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ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1863.
l\R«**<* DAILY ‘ ikfl'UTlcm IN THK STATE.
** SKK B’iKST PAGE.-W
Kxmnlnnf Ion of General Green'a Plan of
Finance-Gold and Silver tUe Material
of Money—Continued.
We have advened to invariability of value a*
one of the peculiarities of the precious me this.
This must be understood in a comparative sense,
or in reference to other articles of commerce.—
Many attach an absolute meaning to tbeexpres-
aion invariability of value, from the fact that
public authority has stamped on each piece of
coin its weight and degree of fineness. This,
instead ot being viewed as a device to save the
labor of weighing and assaying each piece, is
regarded by many as giving an invariable value.
Renee the surprise often expressed when on the
Mispen»ion of specie payments by Ranks coined
money becomes merchandise—subject to the
law of demand and supply, like other commod'
ities. Specie then has a price in the market
which separates it from what is called the mint
or standard price of gold and silver as fixed by
law. It ceases,' in common parlance, to be a
measure of value. These terms, standard and
measure of value are figurative, but are con
strued, by a large number, in a literal aense.—
We speak of the foot os a meaaure of length, of
(be pound aa a meaaure ot weight, of the bushel
aa a measure of capacity. These are actual, or
unvarying measures or standards of comparison
for length,weight and capacity. They are found
od in natural measurements and other natural
determinations. The measurement of an arc
of flic meridian, the length of the pendulum
Ousting seconds ill some given latitude, and
the weight of distilled water at the temperature
of maximum density of water are all methods for
defergiining standards of-length, weight and
rapacity, founded is nature. No such standard
baa been or cau be found for value. There are
none such in nature.
Gold and ailver are t» be deemed standards
of value that only approximate more closely
than any other artiole of commerce to the
character of invariable These metals are,
therefore, the preferred substances for coined
money. The terms measure and standard of
value are, then, to bs understood, iu * com
parmive, and not iu aa absolute sense—as
figurately.and not literally, in their
application to the precious metals as the ma
terial of money. If this qualified meaning
had been observed, much misconception would
have been avoided. Perhaps the most unex
o*ptionable definition for money is a inttlium
. of value, as denoting iu trua function. Medium
of exchange is defective, aa_ money is the
thinu or object oaohonged, in every inter
change ot money for commodities, and not
mernly the medium of snob inierohango. The
result is, that gold and silver are subject to
the action of demand ami supply, in common
with all other commodities, but not liable to
as great fluctuations of value. Accordingly,
we find the price of these metals fluctuating
with the slate of the bullion market
There have been violent transitions of price,
in short periods by the action of governments
and of banks.- Gold has been at a high pre
mium in London, the great bullion mar
ket of th.e world, occasionally, in oonee.
quence of obanges in the fisoal policy of
Stater France, when she was nearly drain
ed of her silver, a few years since, for the
* East, supplied the void by large importations
of gold trom England, for currency purpo-,
ees. Gold, in consequence, bore a premium
there Russia, not many years since, exe
cuted a large financial operation by withdraw
ing a considerable amount of gold from Lon-
- don, at a large advance.
The action of governments frequently cans
ea a correspondent notion of banks. When
the Congress of the United -States, in 1834,
passed what is ealltd the gold bill, changing
the relative value of gold to silver from 16 to
1 to 16 to 1, an artificial demand sprung up
for gold, from Ds over valuation as com
pared with silver, threatening to act.with so
touch violence on the English currency, ad
vancing the rates of gold in that market, that
the Bank of England was compelled to coun-
tcfaot the effect by restraining mercantile
discounts. The price of the preoions metals
would preserve a far mpre invariable value
wer« it not for these interferences by author
ity and the over-action by banks.
A standard, or mint price, of gold and sil
ver, cannot prevent these alternations of val-
- uu. The mint or standard price ot gold in
England, is £3.17a. 10] J. an ounce. Two years
before the suspension, in 1797, of specie pay
ments by the Bank of England, the price of
gold rose to £4 3s. an ounce, and before the
period fixed by law for the resumption to
uke place in 1828, gold, in 1821, fell eo much
below the mint price, that the bank resumed
in that year.* This detail is entered into to
show that there is no necessary connection
between the mint value of the precious met
ala and their market price. There is a
. necessity to fix a value on these metals at
which they will be taken when brought to
the Mint for coinage. As they will fluctuate
according to demand and supply, so the only
effect of compelling banks to pay their notes
in specie, is to prevent coined money from
becoming an objeet of traffic, and losing its
function as money, while it acts as a preven
tive check against the undue increase of
paper money, under a mixed system - of coin
and paper. While the limits ot a sound cir
culation ar«* not passed, in a system of mixed
etitrency, the public wants, generally, will
■ ha states In bis pen
regulate the quantity of such a currency, and,
in regulating its quantity, regulate its value.
