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SOUTHERN CONFEDERA.CY
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GEO. W. ADAIR,...HEKLY SMITH,
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1863.
ciRHEST DAILY CIHWILAT1UH 15 THE STATE.
«rHBB FiKST PAGE.t»
Congrcti,
This body convened on Monday. There are
several things it should attend to tt once—some
of which we will point out. We will commence
with a wrong which has been done to some per-,
sons who have furnished substitutes in the army
according to law, and the.reguiations and in-
sructions of the War Department, but who are,
under later orders and instructions, (not by any
provision of law,) required to go into service,
notwithstanding their previous discharge accor
ding to law, and according to the instructions
issued by the War Department to those charged
with its execution.
The act of Congress of the 16ii> oi April last
—the first conscription act—contains this pro
vision :
“Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, that persons
not liable to military duty may be received as
substitutes for those who are, under such reg*
stations as may be prescribed by the Secretary
of War.”
This section says that “persons not liable to
military duty may be received as substitutes for
those who are.” In order to determine who
were, by this act, liable to military duty, and
who were not, we will give the following extract
from the first section of the same act:
“That the President be, and he is hereby, au
thorized to call out and place in the miitary
service ot Ihe Confederate States, for three
years, unless the war shall nave been sooner
ended, all white men who are residents of the
Conlederate States, between the ages of eighteen
and thirty-five years at the time the call or calls
were made, who are not legally exempted from
military service.”
Again:
“Provided, That all persons under the age of
eighteen and over the age of thirty-five years,
who arc now enrolled in the military servicj of
the Confederate States, in the regiments, battal
ions and companies hereafter to be organized,
shill be required to remain in iheir respective
companies, battalions and regiments for ninety
days, unless their places can sooner be .supplied
by other recruits not now in the service who are
between the ages of eighteen and thirty-live
years.”
This fixes the matter unmistakably. Those
between. 16 ana 35 were “liable to military
duty,” and those abeve and below these ages
, were not. The fact ihat the act of Congress
under consideration provided for enrolling all
men not in the army between these ages, and
for retaining in the army all between these ages,
who were then in service; and farther, for dis
charging from service all who were then in the
army, under or over these ages, is conclusive on
this point. Then, according to this act, any one
“liable to military duty,”- that is, between IS
and 35 years of age, could furnish a substitute
over or under these ages, according to law, and
be discharged from all military duty.
Under this set of Congress the Secretary of
War issued the following instructions:
- “18. When any person liable to military duty
under thi* act, but not yet mustered into service
in any company, desires to furnish a substitute,
he shall report himself with the substitute to the
commandant of a Camp of Instruction, and if
the substitute be lawfully exempt from military
duty, and on examination by a Surgeon or As
sistant Surgeon, be pronounced sound, and in
all respects fit for military service, he may re
discharged by the commandant ol the camp.”
Under the foregoing provision of the act of
Congress and instructions of the Jjecre-aTy'trt
War, some persons employed ^substitutes who
were over^j^earffold, but less than 45. This
..was strictly in accordance wi<h <he provisions
of the act and the instructions of the Secretar
ot War; yet the same officer on the 8th Sep
tember last issued orders from which the follow
ing is extracted:
“A substitute becoming liable to conscription,
renders bis principal also liable, unless exempt
on other grounds.”
The intention of this order is in clear violation
of the law oi Congress and conflicts with the
Secretary’s own previous instructions, in neither
of which any such iniimatiou was given, but
the manner in which a man might furnish a sub
stitute over 35 years of age is clearly laid down,
and a "discharge” to persons furnishing such
substitute, unequivocally guaranteed. But what
was the intention of this extraordinary order t
We shall see. Congress was then discussing a
new bill extending conscription from 35 to 45.—
That body dared not go back and undo its blun
ders by a retractive law. Accordingly the War
Department took upon itself to provide a remedy
by. disregarding and setting at noaght the solemn
provisions of an acrof Congress, which involved
the arbitrary abrogation of personal rights un
der that act.
Shortly thereafter Congress passed the act
extending Conscription to 45 years ofage. That
body, however, was careful to incorporate into
the new act the following words:
“Provided that nothing herein contained shall
be understood as repealing or modifying any
part ot the act to which this is ameudatory.”
Thns on the 26th September, Congress sol
emnly re enacted the provisions of the act of
the 16th April, guaranteeing to persons who
bad furnished snbstittutes under that act all
their rights nnder it—the “order” of the Secre
tary ot War of the 8th September to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Under this last act of Congress, the Presi
dent has called into service all persons be
tween the ages of 18 and 40 years; anl the
Secretary of War has attuned, without au
thority of law that all persons in the army
as substitutes between 36 and 40 are -‘liable
to epnscription,” and that therefore their
principals aro also liable. We say it is an
assumption, without the shadow of authority
in law. It is highhanded and sets at defiance
vested rights and individual liberty under
the solemn sanctions not only of law, bat of
the .'onstitution itself We cal, upon Con
gress to correct it.
