it“o companies, battalions or regi-
itnetiis, sf-ali be, and the sama sue hereby,
repealed.
Ei,0- 12. Be it further enacted, That such
companies, squaaroue, battalions, or regi-
meals organized, or ia process of orgauiz*-
liOD by authority from tae Secretary of War,
as may be wimia thirty dr.ys from the pass
age of this act. so far completed as to have
the whole number of raoa requisite for or
ganization *C‘naily enrolled, not embracing
in said organizations any person new in ser
vice shall be mustered into tbe service of
the Confederate States as part of the laud
forces of the same, to be received in that arm
of the service in which they ere authorized
to organize, and shall elect their company,
battalion akd regimental officers.
Sec. 3. Be it Junker enacted, That for the
enrolment of all persons comprehended with
in the provisions of this act, who are not al
ready in service in the armies of the Confed
erate States, it shall be lawful for the Presi
dent, with the consent of the Governors of
tbe respective States, to employ State officers,
and on failure to obtain such consent, he
shall employ Confederate officers, charged
with the duty of making such enrolment ia
accordance with rules and regulations to be
prescribed by him.
Sec. 4. Be it further■ to,acted, That persons
enrolled under the provisions of the preced-
iog section shall be assigned by the Secretary
of ITar to the different companies now iu
service, until each company is filled to its
maximum number, and the persons so en
rolled shall be assigned to companies from
the Stales from which they respectively come.
Sec. 5- Be if further enacted, That all sea
men and ordinary seamen in the land forces
of the Confederate Abates, enrolled tinder the
provisions of this act, may, on application
of the Secretary ef the Navy, be transferred
fram the land forces to the naval service.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That in all
cases where a State may not have in the army
a number of regiments, battalions, squadrons
er companies, euffictent'to absorb the cumber
of persons subject to military service under
thi* set, belonging to such State, then the
residue or excess thereof shad be kept as a
reserve, under suoh regulations as may be
established by tbe Secretary of W ar , and
tbit at stated periods of not greater than
three months, details, de’ermined by lot,
shall be made from said reserve, so that each
comoanv shall, a* nearly as practicable, be
kept* fufl. Provided. Tbat the persons held
in reserve may remain at home nntii called
into ter vise by the President. Provided,
aise. That dnrirg their stay at home, they
shall not receive pr.y. Provided, further,
That the persons esmprehended in this act
shall not be subject to the rules aad articles
of war until mastered into the actual service
of the Confederate States ; except that said
wereocs. ween •moiled and Iiaole to duty, if
they shall wilfwUy refuse .0 eb«y said call,
each r.f to#m shall be held to be a deserter,
and runiched as sac* ai der said articles:
Provided further Tost whenever, in the opin
ion of the President, the exigencies of the
public service may require It, h* shall be au-
1 homed to call into actual service the entire
rest-ve or so much a? may be necessary, not
previously ns-gsed ta different companies in
*erv ; cs citdsr erov:*l*n of section four of ied
3W •* **ia reserve : « org&e.xed under such
ral-ffi a* the bec'ftsry of War msy adopt:
Provided. The emnnsay, t.auancn or ragi-
a.atwl *Soers el^ii be - fc.'.-d by the troops
•oEpe.iM e * «: Proved, I be troops
-a eftir. any * A e-ml n»t be coari tn-d
iu reffifceotal, ba AUon. sq.ndton nr cm-
pany orgwn.xativn Wita troops railed m any
other State*-
Skc. 7. Be it further enacted, That all aol-
j filers now serving in the army or mustered
: in the military service of the Confederate
3tqt->s, or enrolled in said service under the
j authorizations heretofore issued by the Seore
tary of War, aud wbo are continued in the
service by virtue of this act, who have not
received the bounty of fifty dollars allowtd
by existing laws, shall be entitled to receive
said bounty.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That each
man who may hereafter be mustered into the
service, and who shall arm himself with a
musket, shotgun, ritte or carbine, aooepted
as an efficient weapon, shall be paid the value
thereof, to be ascertained by the mustering
officer under such regulations as may be pre
scribed by the Secretary of War, if he is wil
ling to sell the same, and if he is not, then
he shall be entitled to receive one dollar a
mouth for the use of said received and ap
proved musket, rifle, shotgun or oarbine.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That person*
not liable to military duty may be received as
substitutes for those wbo are, under such
regulations as may be prescribed by the Sec
retary of War.