We have* said generally, because there are
states of public excitement that occasionally
lead communities to an abuse of credit* as we'|
as banks. The demand for credit and currency,
ia not at >nch periods an accurate measure of
legitimate demand. Commercial transactions
are then widely extended, exchanges are exces
sively multiplied, and banks catching the con
tagion, respond to the call for more credit and
more currency. A criterion, however, that can
never fail, ia the rate of foreign exchange.—
This ia an almost infallible regulator of the cur
rency if banks would watch and follow its indi
cations. On the whole the conclusion is that
gold and ailver, although liable to fluctuations
of value, arc less to titan , any substances yet
diacoveied, and than any atticle that is under
the influence of the law of demand and supply.
In our next we wilt enter on an examination
of General Green's plan of reciprocal checks by
means of Treasury and Conlederate bonds.
C.
Oar Special Klelimoud Correspondence.
Tb« Senate’s Rebuke of the Petition of the Supreme
Court of Georgia—Judge Lo-brane m-uiaed—Die-
bursieg > Ulcers' Bonds Oot gieta on planting Corn-
Retaliation—A Dec Won—TUe Kt qulitr rather heavily
raked, Sc
Richmond, Feb’y 26.1663.
The bill in regard to substitutes offered by
Mr. Phelsu of Mississippi has been passed by
tne Senate without amendment. The bill aim-
y provides that hereafter no substitute shall
s received, and repeals alt former acts granting
that privilege. The Committee reported an
amendment in the shape of a new section, pro
viding that, in all cases, persons having furnish
ed substitutes heretofore, shall bo enrolled and
heldlto service if the substitute deserts. Mr.
Sparrow advocated the amendment, relying for
argument, ehiefly on the newspaper accounts of
the number of desertions of that class of sol
diers, and a letter from Gen'l Lee, stating that,
ms a geneaal thing, substitutes will desert. The
amendment was ably opposed by Messrs. Orr,
of S. C., Oldham, ot Texas, and Caperton, the
new Senator from Virginia. The chief point
presented during the discussion was whether the
acceptance of a substitute by the Government
did not amount to a contract which could not be
impaired by ex poet facto legislation without
violating rights legally acquired and already
vested in the patties. As this same point has
come before the judicial tribuuals of two States
—Georgia and South Carolina—in which differ
ei t decisions have been given, it is proper to add
'that the legal argument was thoroughly exam
ined and discussed by the Senate, and the Georv
gia decision rejected, not only by a large maj r
tty, but that majority comprised the most emi
nent legal ability of that body. Of this your
readers can judge for themselves by glancing
over tho names of those voting, as follows:—
Messrs Barker, Brown, Burnett, Dortch, Pey
ton, Phelan, Simms, for the amendment;
against it, Messrs Barnwell Caperton, Clark,
Clay, Davis, Haynes, Hill, Hunter, Johnson, of
Georgia, Johnson,Jof Arkanaas,Maxwell, Mitch
ell. Orr and Yancey. Judge Lochrane of Geor
gia will doubtless be pleased to learn that,
though reversed by the Appellate Court, he is
in such company as the foregoing names indi
cate. The bill was then passed as reported
above, thus disposing of the whole subject of
substitutes so liar as the Senate is concerned.
An improved bond for Commissaries and
Quartermasters has been introduced by the
Senate Committee on the Judi riary. It enlarges
the conditions merely, but does not touch the
real delect which consists in the small sum fixed
as seenrily—sajr ten thousand dollars for men
frequently, having in their hands hundreds of
thou sands—and the loose manner in which se
curities are accepted—often men of straw, with
out inquiring into their ability to make good
tbeir obligations in case ol failvre or fraud.
A joint resolution has been submitted by Mr
Chilton, ot Alabama, recommending increased
crops of cereals and expressing the soiuc • of
Congress as to the impolicy of planting large
crops ol cotton audtobavco.' This joint resolu
tion is, iu every way, commendable, and couch
ed in language so appropriate and unexceptiona
ble that it is worty of preservation. Alter recit
ing that the prevalent rumors of peace might
induce a return to the accustomed mode ot ag
riculture, it resolves. That while disclaiming all
power as well as desire io interlere for -the pur
pose of directing the individual pursuits ol the
people of the respective States, nevertheless,
Congress does hereby express the settled cons
vetton that the planting of large crops of cotton
and tobacco, during the present year would bo
highly impolitic, and would respectfully, but
urgently recommerd to the farmers and planters
of the country the permanent importance of
raising the largest crops of provisions so as to
ensure the subsistence, uder Providence, of the
army and people of the Confederacy. Let Leg'
islative Sumptuary'Lilliputions read this admi
rable resolution and learn a lesson. Mr. H. W.