Ws freely admit that it was a most egres
aiaus blunder in Congress, not enacting at
first that no one would be received as a sub
stitute nnder 45 years of age. We acknowl
edge the injnstiee of allowing one man under
45 years of age to serve as a substitute, and
get high pay therefor, while another is re
quired to serve in his own place and get only
eleven dollars a month. This is wrong. Snob
nevertheless is the deliberate provision of
Congress, which was published to the coun
try in good faith. Some of the citizens of
the several States are involved in it, having
received and acted upon this law of Congress
in the same good faith with which it was pro
claimed to them ; and no power under the
sun—not even Congress itself—can violate
the right of citizens thus involved, to undo
this wrong. It mnst be abided by, and Con
gress most be held responsible for passing'it;
ani the Secretary of Wav must be held to
answer for wantonly and intentionally viola
ting and setting it at nought, and disregard-*
ing the plainest legal and constitutional
rights of our citizens, who have acted in
good faith and are not to blame for any of
the blunders or misdeeds of either Congress
or the Wai Department.
Gen. Dee’s Address to the Array.
Hdq’rs. Army of Northern Va., 1
December 31,1962. j
General Orders, No. 138.
1. Hie General Commanding takes this
occasion io express to the officers and sol
diers of the army, his high appreciation, of
the fortitude, valor and devotion displayed
by them, which, under the blessing of
Almighty God, have added the victory of
Fredericksburg to the long list of their
triumphs.
An arduous march, performed with cel
erity under many disadvantages, exhibited
the discipline and spirit of the troops, and
their eagerness to confront the foe.
The immense army of the enemy com
pleted its preparations for the attack with
out interruption, and gave battle in its
own time, and on ground of its own selec
tion.
It was encountered by less than twenty
thousand of this^brave army and its col
umns, crashed and broken, hurled back- at
every point with such fearful slaughter,
that escape from entire destruction became
the boast of those who had advanced in
full confidence of victory.
That this peat result was achieved with
a loss small in point of numbers, only aug
ments the admiration with which the
Commanding General regards the prowess,
of the troops and increases his gratitude
to Him who hath given us the victory.
The war is not yet ended. The enemy is
still numerous and strong, and the country
demands of the army a renewal of its heroic
efforts in her behalt. Nobly has it respon
ded to her call in the past, and she will
never appeal in vain to its courage and
patriotism.
- Tho signal maifestations of Divine mercy
that have- distinguished the eventful and
glorious campaign Of the year just closing,
give assurance of. hope that under the
guidance of the same Almighty hand, the
coming year will be no less fruitful of
events that will insure the safety, peace
and happiness of our beloved country, and
add new lustre to the already imperishable
name of the Army of Northern Virginia.
R. E. Lee, General.
Provost marshals not to be Paid.
Gen. Van Dorn declared martial law in
this State without the shadow of authority
so to do. President Davis was aware of it.
Van Dotn appointed Provost Marshals, who
necessarily incurred cash expenses, besides
their labor in getting up conscripts, issuing
passports etc.:*yet the President allowed
all ibis to be done without rebuking Van
Dorn or expressing his disapprobation,
until public sentiment became so strong
that he was bound to interpose- After the
labor had been performed and the money
spent for the Confederacy, bills were made
out and approved by the proper officer, but
the Paymaster refused to pay. The Seer
tary of War was written to, and here is L.o
answer:
* Confederate States of America,
War Department,
Richmond, Va., December 16,1862,
A. G. Mayers, Esq., Brandon, Miss.:
Sir—Your letter of the 19th ult., relative
to your pay as Provost Marshal, has been
received. In reply, you are respectfully
informed that the appointment of Provost
Marshals from civil life was contrary to
law, and Congress must legislate on this
subject before any paymenty can be made
Very respectfully, your ob’t serv’t,
JAMES A. SEDDON, Sec’y of War.
If President Davis will check his pets
when they assume authority which is
illegal, he will save innocent citizens their
time labor and money.—Brandon (Miss) Re
publican, Jan. 8th.
ICA,1
F, f
362.)
Interesting Items.
