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ATLANTA, GEOBGIA:
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 18G3.
AglitSTBAILTCIHCiaiTIOB W THBOTITB.
- WHUK ViRHT PAOK.'S*
- Ucnernl tirecn’i Reply *.<* U«-
Qiierd Green, or eorae one for him, has
pul lortii something; ip the form of ad an
swer to our objeotion?: We reply, IflM in it
filiation, for bja reasoning does npt deserrer
it, than tpr further elucidation and to. rocti-
• ty prrrorsinn. He attempts to rfrboule the
idea that it the Confederate States adopt an
e^clwively paper currency loreign nations
will cease to trade with us. Ridicule is not
the test of truth. The following coneidera-
tjons wil- render thin matter - plain. The
commerce between nations, is principally one
of barter^ They haveoccasionaly,, how ever
to adjust iheir balances with each other by
an export of specie,, but this implies the use
of gold or silver as the universal equivalent
To suppose two countries trading together
from epecie payments has becasemoW t £ )oc3
lie know of an instance ia which, a r arrenc , oi
inferior has not taken the phua* «*- one of snpe-
nor valuet “Does he know of air y |aw ol car .
rency by which the. fractional go r(a of a dollar
can be kept!* circulation’^ wa tM U turns res
quirei for change, When, tfaft doUar {itel J has
been banished, from, circular 0D? Jf iie knows
of any snphjew it has esetkp ;< f our notice or ob-
aervatipu,
General Green imagine' d| or he who represent 8
him, that he has discover if not „ contradict
lion, at least a discrcpar cy between our two a>-
serf ions,'that cohimod' ities, and among them
the precious metals, are influenced in tbeir value
both by the costs of production and the law of
j demand and supply. Among tit,; rudiments ol
political economy—-*a a pari of. its very Horn
book—is the dieffrvciiou between - value as gov*>
erned temporarily or immediately by demand as
compared wijh supply.^and permanently or ultis
matcly by the costs ot produeuooi, and w6 illus
trated the,difference by the w ell known,fact, that
if ili« price of a commodity tails below the costs
ol production, it ceases i„ tit- produced at all,
or if produced only in Bnch ^aaniities as the
demand will take off, at reduiaerativc prices
In this way all 'cotnmodi.es. 'unless subject to
monopoly, are under tiro influence of demaytl
and supply in their pretent or immediate, apd
the costa of production, in their tillinyi/e,effects,
as the condition,of supply
If this respect the prices ., of . commodities
are similar..to the rates of interest, subject to
a double-law.- The rate of interest is-infln
&aoad--Urnpor wily by the demand aa compar-
ai/rjih the supply of money, but permanent
T»e Northwestern Question.'
» House or Repbebsktatives, 1
y- March 5,1863. /
To the Editor of the Richmond If hip:
1 have just received a letter from one of
the most accomplished and influential of my
constituents, a few extracts from which I send
you for publication in your useful and patri
otic | aper. The writer of this letter is one
of the largest planters in the Sooth, has giv
en as much attention to the questions con-
njeted with the present war as any man now
living, and is the worthy oecupant of aplaco
of high official trust under the Confederate
Government. Daily do I reoeive similarlet
ters from every part of the South, and I feel
well assured that, in the army and oat of it,
ninety-nine hundredths of our people concur
fully with my respected correspondent in all
he says touching the importance of weaken
ing the enemy, by detaching, if practicable,
the States of the North west from their pres
ent connection with the Lincoln despotism.-^-'
Amy contractors, and- others personally inter-
ono of which employs nothing but paper for
currency and the other the preoious metals, L y ^^1 in the long ran, by the rate of profit
or a mixed currency of coin and paper, is at*, ^ this is governed by the demand as corn-
impossibility. ( pared 'with the supply of capital.' In furthn
I. Oar imports from Europe almeoj, *1- er illustration of this double law we would in
ways exceed in valnc our exports that | glance the history of the Cotton manufacture,
part of the world. How is any hMtS-.'s t° j It is within our recollection when tho pri$e,
be paid if we cxclade gold e&dr^ilver from !
Reply or tine Post Master General to the
Letter of Major Campbell Wallace.
Post Office Department, 1
Richmond, March 4, 1863. j
Dear Sir: , '
- Tour letter of the lOlh of February ultupo
was received by due course of mail, nucr I
have been prevented irom answering it soon
er bv a pressnre of business. 1 can but thank
yon for tbc generous and patriotic expression
of tout views recommending a reduction of
the mail pay to railroads to a uniform rate
of fifty dollars per 3»ile, duriug-tha war, ds a
moans of'enabling tho Post Office Depart
ment to-keop up the mail service. At a con-
vention of the officers and representatives of
the railroad-' companies, - which .was hold in
Montgomery soon ate the organization of
our government, they cheerfully and patri
otically met the views of. tho Department by
conseiiiiiig to u ro luction ol tue rates of mail
pay. . • : ,
But this consent was coupled with a reso
lution which requires a considerable inoreaso
ville for one cent, while correepondenm would AUCTION
hre^psTs^ly’ce^Tort ree'^ounces weight
^. 8 ‘9iJ?j^ ,,er ad^—t. - il(l jfic
pi
Sated in prolonging the war, doubtless hold j of expenditure by the Department tor tho
different language, but their influence is too j payment of messenger service, which had be-
iimited to justify the least apprehension as to | love that time been paid by-Hne railroad com-
tbeir being able to prevent a termination of | panies. Aud, on the whole,-the rmlue.tiou of