Bruce, of Kentucky, has submitted a resolution
looking to proper measures ot retaliation for the
the atrocious cruelty with which twelve Confed
erate prisoners were allowed to freeze to death
at the Camp Chase Black Hole in Ohio, U the
President shall find.on inquiry, that these mur
ders were perpetrated purposely or through gross
neglect. It mav be difficult^ apply the lex
tabnis in such a case ; though as to the tact of
these horrible murders having been purposely
perpetrated, there will be but oneopihion in the
South. Is not the case of Col. Zavoua fully au
thenticated t Shut up for six months in a nar
row, loathaome celL—the windows covered with
heavily bolted shutters to exclude the very light
of heaven from this unfortunate, but chivalrous
captive. Oh, Yankee malignity, and hell born
baseness! the day of retribution is fast approach
manifestations, and woe bo to the confederate
who will telegraph cither , the Northeast or
Northwest, even by a curve of the finger or a
twinkle of . the eye lid. Nor does it speak in
passion, or make its charges “in KingOaraby-
ees’ vein ” Ou the contrary, they are direct
ed with the most consumate skill, aud when
once in motion, overwhelm friend and foe —
Thus, for example, in a strategic operation? a
few days since, designed to retrieve an im
petuous bnt unsuccessful charge upon lag re
tain, after his gallant feats in Charleston
bay, it performs a sudden flank movement
against an entire brigade of sensationists,
sweeping like an avalanche the terrified hosts
of reporforKl culprits, overlooking, in the
audacity of bis charge, the terrible fact that
our Secretary of State, J. P. Benjamin, w.is
actually tho loader of the unfortunate brig
ade. Did not.be publish hiB official notice
under great seal of State, notifying the whole
world “and the rest of mankind,” that the
blockade was broken by the dispersion of the
blockading squadron ? “ The main object of
our movement,” says the Enquirer, “ was to
rebuke the manufacturers of startling bulle
tins.” Poor Mr. Benjamin will long remem
ber that terrible charge, and so will I, and so
will the rest of ns! As these opportunities
do not occur every day, however military
men say that this extraordinary -war spirit
would turn upon itself, if it bad no enemy to
encounter, and, henoe, the occasional skir
mishing upon the Clerks in.the Executive
Departments, the Editorial Convention in
Georgia, and other minor dieoiplinnry exor
cises. ’Tis wonderful lliat, with .venerable
locks, whitened by the frosts of fitly five win
ters, the Enquirer should display such thirst
for bloody carnage. Woo betide tho “fain
eant youngsters,” if found loitering in the
war-path of the Wesi-southing warrior.
CHEROKEE
P. S.—Tho Exemption billeported by the Sen
ate Committee was passed, only five Senators
voting against it. It differs but little materially
from the existing law. except in that section
relating to to the exemption ot one overseer to
every twenty negroes. This clause is so guard
ed against abuse or evasion that it will he almost
impossible tor either to occur in its execution.
And jret that is the clause that will meet the
most formidable opposition in the House. So
many members have already.committed them
selves agatnst’it, that the chances ot any agree
ment are remote indeed.
7 be hill for soldier-cacJiing has lie-, n tabled by
a large majority. Mr. Gartrell fought it through
every stage. Notbiug so - unpopular bus been
introduced in tho House during the Session,
though its originators thought it the best, if not
the only means of reaclmig a great and alarm
ing evil.
■ ■ . on is la err
l>bl«( that .he Bask cl Xngiar.d reenmtd specie payment
is 18 *. Fash bit! IwtUtaj; far the rm—ptl id. was
vucutla the Ucnsa of Coaaot in IS19, piorid.ng
■M jPRBpUcn ui Itt; tni thaUflax a gold was so
,uat lets L mlon, In lWt, that tbe Back anticipated the
a -*
.ncoln’8 Senate has passed a conscription
in ii mm
act, consoribing every citixen in the United
States between the ages of twenty, and forty-
five. This mammoth military bill will expe
rience no delay in the House, aud will be a
law in time to retain the 800,000 men whose
term of enlistment will expire early in May.
It clothes the President with the most arbi
trary and exclusive power over the whole sub
ject, ignoring State authority and State inter
vention, of any kind, in its execution. This
measure is intended for fhe doable purpose
of keeping up and reinforcing tbeir present
army and of hurling defiance at Napoleon III.,
Unless there be a revolution in the Yankee
States, the war will last during Lincoln’s
term of office.
Judge Meredith, of this city, has deoid&d
that voluntary service by non-residents’ in
the Confederate army, gives a man a domicil
in the Confederaoy, and aa such, renders him
liable to conaorlption. This will restore to
our armies hundreds of foreign-born soldiers,
who, at the commencement of oar revolntion,
entered the service as twelve months men
but, at the expiration of their terms, were
cast loose npon onr towns and cities, and have
Bince been protected by consular certificates
or other evidence of citizenship - or birth out
of the limits of the Confederacy. The deci
sion is universally approved, and, I have an
Jerstood, the War Department will issue in
structions to enrolling officers to act npon the
rale thus judicially established.
The Richmond Enquirer has volunteered its
services in Senator Brown’s crusade against
tho.Clerks in-the Executive Departments.—
Indeed, that paper has suddenly doffed the
gentle robes of white-winged peace and has
rolled op its sleeves for indiscriminate car-
n ge. The sabre and the bayonet now flash
through every column, and its wood-cut of the
Capitol has how given way to sculls and cross-
bones. The Northwestern States of Yankee-
dom are the special objects of its war-like
l.ctter from th« linn. 8. 11. Htll.
Richmond, Va., Fen. 16th. 1863.
