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SOUTHERN OONEEUER-A.CY.
GEO. w. ADAIR, 3 - HENLY SMITH,
EDITORS AMD PR0PKIIT8K3.
B. C. 8Wtn.il, D
tain their claim, as we have, to separate political
| existence or nationality—where the opinion of |
the world is so.decisive and unmistakable that
the recovery of authority is impossible, as full
a moral demonstration is reached of which such
subjects are capable. c *
Oar Special Army Cor reeportdeii ce.
All quiet—Discussing the Nen—Dr. North’! Treatment
In a Yankee Prison— A Faithful Negro—The Malle-
New Novel, Ac 3
Tor the Southern Confederacy.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
' Camp near Fredericksburg. ^
Feb. N, 1863. j
Everything seems quid! on the winter banks
o. the Rapgabanqnck snd“Fighting Joe Hooker”
has not yet placed himself in a figlilhig attitude.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1663.
lAHOKST DAILY CIRCULATION IN THB 8TAT8. j
W-HUH!
PAGK.f»
Musts. Editors: _
It is to l>o regretted that writers who pro-1 The snow has melted from the ground, leaving
fess to enlighten the public on questions of ' h w° a 0 d r 3 n ’" : “‘7 1 r i b i^ c ,°. nd '' i . 0 "- . .
_ ® . - , , . , _ I , e . occasiona ily get the Richmond papers and
Finance and Taxation do not inform tnem-1 our leisure moments are spent in a consideration
selves better in relation td» first principles the prospects for an early peace, mediation,
ted throughout the community; A writer J with the war, and are very willing to quit, if.
in the Savannah Republican, of the 14th, I ghow^hem.T h ° W ‘ Another ba,tle hcre ma >'
with the signature of “U. A. S. Pi” has Dr. North, df.Georgia, has just joined Arfdef*
.. . . ... ....... in the I more than bridged the gulf of ourindebted-1 son’s Georgia Brigade, as Ass’t Surgeon. This
A very able reply to thu writer appears in the I ,, , , fp-nrfiil I 8?™ 1 e **S has just returned from a compulsory
Charleston Courier, ol the 12th Inst., under the ness—he has actually leaped the fearlul VI9 ,t to Washington, he having been captured
■itrnature of “Juridicus.” We offer a synopsis chasm. .The following is a remarkable st-Wairenton, Va, Hq was carried to the Cap-
.‘hi. The wfiie, Tiewa the „bj*. Uf*. ton, hi, .rticl,:
as on© of principle as well as pracltee^^ot dc* I census of 1860 it is seen that the J orute Wood, keeper of the prison, the negro was
flotation aa well ns fact. The examples of Bel- I a3sessed va j ue 0 f real and personal estate j ‘ n,0 , r , m 1 et * b Y tbe scoundrel that he was freo, and
giom and Holland, and of Greece and Turkey I j n ^jje 8 i ave States was nearly five and a half | do wha:cver ,ie wished. lie was his own
are not denied to be cases of forcible interven- miions of dollars. Take from this sum the ^ha neero nositivelv rel. se,
FiKST
III gf
sink in thirteen .minutes after alter the Albama
opened fire, the former carrying down most of
the crew.
We take the following from the Nassau Gua r-
than: < JJM
The U. S. transport -Plantej, 2100 tons bur-
then, from New York, boundlo Ship Island
with Government stores, was wrecked on the
morning of the 14th instant on a Teel about
three miles Stranger’s Cay, Abaco. She had
on board seven commissioned and field officers,
54 privates, and 4-2 mechanics (who were all
landed at Green Turtle Cay),besides 275 horses.
It is expected that some of the horses and a pors
tion of the stores will be saved.
For Sale.
A VALUABLE P’ ANTION, containing 1,037 acres, of
which 630 acres a-e cleared, and iu an excellent
state of cultivation, situated ou Kiokoo Crock and ad
joining lands of Major N U Beal, eight mlloj freia Daw-
aon, Terrell comity. The place is -well improved, with
-rood and comfortable iramcd callus and alt other neces
sary buildings. Tlio -undo will produce from 1,000 to
AUCTION SALES.
AUCTION SALS.S'*
LWK) pounds of Cotton pyr aero, and from 16 to 20 burU-
ele of Corn, in fact the he-.', and surest Uotlcn anjJ Com
* * ' ^ -iUbuBoldfr“
bands in Southwest Georgia. Tb» Above wi
$30 per acre, and possession Riven to tho purchaser the
Brat of January, 1SS4. Corn, Fodder, Stock, tc, c.n bo
bought with the place. For fnriher paiUcuUra, address
the sahecriber at Chickusawhatchle, Teirell coumy,
Giorgio.
