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ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
WEDNSEDAY. APRIL 1, 1803.
Foa4t.
Governor Brown in hit late Message to the Legisla
ture <Am the advice to that body to adopt resolu
tions recommendatory to the Confederate Congress
of a Sinking Fund- It u hoped that Congress will not
revive that exploded absurdity. The Richmond
pros lias boon laudatory, of late, of Mr. Fill?* sink
ing fond without comprehending its principles or op.
eration. It was literally a tinhinj fund. That minister
borrowed money with one band to discharge public
debt with tho othe rot a higher rate of interest than he
w.vs poyi ng. His pract ice was to (had in the low priced
stocks, adding to the prinelpal moro thin he extin
guished of that principal. Be gave frequently 100 in
stock -for 98 or 97 in money er, which was the aamo
thing, 103 or 104 in stock for 100 in money. This was
'substantially borrowing money at a higher to dis
charge debt carrying a lower rate of interest. If ho
could hare rororsed tho process his sinking fund
would hare been of somo service. As it was he
fulded greatly to tho pnblic debt by his sinking fund.
Bis political associates all abandoned his financial
plans. . 1
But It may be said that the kind of sinking fnncl
contemplated by Governor Brown and his friends is
one produced by taxation, and not by borrowing. Let
us examine the merits of a sinking Bind raised in
this mode. The city of Atlanta, we will suppose, has a
debt of $1,000,000 carrying 6 per cent interest per an
num, which It wishes to discharge by the operation
ot a sinking fund of $100,000, accumulating at com
pound Interest. For tbit purpose it imposes a tax
on the people of Atlanta, who ws may suppose are
tusking 10 per cent per annum on that portion of
their capital which Is withdrawn, in the form of a
tax, to form the capital of the fund. Mow we most
• Imagine that this sum of $100,000 oannot accumulate
*o rapidly m the hands of the people aa it would by
being drawn from them, and compounded, as to over
come the difference of 4 p«r cent between the rate of
profit they reoolve and the rate of interost they pay.
The result of such an impost Is that it is taking
money out of the pockets of tho many to place in
tho pockets ot the few.
Let ns further snppose the population of Atlanta to
consist of fifteen thoqsand souls, and of that number
one hundred should be receivers of dividends.os
the public debt. On this supposition, fourteen thou
sand nine' hundred would be taxed to. produce a
fund, the proceeds of which wont into the pockets
of one hundred.
It may bo said that such is the result of all taxa
tion to par the Interest on a pub)U; debt, the pro
ceeds of which find their way Into the pockets of
much tho smaller number. The reply is that whero
there Is an absolute necessity to impose taxes, to dis
charge the interest ou public obligations—Incurred
for legitimate purposes—there is no question of poli
cy Involved. Taxation is nocessary in suoh case to
sustain the public credit and preserve the public
faith. C.
Removal off the British Vice-Consul ot
Mobile.
JahisMapii, Esq., the British Vice-Consul at Mo
bile, who has occupied that post for upwards of thir
ty yearj, has been removed by the British Govern
ment, on account. U is supposed, of-sympathy with
the cause of the Confederates. The facta connected
with this transaction we abridge from the Mobile
RtgUlsr: - ' /
The Governor of Alabama, anxious to p reserve the
credit of tho State, had made arrangements with the
Bank of Mobile for placing in London Binds to pay
the interest in gold on the' debt of that State due in
England, amounting to £40,000. Mr. aiaomx was in
formed of the arrangement. The Captain of the
Briclah steamship Vesuvius, then at Mew Orleans,
wag requested to call off the Mobile bar to receive
onboard this treasure, which was dene; but before
the Captain of the Vmusim acted any farther in the
business, he proceeded on board the Hag-ship, Capt.
Hitobcocx, of tho Yankee blockading squadron, and
obtained his permission to take the specie oa board.
The London Times having informed the yankee
minister In London, Mr. Adams, of the transaction,
os very honorable to the State of Alabama, that min
ister communicated the Cut to Mr. Seward, and it Is
supposed that he must hate demanded the recall of
Mr. Magee.. The British government, in mean sub-
• scrrlenoy to the Lincoln Government, hea complied
with the request. Thus has an honorable man been
dismissed from an office he has filled with credit:to
himself and advantage to bis country, for performing
ah not of benefit to that country, after having received
permission to do ,so from an officer of that Govern
ment, at whose suggestion ha has been removed.