Meiers R. M. Orme <f Son,
GEim.BMEN: The Recorder of the 3tl con
taining the letter of Governor Brown dated
January 24 h, reached me a few days ago, and
to-day, I have found time to exaniiue its state
meats.
I notice the letter only because it purports to
come from the “Executive Department,’’
in this character might give some vvoig
very palpable errors, in their nature calculated
to do public injury and establish a lalse prece
dent. For these reasons the letter may claim a
consideration not otherwise merited.
Was the order of the Governor in r.iisiii» the
12 regiments called for by tho (’resident in- Faff-
runty 1862 in whicn he ordered'a drill,>!:issi
fled that draft, and deprived tho men' dratted of
the right to participate ia the election oi the
officers to command them, wuhgovIvgteBuive
authority and therefore lltegiil ; or tvas it in ac
cordanee with legislative authority and.tjiace
fore legal! I have mid and now emphatically
repeat, it was utterly, without such authority;
and the Governor affirms the contrary and this
is the issue.
The Govornor re'i-is to and quotes as his an-
thoii-y tfe Militia Act of 1818. By turning to
this A<-i it is found l<> be "An Act to revise and
CMisoi •is •- the militia laws of this State, See,'
It it • * ■ ud to prescribing the rules lor divid
tug, raining, officering and disciplining the
militia oi the Stale as an orqauized body; aud
provides lor calling out this militia in whole-or
in detachments to repel invasions, suppress in
surrections, &.C
Does this statute in any respect apply to the
call made? I will not answer by inference, ar
gument or epithet, but by the plain letter of the
law. -
By the the first section of the Act of March
6th, 1861, the President is authorized to employ
the militia, military and naval, forces ot iho
Confederate States of America, and to ask for
and accept the services'of any number of volun
teers not exceeding one hundred thousand, to'
serve for twelve months after they shall be mus
tered into service, unless sooner discharged.
By the first section of the Act ot August 8th.
1861, this number of volunteers is incr&sed to'
four hundred thousand, and the term os service
not less than twelve months nor more than
three years.
The Act of*January 23d, 1862, again amends
tho first section of the Aact-of March 6th, 1861
so as to autherize the President to call on the
States for troops to serve tor three years or dur
ing the war. It will be observed that the dis
tinction between the militia and volunteer troops
is plainly kept up in these several Acts. ' Which
did the President call for, the militia aS organ
ized or in detachments, or tor voluuteer troops '
The President plainly followed a very plain law
and called on Gjv; Brown for “twelve regiments
of troops to serve during the tear.”
But I will not rest here. 1 will now show
that the President is forbidden to make, and
the Governor forbidden to fill a call for the mi
litia to serve during the war .
The second section of the Act of March 6th
1861, is in the following words:
“That the militia when called into service by
virtue of this Act or on any other Act, it in the
opinion of the President the public interest re
quires, may be compelled to serve for a term not
exceeding six months after they shall be muster
ed into service,'unless sooner discharged ! ’’
The Second section of the Act of August 8th
1861, is in these words':
“That whenever the militia or volunteers are
called and received into the service of the Cotv
federate States under the provisions of this Act
they shall be organized under the’ Act of the 6th
of March 1861, entitled an Act to provide for the
Public Defense; with the same pay and allow
ances of said Act, and the same time for the ser
vice of the militia.”
So again the amendatory act of January 23d
1862, in express 1 anguage is declared to be an
amendment of the frst section only of the act ot
March 6tb, 1861.
Thus, not by accident, but, as I happen to
know, by design, the acts of Congress always
keep in view the distinction between the militia
and volunteer troops, and are very carelal to
make prominent the avowed purposed that the
militia shall in no rase, be called into service for
a longer time than six months.
There arc great and overshadowing reasons
for this rule, founded not only in wise policy,
but in fundamental principles, which I will not .
now stop to explain, and accordingly we find :
that this has been the uniform and unbroken *
rule on the American Continent ever since we
had a government. I can bnt regret that the
Governor of my. Slate seems not to have dis
covered the rale, nor learned the principle.
It ia thus shown by the very letter of the laws
that the call was not for the militia, and could
not be for the militia tor more than six months,
bat that the call was explicit language for
“twelve regiments of troops to serve during the
war.” And Governor Brown, in ordering s
coascription of troops'for the for the war, under
the name ot detaching the militia by dr ft as
C Dvided in the Militia Act of 1818 is show □ to
ve done so without any legislative authority
whatever, and “no act was ever more illegal.”
But suppose the President had disregarded the
law and called for the militia to servo during
the war ? Can it be possible that Gou. Brown
would have forced out the militia during tho
war. in the very face of such express prohibition
h? the law r Were it possible, therefore, to
trove that he had such a cal!,would his authoity
>e increased or his error lessoned f
It equally shows that he bad no authority to
classify the troops for the war so illegally dratt
ed, nor to deprive them of ihe tight to veto in
the election of the officers By the way did he
detach militia officers to oomtnand the twelve
regiments» Yot if he was acting properly un
der the Act of 1818, he was required ao to do.—
Nhr haa he a right oven under tho Miliitt Act
of 1818 to deprive even militia men of thfe right
to participate in the election of their .officers.—
But when a detachment of militia is ordered
under that Act, whether by detail, draft or vol
untary enlistment, it is his duty to detach offi
cers to command them, hut they are and must
be the officers previously elected by tliqpmilitia
men including those detached.