febtO-9t
IN BAAjP*A#-‘T-I5en. {Je$uWM£ irtl' «
a portion ot his Ateff have oecn in Savannah
fternoon, 4 l was >i a ^ertaiued(]ef-
iday night, that the enemy have
are not denied to be cases of forcible interven- unions of auttars. lase irorn uua sum mo i Th nositivelv refi sed to nnit i,; a me.,
tion,'las within the domain of policy and not of property in those Southern States now oc- ter ond continued his refusal until Exasperated ,
right. It is on tbii ground they are placed by cupied by the enemy, and it will leave a I the bruto ordered Dr. North to make his negro
"Hiatoricue” as cases of flagrant wrong to I taxable property in the eleven slave States I quit him. On Dr. North’s refnsai, he and his
Hniisnrl .nil’ Turkey both of iheso Powers be- of four billions of dollars. It nmy be safely | boy were placed in a dark dungeon and kept
Holland and Turkey, both ot ineBO^ ^ ae estimated that this property, under our therefor pear twentysfour hours. Wood o5t-
ing in such a condition or relative etreng l c_. bun inorpaspd fiftv ner pressed with many oaths bis determination to
to have soon recovered their sovereignty over financial system, increased tilty per I £ ecp t hcm th ere for a month, but desisted when
Belgium and Greece, if intervention had not ta. cent, in value. This cannot bo too high ap j our ca p tlve officers threatened that when they
® — -- — ■ "—I estimate. Every business man s daily ex l arrived in Richmond they would lay this matter
perience forces this conviction upon him. I before President Davis,and havo the lex lalionis
We have then real and personal estate J applied. The boy clung to his master’s skirts
amounting in value to six billions of dol-1 a,, d come back to Dixie well satisfied with hav-
, lars. A tax of five per cent, upon property J IP* escaped the clutches of the Abolitionists,—
at the outset accompanied by a declaration from a j one w m raise the sum of *300,000,000.— lhlslncldent as lt 10 not - without its
Mr. Canning which placed it on the broad basis a tax of one per cent, will realize a 6um of J Th ‘ e mai | 9 colno very i rre galarly, and it is
of right "lor the purposes, he said, of preserving I §00,000,000. _ _ ....... ., | very seldom we got a paper from home, so that
ken place. Tho case of Spain and Spanish
America was different* However long deferred
and mado first of one of the Spanish Ampr-
ican States and then another, Recognition was
the peaee of the world,” while in tho case
Greece and Turkey the intervention was
fended and justified on the pleaof convenience to
the commerce of neutral nations.” Testing,there
fore, the right of the Confederate States to Rccog
e of I These figures show how easily all the evils I there is great scarcity of reading mater in the
de„ I of an inflated currency can be cured. Add! camps. Speaking of this, I notice with pleas-
1 to this sum a tax of ten per cent, upon gross I aure that Mr. Randolph, the Richmond pabiishs
.acorn., which will hi about »40.00ft000, —
and we have a fund sufficient to absorb all
the surplus paper currency. But it is ob- j
y DrI C. E7 L. Stuart,
the author ot many valuble works of fiction and
. . • r . , . . nf __ | me Buip.uB papci uunuuujr. "•*» *“ — i lately the editor of the New- York Daily News.
nition, and the correlative obi g y I jected that we should not lay a heavy tax— j I am pleased to see that our Literature is thus
the part of other nations by the standard ot Brit- I ^at the people cannot bear it. Those who I extending and improving. Our urms will force
ish Declarations, '’Juridicus” clearly ea,ab “ I urge this objection, do not understand, the J a physical separation from the North and it is
ishes hie conclusion, that the Contederate I temper of the people, and greatly under- I * e ^ 1 Literature^ to create a moral and
State, are entitled to that place in the fa nily of rate the patriotic spint which animates d%KJfuftnd abjms^
nations which thoy claim, relying simply on I them. • The wonder is that they have borne j y j( udu TIVOLI,
those Declarations. I with patience the miseries inflicted by a
But that claim is strengthened if not by the I bloatted currency. Put the question in this | Q a iot till the Mud Difia up—A Murder—Couscripta
declaration, at least by the conduct, of England, shape. .... 1,18
with regard to the recent political transactions in What sensible man would refuse to pay I ’
,h. r .n, ji ,acp., d . T atmmm
ihat threw off the dominion of Austria, ot Naples, threo hundred dollar3 ^ Thi3 J ig the real
and ol the Dukes of Manti and Modena being ae- enhancemeHt the consumer. The extor-
knowlcdged on the principle announced by Sar-1 <&)mT wou | d not be benefitted so much as
dinia, "that there ia no legitimate government I the p^r man< „t a ted, a tax of five per
but that which the people accept.” W hen we I cen t. would reduce the price of every com-
say acknowledge, we do not moan by a public I modity tu>o thirds, and a tax upon gross in- I roads will be ready to "accommodate "Flighting
declaration, as in the cases ol Greece and Spanish j come would cause a still greater reduc- I j oe - Hooker” and his ribald followers. Un-
initely, Thursday night, tt tat the enemy nave
brought two of their iron-clads into Savannah
RiVkr. One wij lying neatiEoit Pnlaaki. and
flio otHer sotrte ItfUr tmles fJ*afae. It was al
so ascertained, by the same parties, that one
iron-clad had been anchored in Warsaw Sound.
When seen she .had a schooner lyjng alongside
diBchargidg something, supposed-to be . atnmuo
nition. ■ -s*- >4^ ' A •< : j
The Bbitish Steamee Thistle, while pro
ceeding to sea on. Friday night, got ashore on
the beach of Sullivan's Island, a short distance . -J»ns-Sci
beyond the Beanregard Batterp, where she re* ’
niained up to last night. Part of her.cargo has
been taken out, and the steamers General Clinch
and Chesterfield worked at her yesterday, but
did not move her. She will be further lightened
when auothor effort will bo raadejtp genher
is it Truk I—If is telegraphed from Sr. Louis
that one of-the-officers captured at Arkansas
Post, who was at Lillie Rock a short time agpi; cittattAlui* .
says that General Holmes had received instruc
tions from President Davis to suspend all pro
ccedil)g8 in the demand for giving up Goneral
McNeil, for shooting the ten -guerillas in Mis-
souri.