Sec. 10. Be it-further enacted, That all va
cancies shall be filled by the President from
the company, battalion, squadron or regiment
in which sue vacancies shall uccurr, by pro
motion accordin to seniority, except in
cases of disability or other iucompeienoy :
Provided, however, That the President may,
when, in his opinion, it may be proper, fill
such vacancy or vacancies by the promotion
of any officer or officers, or private or pri
vates from such company, battalion, squad
ron or regiment, who shall have been distin
guished in the service by exhibition of valour
and skill, and that whenever a vacanoy shall
occur in tho lowest grade of the commission
ed officers of a company, said vaoancy shall
be filled by election : Provided, That all ap
pointments made by tbe President shall be
by and with the advice and oonsont of the
Senate
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the pro
visions of the first section of this act re
lating to the electiou of officers shall apply
to those regiments, battalions and squadrons
which are composed of twelve months and
war companies combined in the same organ
ization, without regard to the manner in
which the officers thereof were originally ap
pointed.
Sec. 12 Be it further enacted, That each
company of infantry shall consist of one hun
dred aud twenty-five rank and file; each
company of field artillery of one hundred
aud fifty rank unfl fit-.- 1 - - •
Sko. 13 Be it further enacted, That all per
sons surject to enrolment, who are now in
the service, under the provisions ef this act,
shall be permitted previous to suoh enrol
ment to volunteer iu companies now in the
service. t
Notice to Kuilroad Contractor*,
I*Santer« and Others.
NEW ORLEANS AND TEXAS RAILROAD
COMPANY.
T HIS company i* now prepared to reeeixe
proposals for the Grading, Bridging and
Superstructure of their entire Rood, trom New
Iberia, on the Bayou Techo, to Orange, on the
Sabine River, one hundred and seventeen
miles-
The road passes through the prairie* of Cal
casieu, a region of country periectiy healthy
and abundantly supplied with provision*,
being adjacent to tue great stock and grain
growing region of Texas; and safe from inva
sion, tbe coas-, of the gulf being lined by an
impassable marsh.
It ia the only link wanting to connect New
Orleans with the railroad system of Texas,
and th >s opening to our wnole country one of
the most productive regions on the continent.
This Company will be prepared to contract
with one or more individuals for the construc
tion of the whole or part of the road, or to
hire from one to two tnousand negroes.
Payments will be made in money, and snch
p-op^rtions of stock as is usual for each class
of work.
Transportation, provisions and clothing for
ali negroes brought on this work, will be fur
nished if desired,
There will be about one million and a half
cubic yards of excavation and embankment,
and about tt irty thousand lineal feet of bridg-
Tho wants of our community require the
completion of this Road in the shortest possi-
b.e time, and it will be done. All interested
parties will keep this in mind.
Communications must be addressed to
Col A « GENTRY, President.
Or to E. L. HERIOT, Chief Engineer,
apj i ai k0 Common street, N. O.
WM, H. DeSHONG.
SEAL ESTATE AGENT
AMD
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
I HAVE opened a bouse on Whitehall*;,** it,
near Mitchell, for the purpose of doing
GROCERY AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.
Aa kinds of Country Produce bought and »oid
and a welt-assorted stock of Groceries kept on
hand, which will be sold cheap for caeh. A
reasonable share ot patronage solicited.
feb6-tf
HENDERSON, TERRY & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Mo. fib, CA&ONDELET BXREET,
ORLEANS, LA.
Particular attention given to the pureha** of
SUGAP. and MOLASSES.
Refer to Messrs Salmons A Simmon*, Atlan
ta. Georgia. j an 40-8 m.
WANTED.
'T'EN practical HATTER3. who undemUnd
A the form ttg aud manufacturing of Wool
Hats by macntnery Steady employment and
good w ges.
*p3-lm JOHN M. HOLBROOK-
Wanted.
A smart, active White Boy, 14 to 18 year*
old —honest, and not afraid to work. Ap
ply to BROWN A HAPE,
Apr 1 32 St Dental Depot, Whitehall 8t.
