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THE PUBLIC GOOD BEFORE PRIVATE ADVANTAGE.
BY ADAIR & SMITH.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1862.
VOLUME II—NO: 63
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JEORGIA RAILROAD.
ugucta to Atlanta, 171 Miles—Faro,...-$6 69
GEORGE YONGE, Superintendent.
NORMIIM) fASSBEBEB TRAIB.
(Sundays excepted.)
saves Atlanta, daily, at...- 7.00, A. M
rrives at Augusta at.., “ “•
saves Augusta, daily, at ».A0, A. »
rrives at Atlanta at *•*•» * •
nisQT pasbeivoir and mail trair.
saves Atlanta, daily, at - T.40, P. M.
rrives at Augusta at “•
saves Augusta at - jr. .
r.-ives at Atlanta at...» — JOk » A- “*
TO CONNECT WITH
ATHENS and WASHINGTON.
eave Augusta -
rrive at Athens .7?’ ** r}'
rrive at Washington f 77'
eave Athens » **’ £ „
rrive at Atlanta ‘- 1 ®* ”• M *
TO CONNECT WITH WARKENTOM.
eave Augusta 4.00, P. M., and Atlanta T.00,
rrive at Warrenton * **’ p
rrive at Augusta 6.66, P. M., and at Atlanta
at 2.06, A. M. .
This Road runs in connection with the Trains
r the South Carolina and the Savannah and
ugusta Railroads, at Augusta.
ATLANTA At WEST-POINT R. R.
.tlanta to West-Point, 87 Milos—Fare,..$3
GEORGE G. HULL, Superintendent.
MAIL TRAIN.
.eaves Atlanta, daily, at- * ®*'
irrives at West-Point at..... - > • *
x'avos West-Point, daily, at - J ®®> p - *•
irrives at Atlanta at
fkkigbt train.
>avcs Atlanta, daily, at
trrives at West-Point at......—
Leaves West-Point, daily, at
trrives at Atlanta, at
This Road connects with the Montgomery A
West-Point Road at West-Point.
6.38, P. M.
8.08, A. M.
i.45, P. M
7.80, A. M.
4 63, P. M
Atlanta Post-Office Regulations.
ARRIVAL AND CLOSING OF MAILS, Ac
BY GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Due, dally, at tM A. M
Closes, dally, at e.oo P. M
BY WESTERN A ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
Due, dally, at 4.15 p.jj
Closes, dally, at * 9.00 P. M.
BY ATLANTA A WEST-POINT RAILROAD.
Due, daily, at 6.15 P. M.
Closes, dally, at 9.00 p. m
BY MACON A WESTERN RAILROAD.
Due, dally, at A00 P. M.
Closes, dally, at 9.00 P. M.
OFFICE HOURS.
Tills Office will be kept open as follows:
Open Ttf A.M. Close at .1 p.M.
Open at 2tf P.M. Closeat... 6P.M.
SUNDAY.
Open at 8 AM. Closeat 9!k AM.
Open at 5 P.M. Close at 6 P.M.
The office will be closed on the arrival of each mall
unlll the same Is distributed.
THOS. 0. HOWARD,
. Post-Master.
Atlanta, March 11, 1862.
GORDON SPRINGS
Near Tunnel Hill Station, Georgia,
FOR SALE.
FOR CONFEDERATE NOTES OR EX
CHANGE FOR NF.GROE8.
T HIS fashionable and popular Watering
Place, is accessible by railroad from any
direction, and twelve miles from Dalton, in
Whitfield county, Georgia, and twenty-five
miles from Chattanooga. It has a fine Hotel,
containing thirty rooms, together with all ne
cessary out-houses, four collages with four
rooms each, and one large one story building,
with thirty rooms There are thirteen Springs
of Chalybeate, Sulphur, M-gnesia, Soda and
Freestone waters. A fine Stock Farm is at
tached to the Springs, ol between three and
four hundred acres, cultivated in grain, oi
which two hundred acres are creek bottom
land. A portion lies on tho mountain aide
(Taylor’s Range,) suitable for a vineyard, and
near the Hotel is an Orchard, with fruit ol
alrnoBt every deacription. These 8pri- g- are on
the Western A Atlantic railroad, and easy of
access, being convenient to those desiring a
pleasanLor summer residence.
Title guaranteed. Apply to
Passmore, lide a marshall,
Memphis, Teen.,
On 4* a. ix nanRAu
aplO lm Shell Mound, Tenn.