Failures in New York.—During the past
year the following meremtile failures oc
curred in the State of New York. In New
York city and Brooklyn 162, Albany 20,
Buffalo 3, Oswego 4, Rochester 12, Syra
cuse 10, Troy 8, Utica 12, remainder of the
State 280. Making 463 failures during the
J rear. Of which the 'liabilities are as fol-
ows: New York and Brooklyn §7,491,000,
Albany $300,000, Buffalo $55,000, Oswego
$45,000, Rochester $150,000, Syracuse $90,-
000, Troy $70,000, Utica $50,000, remainder
of the State $365,000. Total liabilities $10,
617,000
The failures in the Federal States for the
year 1862 are put down by the New York
Herald at only twenty three millions.
Rio Coffee sold at auction, in Angusta,
on Friday last, at $2 82} a $2 95 per lb.
Eight sacks of Liverpool Salt sold in
Savannah, on Saturday last, at auction, at
$50 per sack.
A Lot of salt sold at auction in Richmond
on the 23d alt., for 33 cents per pound.
The auctioneer stated that the owner of
the salt lost $1000 by the operation.
f*y~The Federal General, Jefferson C.
Davis, who killed Bull Nelson at Louisville,
was among the killed on the battle fiele of
Murfreesboro’.
Brigadier General Slemmer, of Pensacola
memory, was taken prisoner in the same
battle.
Rosencranz says the slaughter of Federal
officers was heart-rending.” This shows
that Confederate shot fell in the right place
The Yankees do not care how many of their
rank and file, composed chiefly of newly
imported foreign mercenaries, are slain.
But when death lights upon their General
and Field officers, it becomes “heart ren
ding.”
From the New York World.
Completion of tbe Nice Yankee Monitors.
INTERESTING PARTICULARS.
Saturday last will prove an eventful day in
the history of our iron-clad navy. The Whit
ney battery, Keokuk, and the Ericsson bat
teries Catskill and Nantuckett, (not Marel as
reported,) were launohed—the first two here
and the latter at Boston; the Lehigh was
reported “ ready for launching preparations,”
and the speed of the Weehowken, another
Ericksson battery, was tried in Jersey City,
her engines and machinery having been pre
viously reported in working order.
The Keokuk.—TJie vessel was towed off
the stocks, but when set in motion launched
well, and was exceeding buoyant. Admiral
Gregory, Capt. Bogefs, of the Galena, Oapt.
Ryan of the Keokuk, D. Dudley Field, Ed
ward Mann, Albert Swan, Mr. Hall, and oth
ers were present. The dimensions and a de
tailed account of the work performed on the
Keokuk have been printed, but they convey
no idea to the general reader of her peculiar
ities. These are:
First—The armor of the hull |and its ar
rangements.
Second—The mode of mailing the turret.
Third—The speed of the ship.
First, the bulwark or outside armor, with
which tbe construction of Monitors has made
Americans familiar, consists of iron plates
laid, over one another. Thus, when we say a
battery was four and a half inches of iron
armor on her sides, we mean that four inch
plates and one-half inch plate3 are laid over
each other and fastened. Mr. Whitney has
adopted a new and novel plan which is inter
esting and apparently good. Overa ground
work of half-inch Tolled plates there are
bars of iron four inches thick, alternately
with strips of yelTow pine of abottt equal
thickness.' Over all these, then, there are
two or three f-inch plates of iron; so that in
reality the exclusively iron mail on the out
side is not quite two inches thick, while the
whole armor, the iron edged, wooden lining,
and the plates together, make over six.—•
S iny dcem this as good as six inches of
ate iron.
Second, the turret is somewhat similarly
made. The small batteries already in ser
vice, except the Galena, have in their turrets
eleven lrinch iron plates, and all laid over
each other, and constituting an exclusively
iron wall eleven inches in thickness. The
Keokuk’s turrets have the 4 ich iron bars,
inside or outside the f plates, and although
“ tho turret has 6} inches of iron,” as stated
in our first account of the vessel, only two
inehes, or less of it, is laid on in plates, the
rest being edge turned bars, which, as in the
hull, frequently alternate with strips of pine,
so tba. the exclusive iron armor of. the tur
ret is only two iuchcs, while the mass taken
togethci is deemed by many as strong as if
all the plates were laid over each other..
Third, the Keokuk was to be a “ ten-knot
vesstl,” when she was originally designed,
but more iron having been put on her than
was intended, it is conceded that she will
lose a knot thereby, or only -make nine.—
The first indispensable attribute of a ram is
strength, and the second speed. Hence, the
most important—the last named—peculiarity
of this singular ship has been overlooked by
all who have written about her. She will be
fast, and her strength is apparent to all who
look a her. A steam ram mnst be able to
catch tho vessel which she wishes to destroy,
and to strike her with as much velocity as
possible. It is to make the Keokuk this kind
of craft that Mr. Whitney had so assiduously
labored. Were it possible to drive her twen,
ty miles an hour, she would be all the better
ran;.for it, but she is not meant so much to
be the perfect thing herself as to illustrate
in what manner periection can be obtained.
