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^uijuMum n<» wx ’■paaMiigiaawBiw s O u T HE R 1ST O ON FEDB 'R A O -TT - eostbern ®on£ederacg ISO. W. ADAIR J- HRNLY 8MITH, EDITORS AMP PBOPBWTWRS. • c. smith. M.D Atanarn uttobs. J. N. OARDOZU 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