DRUGS, &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,
15 BBL8. OF NO. 1 REFINED TANNER’S
OIL.
AND 25 BBL8. TANNER’S OIL, AT
REDUCED RATES.
HAMILTON, MAKKLEY A JOYNER.
mar28-t37jly’6S.
E. M. EDWARUY,
Family Groceries*
—AMD—
COMMISSION MERCHANT
AT GKO. H. DANIEL’S OLD STAND,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga.
■gr Particular attention given to all orders,
janll-tf
BN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD.
, Chattanooga, 138 Miles—Fare,....$»•
8. ROWLAND. Superintendent.
«mHT passaiiaaa teaim.
tlanta. daily, at 7.3J. P- JJ.
A Chattanooga, at—. 4.16, A. ■
hatunooga, daily, at • ’
t Atlanta, at *•**• A M
fkeiobt, mail ard passbrebr trair.
tlanta, daily, at.— A ’ ^
f s :
t Atlanta at - 4 ,0 - F ’
.ad connecu,eacn mj.with the> Rom«
ail road at Kingston, the East. Ten-
d Georgia Rial road at Dalton, and the
« A Chattanooga Railroad at Chatta-
MACON A WESTERN RAILROAD.
Atlanta 10 Macon, 103 Milea—Pare, $4 *•
ALFRED. L. TYLER, Superintendent
Macob A Western Railroad Company, |
Macon, Georgia, July 39, 1861. )
O N and after Sunday, 4th of August, the
Passenger and Mail Tram will run as fol
lows :
Leave Macon - 1 ® A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta - 4 P. M.
Leaves Atlanta $-®® A. M.
Arrive* at Macon - 12.96 M.
This Train connects with Central, South
western and Muscogee Railroads at Macon
Direct from Ireland!
Blockade, Stone Fleet and the Rail Split
ter to the Contrary Notwithstanding.
J UST received from three to five hundred
barrels of
IRISH POTATOES,
large, sound, and of Mercer descent, suitable
for the table or for planting, and may be found
FOSTER, QUEEN A CO. 8,
jan. 12-t5my’62 Marietta Street.
Contributions received by the “ Ladies’
Soldier’s Relief Society” for the At
iauta Hospitals, from April 9th to April
22nd.
April 9th.—Haynavllle, A!a.—21 mattresses, 20 pil-
lowit, 6 eomlorta, 8 sheets, 1 pr pillow slips.
Ladies’ Soldiers’ Kelief Society, Atlanta, Ga.—18
handkercbiels, 19 shifts, 9 pair drawers.
Mrs. White, Newton county, Ga—2 sheets, 3 pair
drawers, 8 pair socks.
Dirt Town, Chattooga county.—1 jar butter.
Dalton, Ga.—J. L. Cohen, 1 sack dried fruit.
April 10.—Mrs. Dr. Thompson.—1 package of ban
dages, 1 package old linen.
Mrs. George Heard, Lagrange, Ga.—1 package lint.
April 12.—Mrs. K. Wood. Camming, Ga.—1 quilt, 1
sheet, 1 towel, o.d cioth, pepper.
Miss Theresa Shorter, Columbus, Ga.—10 towels, 1
comfort, 3 pillow slips, 4 sheets, 1 shite, 1 pair drawers,
4 boxcw musiard, 2 bottles paregoric, old linen.
April 15.—Mhledgevil.e, Ga.—I box containing 12
sheets, 25 pillow slips 17 pillows, 12 towels, 2 comforts
4 quilts, 1 diessing-gown, 1 package sugar, 1 package
rice, 1 package sage, 1 package pepper, old linen.
April 17.—Mrs. C. Berry, Tallapoosa county, Ain.—
1 sheet, 2 pair pillow slips, 1 shirt, 1 towel, old linen, 6
candles, 1 bottie honey, 2 bottles wine, slippery elm.
Mrs. J. 8. llatcher.—1 pair socks. . •
Mrs. C. bass.—1 quilt, 2 pillow slips, 2 pillows, old
linen, mutton suet, slippery elm.
Apr.l It.—Forsyth Ga.—1 quilt, I counterpane, 2 pil
lows, 6 pillow slips, 2 towels, 2 sheets, 4 shirts, old linen,
1 sack nee, 1 bottle honey, 1 bag dried fruit, 1 box soap.