Her engines are 500 horse power, and if they
drive her nine miles an hour, as the authori
ties expect, it would be easy to build one
four times her size, willrproportionate speed.
The nayjMV08 on the qui vtve to know who
would have command ot the Keokuk. Being
the first iron clad ever built in the city of New
York, it was only deemed right that her “skip
per” should be a New Yorker. Hence, Alex
siidcr C. Rhind, one oi the regular officers of
liieull navy, got the appointment. He was
.urn in New York, as already intimated, was
appointed from Alabama, and is a citizen of
Minnesota, ii- lus been twenty years in the
navj. ot wl...... . .even were spent at sea. When
the C-mstcl.u >e.. corvette was Commodore In*
man’s flag snip on the coast of Africa, fie was a
lieutenant on board.
Thalfricson battery was successfully floated
at Greenpoint,.about 10 o’clock on Saturday.
If there is any slight difference betwen the nine
Monitor Datteries there is none between'those
constructed at the same yard.
The Passaic and Montauk, which were de
scribed at length in these columns, were built
side by side with the Catskill at the Continental
Works, the “nursery” of the original Monitor.
The Catskill is 200 feet long, 45 feet wide, 12
feet deep, and will draw 9 feet 6 inches of water
when in fighting trim. The only matters con
cerning her which are new maybe thus disposed
oi: It is seriously, but we believe not definitely,
fixed that she shall have .two fifteeniinch guns.
The nervousness with which one has been put
on board has been eradicated, and no one talks
of resigning now because two will be placed in
the turrets. Inside the turret the new gun ap
paratus, which proved so successful on the Pas
saic, is being already fitted. ' rh “ *— ***“
which was launched at Hoboken some weeks
since. The guns having arrived for turret, the
greater part of the iron work being finished
and the machinery complete, steam was applied
to the engines, which began to work elegantly.
Mr. Birbeck, the superintendent, witnessed their
initiatory motions, and was highly pleased. The
engines easily made fifty revolutions a minute,
without an attempt to test their maximum ca
pacity.
. A great change has been effected in the condi
tion of the nine Ericsson batteries by the proceed
ing ot Saturday. They are all afloat now save
one, the Lehigh, and she is reported almost ready
to launch. Annexed is the exact state of affairs
with these vessels to-day:
Bessel. Condition. Where.
Passaic... On duty i.'.l’..Fortress Mon-oe. i
Montauk Ready for sea r ,. New York.
Weehawken Nearly ready Jersey City.
Sangamon ...Nearly ready.... Chester, Pa.
Nahant Nearly ready Boston.
Patapeco Nearly ready Wll.ulngton.Del
Nantucket .Just launched Boston.
Cattakill Just launched .Grcenpcrt
Lehigh Ready to launch Chester, Pa.
The Weehawken, which had been known for
some time as Monitor Number Six, was launched
yesterday morning in Jersey City. She was
milt under the superintendence of Mr. Bitk-
beck. A large concourse of spectators were pres
ent, among whom we noticed Admiral Gregory,
Dr. Stevenson and several respectable citizens ot
New York and Brooklyn. There would have
been a much more numerous audience but for the
early hour at which the launch occurred. Miss
Nellie Comstock, the accomplished daughter of
the Commodore,” performed the christening in
very graceful manner. The Weehawken was
described minutely in these columns when her
1 was laid. Like the nine vessels of which
is one, her rate is that of “an iron-clad shots
proof battery, with steam machinery and turret.”
The following are her dimensions:
Extreme length over armor, 200 feet: extreme
length of boat proper, on water-line, 190 feet;
length outside of stern ana steam posts, 159 feet;
extreme beam over armor, 46 feet; breadth of
beam of boat proper, (moulded,) 37 feet 8 inches;
crown of deck amuBships, 5 inches; internal
diameter ot turret, 21 feet; height of turret, 9
feet. '
The turret was npt launched on the vessel.—
It is pierced for two guns. The armor on the
turret consists of eleven 1 inch plates. There
was no thought of forging a mass of iron 4}
inches thick when the Monitors were conceived.
The Roanoke will be the first vessel finished on
that splendid plan. The Weehawken’s hull is
very powerful, It is covered with five inches
of iron. The bulwarks or armor timbers arc
composed oi a series of veitical blocks of oak
17 inches by 12 inehes, securely fastened by
angle irons.