How long Will the Authorities of the Confederacy
exhibit the degrading spectacle of having repretea*
,alive. ot thuie European Governments residing in its
lit :cf cities, accredited to the Federal an thorny with
which we are at war> And how much longer will we
continue our Commissioners In Europe, a derogation of
our dignity not toss deficient in self respect, but nfth-
er mors conspicuous.
Reatrletlwg Trade.
The Governor of South Carolina has issued a procla
mation forbidding all persons for tho space of 80 day
from the 18th March from exporting beyond tho limits
sf tho State any Balt, Bacon, Folk, Beef, Corn, Meal,
Wheat, Flodr, Rice, Peas, Potatoes, or otheer provis
ions of any description whatsoever. The following
persons are excepted, vis: Quartermasters, Commis
saries and and other agents of the Confederate Gov-
crnmentjpurchaaing provisions for tho army, who
must oxhlbit satisfactory evidence of thair official
character and authority; persona "Bum other States
Who purchase for their ewn private use and conamp-
tton, and not for resale, who shall moke oath to that
effect before the next magistrate previous to the re-
m-THl ut thearticles purchased.
A few other exceptions are made, and all magn,-
trate J. uuiitia offioers and good cituins ace onjnined
to aid In enforcing the proclamation.
The Governor's reasons for issuing this proolama.
f.eti ate. that he has been credibly informed that
large quantities of provisions are being exported
from the Bute for the purpose of speculation, by
reason whereof the price of provisions has been
mush enhanced, to the great disoomfort of the citi
zens of the State; and the present supply is deemed
Important for the subsistence of the people and the
soldiers ci tho C,ufode*Wcy.
Governor Bonham would no doubt be displeased if
Governor Brown should Issue a similar proclamation
forbidding any p>ovislons to be sold into Garoline-
Uomphriy Marshall’s Osssmsad.
Tha Lynchburg Republican, dt the 37th March, re
peats the report; on the authority of “a gentleman
from Tennessee, who arrived en the Western cars,”
of General Marshall's snocsss over the renegade
East Tennessee villain, Sam. Carter, In Kentnoky.
This account locates the action in tha neighborhood
of Barboursville, Knox county, soma forty .miles
from Cumberland Gap, and fixes the time about the
20th of March.
-We feel very certain that if such an important suc
cess hsd taken place, the news of it would have
quickly been conveyed to Cumberland Gap, and
Bom thence officially to Richmond and every part of
the Confederate Staten We therefore place no're
fiance in the r eport. It is most hkely a boax.
Maryland’s Crists, A political Ontllnc, by
W. Jefferson Bssbsssa,
This a thin pamphlet in which theanthor laments
the .position of his State in doleful language. Be
Mi Inks that Karr land would have passed an ordinance
of secession, If Virginia had led the way in February
1831, but the opportunity by the inaction of that State
was lost. Still, accotding to Ids own showing, Mary
land could not have maintained her position in plac
ing herself by the side of her sister States ofdhe
South. Bhe.wa*, from her geographical situation, he
thinks, predestined to become the vlctimof Yankee
icsoience and outrage.
The author blames General Lee for his invasion of
Maryland, being compelled to retreat and encourag
ing false hopes. The key to that movement, in our
new of it, has always been to get rid of an outside
pressure that was becoming treublesoino at.Rich
mond. The press hsd become so eiamorons for ng.
preasive military action, that to silence the clamors
the experiment of Invaaion wns made. The result
hushed the clamors and abated the pressure.