April 19.—L. 8. K. Society, Atlanta, Ga. 21 sheets, 2
pair pillow slips, 1 pair socks, 5 towels.
April 21, 1 box.—Canton, Clierokee county.—Mrs. Su
san Brewster.—1 shirts, 2 sheets, old cloths, slippery
elm, pepper, sage.
Mrs. oallie N, Galt.—1 coinfort, 4 pillows, 4 pair pil
low slips, 1 cloth coat and test, i, shut, lpair socks,old
line , hops.
April 21.—1 box, Soldiers’ Eel ef Society, Manassas,
Barlow county, Georgia—1 comfort, 2 pillows, 2 pillow
slips, 2 towels, 2 los. of but.er, 1 loaf bread, crackers, 1
bag grits, 8 bottle, beer, I bottle pickles, 1 box allspice,
1 box saive, 1 Testament.
Apri 22.-2 boxes from Mrs. E. 0. Dowdell end Mrs.
S. A Dowell, Oakl .nd, Ga.—2 corn lofts, 2 quilts, 2 blan-
ke *, 4 she t ., 3 shirts, 4 pr drawers, 12 pr socks, 1 bed
tick, 2 bags dried Irun, 2 bags grits, 1 pap r corn starch,
2 bott.es cherry ahrub, 7 bottles of wl e, 12 lbs. soap, i
bottle Cordial, 2 bottles peppe mint.'
April 22.—Mrs. Minnie Gibson and Miss Lizzie White,
Loi% cane, Troup county, Ga.—1 large box of lint, and
bandages.
Money Received.
April 9.—Mrs. White, Newton county, Ga., $6.
April In.—Citizens of McDonough, Ga., $78.
April II—Soldiers Kelief Society, Milledgevflle, G«.,
$16.
April 15,—Johnson and Ch. l.tie’s Minstrels, $76. A
La y of C'uihbe. t, Ga., through Mr. Hoot, $1.
April 18.—Military Aid society, Mobile, Ala., $100.
Money Expended—$293.80.
Distributed among tbe various Hospitals from April
9 to Apiil 22.—25 mattrei-ses, 8 blankets, 88 sheets, 85
pillow cases, 81 shirts, 17 pair drawers, 17 pair socks, 5
robes, 27 towels; 20 bottles wine, 5 bottles corulal, pie-
kies, preserves, jelly, honey, meal, rice, flour, grits, su-
gar, butler, coffee, tea, corn starch, gelatine, dried fruit,
sage, pepper, Ac. m
April 10.—Seat to Dr. Pim, Columbus, Miss.—6 com
forts, 31 blankets, 24 pillows, 59 pillow cases, 7 sheets,
26 towels, 8 bolsters, 100 shirts. 60 pair diawers, Ml pair
7 pr elippers, 8 combs and brushes, 6 spittoons, 1 dozen
bottles paregoric, 12 bottles salve, sponges, wax, pep
per, sage, tea, soap, Ac., 1 large box of lint, bandages,
and old linen.
Tbe Society returns many thanks for the foregoing
contributions, aud earnestly solicit a continuation of
such donations, as the Surgeons are expecting the arri
val of more sick and wounded soldiers.
Mrs. M. J. WESTMORELAND,
President L. S. K. S.
Lot’. C'ozabt, Secretary.
ratLAiri>BK r. mu
LDCIRN B. DAVIS
PE ASE & DAVIS)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
4
GROCERS
—AND—
Commission Merchants*
Peachtree Street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
w. ■- JOINER
■ ANSEL JOINER,
H. JOINER & SON,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 15, Alabama street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
EEP constantly on hand—
CHOICE FAMILY FLOUR,
RICE, SALT.
*25 TIERCES RICE,
TANNER’S OIL,
SYRUP, SUGAR,
*200 BBLS. VINEGAR,
BACON,
LARD,
K 1
FLOUR, SALT, BACON,
RICE, SUGAR, SYRUP,
CORN, WHEAT, OATS,
IRISH POTATOES, RYE, Ac;
mar2- ly
‘ 00 DOZ5BN.
W E have j»*t received •» dosen DRESSING
COMBS. For sale to the trade. Oruer
Sulphur and Brimstone-
"H’SffifltfBSKSrtjOTia
ap4-t27jly’«3
CRUSHED ii POWDERED
S U G A R S .
TOBACCO AND CIGARS,
PEASE A DA v IS.
Jar. 1-tf.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, 1
Southern District of Georgia- j
IN ADMIRALTY.