These are covered by longitudinal timbers,
running from end to end of tlie vessel, varying
in thickness according to the general curvation.
The three lower longitudinal timbers are of
pine, and the two upper oi oak. The plank
shear, which forms a part oi the bulwark, is oi
oak 15 inches wide and 18 inches thick.'—
Around the outside ol the vessel, and in plane
with the hip portion of the hull, there is a hori
zontal armor shell, 46 inches amidships, dimin
ishing by a fair line to 32 inches wide near the
ends. The side armor is fastened to the wooden
bulwarks. No plate is less than 60 inches long,
and the edges ate planed and accurately fitted.
The armor extends 3} feet below the water line
all round the vessel, projecting 3 feet 6 inches
beyond the hull.
The courses of the hull plates are run fore and
aft and are put on in outside and inside streaks.
The garboard streak laps the keel plate tour
inches, and all other streaks two and one-half
inches; the ends of the plates are butted and
strapped with pieces eight inches wide. The
engines consist of two cylinders, forty inches in
diameter and twenty-two inches stroke, com
bined in one piece and combined in one frame,
cast in one piece, firmly secured to the wrought
iron keelson. The house engines and blowers
are of greater siz,e than those of the Monitor,
and instead of being placed in thp engine room
are applied under the turret, for the purpose of
drawing down the cold air through the turret
roof ana forcing it into the boiler room and oth
er parts of the vessel. Two boilers onMartin’B
plan are attaohed, of ten feet force, nine teet
three inches high, and twelve feet six inches
long, with three furnaces to each. These boilers
rest on the sixteen inch flow plate, and are fur
nished with all approved appurtenances. The
propeller is made of cast iron, twelve feet in
diameter, with sixteen feet pitch. T here is no
thing else now to be said oi the Wehawken.
In compliance with a contract entered into
between the Government and the builder of this
vessel, tbe keel of another iron-clad man-of-
war is to be laid immediately on.the stocks from
which the Wehawken was launched. She is
to be of a different description from any of the
mailed vessels now in course of construction,
and will be finished in a lew months. Mr. Birk-
beck’s ability has secured for him the superin
tendence of xhe machinery. The description of
the new craft will not be given to th& public un
til she is launched.
The following iron-clad vessels are now build
ing in this city:
Name. Toss. Gass. Rate
Cattskill... 844 2 Ericsson battery.
Camaccho 844 2 California vtsjcl.
Dictator 3,033 S Great frigate.
Danderberg 0,090 10 M. Webb’s ism.
Montauk. 844 8 Ericsson battery
Manhattan 844 2 «
Mauhopte 844 2 “
Mlantonomhah 1,604 4 “
Onandaga ’..1,260 4 “
Passaic- 844 a
Puritan .3,365'4
Tecnmseh 1,030 2
Weehawken 844 8
Keoknk 677 2 _
Roanoke 8,487 6 Great heavy pi
Shot for Desertion.—On Thursday of
last week, two deserters from Gen. Floyd’s
command, by the names of John Charles and
Adam Davis, were shot for desertion, near
the Broad Ford. They deserted some time
ago, and were captured in the late raid on
Sunday, in the enemy’s ranks, with the arms
they carried with them when they deserted.
—Abingdon Virginian, 9th.
New Advertisements.
SHEEP SKINS.
\ITANTED, at the Atlanta Sabre Manufactory. Mari-
IV etth street, from six to ten dozen black, dresicd
•hcepsktns, for which tho highest price will be given.
Janl4-lm ’ H. MARSHALL A CO.
| _ The two fifteen
inch pieces ran be conveniently worked by eight
men, who however can spend some “money’s
worth” of iron in discharging their duty and
their guns. Each of the guns can throw a 450-
pounder, which is driven off by thirty-five
pounds of powder. At three cents a pound, one
discharge of the battery—nine hundred pounds
of shot—would cost twenty-seven dollars, and
the powder, at thirty cents a pound, twenty-one
dollars, or forty-eight dollars in all. Firing
thirty times an honi with, both pieces would,
therefore, incur an outlay of $1,440 and for eight
hours’ fighting $11,520. .
The Nantucket, another Encson iron-clad,
was launched at Boston on Saturday. Her name
is incorrectly reported “Msul’ ’ in the telegraphic
dispatch. She has been constructed by the East
Boston Atlantic Works. The Nahant was
launched also at Boston a few weeks since, and
is now nearly ready for sea. These two
vessels are so like the other Monitors, that Mr,
Ericson himself could not tell them apart. The
length, width and beam are almost exactly the
same, as are all other particulars. The Nan
tucket, for instance, is 199 feet from stem to
stern, while the Cattskill is 200. Indeed, the
figures are alike, bdt 199 is generally called 200.