St. Mary’s Ga.—We are credibly informed
thrt this venerable town was entirely destroyed
by the vandal abctlitionifts 1 last, week. They
.were attacked there by bur cavulry' and driven
back Thursday lust; on-tfie .following day they
returned and burnt the remrining portion of the
town', including the Episcopal Church and Acad
emy. Tecy threw shells into a houso that was
occupied by three aged and defenceless females,
knowing them to be lliaro, and > cursed tlicrnj
4 H LIFE INSURANCE.
THE 6E0RH1A HOME INSURANCE COMPANY,
Camp Near Frederioksburq, Va , 1
February 14th, 18C3. /
To-day the sail shines brightly and the iiir
is cool and pleasant. Yesterday we had rain
all day and the roads still remain in bad con
dition. It will take at least two weeks con
tinuance of the present weather before the
tion.
America, but with that silent acquiescence in
favor ol a principle which lies at the foundation
of the British political system since the revolu'
tion under William the Thi*d—namely,the eon
SC What^consfitntes a de facto independence? I °JL 7 « COnt •"!*“‘ t | I ^ Ct f !^^r Uld » Pay
is next discussed by "Juridicus.” He shows off entire debt of *500,000,000 and we
that as regards all tho conditions of Nationality j might get rid of the whole incumbrance in
The writer affirms that a tax of five per
| cent, on property would yield $300,000,000.
So it would, could it be collected, and a tax
or .Separate existence—an organized govern
ment, a largo territory, a numerous population,
«f w.-Uk tho Confederate Sates pre
sent the highest evidence of a de facto indepen
denco, and consequently the. strongest possible
claim to recognition. "Juridicus” has, there
fore, established conclusively, the following.pro-
positio is:
1. That the correllation of right and duty de
mands of a// nations tho recognition of the Com
federa e States, provided they have established,
by sufficient evidence, their claim to a de facto
independence.
2. That, -testing the right to be recognized by
the public declarations of Great Britain, in the
case of Greece, it was admitted in the words :— | P er annumf
til then wo can quietly smoke our pipes by
the side of our merry camp fires.
On Wednesday last a tragedy occurred near
camps that created much excitemant. In the
vicinity of camp there are many houses of ill-
fame, and in one of these a man named Owens
was concealed evading the Conscript Law.
young man named E. S. Lewis, a private in
the .Palmetto. Sharp Shooters, with a comrade
less than six months if no regard is paid to j attempted : to arrest him and in doing so he
conseqiiancea- * To tax property of every was struck by Owens over; thp head with a
kind not according to its income, hut its mb-1 cludSan^ fiop^s TiuSoVery^ThevilUin
uation, at the rate of five per cent, would I escaped and atlastacooants had not been cap
be an unheard of burthen. It would be Jive j lured.
times more than MR Memminger proposed conscripts, reminds me, that
. % ■, f , I most all ot the conscripts received here in the
by bis tax on gross income and ob' proper- J army are entirely worthless either in body or
ty separately, and two and a halftimes more I in mihj'aud the class of substitutes received
than his property and income tax combined 1 ,,r v,!r y litHo better in quality. A few days
Tte rr»'~»vH
of the burthen is not to view it in the lump the 8tn Georgia Regiment; Ho had in the
but in its individual effects. The owner of I simplicity of his mir.d sold himself to a cili
a house valued at $10,000 rents it for $1,000 z « u <? f Oglethorpe county, who was cognizant
A tax of five percent, on that I ? f h - 18C0ndlt i 0Q ’ f ? r ^0-no part of which
valuation would absorb one half pf the
rent.
has he yet received. The Surgeon, who ex
empted him in Georgia, passed him, but the
Modical Officers here refnsed to - receive- him
DE. JA8. F. BOZKMAN, Prosident.
• ' s D. F. WILCOX, Srereliuy ,
Life Department at Savannah.
AARON WILBUR, Actuary.
DR. R. D. ARNOLD, Consulting Ptiysichiu
ample, and priuUeged *ro Tory lilieial.
Unit upon the Agent end got nil lioee sary information
and take a Policy ou your life.
^ § -1) ,SlLKS..*«ynt
liars and traitors.
General Buell’s dficial report of his op
erations against Gen. Braggin Kentucky has just
been published. He rates “the rebel foree which
invaded Kentucky” at from 55,000 to C5(0Q0
men, whichris.ai least 25,000 above the matk.—
He is a better'witness as to his own strength.
He says on the subject: "The effective torce
Which advanced on Petryville,'on-the 7th and
8th. undor my command, was about fifty-eight
thousand,'infantry,' artillery and cavalry.” Gen.
Bragg had not a man over 15^000 in tbat battle
—rliia strongest division, that 61 Gim. ': Withers,
having been dispatched towards; Fraukfim fb
support Gen. Kirby Smith, upon.,official. *t»!l'or-
■nation given by, and at thoeiuwest enH of, (hat
officer. / *° *'•**-’ 1 ’
Gen. Buell admits that be was outgcnemled'
and deceived by bis enemy in regard to the re
treat to Cumberland Gap. Gen. Buell’s report
is a S'roiig vindication of Gen. Bragg’s Ken
tacky campaign.