Mr. Buchanan bewails the fate of bis State. Placed
where natural boundaries leave her no option but to
submit to tho North, whatever bd her inclination,
submission as well after peace as during war, is her
destiny. The Potemao he thinks will bo necessarily
her boundary, while the configuration of her territo
ry and her lines of internal communication render
her apart of the North rather than the Booth. Bertn-
forests ureal most those of a non-slavcholdiag State,
heragricultare, the mixed character other people—nil
In aline in the same direction. If nature and ciretitn-
stan tea hare thus preordained the political status
of Maryland, of what value can be any effort to place
her by the side of her former slaters of tho Southern
Confederacy t ~
Mr. Buchanan particularly laments tho fate of Bal
timore, destloed^o decay. Her rapid decliae he
ihmka certain. Well situated for foreign trade, the
Northern cities are Jealous of her as a commercial
rival, while the Southern cities would not dislike to
flee her politically attached to the Norih, being the
only city that could interfere with their prosperity,
Born the advantages of her geographical position. •
C.
The IUastratsd ffavrs.
This journal,, of tha 38tb, copies an article from
.toe Southern Okrfederocv, without giving credit. Bed
'^Degtnniaft for a paper of such pretensions. ,
The Dlfllo rally not ffwlljr Nit.
The late Currency bill provides that all
Treasury notes issued before the 1st Decem
ber last, not bearing interest, and: not funded
by the 1st of August next, shall thereafter be
no longer fundable, but shall be receivable In
payment of all public dues except the export
duty on cotton, and shall be redeemable six
months after treaty of peace, &c.
How we supposed the object was to have as
many of the notes converted into bonis, as
possible. We have too many noteB in circu
lation—too much mun^y afloat; and we
thought the object of the action of Congress
was to reduce that amount by converting the
bulk of tbn notes into bonds—thus taking
them out of general circulation.
Cut what has Congress done in order to In
duce this ' It has said tha' after a o-rtain
day the notes eh- 11 never be funded—thus
putting a paramount disability upon the do
ing of that whioh they moat of all profess to
desire - '
And pray, what inducements has Congress
hold out to the bolder of notes to -fund them,
which have not aU along existed? On tt^ir
taee, and by solemn agieerncni oi the Govern
ment, ihey are at Bny time convertible into 8 per
cent, bonds. With .this privilege at all times
open’to every body, ihoss who have on hand a
surplus o( notes have failed tolnmiihem. Now,
Congress has aai 1 that up to a. certain day they
may be tunJed in b pur cenis' alter which, up to
a certain other day they may bo funded in 7 per
cents: and thereafter they shall not be funded
at all. Now Yve ask, what good has been done l
la there anything to prompt Or enoourege the
large funding ilial is netesaaiy lo reduce lire
volume of our redundant currency ? A/ter ihe
first day ot August next ihe notes will be worth
just as much to iho holder as unfunded notes are
now ; (allowing that there will be no further de
preciation ;) and Congress and the Secretary ot
ihe Treasury ought know that the people are
not disposed to fund the noiea.
Why is this t - Beowuae notes oan be more
easily used in trade than bends. NoteB bear
no interest, hut they are currency A man
can go Into a grocery store and buy a pound
of butter or a bushel oi meal with them,
which be could not do with the bonds.—
Bonds are an inv.stmmt—moaty to be laid
away to bring interest; but nobody wants to
invest in anything that is not considered per
fectly safe, and Congress has done noth'ng as
yet to give ihat kind of public confidence to
either notes or bonds; and as 'the notes are
more readily disposed of—more easily shuf
fled out of one’s hand—more.easily used than
t he bonds are, the people are Inclined to use
them, to buy something with them—no mat
ter what, or at what price—rather than in
vest them or put them 'into a shape where
they can’t be readily used, and thus run tne
risk of depreciation or of losing all through
the contingencies of a long war, whose end
no one can foresee, and whose attending cir
cumstance’s, necessities or calamities no one
oan possibly predict.
Congress has done nothing to stimulate or
encourage the funding of the notes—absolute
ly nothing. This oan be accomplished only
by making the bonds more desirable or profi
table than the notes, er at leat offering as in
cur e and remunerative an investment as trade,
manufao iuriug, mining, farming, or other en
terprises, in whioh capitalists are usually
willing to invest their surplus cash : or by
making the notes less defirablo and useful
than the bonds The former can he done by
seme action tnat will secure the interest to
bond holders beyond any reasonable doubt,
and the latter can be done by making the
notes of but little value or useless as such,
after the first day of August next. If
Congress will say that after the first of Au
gust next the notes shall neither be funded
nor received in payment of public dues-thus
making them worth no more than bonds pay
able six months after peace, aad in tb« mean
time bear no interest—or even put heavier
disabilities on them than this—it will stimu
late the funding—especially if the interest
can be secured in a way that will give puhlio
confidence in the certainty of its being paid.