On the same day on which the above ships
were launched, we received news that the Le
high was-“reported”—that is, she is notified as
being preparing to lanncb. She is on the stocks
at Chester, Pa., from which the Sangamon was
recently launched.
The Messrs. Raeny have contracted for her,
and have already succeeded in putting afloat one
of onr best iron-clads. The Lehigh, it is unnec
essary to state, is like the craft just described.
She is built on plans copied from the others, so
that there is nothing to say in detail about her.
Commander Guest has been ordered to command
her. We presume he is Commander Guest, of
Missouri, whose services since Ihe war have been
so valuable. Captain Guest was appointed from
Arkansas, in 1837, and has, therefore, been
twenty-five years in the service, ol which over
fifteen were spent at sea.
While New York and Brooklyn were enjoying
the ceremonies attendant upon ths launch of the
Keokuk and Cattskill, Jersey City was awakened
by tbe roar of steam from the Weehawken,
WASTED.
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. and harness. Any one having the above, or either
of them, will please call at
, ,, LIGON, HOWARD * CO,
Janll-3t No. 8, Peach-Tree St.
bTfiAM ENGINE AND SAIV MILL FOR SALE.
pHE nndsiBignedhasa SiwMill, with Engine,Saw and
. I Ri lling complete, and in running order. The Engine
is suitable for driving any kind of Machinery. For sale
•t a low price. WM. B. BERRY,
J»nl4-Si* Newnan, Georgia.
STRAYED.
S TRAYED Grom the premises of the subscriber (former
residence of Gov McDonald) a Cow and her Heifer,
about two years old, of-pat# red or dan color, both nearly
of same size. A suitable reward wlU be paid for their re-
wy A. P. ROOD,
JanI4-3t Marietta, Ga,
PLANTATION FOR SALS.
A N EXCELLENT PLANTATION, In a high state of
cultivation, containing 63} acres, 130 of which is
first-rate bottom, only twenty-five miles from Atlanta and
ten mites Grom tbe Atlanta A West-Point Railroad, on the
Chattahoochee river, in Campbell county, can bo bought
by application to this office.' J»nl0-3t
P. O’CONNOR & CO.,
Commission Merchants,
And General Dealers in
GROCERIES & C0UHTRY PRODUCE,
Decatur Street,
ATLANTA, ... GEORGIA.
A*-Prompt in orders and remittances Janl4-tf
Great frigate
Battery
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Whitney’s iron shij
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gate.
a ship
dated
Others may be baiiding, but these are the
chief ones. After the launch ol the Wehaw
ken, a splendid lunch was partaken of, and
most liberally served.
The Largest Iron-Clads. in the World —
The question of Iron-clad steamers for sea
cruising has been pressed with muoh force
upon the Navy Department for sometime past,
till finally the department has made a step to
ward the subject by soliciting proposals for
several sea-steamers to be built of iron and to
be iron-clad. They desire proposals for ves
sels of 7,300 tons, which will be the largest of
any mailed vessels in the world.
These vessels are to be fitted with iron
masts ani yards, iron rigging and boats, in
fact complete in every respect, except in guns
and their ordnance stores.
Proposals will be received up td Nov. 24,
1862. The estimated cost of one of these
enormous vessels will not be far from $2,500,-
000, when complete in every respect. With a
few of these vessels, we shonld be enabled to
establish onr supremacy on the sea.
Their specifications call for the highest
speed, the greatest buoyancy and lightness of
draft in ratio to their great weight. Already
some of the large ship-bhilders are preparing
estimates for the work, which will be without
donbt the most stupendous ever attempted.on
this continent. It will take considerable
time to build one of these vessels. Bnt in the
meantime, we shall have the Roanoke, New
Ironsides, Dictator and a few more iron-clads
of the laiger class to hold our own with. It
is rumored that there will be no more Moni
tor batteries built after the present batch now
contracted for have been completed.
Murder in Greene Counts —A correspon
dent at Fallen informs us that on the night of
the 7th, Mr. Charles Hays, a respectable Souths
era men, living in the English District, (a noto
rious tory neighborhood,) was shot in his own
house by some scoundrel, who called him out of
his bed, and as he looked out of the window,
shot him in the bieasr. Hays was not dead
when oar correspondent wrote on the morning
of the 8th, but it was thought he could not sur
vive.—Knoxville Register.