New Advertise&nents
wools 1 WOOL!
I WANT te hoy a godd lot of clean, washed Wool. Tho
highest cash pries will be paid.
. fobU) lw
J.'ll.' HOLBROOK,
Hatter, Whitehall street.
_ • FOIL SALK-TO ARRIVE.
.o a
35 kegs 10: by
feblO-lw „ PEASE A DAVIS.
A SAFE PLACE FOR hTOOAOB. Apply to
ftblO-lW t CT PRASH A DAVIS.
ON.RETAIL.
jQOFFEE,_Sngarj Syrop,
Rice, Tobacco, Matches,
Soap, Starch, Brooms,- . - •
“ ‘ , Nstls, Dockets,
Salt,
Blacking and sundry Hardware. For a 'io by
fob!9-lw PEASE A DAVIS.
J. L. WINTER & CO.
“the convenience ol commerce” used to justify
intervention then, and in the casa of Spanish I rent.* Is it not easy to perceive ifi it .
America it was also admitted by Mr. Canning were possible to coDeet soeh . fas'*.i it "
IL. h- h prcs f' v *V°V f ,hope ? c .° “[would soon divest every person who owned a The health of the army is good; no more
L.r. V was his plea for recognition; I residence which was his or her sole shelter l bare feet; ho squalid rags; no poverty in equip-
while in the instance of the Italian States al-1 f .. .. • A I ment or in spirits, but “all is well/* and those
though there was no public declaration, the I ° owners ip, and that it would pro- I at h ome have an interest in the welfare of
prompt acquiescence in tno statement oi the | ^ueojsuch a. transfer of property as^^to ren- | ; t>^oor^soldier can rest assured that^ we are
WHOLESALE GROCERS
AND GENERAL
King of Sardinia^ "thaVthero is' no legirimste I deFthe rich, richer, and the poor, poorer ? | comfortably clad and delightfully^ fixed against
. . . , , • , - 3 — - ,, ■, the inclemency of the weather. Our tents have
government but what thq people accept,” corns j The writer asks “what sensible man would a |j huge chimneys built to them, the hearths ri~
mils the British Government, not only to the I refuse to pay five dollars for every hundred I valing in size those of the old Baronial time,
but .o^h^dutv^nntefventioni TZ ^ *° makethe ^remaining ninety- "oa?”o«^!Sin^who£Ue” »d
u y intervention, for the mdepen- I g ve wor th three hundred dollarsJ > Instead of 1 the appetites with which the poor soldier sets
de “ c Vu f !‘p y e 5 eC ‘t d by f r 6 ° f “ r “ 9, the remaining ninety-fiye (the currency be- down t ‘° hia humblefaro, more than repays for
3. That England has shown tho utmost incon-1 . b y , j - - * the absence of a variety. Our feast is plenty;
sistency between her declarations and her con-1 mg reduced nearly ftroWtr* m amount, from our sauce, content, and “good digestion waits
fegsgg) b*a of be. gMSBCSckS by
as a correlative obligation, in not recognizing I lOf wortn tnrGG nundied would b© worth I nielancholy subject^pleases well the bent
the Confederate States. I nO mope than thirty-three and one-third I of my inclination to do honor to the memory of
,. 4 ’ J L *\ the .Confederate States have-tab- dollars, or one-third of one hundred. The Uie^freid^l "taulc oMn'the 1 noWer
lished thetr claim to recognition by ample evi- | mistake of the writer is in supposing that fields of Christian charity., Private W. H.
•i XT-HEBE A? Robt M Maon applies to mo for letters of .dctlars ^ Ctoofodaraje note*—principal 1/ in t*» nUps and
YY administration on the estate of Lolayette Edvards, tens. The finder will receive the above reward by leaving
'-L^—. , the hook smf meney at ihle olllos, iw returning it to me
at Uraut’s HowiteL
JanI7-tf
when the currency is .reduced in amount I H. Trammell, Co. D, 8th Ga. Regiment, a lew
i- 4 . ..-*-11111 _ T 7 I sinf-n ipff iiiq ronminvffar the ennwiie of
* - „ p,. „ , - I weeks since left his company for the purpose of
and prices have fallen property of every | eoine to Richmond t0 n “ rse hia bron.er, Liept.
deuce of a de facto independence.
One portion of.ihe reasoning of “Juridicus”
. may not receive the assent of some readers.—
He appears to idontify recognition with intervens
tion, or rathep, he. makes the last the conse
quence of the first; '.but qn tho principle that
would'justify recognition—to-vrit, “the conve
nience of commerce,” and “preservation ol the
peace ol tho worldr” intervention would follow I j- l0n ^ th. e currency i
as a logical sequence: t« ' I da amount before the war after the stan-
What has confused the minds of European dard has been restored and prices have fal-
writets and EuropeAn^MAteamen^ia the Ushan-1 len, or the still greaioi mistake of thelfik
alogy they have drawn between secession and nance Committee of the Senate who imag-
ordinary insurrection under a consolidated gov- I ine that seventy-five per cent, can be added
erument. As relates to tlie meritsofsecession,with I restoration of thj^n^rd and
the question dejure European governmentsheve I °* P n< ^fc- . .,ir
nothing to do. The seceded states may or may j , A Urmtr wbaM unaorptaateUoD, with m
not have had justifiable causes for secession.—
Of the right they cannot be the arbiters, but of
the/act Huy must be cognisant politically, that
. eleven separate aovereignties having formed an
organized government, undera written constitn-1 ami Lor
tion, winch government is the common and col- .