It may be urged that this will be a breach
of publio faith, and so it will : but U wilj be
no greater than tha present act, which redu
ce* the interest to seven per cent, after the
22d April, and outs off’ all interest after the
first of August. These steps being taken
(aad we are not prepared to condemn them aa
wrong or impolitic) we can see nothing in the
way of compelling noteholders to Bind them
asse-'smout
in a certain time, or putting.di; Abilities od
them thereafter, that will tlrivo t ,em out of
circulation. •
CongT. es Fiill hags tire on the
bill ; and it has failed in its cuirency nc*»
to provide effectually for fuudiugjthosurplus
notes. Congress had better act pisety »nd
promptly. . ■
Correspondence of the Southern Confed
eracy.
Tullahoma, March 'i8 1863.
Messrs. Editors :
Your daily issue is eagerly opened here
every day tor the news. Matter interesting
to soldiers must always have sonmihiug new
in it. f. • i
We can uiaournoturc some news f* r you out
of the many rumors to day afloat here, and
perchance something true may be found
among the errors.
Qcn. Bragg, who had returned from Win
chester, whero his wife is, went back there
again to day. Mrs. Bragg's health is im
proving.
On dit: the General is to take command in
Texas. General Longetrcel and corps will
cornu here. . Humphrey Marshall, with
Floyd's late Virginia Swrte Guard, now Con-
lederate troops, are, or "soon will be, in tho
vicinity of Knoxville, en route for Kentucky
and the Ohio.'.. /
The conscription has been stopped in this
department for certain reasons, which being
"pro bonopublico," are not to be made public,
or at least inethiuks should not. Uen. Pu
li whas -ent over ten thousand eonec-ripta
and deaer era to this army since he took (ins-
session of the Conscript Bureau lor ibis De
partment. Some nun sre bettor at one
thing than another. The General is curtain y
good at this.
It raius now and then, which we do nut
want. Our army, in excellent spirits, welt
drilled, and ea-er for the. fray, anxiously
await dry weather, to give them a clmnce Vo
relieve Tennessee of Ihe Dictatcr’B hirelings
Our next march will be to vutcry aud the
Ohio. The lime is nqw at hand when we
must strike to be felt, and follow up each blow
H H.
Special to the Memphis A; peat.
ANOTHER VICTORY AT VICKSBURG!
ONE GONBOAT SUNK,.ONE DISABLED.
AND TWO UjJlVEN BACK.
Vicksbukg, March 26!—At live o’clock this
morning, fuur of tho euei’jy’n gunboats at
tempted to run our batteries - One w.is sunk,
two driven back, and ono. got below, where
she is in range of our bat'eries, apparently
disabled.
The sunken boat received a shot-through
her steam pipe, scalding the crew and fore
ing them to abandon hor, when our guns kept
peppering awoy at the boat until ahfccfoteui-
ed over and went down. See is sunk out.ui
sight, opposite our .lower batteries. Only a
small portion of the crew escaped to tha bp
posite shore in the life-boat ,
Our guns are still firing at the other boat
and the prospect of her destruction is very
fair. Nrstor
SECOND DISPATCH.
FULL PARTICULARS. THE FIGHT
VicKBuho, March 25 — About o o’clock this
morning the alarm W&B $ou,«ded thfitsome of
the’ enemy’s boats wero approaching from
above. Our guns were immeuiately placed in
readiness, abd so -u four boats were seen ad
vanning towards the'upperbattenes. A vigor
ous fire was openi-d upon thou, and we suc
ceeded in driving back two of them, who
could sot stem the torrent of shot and shell.