hostilities by the adoption of such .’expedi 11
cuts- as are recommended in the extracts
transmitted; none of which are at all incom
patible with a vigorous prosecution of the
wa-. I have tho honor to be, very respectful
ly, your obedient servant,
H. S. FOOTE.
lion. H. S. Foote, Richmond
the cost of railroad service had not bn on ns
much as was-nt therime expected. y
As bearing on.your .proposition, I would
mention that at the railroad'convention re
cently held .at Augusta, tho proceedings of
which I have not. yet. seen, .1 have been in
formed a resolution was adoptod for the ap
pointment of a commiltee to urge. upon Con
gress the propriety of increasing the rate.of
^V vecommended such
on newspapers as I hoped Congress woma a p
and not what my own convictions iff justicead
propriety induced me to think would beirealiy
right and proper. So that, while appreciating
the high motives which prompted vour vniws.
a in led to a different conclusion trom yourg on
W 1 " ,pec 'jOT 0 H' J RBAGAs!“'
Post Master General.
Campbell Wallace, Esq., „
Pres’ntE.T. &. Ga. R. R. Co., hnox«illle,Tcnn.
Order for the Seizure. of all Private
Arms in New York.—From an editorial in
Ihe Chronicle, we incidentally learn that Gen.
Wool has ordered a patrol force to ascertain
the number aad-descriptiwa of firearms in the
city.of New York, and also the quantity or
ammunition now in, the stores of that o»<y.
This was charged by tho New TorY Express
to be a precautionary moboment ot the Lin-
co'u govarnmont. against a popular outbreak.
The Chronicle doos not deny this, but says
it iB well known that there is a large number
of disloyal people there, and the Express is
one of the organs of the nefarious c;cw
Sudden Death.—The Savannah papers
announce the death ef Mr. GeorgeS llarding,
of the firm of llalsey & Harding, Irom apo
plexy.
T
New Advertisements.
Dear Sir—Your efforts to suggest somo J mail pay to railroad companies. It I anxssr-
plan by whioh the war might bo shortened, | roolly informed as^ to this ^would in*n»te
.tiave been praiseworthy, 1 '
indicated North of the Ohio river that is
left overy, move on our part op.en to serious
objections.
Tims and efforts produced by tho valor of]
our troops, seem to have given existence to a
sentiment which deserves a watchful attention
from statesmen of the South.
This sentiment is found among tho agricnl-
IRU* DO DUU1 liuUCU) I v .. . . , ,
So littlo had. boon | that they would not probably consent t« the
reduction you so palrioficaliy propose.
I have for some time pnit beeu endeavoring
to accommodate the views <of the officers ol
many lines of railroad, I may'.eajr of nearly'
all, tty . agrooing with them to the arrange
ment of schedules nt a-rato of specdof about
fifteen miles per hour, instead of the present
schedules. This, they represent to me, is
tnral interests in the “Northern” Valley of I made necessary on account of the difficulty
the Mississippi river, and mainly among the I of keeping np the motivo power and rolling
old.Democrats of that region. We occupy n I stock of tho several roads as well as from the
'position now, and have always done so,, that I difficulty of getting won to-repair thoroatl
I we could not- make proposals to thoiincoln I If this slower rate of speed shall be adopted,
.Government, This is tho true position still.— ! I am advised it wilt be beneficial to the roads
To that, we bid defiance; but to the Legisla
tures of Indiana aqd Illinois, and other States |
of the North western Valley of tho Miasissip-
pi, which may come to their oonclusions, I hold
of cotton goods, of an inferior quality, wps
onr eironlalion ? Will fotfg« nations take I Voitk twenty-five cents per! yard; they; foil
our paper money, in exo^age for such part ia p^ce before the war to five and six cents
of their products ns constitute a balaaco I ^ yar( j Thin was the effeot, and nothing
against us? Can cimmerco be carried on be-1 e fc e> 0 f the, diminished costs of production,
tween nati >na under such unequal eiroum-1 ^ change in' tho relation of demand to sup;
-stances? If we-continue to have comma.-1 ply would occasionally reduce the prices be-
cial intercourse with foreign countries, saeh 1 j ow> ftn j f a t other times, elevate them ab^ve Sa ditierent policy to oe correct. Wo shonTd:
countries consenting, it mustjbe at an expense | those .costs, but to that central point they I meot _their resolutions with all tho conces-
to ns of the most onerous kind, which
fioation we have expressly slated. Any
once womight owe would have to remain
a deferred and constantly aeeunulatiny debt I gravity, above or belowwhich pricoe arealways I 1st. Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa,
2»* °' h “ r ***■ “ d *‘ ° l \‘ r
ed tha same P r °dncts as yourselves, on as I ^mote from that centre, but towards which 2d Both Confederacies, “'Southern ” and
•heap terms, employing gold- or stiver as their L they are always irresistibly impelled. Now, j “ Northern,” to be politically independent.