lective representative of those sovereignties, j y t S ety,
c each of which has for itself a political-orgsniza- | We have tuRdo an arrangement with the
lor the kindred and creditors of said deceased to show
canao. If any they have, within the time prescribed l>y law,
why said letters should not bo granted said applicant, on
tho tint Monday in April next. Qiton under my hand
at office, this 19th day of Fobruary, 1863.
fobl9-30d WM. D. LyqKIE, Ordinary,
GEORGIA,
tssst. jssaww —*—— *r—f—j — -" I going to Kicbmor
iciaff i would remain of the same nominal 1 Trammell, of the.same company, who was there
value ae when the currency was redundant “«*• He found the Lieutenant suffering with the
jj . , , tYi I srorst form of confluent small pox, and, nothing
and depreciated. ‘ - I daunted at the presence of this loathsome dis-
Of the same character is hi3 error in sup-1 ease, he at once applied himself with an untir- f
po»ng with Mr, Memminger, OS. te®
♦ nO nuri'Dil f*n f fifrv T nn n f Qhnvo 1 VA n m until lita live f lior hnd roentmreil en>l .flinst*
!e!!uWorth5oo3^5taxoMlTej BSSsssiSH
Ohth-n w.-cU .monut to $5,000, which would be more thou
ho „.ake« as surplus, alter dodacting his own maintenance
hility bein* mvle to amount to more th»n between
tion; each of which has for itself seceded, and j Express' Company, to'hrih^'l^ all letters
the sovereignty and independence of each of containing money, which our patrons may
which was distinctly recognized in the treaty of I choose to sefad by' this means of convey—
peace torased with Great Britain in 1783.' To This company is responsible and will
call secession, under these circumstances an in- makegoodany los3 of mone y whffe in their
surrection or rebellion, is a gross abus© of terms, I _ , : ^ / - l *
and to compare it with the revolt of one ormore hand3 ' ^ P™™ 5 therefore convenient
districts jta kingdom or empire, is to confound I ft stauoa wishing to send U3
all just distinction. ^ I money can do so safely without costing
The only shade of doubt that may be suppos-1 them any pioeta^d,-hy depMttmg the letter
ed to rest on this question ia the amount and with the Express Agent and taking his re-
character of the evidence that may be tbonght j ceipt. “ *«»-» e*teraia . j
to constitute‘de/«ef«'indopendence.
The proofs of this fact are necessarily vague.—
livid I All ha ■ u>all . onnAl
“Juridicua” has well observed that time cannot
lie an element of the problem, for a struggle for
independence may be terminated in two or in
twenty year*. But where the recusant state or
state* have ahownaueh proofs of Ability to aus-
All Such letters must be sealed with
wax, (the law requires this,) arid the
| amount of money contained; therein, most
be marked on the onteide. A j -
Let the Agent see yon put the. money in
I the letter. tf.
room until his brother had recovered, and then;
with the poison in his veins, laid down on the
bed oi sickness and of death. He suffered long,
t ef uncomplainingly, and took hia- place iq the
Sly rariKoTCfimrfu^anyra in Heaven with
out a sigh or complttiiif. This is a striking in
stance ol Fraternal affection, and as such, let us
all honor the mer-ory sf the quiet Christian'boy,
W. H. H. Trammel'., ot Merriwefher county,
Ga. - cgA l /. I'IiU 3 TIVOLI.
Items and Gleanings from the Charleston
Mercury, of the IGth.
Hermes,” writing on tho 11th; says he has
infoririation from Tollahoma by no means
agteeable, abd' that 1 the army:‘there needs
strengthening by all the means at onr command
He calls upon us to reinember Bowling Green
and March, l$r? atur'the fac^ that Kentucky
was lost by the weakness of Sidney Johnson’s
army when the country thought him strong
enough.—:—-- - —;
J He also -ays that Mrs. Clark, Ambassadoress
irom the Great North West, ha9 gone home, it
is thought, with new ideas,of the prospect of
reconstruction, having learned tbat the South is
in earnest. ,
• The Mercury, in speaking of the late arrivals
at Jhat Port and the News thereby brought'
•WlkaMMlI
- By these arrivals we hare Nassau news np
to Tnesday last.* ‘The stamer Florida, Capt. J.:
N. Maffit, which tjie Yankees falsely reported
burned or captured, had been at Nassau, cpaled
and departed. Since her !eaving'It‘was‘npp<if>
ed in that place that she had taken a Yankee
transport with 700 men on .board.