And what a monstrous pretension, that the
provision of the militia law for detaohing a
portion of an organized body for a given ser
vice by detail, by draft or by voluntary en
listment, gives Gov. Browu the diserrtion to
enter the social circle, and look into, men's
private conditions and domestic relations, and
ndividualize and point out those who shall
be forced lo serve during the war!
So, therefore, if the act of 1818 applied to
the call made l>y the President for troops to
serve during the war, Governor Brown did
clearly violate that act; and if Ihe not did
it apply, bis order was without legislative
authority. Iu.any view, “nothing wok ever
more illegal.”
I will not permit myself to add any reflec
tion* upon the character and tendency of
these unauthorized Executive Acta. I have
stated the tacts and shown the authority. It
would bs easy to show that- Gov. Brown’s
tefeuse is, if possible, worse than the origl
■tal eel.
With the view of showing the perfect accotd-
auce ot the speech which 1 delivered in Mil-
Icdgeville with the provisions and purposes
of the laws referred to—especially the Mili
tia laws of 1818; I beg just here to call tit-
trillion lo the following pas age iu that Hpeeeh
to be found on page 14 ot,the pamphlet edi
tion :
With ail due deference, 1 must say thiscon
founding the army with the militia ia I rifling
with the question. The militia is a peace es
tablishment—exists always in all the States.
The States do keep the militia, hut not troops
of war in time of peace When the UanstUii-
tiou was framed, the States had a largo iron-
tier exposed to sudden invasions by hostile
Indian tribes. History bad also shown that
Republics were subject to insurrections aud
resistance to the process of.lew. The desire
was to provide a power ample to protect this
large frontier front Indian incursions, to pre
serve interna, peace and seenrily, and to do
all this without a large at nding arnuy. This
waB'-the very purpose of the militia It was
aoi to prosecute war, but to.preserve htav
to be used in sudden emergencies—and to this
end it was organized to he kept always train
ed, always officered, and in every locality.—
Anil us the militia embraced the great body of
the people whose business wat not war, but
agriculture, commerce, and all the indus
trial pursuits, and ought not, thereioro, to be
called away for a long period from their pnr-
su ts, the power of Cungr* cs is expressly iim-
tted-to call forth the militia only *o suppress
iuMirreciioiiB, repel invasions and execute
the .la .v e The militia may. sometimes aid the
HTtny, but always for short periods; and,
therefore, the militia, as such, has never been
called out for a longer period than six months
fin this country. A proposition by Mr. Giles
to call out the militia lor tw» years, was de
nounced by the very men who opposed con
scription, as an unconstitutional attempt to
convert the militia into an army ! And, iu
this they were right.
The Governor seems to think that the term
politician, as distinguished from statesman,
ocourriug in the speech was inteuded for
those in his category. I can OBiy say I did
not deem it neoessary to make a personal ap
plication of the term. Since, however, the
Governor insists upon so applying it to him
self, and writes a letter proving the propriety
«f the application, I will not tr
trouble myself
to join issue on that point.
Tho public. I know, will excuse me it i do not
reciprocate the ill choler exhibited by the Gov
ernor’s letter, i have done nothing to disturb
the harmony of the people. To promote that
harmony during the enure revolution has been
my great desire, and to contribute to that end
by encouraging in the people a just confidence
iu their tiwii chosen administrators of the Con
federate Government—who'had been so. rudely
so unjustly and persistently assailed, was .the
only purpose ot the speech delivered in Mil
iedgeviile. Having, therefore, a good con
science, I have no excuse for bad temper. •
I beg to’ assure ihe Governor, also, that his
vituperative criticisms are wholly inoffensive —
He has employed such language so often and
so indiscriminately against so many who are
known to be great and good, including President,
Congress, Judges and even the laws themselves,
that when he uses the samo weapons on one so
humble as myself, I am induced to conclude l
have said something worthy and frocihle, and
am placed iu good company. Several hundred
years ago, Sir John Fallstaff, Knight, some-
whar distinguished for doing many things of
somewhat doubtful authority, but tor which he
always bad happy excuses, justified a habit
ratherugly in itself by declaring “’Tis no sin
for a man. to labor in his vocation. ”'
Should our Governor be threatened with a
littlo disturbance of mind in reviewing his
dourae, I commend the clear log o of this high
authority lo hit comfort.
I cau, now, readily understand why it is
that c-ouimnnieationB from the Exeentive of
Georgia, addressed to high officials. State
and Confederate, receive neither notice nor
reply.
-The warm approvals of the epeeoh delivered
in Milledgeville which are reaching me from
gentlemen in and out of Georgia, whose opin
ions I highly value, enable me to be perfectly
content, even if ambition had contributed to
its delivery. In view of the real purposes of
tbe speech, I am gratified.