Ix CuaMtaas, April 2d, 1862.
B Y virtue < f an order from the Judge of the
District Court of the Confederate States
for the Southern District of Georgia, in Admi
ralty, I will set up and expoee for sale to the
highest bidder, on Friday, the 18-h day of
April inst., at 11 o’clock, A. M. of that day. in
the city of 8avannah, on the wharf under La-
Ri ehe A Bell’s Auction aod Commission Store,
the Tackle. * ppsrel and Furn.iure ana Car
go. consisting of 2iS Uhds and 74 Bole. P»no
Kico Muscovado Sugar, an i 20 Hhdfl. do do
Molasses, of the prise brig 8*nta Clera.
CHAS. a USHER, c. 8. Dep. Marshal.
8*VanBah, April 2,1562. april ll-2*wtd.
The Couscriptiou Bill.
A BILL ENTITLED “AN ACT TO FUR
THER PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC DE
FENCE.”
Section 1. The Congress 0/ the Confederate
States of America do enact, That the President
be, and he is hereby, authorized to call out
and place iu the military service of the Con
federate States, for three years, unless the
war shall have been sooner ended, all white
men who are residents of the Confederate
States, between the ages of eighteen and
thirty-five years at the time the call or calls
may be made, who are not legally exempted
from military service. All of the persons
aforesaid who are now in the armies of
the Confederacy, and whose term of service
will expire before the end of the war, shall
be continued in the service for three years
from the date of their original eulistment,
unless the war shall have been sooner ended:
Provided, however, That ail such 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 fixed 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 aud back,
shall be grauted 10 all those retained in the
service by tbe provisions of this act beyend
tbe period of their original enlistment, and
who have heretofore not received furloughs
under the provisions of an act entitled “An
Act providing for the granting of bounty and
furloughs to privates and non*,commissioned
officers in the Provisional Army,” approved
11th December, eighteen hundred and sixty-
one, said furloughs to be granted at such
limes and in such numbers as tbe Secretary
of War may deem most compatible with the
public interest; and Provided further, That
iu lieu of a furlough, the commutation value
in money of the ransportaiiou hereinbetore
grauted, shall be paid to each private, musi
cian, or non-commissioned officer who may
elect to receive it at such lime as the furlough
would otherwise be granted : Provided, fur
ther, That all persons under the age of eigh
teen years, or over the age of thirty**five
years, who are now enrolled in the military
service of the Confederate Slates, in the reg
iments, battalions aod companies hereafter
to be_ organized j. s ha 1 lb e required to remain
regiments fot ninety days, Unleao yiaoes
can sooner be supplied by other recruits not
now in the service, who are between the ages
of eighteen and thirty-five years, and all laws
and parts of laws providing for the re-enlist
ment of volunteers, and the organization
thereof iuto companies, battalions or regi-
iments, shall be, and the same ajte hereby,
repealed.
Sbc. 2. Be H further enacted, That such
companies, squadrons, battalions, or regi
ments organized, or in process of organiza
tion by authority from the Secretary of War,
as may be withiu thirty days from the pass
age of this act so far completed as to have
the whole number of men requisite for or
ganization actually enrolled, not embracing
in said organizations any person now in ser
vice, shall be mustered into the service of
the Confederate States as part of the land
forces of the same, to be received in that arm
of the servioe in which they are authorized
to organize, and shall elect their company,
battalion aed regimental officers.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That for the
enrolment of all persons comprehended with
in the provisions ol 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
the 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 in
accordance with rules and regulations to be
prescribed by him.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That persons
enrolled under the provisions of the preced
ing Bection shall be assigned by the Secretary
of War to the different companies now in
service, until each company is filled to its
maximum number, and the persons so en
rolled shall be assigned to companies from
the States from which they respectively come.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all sea
men and ordinary seamen in the land forces
of the Confederate States, enrolled under the
provisions of this act, may, on application
of the Secretary of the Navy, be transferred
from 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
or companies, sufficient to absorb the number
of persons subject to military service under
this act, belonging to such State, then the
residue or excess thereof shall be kept as a
reserve, under such regulations as may be
established by the Secretary of War, and
that at stated periods of not -greater than
three month*, details, determined by lot,
shall be made from said reserve, so that each
compan* shall, as nearly as practicable, be
kept fall. Provided, That the persons held
in reserve may remain at home until called
into service by the President. Provided,
also, That during their slay at home, they
shall not receive pay. Provided, further,
That the persons comprehended m this act
shall not be subject to the rates and articles
of war until mustered into ihe actual service
of the Confederate States ; except that said
persons when enroiied and liable to duty, if
they shall wilfully rsfuse to obey said call,
eacn of tnem shall be neid to be a deserter,
and punished as each under said articles :
Provided further. That whenever, in the opin
ion of the President, the exigencies of the
public service may require it, he snail be au
thorised to call into actual service the entire
reserve or so ranch as may be necessary, not
previously assigned to different companies in
service under provision of section four of this
act • said reserve be organized under such
rule’s as the Secretary of War m*y adopt:
Provided, The compacy, battalion or regi
mental officers shall be elected by the troops
composing the same: Provided, The troops
raised in any one S.a e shall not be combined
in regimental, bntallion, squadron, or com
pany organization with troops raised in any
other States.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That all sol
diers now serving in th« army or mustered
in the military service of the Confederate
States, or enrolled in said service under the
authorizations heretofore issued by the Secre
tary of War, and who are continued in the
servioe by virtue of (his aot, who have not
received the bounty of fifty dollars allowed
by existing laws, shall be entitled to receive
said bounty.