currency, commerce wRh them, would be pre- I Gen. Green may deny the influence of the costs I All the slave States to bsloug to ths Southern
forred. - * 1 of^prbdnotion on prices, as not within his per- I Confederacy.” _ . •
2. Btit this, would not he the only disad- [ sonml experience. In that base he is hound I
to explain on some other principle the great I the navigation of the Mississippi river and
fall’ln prices of cottott goods, whHo tho in- I free trade, and *■ imports ” at our Tariff.
fluence oh prices ef the law of demaud and I Advantages to both Confederacies. . The
supply, is undeniable, Wma.ajmi to.qrdi- L “ Southern Confederacy ” obtains peace. A
by facilitating transportation. And for this
and the deorenBed speed in the transmission
of the mails, which is tho special advantage- j
derived from- conveying them by railroad,
they may possibly consent to some reducUou
of present rate of pay. • If our. railroads
QUARTER MASTERS
VX7UO wish their accounts maOe out »nd regnlaten.
VV can apply at this office *br infrrniation of a « m-
,-i;eat ptf sou. Merchants in want rf a Book-Keeper m
aUo apply,. mwl*-lw*
IRISH POTATOES.'
I XOK PLANTUid, on con»i«umeot and for
I marts*Ct LANGSTON, CRANK A UAMMOCK.
ale l«y
SUBSTITUTES, . .
,V«>UOSK WISHING TO GO AS SDBSTtTHTKS, or tboee
j wishing to pr-enre Substitutes, wilt Bui it tlielt
advantage to call at toy cffice over J. KL Lovojoy’. Storo,
Beach tree street, Atlant., Georgia, on and after the S3d
ikbUut.
..arlS-lm* Z. F. WILSON
s ^LEs.
AUCTION SAL&S.
BY CJtAWFOKD, FRAZER ft c 0l
i $ -0
S. J. SHACKELFORD, ADCTIOAKKr.
lUB JU6GULAU AUOfl'tON SALES ol our tw, K .
hereafter be on
TUESDAYS,THURj-HAVS A\U SATUUbHs
WEEK,
AT HALF PAST 10 O’GLOt'K.
Aft Good., AVaroahnd Ohattela ihoald be ton „
evening before, or early in the morniug ot Mledai
Steak Sate* of
Horses, Mules, &c.,
VrtU commence at 4%’clo& on oack rQniarmle dat.
Jao'2K-3m
O. W. COOK,
• ; GENU UAL .,
COMMISSION MERCHANT
....... . , ,.. AND.
. GENERAL AGENT,
; -fOtt THE PUKUUA8B OF ALL KINDS uF PtbUKICk
Jj Any oroera addressed to mo, will hare prompt atn. -
ti >n. el tho- trom City or Country lie.Cham, or rnuen
KMKits *o—
Capt J M Witte,-Atlanta
Ca,.t Win Bacon, A Q U, Atlanta
Mioera.Amys A ti n o, Atluiia .
ioi&ata Whlte A Powers, Atlanta'
Mr J J Thrasher, At ante
■ J 3h Winter, At anta ,p ;
A K Seag», Atlant i
lit. Cat mot, Henry County, Georgi v marlOSa
SHOE-BAKER FOft MLE
NoLnl:,Hkely Shoe-Maker for s»5» at ""
11. Jf. OtiARKK’S,
Whitehall atro. t.
WHITE TABLE PEAS.
O N VONSIGNMKNT and for ealeby
marlS-it LANGSTON, CRANE & HAMMOCK.
iuarl2-vt
LACS AMO MUSLIK CHRTAISS.
€ 1 HOICK lot ot the aboae articles on conaignuent and
/ 'for wUo'by
tuarlS-lw LANGSTON, CKANB A HAMMOCK
vantage. The use of paper money has con
stantly a tendency to excess or redundan
cy. We are as sure aa we are eoncious of our ]
. own existence, that such would .be the effect,
in; our etu. ' All experience proves that, the
SY'ffiwrMnenT’wJttr such a power. ' What |
then would follow ? A depreciation, as com-
pared with foreign countries, an unfavorable
exchange, a Jtse_ in the prices of all artiolesj
without a further reduction ot the mail fa
cilities of tho country. And when the cur
rent amount of transportation gives.them full
employment, as at present, nnu especially if
slow schedules should be agreed on, so ns to
favor transportation, anil wnilo the messen
ger service fs paid for by tbebepaiuaeiA I
can see no good reason -- why they might hot
agree to a reduction-of mailpay!
A reductioa : of the railroad, pay for trans
portation of mails to a maximum, rate. Vf-one
hundred dollaru per Bjite won Id priaiuoe a
saving to the Department of one hundred and
YELLOW III IS II POTATOES.
-IA BBLS YELLOW IRISH POTATOES, lor Seed, for
matlS-ti A C WVLY A CO.
F ive barrfls pork coun whiskey
Fifty barrel* ifiire Po»cli aud Apple Brandy, for mle
by A O WVLY A CO.
QUOAKS, Cbexing ap-1 Siu>kiaig T >bacco, Aa, Aft, I
kO aalo by
mirll-tf AC ^ CO.