Very truly yours, - B. H. HILL.
SAVANNAH CALLS! *
BALLY GEORGIANS
And Fill up the Banks!
O UR COMPANY hiving been organized and received
as Company A, in Cul J. L Hsidee'a Regiment, now
completing iu orguisition far servi -e on tbe
COAST OF GEORGIA,
We will accept a few wore lecroiti to all it up to tbe
maximum nUncud The best ot Arm* end Cothing
farnlmed ee boob ae the Regiment ti crgsnizid
D C SMITH, Ctpleio.
R W CRAVEN, 1st Lien".
• * J H THRASHKR td Lieut.
J J McKOY, B'n 2d licot.
. J *■ Hordes Rifles.”- Mai dee’s Keg’t Os Vote.
*> ell times at tt«oflire of
will receive recruits
and pey life SOU-TV OY *>0.
Stunts. U»„ tlsr.h V, iSiS. mu
SALK Oh’ xaoRoiu.
W 1 *’• ttftj), st pnbiio eatery, Iu tbe Town .
w IttUsboeu*. fair field UUtrlrt, B. C.oe Moudej Mb
°* Mnrra n**t Thirty-Seven .tegrees- A credit or one
X«*rwtUbegtTeBto(iircb4senwbodonot wish to psy
UK cub. miTl-3v»
The Attack on Charleston.
AUCTION SALES.
THK DBFEN0KS *’F THB-CII'Y—WX1Y TO* MOVR-
MtiNT IS DKI.AYKD-IIW MANY MONITORS IT
WILL MKQOIRB TO TaKK CIIAULKSTON, Ac.
The Yankoes. are all agog over the move
ment against Charleston, and are growing
impatient as they were last summer in
their “On to Richmond.” The special
correspondent of the 'New York Herald,
who accompanies the expedition,' writes
from Hilton Head, S. C., where the numer
ous fleet are rendezvousing:
An immense pressure.lias been brought
to bear on those in authority by Congress
men and others, backed up by the pre
vailing public sentiment, to bring about an
immediate attack of that Sebastopol of
America. Iteeems to be the general im
pression among those who know nothing of
ihe character of the defences of Charleston
and the immense force at hand to garri
son them, that it is an easy task to capture
the place. There could be no more dan
gerous error to fall into. The defences of
Charleston are in every way superior and
more formidable than those surrounding
.Richmond, agaiust which our forces have
been led in vain. Ail that science and
skill could suggest, and labor and money
lavishly expended could accomplish, have
been applied to the strengthening of the
fortifications about Charleston. New aud
immensely strong works have been erected,
oid ones* re-modeled and increased in
strength, anti scientific skill has been ex
hausted in making them complete against
every assault. Now, in view of all these
tacts, it would bo sheer insanity to attempt
the reduction of tiie rebel works without
an adequate force to successfully accom
plish our designs. Our land forces may he
weak, but we must rely upon the navy to
gain’the victory, and that must have force
strong enough to carry the day after the
loss of vessels, a loss which will certaiuly
occur, hefope our guns can hear upon the
city. Under the concentric fire of several
hundred gun's of the heaviest calibre, pro -
tccted by evety available method that art
can afford, how long will it be before our
wooden squadron is melled away hefpre
the storm of shell 1—and how many may
reasonably expect to run the gauntlet of
this terrific fire? It is safe to assume that
one half or two thirds will be crippled
before the walls of ,Sumter are passed;
and then what other batteries await them ?
Wooden vessels c.innotj’o up to the city,
and we must rely upon iron clads to open
the way to our victorious flag.
And this brings me to the question I
desire briefly to consider. How many iron
clads are necessary to reduce the city of
Charleston? Many, and l doubt not a vast
majority of the public, who lirve not in
vestigated the subject in all its bearings,
seem to. think that three or four Monitors
will be sufficient for the successful accom
plishment of the work. If none were in
jured, or run aground, or become'disabled
in any way, perhaps three would l»e suffi
cient; but, unfortunately, everything made
by human hands is imperfect in one way or
other, and liable to become deranged, and
its success impaired, if not entirely de
stroyed, by Lome unforseen contingenpe
over which we have no control. It would
lie absurd to say that tho Monitors are not
to be reckoned in the same categoty, and
it is the wisest, the safest coarse to accept
all these contingencies as highly probable
and likely to occur, and thereby determine
the success or failure of our undertaking.
In .the first place these Monitors must
go into Charleston harbor alone and
through the channel, which is not. novf
perfectly known—a channel which is cov
ered by a thousand heavy guns. No pilot,
whose experience was gained before the
war, would undertake to safely convey a
vessel up to the city unless he could feel
his way in with the lead. Ti^o buoys mark
the channel, and its frequent shiftings have
rendered useless air the marks by which
the pilot formerly kept the proper channel.
To suppose, under these circumstances,
that alt the Monitors would escape the
shoals and middle grounds that abound in
Charleston harbor wo’uld be absurd. One
might get ashore and serve us' a buoy for
the others and soon, until two or three,
or indeed all would be hard and fast from
the entrance to'the. channel to the city
helpless and worse than lost to us.