J. B. TIPPIN,
Wholesale and Betail Dealer in Foreign anil
Domestic
DRY GOODS,
, -tONN ALLY’S BLOCK. Whitehall street oar doors trots
j Alabama street j inli-tf
A. C. WYLY& CO..
WHOLESALE
GROCERS
Commission Merchants
At Ibelr Old 8t»«di
Corner of Peach-Tree and Walton Sts
ATLANTA, GEOBJprIA,
1 cn PRIME TO OHOICK OLD PROCESS NEW OK
AUVJ ice. Sugar, for sale by
A. O. WYLY A 00
1,500
BOXES TOBACCO FOR SALE BY
A O WYLY k CO.
CA TIERCES RICE FOB SALE BY
A. O. WJri.li « CO
/COUNTRY JEANS FOB SU.1 BY
U AC WYLY A CO.
50
' DISSOLUTION.
ri«IS Co Partnership here’otbre existing between 0 W
1 Uunnicutt, and J A Taylor, nnder the atyle of Hun-
n'catt 4 Taylor, !• lh ! t day dissolved by mutual consent:
The businesi of the late firm will he continued U tbe old
a and by J A Taylor. ' All persons indebted to them are
ri qnrated to call at onco and make payment to the said J
A Taylor, who ia authorized to c.cae up tho-T>UBlnessV
the firm . # •
I N closing my connection with the late firm of Han-
ntcatt 4 Taylor, I desire to -retorn my sincere
tnanka to the people of Atlanta for their very liberal
>atronsge to ns, and solioit for my successor, Or J ATay-
or, tbe same confidence and support which has heretofore
been extended to ns C. W. HUNNICUTT.
I N asst ming the sole proprietorship of the Drug Store,
wl' h which I have go long been connected as a part-
11 take this opportunity to return my thanks to Ut
people of Atlanta for tho large share o. patronage ex-
ndod to us, and solicit a continuation of tha'r favors,
romislng them my best exertions to give full satiribcllon
to.all. To my lato partner, Mr, Hnenlcutt, I tender my
kindest regards and best withes.
J. A TAYLOR.
Atlanta, January 12,1862. - j»n!4-14tw2t.
R BAGS RIO O0FFEB FOR SALE BY
A.' A. WYLY 4 00.
J5Q8AOK8 BALT FOR BALI BY
A. a WYLY 4 OO,
nov26-tf Commission Merchants, Alin >ta. da
— ■ ——— '
tv
SIN ESS MEN who desire a first Claw
AUCTION.
J. B. SMITH & CO.,
M AC ON, GEORGIA-
Important and Peremptory Catalogue Sale
OF
$25 000 worth of Household Furniture.
COJtMZXCISO ON
T HURSDAY, 16th insfc, at the 8tore ol B. BOND, Cher-
ry Street, Macon.
Consisting of the following:
2 very superior Rosewood Pianos
Marble Top Rosewood Bureaus
“ •* •* Centre Table
“ “ Waahstand
“ Mahogany Bedstead
Marble Top Mahogany Bureaus -
“ “ Washstam'S
“ “ “ Crn're Tables
Black Walnut Bedsteads
“ " Bureaus
“ * Wavhstands
Centre Tables
Mahogany Wardrobes
Black Walnot Wardrobes
Stained Walnut Wardnbes
Mahogany Tete^-tetrs
Mahogany Soles
Rosewood Sofia •
Msh gany Rocking Chairs
Mahogany Sitting Chairs
Cane Bottom Chun
A large lot of very fine Satin Damask and BrccatelCur-
Jim
L»ce Curtains
Brussels Carpets
Tapestry Carpets
Three Ply Oarptti
Two Ply and Ingnin
C*co Mattings
Stair Carpets and Stair R'ds
200 Hair, Moss. Shuck and Cotton Hattreves
100 Pair Blankets
200 Pair Sheets
260 B-Utai Slips
260 PUlcw 811pa
20 dozen Silver a d Plated Spoons
20 dozen 8Uver and Plated Forks
12 dozen Silver and Plated Castors
O afendlshca
A la> go lot of Tin Ware
Bake Pa’ u, 4c
China Setts
100 Chambers
100 Wash Basins and Pitchers
Cups and Saucers
Dinner Plates
Soup Plates
Br«kiast Plates
4 Yerv flue
10 very fine Looking-Glasses j
40 dozen Goblets
20 dozen lamblera and Wine Glasses
Cooking Kettles, 4c
6,000 very choice Cigars
with many other goods to) name.one to m-ntton.
Parties in want of the above goods should attend this
sale as mary.of the goods cannot be had in this city,
jfc Catalogues read* oa the day before sale
Sale to be continued nn'll the tuck : a closed out
, wi. 3 ’ B - *M1TH * C ,
J in!4-2t Auctioneers.