I'm- ic >ier two paBied by under a raking five,
>»* •' r most ever y shot .was seen.to take effect.
i». e of them received a shot tii the steam
chust, which compelled the nr.etv to desert hex.
and she beevrne unmanageable and stationary
under oar guns, in about fifteen minutes she
filled, careened ever to the starboard side and
sunk. Part o! her crew escaped to the opposite
shore in the yawl, and some- were seen swim 1 *'
ming ashore. ' •
Just as she was about to capsize a white flag
was runup on the halyards, but it was too late,
and ah'e disappeared from sight in a few minutes.
All the Yankees aboard of her wilt make food
for oatfish, as none of them could have escaped
after the flag was raised.
The name of the sunken boat has not been
ascertained, but the one that .escaped, below is
is mid to be thu Benton. She was also bidly
disabled, and it ia believed that a shot penefru’
ed her boilers or .steam drum, as a cloud of
steam was seen to envelope the whole boat, and
her machinery was so disabled that the Alba*
tross had to come up to her assistance from bes
low to tow her down out of danger from our
gum.
The amount of damage done^o the Benton ia
not known, nor the loss of life on the sunken
boat. The two that were forced back must also
have been badly injured by our upper batteries.
Oar guns worked spledidly, and are now
ready for another fight, if the Yankees wish to
send down any more boats. No attempt was
made by the enemy above to come to the rescue
of their disabled companions.
Since six o'clock this morning everything has
remained quiet. NESTOR.
A Desperate Contest.
' “Grapevine” of tho Chattauoog* Rebel got
into a sober mood on the 27th inst.. and relat
ed the following :
I think ihe following feat of daring will
compare with the famous escape of Peter
Franoisao in the fir.U Revohiiion. Two daj3
before the battle of Murfreesboro, 1st Lt. C.
C. White, Co. A. 10th South Carolina Regi
ment, was on picket half a mile in front of
oar line. Having taken three men and start
ed to establish communication with the pick
ets on his right, he was suddenly surrounded
by a party of Yankee cavalry, and" ordered
to surrender. Seeing lie was'overpowered,
he gave up his sword. The -Liebt. command
ing the Yankees then ordered bim to the rear.
He started,, but noticing the Yankee . looked
agitated, immediately turned and grappled
him, calling-to-his three men to knock down
as many as they could, and to his company to
rally to his assistence. Having succeeded in
getting a sabre, he wounded several of the
enemy, and kept them aV. at bay till his com
pany came np, when he called out to them:
“Shoot the rascals—'don’t mind me.” _ They
fired,-killing some and driving off the rest —
By the time he had re formed his company,
he was charged by a pretty Inrgr forag, of
cavalry; whom - he repulsed with a loss of
fourteen killed and three wounded, left upon'
the field Among the Yankees, killed was a
Major Roseogasten of Philadelphia.
1 will vouch for the literal correctness of
the above, it being taken from official BOUTces.
1^. City subscribers who^refer the-eve
ning issue of the Confederacy can get it
by having. their subscriptions changed'
from the morning to the evening edition
and calling at the office for their papers.—
But aubecriptions must be . confined either
to one edition or the oth#-r.
History of a Ileucgads Scou.nlrrl Ty-
taat
Brio Gen Stkphen Augustus Hublbut.
The Chnric-ion Couriir of the 26th March,
has the following :
We give, at full length, the name aud rank
of thia Southern renegade, in the Abolition
ae. vise, who is now tyrannizing at Memphis,
that he may be stigmatized as the swindler
and felon that he is, wherever he U known.
Charleston is his birth-place, and wfti the
theatre of his mean and dishonest practices.
He whs very much given to whist play ing,
when ho was among us, and become notorious
for bring ever present at the settliag, when &
winner, And evor missing, when ;t loser. A
friend • of ours, now deceased, once most
pointedly arraigned aud exposed him, :»l the
card table, for the dirty trick, on his claim
ing winnings, conveniently oblivious that,
shortly before, when a loser, ho had skulked
from cur friend, at tho reokoniug.