W e can afford to lose several Monitors,
if they are Bunk in action and safely out
ot the rebel power; but we cannot afford
to leave a single one on the beach, where
the rebels may capture her, patch up her
shot holes and send her out agaiust. us.
Two of them would be very apt to termin-
ate our possession of the soil of South Car
olina. The rebels with one or tw > Moni
tors would be nearly as well off as we are •
and who could tell when the affair wouid
end ? No!. If we are not entirely demen
ted, no attack will be made on Charleston
with less than six, and with as many more
as can be sent here. When we are sure bf
victory let us go ahead; but let not affairs
be hastened that we may come out of a
disastrous attack- shorn of our peculiar
Ktrp.npfch.* Wa nan aflvtmi nmU A a* '
AUCTION SAULS.
BY CRAUF0I1D, FJI.VZEK & CO..
S. J. SHACKELFORD, ADOVIONKKlt.
r s REGULAR AUCTION SALKS oi onr Loose win
hereafter be on
TUESD \YS, TUtlR'DAt N A*l» MTMIUAV*
or
EVERY WEEK,
AT HALF t*AST 10 O’OIiOCK.
All floods, Worm end Chattels should bo sent In tb
evening before, or early in tbe morning of sale day
StoeV nates of
Horses, Mules, &c.,
will commence at 4 o’clock on each regains sale dAy
JnwTf-fn
strength. We can afford to wait a little for
success.
Three Monitors can, it is thought, when
safely past Sumter and Moultrie, ‘ capture
the city. To get three through we must
expect to lose an eqn&l number on- the way
up. That is not too great an estimate, 1
am convinced. Besides, we shall find work
for them in-aiding each other when ashore
and in preventing the unfortunate ones
from falling into the enemy’s hands. I
have but hinted at ‘Some ot the difficulties
to be overcome; hut a moment’s consider
ation of these will satisfy any one that it
would be folly to Attempt tbe great work
of capturing the strongest place in America
with a few Monitors. We must have 4k or
eight, I repeat, wheu we make- tbe attack;
or our success will not be so complete as we
oould wish. .
I have written theab.;ve for the sole pur
pose ol curbing, if possible, the impatience
of the public North. I do not pretend to
know the plans of the Admiral here, and
know nothing of the force to be used ia
any movement, nor do 1 know that he has
any design of attacking Charleston j but I
presume he is as anxious to make an effort
in that direction as we are to witness it.
When he does attack, it will be a success
ful one, I am confident, and we can well
afford to await-the opportune hoar without
impatience or giving ourselves unnecessary
trouble.
HOTICK.
vv ° F1SBACK ie antbuilxed to treiie.it tmlln.-U i
** mm during my ebeenee
8 V WILLUiOUAJd.
: ______ WASTED,
A CCMPFIENT BOOK-KEEPER far • Cotton Vacto-
tj. Apply to PEASE A DAVIS.
EXTENSIVE CATALOGUE BaLS
or
IMPORTED GOODS
BV
D. MAYER, JAC0BE & 00.,
ATLA.NTA, GEORGIA,
ON . ;
‘JueBday the 10th of March 1863,
J. .1ACOIIK, Auctioneer.
5 1 UU1 TAM'S KLKU.tNT LAWNS
” ’*' ■i.ovo jonJ- M .mntn* Mue in
(. owl )«rd« Kogtl'b Citlic.’M
10 O00 jwkU Wee-bed Sheeting
S.*W yards Wenched Shining
4 cure U 1 cached Shirting •
1 <-.M Bleached Shin tug
1,008 yetds |d»i\ and doited Saris. Uastia
» cases p 1 kid Uin Lari'*
1,000 yard elegant O »«imnes
4 case regatta Owiiaim
2 OuU yaid. t»nny Flannel
1000 yards white and rid Flannel
. . .1 cam plain and block Wool de Loins
6* 0 d<«--u Oi tton Handkerchiefs
800 dcEon Linen Camb Ic Handkerchiefs
(.oOdoxmi Merino Uuli Hate
too dozen Laiiee' ttngUeb White Hues
U 0 dozen ladies’ Kxp.«u.i»n Skirts
2,0:0 d. z*n Weslhaad 200 yards Spool Cotton
10 0 dozen Brx>ks’ 200 yard* Spo'4’8 dtou, black
* I 80tt In. Patent Thread, iu Spool, and Sketos
00 lb. B'aek Seeing Sdk
800 dozen Horn fine U, mbs
300 dozen Ivory and Ontta Perchz Combs
Ml T.<oth Brushes
ICO Crimean Fancy Over Shirts
too O admera and Flsanrl Miirts
li 0 dome- Merino and Hhotlsnd Uudarsnirts
loo dozen Merino and Shell-mi Drawers _
1,003 l«e English Shoe Thread
i00 Oil Cloth Over Goa's ■
M 0 yards Irish Linen
■ - aa di.aea suspenders ■ .