, . . “ 0,1 arl,0 ‘ 8 ? I money as to the'(cost of its Deduction with
of ; iffiport^.on, a constaitt tax «,the people, tkftt of ld ^ costing
to cover the expense of a» unfavorable ex- ^ ^ ^ of tbS maker and the
change, provided . comwosce under such. un- 1
qual conditions is continued
3. But this is npt all of the effects that would
follow thsdisuse ol an equivalent which iauniveW.
sal. This conntry has always been an extensive
borrower in Europe. Our country has flourish
ed by Doing in debt. We arecompelled frequent- |
ly to remit the interest of a borrowed capital in
epecie. We will in vain place our bonds on the
stock markets of Europe with paper money to
pay the interest. Whs will bo the lendaraf S >
much for this scheme -of a govcrftiiiant paper
- currency. .
But General Green denies that, ha has recom
mended a cut rency exdusivsly oi paper. We
mightleaye thedecisiou to those who liave wach-
ed the progress of this controversy, and to his
nary observation. _
o»«u>u ui«eu tb aiBtngeuuous in applying j-ern Confederacy, which will be sufficient
the pvinoiple that value is under thjj influence I She obtains for her seaboaad cities the im j;or
of a double law, in a different uay toW I *“*«■' fc ! r bo . th ^onfederacie,. and *»«*■
; _ . -• ' , \ freight on her rivers and railroads;
we expressed ourself. We cofttoKsiqd.paper j The "Northern Confederacy" get* rid of
the responsibility of slavery. It may assume
maximum of fift^ 'dollars per milo'would pro-
da e a saving ot 'fi-ur bnodred and ,-igateen
thousand'fqur htindred and nineiy-tiye dol-
Itirs ($418,4^5. j A reduction of me expenses
of tho D.epasUment by an. amount equal to this
latter supvif it.can be .made, would enable
engraver, while th,e latter arc among tho most j
costly of -productions. C.
New Publteattens.
SumtAXT of vac Course of Permanent Fouti*
. EtcAT10NS AND OF TUB ATTACK AND DEFENSE
of Permanent Works—-for the ute of Cadets
whatever portion of" the immense war debt now I f b ® Department inoet its future liabilities,
existing, they may decide on. J k is believed, without further ndditiqnal aid
It secures importations at ot»r low la.iff. It | ifom liic Treasury and Without the necessity
secures its former market in the South for its I °I. flwtther reductions of the serVtco.
agricultural productions, and the same use of r While I do not regard it. as probabte that
» >■ rest AlHsissippi river. Its political in- L; l hc railroads would consent to this latter re^
. .tidene>' g.ves position aud place to,its I'duction, I fihould tiave hopes that they might
r :.iog statesmen. Its topography and unity I consent to deductions to a maximum tof b,;v-
of purcuit, in-titutiona and labor ; sucuraiwir-l ent y-6vo dollars per mile with the twenty-five
mony in its legislation, «nd promise! great | P el ‘ cent, allowed for night aervice when pa*--
prosperity. The two together, secure - ll>e ad- rt’ormed, upon the arrangement of..such slower
vine a wnim * im I fifth P.fltll R& 19111 RftlVimmGiifttn fhoin 1'i’niifbf
hiuiilroJ iorca ready for cuitivn’i ju, sad 11 va handled
old dedt.oolng Tho Plantation W ntw, ana Iimr od
it ouly bix or kovc>ii Log houses, i hio (toil in n mvliow i«atu
With fitu© «utough to make ii productive.
; Tha. plncG 13 iu a neighborhood of wealthy p!a«t«
mostly reeidiag ou their estates For surplus csoilal it
elToida a .safe investment, or for immediate aettlemeut,
many .advanlago*. My address is
of the United States Military Academy,by D. I jacent territories, a Tery*important’ ^oint; as I schedules ns •w.ill acoorntnodate theic freight
II. Mahap. Richmond—West &. Johnson.— I they cannot be united to the -remnant of the | an d- travel. 1^ will call the attention of the
Letter Press IV pp. 3J>2~8vo Plates folio ; 311 old United States, lying East.; including New ''
lull page plates, r" .
This is a work of which all military men ought
to be in possession. The letter press is ftjlly
explanatory, while the plates are admirably exr
eciMed doing credit to state-af Art in ' the Con
federacy.
England, whioh brought on tbc. war. The
two Confederacies would become the « great
power ” of the American Continent.
Tho “ Southern Confederacy,’' based upon
slavelabor, would always preponderate iu in
tellect; and would.control.
I present this to. your well stored, prolific
commit tec'on Post Offices i.nd Post-roads, of
the two honaes of 'Congress to your recom
mendation, that they may give it sut-U con
sideration as, its importauce requires.
In answer to that portion ot your letter in
which yon suggest 'that 1 Withdraw my re
commendatiou lor au increase of tbe postage
on newspapers, and for the repeal of the law
* 'disparagement of specie On every occasion. But
•we will make him a party to his own condcm- I The Campaign from Texas to Maryland, with
nation. ’ He slier quoting long passages from I - THE battle of FREDERteKBURG-by Rev. Nich.