News had also
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
NEGRO SEALERS;
AND V-
Real Estate Agents,
Orantte Front BoildiDg, No. 10, Alabama 8t,
ATLANTA,
fubl0-3m
GEOROIA
GEORGIA, Newton County.
late of said county, deceased*—
Those are therefore to cite and admonish all and singn-
HEREA8, Samael Chaffin applies to me for
These ore therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
lar tho kindred and creditors of said deceased to) show
cense, if any the; have in the time prescribed bylaw, why
said letters aboard not be granted, on the first Monday in
febl9^0d
Q'XTY DATS A
jj to the Court
toseH t ’
.t aumxi, uu uio unt J
W. D. LUCKIE, Ordinary.
AFTER DAW'applfcl^n
t ot Ordinary of
B¥ CRAHF00D, FRAZER & CO.,
S. J. SHACKELFORD, ^CTIONKRK.
-ltUE REGULAR AUCTION SAhtS ol oar house «U1
JL hereattiM- be on
JOUN B VANOVER.
TUBSDIYS,THDR'OAVS AND SATURDAYS
EVERY WEEK,
AT HALF PAST 10 O’CLOCK.
All Goods, Wares end Chattels should be sect in th
evening before, nr early in the morning ot sale day.
Stunk s-Ues of
iihJ
Attention, Georgians! Horses, Mules, &c. p
WA<iT ( TUai» MOBJi COMPANIES toy,anp!, le the wll) c^nn.nnco at 4 o'clock on each regular saleOny
organization ot my Regiment.
Authority to rei.e Companies will tm pranted on eppll-
iJ
jauZSrdai
JOHN L I1AUDKE,
I To The Highest Bidder.
Colonel Commanding;
I A ,|T4
ft-bl7-lw
10 Likely Negroes for Sale.
ADBIlN^TRATOIt’S SALK.
'llrirtTheecaiy^n Moreh’ at^eaTy .r^uf
- Land lying tn Fallen county, within six milei of Atlanta,
| containing 566 acres. It is idtnatrd between the Green’s
Forry read and jlajeon’s ou the Chattahoochee river —
Two Railroad Surveys havo been mode, running irom
this cily to Jacksonville,' ALl, ouo crossiLg this ti act, aul
the other passing very near it. It bos folly to acres of
O N the lBt Tuesday In March next, will be Bcld, at the
Court House door, in the town of Trenton, Dade
county, Georgia, within the Irgal hour* of salo, the fi
bre) cleared aud
nndor to, ke—the balance well wo.ded— part Tory heavy
The improvement, are a pro ty pood dwelling with seve
ral good ont-hou.ro, cribs, stabiea. Ac, a well of good
lowing likely negroes, tc-wit; Jack, a man 60 years old, 4 wetor iu.t||o yarel anl a .good spring convenient, and
aod-his wifo. Easter.-4* Jeers did;- Abo a hoy 7 years old; I to y other things on tlio placo, end a smell yonng or-
* imed: | chsid. Terms mode known ou the day of sale. Anyone
ahd his trite, . , .. ._
domes, 0 years old. and two boy children.not
John, 85 years old; Isaac. 18 years old; IIannnh,80yesrs
old, mad Mary, 15 years old. t'o'd by virtne of «u order
ot the Court of Ordinary of Dado county, «s the property
or Charlo* B. Kasley, late of said county, deceased, tho
benefit ot tu« heir* ond creditp;spf said deceased- (.lack
ia a immhor one «Uer ) Term? Cash. ' :*
fcb!7-td K. J, EAS,F.V; Adm’r.
wishing to oxamine the place can call on John A Cat tor
on the premia a. JOHN FARRAR,
t -I ; • i :* • f > 11 . Atlanta, Georgia.
I««bl3 9.: 14,17,19, iii.Zi, 24, 26 98, fob and 8 mar
STONE CUTTERS WANTED.
fJXO work on Stone for C S. Armory, at Macon, Geor-
_ gi*. Having taken tlio eputrne to fureish a large
umouut of Granite Work for the abovo-meutioued build
ing. wo are much in n- cd of workmen.to,corry u«i the
work. Wo are empowered to furr ish exemptions ’from
Conscription, and will pay liberal wagos
SELLING OUT
Without Reserve.
I gj j TIKitCKS NEW RICE ’
WOOD A MEADOR,
one Al Mu ti
r.ihlS lm '. Stone-MAuntain. U orpi:L
Carolinian, Colombia; Telegraph, Macou, andfhroii-
r<y’August», copy and rand bills to this o»>« immcilinle-
SOUTHERN STATES HOTEL,
16 hogsheads Sugar iu store
40 hogsheads Sugar to arrive
L0 gross imported Hatches
fiVU bushel* CVn
«0 bushels Ment, Ac. At
tebT-lf
KDWARDVS.
AUGUST Ai GEORGIA,
VOLUNTEERS WANTED.
W E havo bi.nght the entire interest of tlie former
Proprietor Mr John), IJamion, in the Southern
QAPr. J. R. HltOHKS *nrt Herg’t. R. W. CRAVEN, ol
States Hotel, and inti nd t keep a first cits* house
WM M THOMAS,
ftbl62m ‘ ISAAC LITTLE.
Shoe Lasts! Shoe Lasts!!
gUOE-MAKERS can bo supplied with lASiS, by or
dering them, specifying he fc ind wnnted. and rem't-
iag the cash to the eubsoiuer, to the care of IS K H Mmh,
Express Agent, at Brawlon, Miss. Address
LOUIS F. CARIt,
Proprietor Ehoe-lsut Fsctory,
foblT 9t* ■_ Brandon, flics.