?; A tine lot of Millntry floods
too pairs Ladies and Hfi-es flatten.
Boots anil Shoes ^
501 reams Commercial Note Paper
10 stedrs Liverpool 8 Jt
IS sacks A'Mpire
3 bbls Qlanber Halts
SMI pairs >.hite Linen Kota
100 jnlrs Caroln)Me Pants
100 H avy Over Coate
2 0 ftne C*.timers C<ata
100 block Frock Cunt
A One ouorlment of Vests
2000 Hie Smoking Tobacco
200 boxes Tobacco
200 iarxee London Dock Brandy
100 bexsa fine Champagne
10,000 Imported Havana Clears
S00 lb* Rite Powder
10U Carpet Brga
An t quite a number of other goods too nnmerons to
uieiiti >ii
faint* goes at Seles Rooms
Sal « PostllV •
Ten.. Cash. mart-td
To The Highest Bidder.
J W1LL 8I LL TO THE HIGUKST BIDDER, on tbe
fli.t Toesday ln March, at th*OIty Holt, • tract of
t-aud lyl gju tattou county, within tlx mllo. ot Atlanta,
Cimtaiuiug ttss acres. H ia situated between the '1 en’s
jj err > 1Hn ‘* M«%>« on the Chattahoochee ri»er —
. Sotveje have been tuado, rnunlng ’r -tn
this city to Jacksunville, Ala, one crossing this teat, a.-.d
thu.ither peasiug very near it. It has fully 80 aerea oi
K'erd branch bottom, with a gi.od mi.l site, wher.-oua
nail was once erected A'mut ihOanroaare cleared and
under te. se—the balance well wo ded- part very heavy
the improvement, are n pre.ty good dwelling with seve
ral good out homos, cribs, ambles Ac, a well ol good
water fo the yard and n good spring convenient, and
ina y other things on tho place, and a small young cr-
ch«d. Term* made known on the day of sale. Any on
wishing to examine the place can call on John A Carte,
on the p, ends. ■ JOHN FARRAR.
Iebl8 9t: 14,17, IB M. Si, 24, 26 SMeb a^dS mm *
NO MOKE OF THK SAME SORT.
- -H*C SLtVW c U.HHKL1, h «* haoo far fifteen years tho
* b«dy sevaut Of Cot Win V Sam lord, of Alnb ma, and
has bad uch a tr. lotng as hut tew eervante bare received
sine* the nays ,f -jnUN” end ‘-JUBA.’’ the trusted
.Mlter famedte’ yaWwani. . John Randolph of Roan-
RUhSKI.L is a ha_!thy. >kel, aud vigor, orman; about
•3 years <»f age; intelligent., nergotic and polile; a SO-
pxaiiut Coses nan, Pablo sup.. Dim so Room ajcd Uodt-Svk-
TANiJ a good plain Paints,, and al-c a gord Barber.
lfoesell Is on HrXAST end PaiiBPiiL .errant, without any ,
BE IS SOLS FOB NO FAULT.
her, r to Col William P Simford. Auburn, Alabama?
, W iVL! T Jl r bo ia w ? nt ^ class servant, of
established character and enpertcr qnaltacatious, will do
well IO examlue this boy. t'rico, ta.coa.
If not sold at privates de be fare tbo lOih prox., Russell
"‘J 1 on «h»t d.y to tho hishrst bidder.
tet.SMul CRAW*OLD, PHAZfc.lt A CO
^ SELLING OUT
Without Reserve.
g^TlBRCES NEW RICE
16 hogtjjjffds Sugar In store
40 hogsheads Sugar to arrive
800 bushels flora
Mfeol, Ao. At
<sh7-tf
VOLUNTEERS WAMTER.
C MJ-*- RHODES and Serg’t. U W. CRAVEN, o)
'he HULL VOLUNTEERS. 1st Confederate Kegimenl
wMVgin V..In,.toe,e, are now at heme for tbo purposo oi
raising recruits for their hegiment 'Ihe* will ih.
*' FtFt'F DOLLARS BuUNTX ” to nil who will volants-
forward and enroll themselves. Hut ih,, w who
will not listen to their roantry’g call, in ibis her hour m
need, they a> e orders i to Conscript. N„ doubt the cell
witleoowham da tote, *od ihe Exemption bill repealed
»o «xne forward and volua-ter and saTe beingCrnscribed
Tbeir oomm»od Is located at MOBILE, ALA , ooTof the
mo,t desirable arul heal thy localities in the .ervl, e The'
b^k^ * OTir ' 1 SitSS
One of them Will be found at all lita « at tbe office oi
Col* Qartre.1 A Hill on Whit hari.treo-.
Jan31 tf CsptCom’gCo O, Ut ConfecKteg Qa Vci-
$30 REWARD.
^ boat tho °f June lest, private J L M
Uibbei.s company F. 13th G.i lleg’t. He i» about
Jfip* l>0 paid for each of
fclr * rre *'* d&lifeTy to £ome proper officer.
fahSLit _ ■ joun f. hardin,
fobas-it Uent Com’d’g Co F, 18ih Qa Reg’t