Sec. 8. Be it furtker enacted, That each
man who may hereafter be mustered into the
service, and who shall arm himself with a
musket, shotgun, rifle or carbine, accepted
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 (o sell the same, and if he is not, then
he shall be entitled to receive one dollar a
month for the use of said received and ap
proved musket, rifle, shotgun or oarbine.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That persons
not liable to military duty may be received as
substitutes for those who 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 tbe President from
the company, battalion, squadron or regiment
in which sue vacancies shall uccurr, by pro
motion acoordin to seniority, except iu
cases of disability or other incompetenoy :
Provided, however, That the President may,
hen, 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 vacancy shall
occur in tho lowest grade of the commission
ed officers of a company, said vacancy shall
be filled by election : Provided, That all ap
pointments made by tbe President shall be
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the pro
visions of the first section of this act re
lating to the election of officers shall apply
te 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
oompany of infantry shall consist of one hun-
(. 0 Qi’jkS’ j. „ rank and file; e&oh
and fifty ranK antPHtUV’^K- of one hundred
of eighty rank and file.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That all per
sons subject to enrolment, who are not now in
the servioe, under the provisions of this act,
shall be permitted previous to such enrol
ment to volunteer in companies now in the
service.
Wanted.
A smart, active White Boy, 14 to 16 years
old—honest, and not afraid to work. Ap
ply to BROWN A HAPE,
Apr 1 22 3t Dental Depot, Whitehall St.
SCYTHE BLADES.
DOZEN SCYTHE BLADES, at $30 per
dexen.
mar28-2m
For sale by
S. B. ROBSON A CO
Notice to Railroad Contractors,
Planters and Others.
NEW ORLEANS AND TEXAS RAILROAD
OOMPANY.
T HIS company is now prepared to receive
proposals for the Grading, Bridging and
Superstructure of their entire Road, irom New
Iberia, on the Bayou Teche, to Orange, on the
Sabine River, one hundred and seventeen
miles- .
The road passes through the prairies of Cal
casieu, a region of country’ perfectly healthy
and abundantly supplied with provisions,
being adjacent to the great stock and grain
growing region of Texas; and safe from inva
sion, the coast of the gulf being lined by an
impassable marsh.
It is the only link wanting to connect New
Orleans with the railroad system of Texas,
and thus opening to our whole 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 thousand negroes.
Payments will be made in money, and such
proportions of Btock as is usual for each class
of work.
Transportation, provisions and clothing for
all 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 abont tl irty thousand lineal feet of bridg-
* n 8-
The wants of our community require the
completion of this Road in the shortest possi
ble time, and it will be done. All interested
parties will keep this in mind.
Communications must be addressed to
Col. A M. GENTRY, President.
Or to E. L. HERIOT, Chief Engineer.
ap8-lm 90 Common street, N. O.
Will. H. SeSHONG.
BEAL ESTATE AGENT
▲JU>
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
I HAVE opened a house on WhitehallitD it,
near Mitchell, for the purpose of doing
GROCERY AND COMMISSION BU8INE8^
Aii kinds of Country Produce bought and sold
and a well-assorted stock of Groceries kept on
hand, which will be sold cheap for cash. A
reasonable share of patronage solicited.
feb$-tf
HENDERSON, TERRY & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 6u, UAKONDKLET STREET,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Particular attention given to the purchase of
SUGAR and MOLAS8E8.