_ the HULL VOLUNTEERS. 1st Oonfoderato llegimeut
| Ueorgia Vnlui.tee.s, are now at home for the purporo ol
raising i ecruite for their Uegimont. They will give the
- run: V DOLLARS BOUNT V ” to ell who will volnnta-
rily cuuio forward and euroll llieuuolvoa. Bat those who
will not listen to Uieir. country’s coll, in this her hour oi
need, they are ordered to Conscript. No ConLt the call
will soon l>c m .do to 46, and tho Exemption bill repealed
I do come forward and volun eor. and save being Consented .
Their command is fixated at MOBILE, ALA.,oue of tlie
mp.qdeairebte turd healthyltXaliDeeln tlioscrvico. Theii
Company, consisting of’over hu hundred, lias not lost one
bit sickuens.
Ouo of them will be found at a'l tim -s rt the office oi
I Cols tiiurlred A Hill, on Whit trail street.
J. R. RHODES,
janfil-tf Capt Com’g Cn C, m Couted Reg Ga Vola
Macon A Wxstxon IUilboId Co., ■
Macon, Gil, Jan. 28,1863. )
O N aud after February 1st, the Freight on Cora ovei
r“~ '
this Road will be
From Macon to Crawford’s, 7 ceuts per bushal
i t>Z “ Forsyth, 8 : •» *•
Attention, Georgians!
COAST DEFENSE.
janSO-lf
Barnesviile, 9 ‘
“ Griffin, 10
**'Jonesboro’, 12“ « " -
« Atlanta. 14 “ «•
ALFIIFD L. TVLKIt, Knpt
I HAVE been anthoiized to raiso an Infantry Company
tf-* ’**-• ’ “ * * *
J. B. TIPPIN,
etiolei-alo and Betail IteHisr in For civ t-
DoliukU;
DRY GOODBJ
< \CNNALLV’S ^UX3E. Whitehall mreei
1 Alatuuna street.
_ for Capt John L Hardee’s Regiment, which i* now
| fin ming undor authority from tho decretory of War, to
serve su the Coast of uoorgia.
I appeal to all toceme forward arid Tolunteor. Tour
I conntry is in want id your services, and you must no
aiger remain a spectator In this mighty straggle for her
indepoudenco. A l«unty of $M> will be paid and go- d
arms furnished atonoo. A furlough wit- be given to those
1 who m iy Join, tor twouty days.
I can ho seen at mi)- hour, either Jn person or by rep-
n soatvtivo at the offico of Col Uartre'.l A Rill.'
Liont D C SMITH.
All nta, February CJ, 1863. febldtf
Volunteer at Once.
satject to Conscription can volunteer bj rail
lug on the undersigned, a. tlie store of Messrs Me
iteei
Darnel A Strong, on Hunter street. Paid voiuuteiia are
SOUTHERN
Confederate Spelling Book,
I POR TOE USE OP COMMON SCHOOLS.
leaked tojolu tlio 4Sd Ga. Hogiapot, mnv at Yichf^burc, ;
ilisd. whore the ettinaM f* inf Id, htfd f * “
. the service light.—
Alt who come forwaiu aud enroll their na.ois at once,
wilt reoei.eFIFTV DOLLARS B'.iUNTV
Absentees from said regiment Will report dome at
onc>, at the above i.amed ptac. ' T. W. DA VI rt,
feb8-9t Co. K, 42d Ua. Reg.
COI'VUIGUT SECURED.
f IAHIS WORK, Which ia superior to any Toxt-Bcok of
JL the kind now in use, will be shortly isauod irom tho
press.
An interest in thr right of ibis Book, can be purchased,
for particular* apply to- W P HAMMOND. E*q.
Iebl3-9t* Alatoona, Georgia.
FIFTY DOLLARS It KW A III).
on tbs 9th Instant, between Wliiaehall street and
botweeiTotmtmndrod l, midreveuty- < flre lt a^^!wo , h{inSiSiJ ^^Or^n^n^
WOK SALE.
tatnriiiug it Li mi
R. M. FOSTER.
290 IIm Yellow Paint
^OOOJIm V«u. Red.
ajNWIw^uaigo
4 >01116 Voi million Rod
notice: Of* pay master! j
TT AVI NO been aosigued to doty ns Pay Hosier at this
““ Office o.i Alabama street, nearly opposite the Market
House t . t ,-B.F. BOMAR,
Capt. and AsL Q M.
8. R. KRAMER,
Draggist, Whitehall street,
One door from Uitchell at, West sido
WANTED.
QKVRRAL WOMEN, Men, and Boys, to work in oar
45>1 * — r>
WANTED.
_ TOOTtl FAOlORY, distant employment given.
. As the work is ominenlly ARTISTIC, ncono need apply
who has pot sufficient tade to appreciate It, for oachpaity
will have t.Vbe taught at aonsfoentbto waste of material
Wo I
application will bqmado
Ordinary of Newton oounty for leave
sell the land and one negro bolongiag to the estate of
William A.Gnioo, deceased.
fobI9-fi0d
' SILAS b’bTARR, Admr.
NOTICK TO DEBTORS <fc
ed to
LL persons indebted to tho estate <
RS.
nice,
same wil
feb'9
IcR^ T o'it t he MiW*om’. Fer-
--^^!?me^^r?hcd^^ ^ A W K “ d ’ mUe> ,nm tLo sllrd - ■»»»> *»
SILAS 8. STARR, A^mr.