Advertising Medium
For the whole Considerate States, will find such anon
lathe
Confederate Slates
Railroad Collide.
Advertisements will be received at $30 per page, or
fractional parts thereof at the same rates. Address all
orders for advertisements, or the book to
H. P. HILL 4 Oa,
Griffin, Georgia.
*3- Liberal commission to the trade. Jan64f
EXECUTOR'S SALE.
|>Y ronsent of the legatees; wUl be sold on Wod’day the
JJ , 14th dby of this month, between the hours of 10 and
i 2 .? ® 1 "?!,? 11010 Premises, City Lot No.tlOOJone hnn-
dred, and City L>t (136) one hundred aad thirty-six, ly-
ing oa Decatur street, near the Armory, and it now occu
pied by Mr. Kent, and Mr. Hendtrtoa. So:d a» the prop
erty cf Elizabeth Wright, deesased, for the benefit oi the
heir* and creditors of said estate. January 7,1862.
jan8-td R a SHUMATE, Executor.
DWELLING HOUSE FOR SALE.
\hTB OFFER FOB SALE a good and comfortable d
V V ling House, very pleasantly located, convenient to
business, containing five rooms and a ball through tbe
house, with good ont.-building .and a rich garden and good
well of exeUent water. Possession given immediately.
App-y to PEASE 4 DAVIS,
Commlsjion Merchant!,
janll-lw peach-Tree street.
LAND FOR SALE
, within forty min-
between lour and
i Railroad. Some
bottom Land and well timbered, with three settlements
twenty-five bushels
For farther particulars apply to
i of small grain sown.
janlS-tf
J. H. JAMES, Broker.
BARRELS TANNER’S OIL FOR SsLH BY
A. C. WYLY 4 OO
TO ADVERTISERS.
30 Hogsheads Sugar,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
40 Boxes Star Candles,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL..
Liverpool and Va. Salt,
^WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
At [decS3-tf] BDWARDY&
New Clothing Store.
Lffi ttSM S“”Y
LIPE INSURANCE.
THE 6E0R6IA HOME IS8UBAICE ftlMPASli
Capltsl $230,000.
DR. JAS. F. BOZEMAN, President.
... D. r. WILQOX, Secretary.
Life Department at Savannah.
AARON WILBUR, Actnarv.
DR. K. D. ARNOLD, Caasuliiag Pbyibci.u
F LIC1E8 are isruel on the lives of white perew e,<«
or young, on Tory Avorable term The cecnrity I*
and prinUcges are very liberal.
Wall upon the Agent and get aU aece sary lufarsutioa
an 1 take a Policy oa yonr life.
JanfrSm 8. D. NILES, Agent.
it
WANTED,
AT THE
ARMO&T OF COOK & BROTHER
ATHENS, GEORGIA,
Machinists, Blacksmiths, and a few Cabinet oi
Pattern Makers.
TjlORall good Mechanics, permanent employment and
J} good wages, during the war,-will be given. TheywiU
be detailed lor service it their trai'es, instead of entering
tho Army, the same as Government liauita.
doc23 lm COOK 4 BROTHER
TO SHIPPERS OF FREIGHT.
i N consequence of the extraordinary demands made
upon onr Reads for Transportation, by tho Confede
rate States Government; together with the exietoi.ee of»
state of circumstances, over which we nor opr Agei ts can
have any control, notice is hereby given, that the Western
4 Atlantic, Macon 4 Western, and Atlanta 4 Wist-Point
Railroads will not hweafter receive, transport,orator,
any freight, cntli further imflos,(«ZoepAfor Governu ant)
unless the owner, agent, or shipper, at Ihe petot of ehif-
ment, first signs a >< tip a lottos or agreement, relieving the
Roads from all liability for lost or damage
JOHN S. ROWLAND,
Superintendent Wi'4 AH. B-
ISAAC SOOTT,
President M. 4 W. R. R
GEO. U. HULL,
Superintendent A. 4 it. P R-R-
Atlanta, Nov. 88,1«7 nor*2tl
warranted.
My assortment comprise* almost every garment
sary for Men, Youths and Boys, tram medium to theth**;
quality. A good variety of-Buttons, general assorum-t i
trf Moleskin and Cashmere Hats, beys Shoes and Biwm.
misses and children’s Shoes; a quantity of Light Oed-
and a variety of Trimmings for Imdtas’I>r«ea; a genef**
assortment of Fancy or Show-Oase Goods, framcomsacr •
the Suost ia the market. An early call M aeUctled.
.epittf * AC VAft., Agee