Mr. CoWUfe and others; to show that gold and I olaB A - Davis, Chaplain 4th Texas Regiment,
|iXver aj-e of very amall account as currency, he I C. S. A. I.D done, and cannot be recalled. It is a mat-
seems to settle down at last in this conclusion, l This work is an acquisition to our Military I ter of incalculable advantagetoourConfedo-
jhaf speciemaybe excluded from all large com«j History. The materials appear to be authentic ir ftc y—to stop the .sacrifice of life, and of some
inercial transactions, but msy be employed -in ] and the narrative is clear with an easy flow, and | importance to limit the debt, and restore onr
small sums required for change.”- The follow-) I not without considerable felicity of expression,
mind, as an outline.ot what may come out of l authorizing the sending of newspaper ex-
a wise course, in meeting the sentiment of the I changes through jhe mail- free of postHge, 1
Northwest, heretofore alluded to. [ wouldjsay;that these recommendations were
It iB.tru.e they have fought us; invaded our I not made on acconnt of a want of apprecia-
coqatry; and wronged us terriblybut that tipn of their general usefulness, or , the spr
ing occurs in his pamphlet:
To us, it teems that the .issue of.Treasury
notes of the Confederate States, of denomina
tions suited for currency, and convertible into
' bonds' baring a rate of interest, which will make
them equal to gold and silver, aud they are ire
- cetved by the Confederate Slates, by the severdt
States, and hy 'the several counties, cities and
towns lor taxes,' and are also received and paid
out by our’banks and Railroad Companies as
currency, then they will be recieved by Vll- the
people as mousy tor all the produce of our soil
and • labor, tmf we can by their- nse place'our
produce in the market on terms that'will enable
-us toyegalste the exchange of the world- Sack
a currency will so diminish the home demand
torgold and stiver, iliattliequantiiy required for.
the pay ment ol debts and purcn&se ot property
-will be no more thau the small sums bequired
(U change; and this curreqey, although it will
not Uke wings and fly to London at the call of The
Bank of England, wilt command the commodir
. . ties which constitute our exports, and which
were the basis of the immense bank cndii3 and
intersperced with interesting biographical ]
sketches of some of our military commanders.
Chief Points in the Laws os War and Neu>
tbality, Search , and Blockade—with ihe
changes of 1856, and those now proposed—by
John Fraser MacQneen, Esq., one of his Maj
esty’s Counsel.
This is an admirable abstract of the principles
of Public law applicable to the status of War and
citixens to their homes. Concessions can be
made to the “ Northern Confederacy ” formed
of the States named, which will stop tho war
and will benefit us at the same tinteL Asa
cotton planter, and slave owner,, I would
greatly prefer the league, on the terms men
tioned, to separate independence/ with the
enmity of that people, to the institution of
slavery. As soon ns they are disconnected
from slavery, it will cease to be discussed,
everywhere.
If .we are not strong, it may generate another
war. The league gives great strength. > Under
• Neutrality. The established maxims and rales I this league, cau be embraced what they mean by
are-judiciously compressed while those in die> I reconstruction. Thatis, their, position mil be
/ , f .... 1 as good, or better than before, and 22 States
[pwfe are clearly explained and illustrated, the wiu be in iho league, instead of 33. But the
authority of all the most distinguished 'members 1 New England States, New Jersey, Delaware,
of the British Parliament being given on all the +-&«•, are of no importance to them. They have
chief points involed It would be instructive, if ir'e'llso “h.icTllfdU-
not lamentable to behold the record, as here I connc cted from slavery. Indeed they thus ob-
presented, of the .wide departure from consist-| tain all they are^contending tor. They say
ency ot eminent men who rule the British conn- I they are^ not fighting to free the slaves. We
cils from the principles with regard to the law of | men'uuwl'lftto do anything but
Blockade and the obligations of Ncu.r.Uty, as a- -7 In 'i^.ve^en
our invar as to rnmn^i thp flmv I solemnly expounded by the conferences at Paris j with tho army since its organization. 1 know
rent ol the precious metals into the vaults of our J «« *758. In recounting the more recent breaches »hmDpi^b.ft*l < >^fimeaLof They
SmSkbiUi 1 ^ w Uch m wnf l t ry T lem f 8,ren «^ J? J the °! N *'‘ on3 ' he,ate lf th ® ff Moithwest' are’met, on tbc ‘basis pro
UShll S’ ^ thi * ai ua ,u , the I bees in placing what they intended shoald.be a I posed herein, I think wp will enter the wedg,
for n BU nfai/larm; S3 t P et ^“ oent impediment to the . commerce - oft which Will sunder the present authorities con
imports below ihe Ropes ol the most saaguiue I Charleston is .reprobated as «me oi.the moat signal I ducting the war. Lincoln ’will Carry on the wa
- - ,nt . most bawguine ■ r ..... daring h.s admintstratum, if he can get-tti
aUv>>-a|e ot liec irate.
Now we ask, after the perusal of ibis pass ige,
ii Hie object of General Green is not lo- bring
Treasary notes into general and exclusive Use
l of these -violations. We are idebted to Mr.
McPherson for copies-of-tfre above works.