3000 (<> 008 *° d “ qnart * r huh IIoop-
_ _ A small lot of Horse Shoe Iron,
A email lot of Half-round Iron,
One likely Negro Girl, 21 yearfAId,
fcb!8 St..
ON A Co l -
Whitehall street, Atlanta; Gn.
ite -
NEGROES WANTED.
W ANTED Immediately, at the Hospitals in. .This cit,
Twenty good Negroes, for whom the highest morke
rates will be paid. G. R. FAIRBAN KS.
teblB-Sw. — HteAA.q.Ui
' ‘ * | *— r_ «
CITY RKSIDKNCK FOR SALE.
A DESIRABLE HOUSE AND LOT for sole, couviniect
A to business and well located. House new, c-mtaiu-
ing five rooms and basement, with gopdcateb*Udiog%|i
garden, susdtaoot excellent water. Coll on cu . T
Jon234m- ot W. REZZARb
ff 'HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. <0
TYKelROUS of moving to the conntryA offer my boose
.*@r£
■ 4"- . ; COME qrilCK.
20 LIKELY YUUNG NBGRORS, Jiwti«cenel aadfor
eotes* ffte^ NfCPslRwV
fehii-tr
_ re*ched Nassau that the Ala
bama was positively the vessel which destroyed
the Yankee gunboat Hatteras. The Hatteras
HERE’S YOUR JACK!
I HAVE FOR SALK A LARGE NO. 1 SPANISH JACK.
For inform tio:i apply to the Clerk of the s ,
tROUT HOUSE,
. MSIRDIATELY, t*o Btltls and Former enmidelo, and I Vo iuleod paying liberally, ■} that it can be followed os
i in good oreer. one of one hundred gallon's, tlio other I m permanent business.
or sixty gallons, for whfob-the highest rash prires will be I wu L tu r youngmen who havo been disabled lathe
paid. - Want them convenient .to a Bailread, or te be do- I Army,«*. who arencAnableet to military duty preferred,
livared on one. For further ptrliculaia addicoo at Allan- I - BROWN * UAPE,
t . .. . ..
JOB J LIU
Dental Depot,
Whitehall street.
D Mayer. Jacobs A Co.,
k, a negro boy Philip,
ins, copper color, five feet
Uio right eye. The above
ind lodgment in
I) MAYER JAC0BE & 00.
Atlanta, Feb. 15,1863.
D. Y< K j
i- feblb-lirjn
Onto* A. A W. P. B. a. Co.,
/ tianta, Feb. 7,1863.
TUsHWRW
4.Q BABRELS WMEJnst nceiv-d and for,
declo-tf .-I Corner of Alabama and Try o
}
their goods in 24 hours after arrival, -or wo -will be <
pelted to More the freight at their expenro.
L-bStr W-J- SMALL, Agent.
A GOOD CJIASfCE.
OR BBL8 GOOD SMOKING TOBACCO s
boxes Gravelly Tobacco, forimie hf 1
■ WILLIS A YOUNG.
■ JanSl-lm
■.m i OYSTERS IN TDK SHELL,
• fc IvJ febio-tl*.' i) *
»• *!£«»'to,
J R COIUt A.
, : *ZsZ WANTED.
paMsajssr^A ^ I
T. G. SIMMS. |
. % % u a &
ey- Goads at greatly
' aiL will
A COMPETENT BOOK-KEEPER for a
. Cotton Fiteto-
♦ DAVIS.
ira 'i .'.WANTED. i
tpMPMr A DWEfoUAtG HGUfSI containing five or six
jL rooms,; lioated convenieny t« the byte nos portion o!
the city. Apply 4o * ,
oorjfatf ANDEESON ADAJB A CO
,'n-ck-. Ac., suitable for Shoe or Harnete making, or
ithoundei-
t niiuufactnring bnsinees. Apply to them
et the Rolling Mill office
l-tf O. L. PACKARD, Agent.
TUEOTITUTn 11
LUCE TO TAX PAYERS,
t the Cit
I) ELIABLE i
Xlr pljtDgto J. R. 1
Dodd. -
_ ,ov«c 45, can be bad by ap-
rallace, at the store of P. A U.
■ v janStf
SU
FOK SALE.
f 1 *L>^di q^l’ *' comforteble House, cootntnl tig five
A- rooms,' with fire pteres-halr acre lot and an excel’ent
well rtf water. A healthy servant girl or woman .will be
taken In exchange for this ptere, if desired. Possession
can bo given at any time.
R C JENNINGS,
UiT Oxford, Go.
P
NOTICE.
Twas^‘s^?5BJS;;S!S6
£t
.. .. ... Furcha-t-rs, whdt-
sote aud retaiL wiU find it to their iotorete to cell.
A. ISAACS,
Whitehall street.
FOR RENT.
rrinH ROOMS over tho stores of V M FUk, end W n
X .Bendoim* Go,ow Whitehall street,being te same
■ oreut'lod by 8 A Darmnd, for the manntactmo of
NOT1
I WILLLu at tho City Hall ai Tntbdays, Wednesdays.
and Thursdays, until the first ol March, at which
time tlie Books will La dosed. All w ho have not paid
their tax for the year 1802, will do well to come forward
and pay and save costs:
-fcbfotilmaxl WM. L HUDSON, T. 0.