Refer to Meson Salmons A Simmons, Atlan
ta. Georgia. jan39-6m
vV AHi TisiJLi.
■~pEN practical HATTERS, who understand
X the forming and manufacturing of Wool
Hats by machinery, steady employment and
g0 apLlm 8 *' JOHN M. HOLBROOK.
Geo. Rail Road Orncx, )
Atlanta, April 12, 1862. j
T HE Georgia Rail Road will not Transport
Molasses unless packages are first in good
order, and shipper endone receipt exempting
Road from liability for leakage
April 12-tf JAS. H. PORTER, Agent.
RIO COFFEE.
SACKS RIO COFFEE—very fine. For
sale by
marGS-lm
S. B. ROBSON A CO.
OSNABURGS.
QX BALES No. I OSNABURGS for sale by
O O WOODSON A REDDING,
April 30-lw Tbomaston, Ga.
TOBACCO? TOBACCO!
O C A BOXES SUPERIOR TOBACCO-fine-
Otlu ly assorted. For sale by
apl2-lm
S. B ROBSON A CO.
Southern Rights Towels.^
QF GEORGIA COTTON’ and made by Geor
gia hands.
ap!3 tf
j. McPherson a co.
TANNER’S OH.
4Q BARRELS FOR SALE BY
DIMICK, WILSON A O
Onlob* ts. IM 1-tf
GOLD! GOLD!
I HA YE several valuable Gold Mining Lots
of Land in Georgia, whicn I will trade for
good city property, well located for business, -:**
in any flourishing Southern city. For further
particulars, address T H. KILGO.
- Apri! 19-lm Dahlonega. Ga.
Flour.
BBLS. Superfine Flour, “Etowah
200 Sacks Extra Family Flour, “Hender
son’s Mills.” For sale by
April 16-tf ANDERSON, ADAIR a .
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A Sealed Note, given by Joe. J- W. Wilson
to B. V. Willingham or bearer, on the
1st July, 1858, for $139.16, and due one day
after date. It has on it a credit o $10, the
10th August, 1865. All persons are warned
not to trade for said note, as it has not been
paid, or disposed of b^ me.
Nov.33’61tf
WILLINGHAM.
$40,000 Worth.
OF CITY PROPERTY FOR SALE.
S EVERAL Dwellings convenient to the busi
ness part of the city, thren or four Business
Houses on Whitehall street, and 100 acreB of
Woodland near the city.
Persons wishing to purchase such properly
would do well to call on the subscribers soon,
ss we are determined to sell. Call at No. 5,
Whitehall street. I. G. MITCHELL A CO.
April 22-lw ' „
flAA BARTLETT’S BETWEEN
yUjV/Uv/ Needles, assorted, at whole
sale only.
50 Gross Pearl Buttons.
60 Gross German Silver and Plated Thim
bles.
100 Gross Steel Pens.
60 Gross Cedar Pencils.
10 Gross Carpenter's Pencils.
apl2-tf J. MoPHERSON A CO.
p. e. McDaniel,
WHOLESALE GKROCEB,
AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
an dials* m
ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE,
Hunter Street, between Whitehall and Prior,
Atlanta, Seargia.
March 20.
Dr. B. Y. Willingham
T ENDERS his professional services to the
citisens of Atlanta and the surrounding
country.
REStDENCE, 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's Bnilding, corner White
hall and Alabama streets, up stairs.
feb22-ly
LARD AND BACON.
BARRELS PRIME LEAF LARD;
36,000 lbs. Superior Bacon.
For sale by
apl2-lm S. B. ROBSON A CO
100
WANTHDi
AT THE
Atlanta Steam Tannery,
FOR CASH.
5,000 Cords Bark.
R. T. HENDERSON, Agent.
Jsnoary 17-dtf.
To Manufacturers and Ball road
road Companies Ac Tanneries.
BBLS. COAL SPINDLE OIL—a substi-
for Sperm in the finest machinery.
110 bbls. superior Machine Oil—suitable
for factories.
50 bbls. Pea Nut Oil.
10 bb.s. Machine Sperm Oil.
10V bbls. Tanner’s Oil, of various grades.
We offer the above cheap to eloee the lot.
aplO 2m MASSEY * LAN8DELL
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