,b ? T A-r- 8,8,68 ? 7- |.trials in the coming year,- the scare,ry and high
How can this be done fo ihe extent he conteui
plates without the dtsplaceaint of m equal
amount of tbe precious .metals l Have we io
remind General fejren of that law of currency,
so invariable iu its. operation, lhat on ihe f cV
inaval of the check train specie payments, it is
imp—ibla for a currency of superior to circu
late i»oemp«ay with oRe of inferior value—pa
in 1756. -In recounting the more recent breaches I the opinion and. sentiment of the army. They
law of Nations lb. toil .0. ol V«- ^Sg^SgS^tS& HZ ’SS'^-
keen in placing what they intended shoald.be a j herein, 1 think wp will enter the wedge
11 1 J — - L fiw.&u Ewtsxliii!— con-
war
daring his administration, if he can get-tee
support of these States. .We then 6hould-be <Mi
the alert, and if possible, deprive him of' this
portion of Jiis army. .The balance we ccn wbip,
very soon', if necessary. Wc can Conquer a
peace from them ; but that will not be necessa
ry. If Indiana and Illinois withdraw rhe war
will close. With these proposals before them,
they won’t fight longer. The other States
named will follow or some of them al least-
If this be neglected on our purl, the leading
men may be offered positions
neutralize their efforts
These States are a part of the Mississippi
Valley, and their true alliance is with the South.
Salt.—The peopleof VirginiaiiviiLbe jwleived
to learn that among their other difficulties and
price of salt are not likely to be again felt .
The Salt Committee of the Legislature has
formed r contract -with Colonel J. N. Clarkson,
-who was,-before the war began, the most enter
prising and successful manufacturer of salt in
in Western Virginia, to supply the State with
si* hundred thousand bushels of salt at one-del-
at and fifty cents per bushel, delivered on the j tbo/ire an agricultural people, and so are we;
al a V11U1 S I L n . ikoi* nrrwitli'tR ftrp tiilTurunt from niiru. Rlui
Plantation for Sale.
mnrt;>-t:
A. S BROWN,
Syarta Gn r t m.
IKIUNERV GOODS.
A GOOD LOT OF MILINERY GOODS,; on coumri
mem aau for sale Ljr
bmwU-Iw LANGSTON, ORANB A UVM5IOCK.
F ink lot gf swfta muslins, for wi« t>y
marll-lw LANUSToN. CR^NEft HAMMOCK.
WHITE SULPHtTB SPRING
MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA.,
A RARK CHANCE FOR A GOOD, INVESTMENT I
UIHK INTEREST IN TtllS VALU.UtLK FBGPESTY,
£. formerly ueldhv my »-n, MaJ. M. IL-M»rk-> cau be
pnrrliaieu oa good lenae, if applied (orMun. Tho cun
CO. n id iu good working cowtittob, and .< ffjr» a «<x»l open
ing for a hubincds m»u. A splendid tract of Land for
farming, well fixed, with all needlut building*, Ac., can be
had with tbe Springs, if desired
Address by mail, or apply on tho prenflecs, to
marS-Ct
U. 1. MARKS.
SUGAR I SUGAR 11 SUB Alt. 111
F STOitli AND BOR L.VLB, Ten Hhda- Choice Sugar:
LAN SHELL, ZIMMERMAN A CO,
t'orner Whiitluil end Hunter streets.
mar8-tf Atlanta, Geurgis'-
but their products are different from ours, aud
hence the advantages in a commercial league.
I cats, the State supplying the water
tv- i. .-y o j , J lion, which cannot, al tbe ntmost, be more then
iw w,,h gold and silver ?-paper lhat has no ins wn or fi„ e en cents Thus tbe price of salt un* | - Negotiations must begin some nmc-fighu.1
-trmwe value, which coals Oufy the labour of the I der ibis contract will not be more than one dol- I ,i on e won ’t adjust a difficulty.
rminatamntcr aud engraver loprcjdnce it— 1 l ,r end sixty or sixty-five cent* per bushel, and I j (, >Te seen so little of the proceedings of
■ value 1 quantity will be abnndant to mnswer the foil I congress, that I am ignorant <»f what has been
VWtte » want of the country. -Richmond Examintr^Olh I du ^ 9cd .
with metals that ate are ol great intrinsic i
cial and great service they have rendered o or
country iu the struggle through which wo are
passing. I agTee With you iu the belief that
the history of the world does not furnish evi
dence that the press has ever before been more
free, as a general thing, from personality or
licentiousness, in times of either peace or war
than it has been in. the Goo federate Slat es for
the last two years, aud that no Government
was ever more noblyand patriotically sun
tained bythepress than ours. But the oa me
just tdeCd may with equal propriety be be-
atowed on those who compose our gaUaut and
fitithful armies, and those who, unable logo
to the tented field,,both.mea.and women, have
voluntarily contributed so much, and to the
amount of untold thousands freely and with
out price, to sustain them; jet it is not pro
posed to give these. atfy”speciHl itmnunitiee,
or t>> foster; their in-*
other purBaits r
were made because thoir adoption wouidadd
to the revenues of the Department, and so
far aid in eecuriogAw^tal facilities to tbe
couutry, without irflicting u wrung on any,
and because it is conumry to the principles of
our Government and the genius of onr: insti
tutions to foster or promote any ptircof it, or
any of its citizens at the’expanse of others.—
Hu who eats muat psydor his food; hit who
Wears must prty'for his raiment; and he who'
reads ought ro pay for his book.- and papers.
The State Governments may, if they think
proper,- make- provision for the e-Jucati -n of
the people, bat the Confederate Government
Jba« no such power.