' For some time, before he left Charleston,
in disgrace, be levied black mail, on numer
ous friends, obtaining loans aud indorsements
from them, often on false rotoncea, aud eith
er leaving them in tho lurch, or to pay the
piper. One of these transactions was scarce
ly abort of swindling, lie obtained a friend
ly indorsement, fr.om Dr. Samuel Henry
Dickson, whioh was discounted in one of oul*
Banks. While ou a visit to Savaunab, he en
closed a renewal note, (not marked as such,)
for Dr. D’s indorsement, which he obtained ;
and he had the rascality and effrontery to
have.the renewal discounted as an original,
and left >. to be paymaster of both. He was
also a defaulter as an assignee under the
Bankrupt Act, and as Treasurer of the New
England Society. These facts are stated on
our own knowledge and respousibi ity
Tne trick at cards and other dishonest
practices oi the abolition brigadier having
been exposed, by tbe advice of a generous
and kind hearted patron and friend, (the late
James L. i’etigru, Esq..) he was induced to
quit Charleston; and luminhod with lands
to do so. Leaving Charleston, he settled in
Illinois, and seem-i to have prospered and be-
cjme a man of note there ; but he has>never
yet had tlie grace to redeem any one of his
swindling obligations. To cap the olimax, he
is now in arms, and high in rauk, in tbe un
righteous war, waged against the South, his
mother State included, Thus to dishonesty
and fraud he has added the uiatrieidri guilt
of stabbing his mother
Pass the villain round.
An American Hotel.—The architect of
the Lindel- Hotel, at St. Louis, sands the
following description of its dimensions,
etc., to a London contemporary:
“It is seven stories in height, exclusive
ot basement; its height fromjthe side-walk
is 112 feet to the lop of lave cornice; its
its principal front is 272 feet; its depth 227
feet. The two principal fronts are faced
with cream-colored magnesia limestone,
elaborately finished. The two dining
rooms with carving-room between,) easily
thrown together (or dancing or other festi
val purposes, are 233 feet in length, 45 feet
in width evidently the largest in the
world; that part used aa the gentleman's
ordinary, is about 128 feet Jong by 45 teet
in extent. On the same floor, and contigu
ous, is a kitchen CO feet by 40, and 20 feet
high.- This hotel can accomodate with ease
1200. persons. -
Seme idea may termed of its great extent by
a few statistics of materials used in its construe,
liaii: The brick laid in its walls is sufficient to
pave an area of more than 3S acres. This U ia
additiun to 8000 perches o.l rubble stone in the
foundations, 35,000 cubic feet of cut stone in
•the fronts. 740 tons ol east and wrought iron,
27 acres oi plastering, 810 windows, 650 inside
doors, 5240 lbs. copper for gutters; the plate
glass in the building would cover an acre of
ground; the floors seven acres, the skirtings,
or washboards, laid in a continuous line, would
reach thiteen miles, and if a boarder desires to
take a walk through wide and lolty corridors
before breakfast, he may travel one mile and a
quarter without going over the.same floor-twice.
Besides the marble flooring and other flagging
300.000 feet oi flooring boards have been laid,
and it will require 30,000 yards of carpet to cov
er them.
. Thirty-two tons of gash weights are us id,
16.000 feet of gas pipes (with many thousand
burners), 120,0^0 lbs of lead, and 3(1,000 of
iron pipe to. supply it with water, besides
that for heating it. Thirty two miles of bell-
wire was required, and three water tanks
containing 30,000 g aliens of water, rest upon
its roof. The actual cost of the building is
$950,000, whioh, with the ground, valued at
$326,400, makes the whale value $1,276,400,
without the furniture. There are 626 bed
rooms, 19 parlors, and 86 shops, besides the
saloons and' billiard rooms ' The basement
has a railroad under the entire building, and
connected With the elevators.”
A Humorous Petition to b Cotton Facto
ry for some Goods.
The Charleston Courier of the 26th says:
We have been permitted to copy the follow
ing humorous and witty application to the
President of the Graniteville Company, for a
supply of homespun. The Graniteville Presi
dent must have a hqart of granite, if he be
net moved to speedy compliance by so touch
ing aa'appesl:
. —-——. , March 18,1808. '
My Dear-Sir:—It was the profound remark
of his majesty, Abraham the 1st, that “it is
easier to pay something than nothing, and that it
is easier to'pay a large sum than a much larger
sum.” How the old Ape made this startling
discovery may be ever so puzzling, but we must
all subscribe to the iruth f- Now it is just so
with a man who wants some manufactured cot-
loti'. It is better (if old Abe’s sapient discovery
l>o not a fallacy) to get some homespun than
none. Something is better than nothing, i vens
ture to assert—proceeding on the postulate of
the Gorilla wiseacre, of the White House.