SCATHE BLADES.
Crt DOZEN SCYTHE BLADES, at $30 per
t/V dosen. For sale by
m*r38-3m 8. B. ROBSON A CO
Gao. Rail Road Orrica, t
Atlanta, April 12, 1882. j
T HE Georgia Rail Road will not Transport
Molasses unlesa packages are first in good
order, and shipper endorse receipt exempting
Road from liability for leakage
April 12 tf JAS. H PORTER, Agent.
RIO COFFEE.
5Q SACKS RIO COFFEE—very fine. For
sale by
mar2S 1m
S. B. ROBSON A CO.
0SNA3URGS.
BALES No. 1 08NABURGS for sale by
OO WOODSON A REDDING,
April 20-1 w Thomaaion, Ga.
TOBACCO? TOBACCO!
QCH BOXK8 SUPERIOR TOBACCO-flne-
OcJv/ ly assorted. _For sale by
apl2-lm
8. B ROBSON A CO.
Southern Right* Towels.^
QF GEORGIA COTTON* and made by Geor
gia hand*.
apl2-tf
j. McPherson a co.
40
TANNEK’S OH.
BARRELS FOR SALE BY
Dime*, wilbon * o
Octob* IS, 188!-if
COLD! GOLD!
I HA YE several valuable Gold Mining Lots
of Land in Georgia, which I will trade for
good city property, well located for business,
in any flourishing Southern city. For further
particulsrs, address T H KILGO.
April 19- 1m Dahlonega, Ga.
Flour.
BBLS. Superfine Floor, “Etowah
200 Sacks Extra Family Flour, “Hender
son’s Mills." For sale by
AprilK-tf ANDERSON, ADAIR A CQ.
A Sealed Note, given by Jo*. J* W. Wilaon
to B. V. Willingham or bearer, on the
1st July, 1848, for $139.14, and dne one day
after date. It ha* on it a credit o $10, the
10th August, 1844. All person* are warned
not to trade for said note, a* it haa not been
paid, or disposed of by me.
' B. V. WILLINGHAM.
Nov.24’61tf
$10,000 Wortu
OF CITY PROPERTY FOR SALE.
QEVERAL Dwellings convenient to the busi-
O ne ts part of the city, thre> or tour Business
Houser on Whitehall street, and l60 acres of
Woodland near tue eity.
Person* wishing to purehaae such property
would do well to call on the subscribers soon,
ss we are determined to sell. Cell at No. 4,
Whitehall street. I- G. MITCHELL A CO.
Apr.l 22-1 w
Fin nnn BARTLETT'S BETWEEN
DU) UUU Needles, assorted, at whole
sale only.
40 Gross Pearl Buttons.
40 Gross German Silver and Plated Thim
bles.
100 Gross Steel Pena.
40 Groes Cedar Pencils.
18 Gross Carpenter's Pencils.
api2-tf J- M0PHER8ON A 00.
p. jk. McDaniel,
WHOLESALE GROCER,
AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
an Dianna ns
ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE,
Hunter Street, between Whitehall and Prior,
Afkade, 47«er|ta.
March 28.
Dr. B. V. Willingham
T ENDERS his professional services to the
eitisens of AtlanU and the surrounding
country.
RESiDENCE, where he may be found at
night, on Peach-Tree street, in the house re
cently occupied by Dr. J. P. Logan.
OFFICE, where he mav be found during
the day, in Connelly'* Building, corner White
hall and Alabama atreet*, up *Uirs.
feb22-ly
CADEN A ANDERSON,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
4$ Magaxme Strati,
NEW ORLEANS.
*. cans*, I I
■* I 1
Dee
ia*. a annao*,.
Woodruff** BuUdtng,
dklanla, Ga.
T.ATO AND BACON.
1 flfl BARRELS PRIME LEAF LARD;
JLUU 35,800 lbs. Superior Bacon.
For sale by
apl$-lm A B. ROBSON A CO
WANTED 1
AT THE
Atlanta Steam Tannery,
FOR CASH.
5,000 Cords Berk.
R, T. HE5DBROON, Agent.
January lf-dtf.