But independently of the question of policy
and.power, 60 for as. tile, publishers of papers
a.,e concerned, they are not at all agreed as to
tho propriety or justice of authorizing the
transmission,of exchanges through, the mails
free.of postage, Soon alter the organization of
our Government, and preparatory to my first
recommendations on the subject, from personal
{ interviews and fromcorrespondence, 1 as>,r-
lained that in the main the coolly daily ! pjp e j fc
w were opposed toil, while the smaller papers,
tt hi- h 'Would lees frequently issued, generally favored u.
*. This, as it «-as tip ained to me, arose from
the Isct (hat publishers of dailies, when applied
to for an exchange with less costly paper, found
it to oe regarded as rather injudicious to refuse
such exchanges, while to make them was to
submit;toaiax equal to the difference in the value
ot the papers in each case. And while there is
rax compulsion to .make free exchanges, the
above is an illustration of the practical opera
tion of the law in the class.of eases referred
tlAOM A Witnu U. it. Oomfant, I
Macon, March 1st, 186 i. i
M R. BH: a. WERNER, is appointed Ageut ,.r tUM
Company at Atlanta, to fill the vocanoy oerns! ntd
by the death of A. G. Were, KM
msrttv tSAAC SCOTT, IVtwft
SHOES SHOES 11 AND BOOTS ft I
F OR CHILDREN AND YOUTHS, Itpu the u.e of six
to twelvft. Algo, nomn lor servaotTglas,wU .rf whkiL
1 v«-ai sett ch-wp to elow» thorn omt. >.
' roarQ-tf M. U. EDWARDY.
WANTED,
ms buy or hire, n JoUDg and healthy negro \Y
JL With a child from 4 to 8 months ot-i, form Wot
A liberal price will b® paid. Apply a- tbia pffler
db«V4L
, ^ , • ^MUBSTIXfUTKS ( .
Stry »t the wrpeuse of rXKLIABSK SUBSTITUTES, ore? 45, con bo had by mp-
And these recommendations Alt i*tjia«*«>y. it. Wallace, »t the.atore ot P. a o-r.
Dodd. marl2.TR,*
•nd.vtry cojtly in the pToduttion. Does Gpu. I 3f tr qh.
Grecu know ol an instance in history, ill which f
The prominent idea is this: We nuke no
I proposition to the Government, but we should
You no doubt observed too that, even at the
iucreascd rate Ttf -pos'tage on newspapers which
the precious meiaU have circulated as money I A. tew old Newspapers for aaie at this I put r int» shape what we will do witli certain I recommend, one newspaper weighing three
in company with paper currency when the check ■ office. Price $1 50 per hundred. 1 States, so as to induce them to cease warring. ounces would be sent from Richmond to Knox-
by
Kira Family Flour, fiMh-
rrrmnd from White WheWt, and Wheat Bran, lor rule
[uutr4-tf| FOSTER, QUEEN * C'».
Jt^TSAT WATER BUCKETS,
HOUSE AMO LOT FOR SALE.
TTISUODg at moving to the country,I otcr my faoug*
AJ sod lot where I now live, for gum
egcSB-tf . 8 A DURAND.
WANTED. .
A SUBSTITUTE in a Volunteer Company, for which
liberal price vnll be paid. Addrrs
J. L. D,
mcrlO-t[ Kfjr.jfox 4S, Atlanta P. O.
TOBACCO.
TN LOTS TO SUIT EKTAtLERe, for sale by
A maitO-lm ■ PEALK k
PEALK ft DAVIS.
im. *i. w. atiowR.
V * vs At-.’ p
NOTICE.
G FISBACK l» uatli'ttta*.' to trangac* bnwnejg.fov
~nw> duritut nr abbeaen.
-AariS-ti
D K.WULtdHG-1 AM
NtAemr s Wesvnur, K*h<* 0 “ ®*- •
Macon, G*, Jan. ffi> 1-®)-
0 ‘.v uni u.tm February Ut, this Company will teerirr
no Freight for Pnuseuger .Tiain . '
msesttf ALFRED L.TYLFK. m,.i
HIDES, HIDES. _
O VKROne liundrod 8Unichter*J Hi^ »fr ; gate every
wwk by CRAWFORD. FRASER A OO,
U*.7-tf .Artsy i-ontractevg.
PIANO. '
\ 8FLKt«tID.C^KKRIKG-gutd aet
Apply -t foie office.
(PSL tFUJiIS F. WKSTMORELAND,
O yP5.CZ at hf« r=v«.'«or* oa Ur»»ra giJ* a: <-aett»
Street. >»•*->
OA DOZEN CUOIC.6 BOSE BUSHES, tor gate by
OU marfola TEASE ft DAVIS.
«U»ffiE AND t-EE IF YOU WANT Til BUI.
1 BOXEi TOBACCO,diff-routgrafra
OH) 100 grotg Matchis
3.W0 ib« g «A Hue.hi, at
AM-)Sb, LtOOJi iCuii
. . = , AISO.
; t.i>i8 Ui Bart-8*!a
buslirl 1 Corn, to nrriveai.il iueluie
b soS buibeiB Pea-, t-> arrive cud iu gteie
neon ment ol UooliB au l Stationer^
Lot of good Sewing Ma bluer, at
AMOSS, L.G0N A Co’S
ALSO,
50 stirLa Salt' '
U.Cuj UwKugliati nul Sxeira lr->u .
’ Rbla Corn Alil kb
Bl-lr Apple Bruutfr, at
AUOSS, LtUoK tWS
iu. .. *LhO,.
Drtiir, B to reut u good Recideece, for tho kilua of lit j ■;
year. Cull at
rll-lt. AM JS8, LtlWN k Oi’J
DRY GOODS, &c.,
Oil Con8igi>meijtat Wholesale,
IASI'S FANCY ENGLISH PEL'TS
f\ AS >
44
4 4 Fancy English Priutu v
Uhw 4-4 KIlgHeh Lunp.ulutb A
Caged Eug.irh M-'iirniug Oalicoud
One ca,e ch-iire Printed Nng Challier
itirh LmeuH, Liu<n Caun ric Uandkeicliio-r
i’liiue Cullou llaudkerchiefr, Lodifo* il.ae j
AUreeiUot v oriiogg. Brooks' Sp ml Cotton ,
F>ax Ttir.aJ, Black Hewing Si k
Lamb’s Wool Uuder-8 iris, Merino Drawj-r -»
lies d >xeu targe aud fioo Pocket Kaiiri . .
tiO doze Superfine Pea Kutrer
3JO d am Superior Blacking, large fox.a
A few fill,, Bkzhs; Men’s Brogaua, Ariuy Sion
5 000 fine Oigare; 26 barrels No. 1 Silt
t.'Super Cooking Stoves. large and Small
2,400 lbs Baud'Iron: 1 pr.tr Platform Scafo
, loo d< zeu Liuen-Fruut hbirlg. 10 WbiU Cr«|*Sk«>
A targe invoice ot Mtlluery Goods , I
fill to be sold at nu deiate prices to dose eomtam**
ru-i'll tf
Whitehall
prices to cl.ae c.wa^nmr -- p
P. 0. BKHSI1 .Ti, I
St, cppcsiie Ga U K lint J
ricnnT.T.
A. CONNELL,
NO. U COUBV STBHkT' I
MONTGOMBEY. ALABAMA
H AS now on Baud »hd daily rrc-iving tfo hjljj
best gelecied aluck ot Tobacco ever oBeiel w*
puo ic iu this section, both Chewing ami Sjm»b|
Among the lot may be found tlie following biau(l«-
1,600 bozos, a.uip iglt-g v "
v Hudson-
-M K Farmer;”
-Wonham;”
- Graver
>- _ ®Bl«ckToa»; .
jff. . - “ path-Siw-er.
“ Me.****
”nteL6e;”
••Twiusi”
“E F Keen;”
- Van Tailalerro Tnfrt;
.-JTDavir,”
■ . -T Burst j" ,
.•Win Adetpba.
An t mrny other well known brauilg.
lf c» for Smoking f Gold Dht^idXV » >*«*
JS boxes Smoking, iu papers;
15 cnsJtajSmoklug “I ckalawnba;”
f.0 burefr Smoking, in lmgr; - h ,a,
60 mtsea S'nokin.-, .oily B Wlegr, iu 6 anil tuB
.. 5 ctm Smoking. Kxcotsior. • ...
Together wnb all tbe foucy Smoking Tobacco whKJ
lanDfoctmel iu Ljkcliburg, Virginia. 0»ll*?**“ |t
lect from tbit stock, or teno in yourordert. which,*®
ceiv prompt ami p<n.,i,nl attention. a*"*
NEW GOODS.
POCEET AND TABLE CUTLERY.
1 Cl k LBS ENGLISH SEALING WAX
XOVJ 4vi lbs Phosphorus
1,0 JO yds Blade Enamelled Cloth „ M
20 rrws ’Confederate Waff Buttom, (*■*"
make) . — - •
100 boaea Rcg'ish O » Soap
30 kegs BiCarb Sola
- SM donu Pocket Knv. s
400 d- BM Tublo Knives and Forks
2,600 put No. 10 Lear Cotton Cards
VfcQ 15 dox-n Sincli Hand Saw Filer
On conWgu.arimri for -‘•tfybOUOS ft BRO-
iratfi-tf Commission Meieforb
LIFE INSOKANCB,
THE fiKORSIA HOME INSlHiASCE OnWI'lI'
capital $*50,000.
DR. JAS. F. BOZHMAN, Prnsident.
D. F. IHLOOX, SecrWO
Life Department at Savannah. • 1
.AARON WU ^^ t ^D U, X?NOLD,C..m.n|tii.K Pbf*^
J-JOLICIKS are issued on tho lives of white per* 1
t or yrmng, oa very firvorabto term Tt.e wyar.il
ample, end ptiofleges are very libeiut. ■ A
Call upod ttio Ageat aud get ali nec»s»ry ir.fora* 1
*od firk* a -Policy <w fo*r IB.-
lAalthu ■ - h u nh-ks
Withiou.t
OUT
Reserv®.
g0TlKilCF3 NUW HICK
16 hogshca.fr Sega.- in sure
Sopar to arrive
d Matches
000 bushels Corn
200 bnsitcfr Meal, Ac- A:
Jj
REAL ESTATE FOR SAL®-
Ft tWO BUILDING LOTS, one and a fourth JJ
J -the Car 8hcd. One containing*> seres.
bered: ths other-S^ aewa, sa^ dsacripUoa . > “
splencdd ttUtdibg lot, for sale cheap, by r ^ygoS.
EDWARDY^
feb:4tf