“Help me Cassius, or I sink’’—is another trite
quotation, which I'must beg leave to employ,
here, slightly modified. “Help me, Cregg of
Graniteville, or I'll go naked !’’ “Clothe the
naked.” »' e, .the- nearly so, is^t divine injunc
tion, and I trust, my friend, you will not be deaf
to its solemn impoitance to me. Let me invoke
your friendly sympathy and aid.; and vouchsafe
me, I pray, a bale of yoar.25 cents goods and
JOg yards of your next best, or if it must be so,
a bale of each of those qualities.
* 1 sent ou .an application some time since, by
the hands oi' my friend , but I atn rather
disquieted about its process of incubation, in the
f circumlocution office. I am fearful that it will
1 never hatch a brood of cotton shirts, and, in the
‘ -meantime, I find myself forced into the busi
ness of making shifts. If they were a cottor
fabric, I would raze them and convert them into
shirts, baj,'unluckily, these shifts are, 1 fear,
nothing bitf “the baseless fabric ot a vision”—
unless -ny friend Gregg will come to the ret cue
andseeure me someting towards clothing the
niked *V "
1 am done. Phase pardon my not ovcr.eam^
est prayer; and your petitioner, as in duty
bound, will ever pray, ana so for>b.
Yours, inly,
, See .our new terms.
Subscribe to the Confederacy.
the markups of the country
the LYNCHBURG TOBACCO MARKET.
wtssir tts?or.T. -
. LtnOHBCBO, March 80, 1803.
The week openet with »n nnparalleil excitement in
Butmilaclnred tobacco, which continued without abate
ment, tlo intervention of ••Fast Day” creating a tempo
rary lull, but tho excitement was renewed the next
day. Prices have rapidly advanced, arid we cannot ex
pect any diminution in prices, for the stock In the vari
ous markets is held principally bj parties who are stiff,
and the high prices and scarotty of the ran mntend
will have foe te-ndenoy to preserve prices. The latter
nartof tho week showed an enormons advance in Mack
work, which, under the influence of favorable advices
from the South, rapidly rose from our previous quota
tions of *1 Wat Sc-to n "flat U0, at which rates wr note
very heavy transaotions. W e quote from latge sales oi
all grades as follows: .
Common pound lumps, unsound, I**! **
.. •• “ sound. -pi tiea-tr-
Good medium **
Pine and Extra (large sales.) • ■ « 50*4 to
some parties holding latter quality at higher prices.
Smoking Tobacco has largely a tranced, with an i
tire demand an-J small stock. tYeqnoteffl
In Bales, . ' 1 <a »l
Kltlickinsek, *
Garabaldl—none in first hands.
j-'W HiTI.N o i Xr
I' MANUFACTORY.
rii“ K snh erd-or is to w
:T=r35
’ •■mia tu-lsj,
••Pwl*,
araoaiui—m,u.j ,^.
Tha Warehouse breaks have i acre as d In quantity,
but tbe offsprings continue from low to medium quali
ties. We quote an active market with heavy advances
on previous quotations:
Shippers’ Lugs, common, » wn3)
- « rood, • 4d OOaOO
M Leaf, fine, ’O
.. « good. .so ooaflfl
Leaf Fillers, good, ’ 00a63 <
Lu _ <. 4 • UOoSO i
Flour U in good ademand and prices are stiff, but ti
do not note any advance '
Extra, • 80 <Ma81 <
Superfine, • ”0 uOa-7 I
In Sugars there has boen a considerable advance.
Prices have advanced 85 psr cent. W« quote
Good Brown 1 20*1 :
Leather Is firm. We quote an advance.
Solent 3 60»3
Upper held at * <> 6b»71
Harness 4 25a4 I
WILMINGTON MARKET.
WagtWJtox, March 25, 1863.
Bes? CsTtut—Are in demand, and none worthy or
note coming to market. Wq quote on the hoof at TtS
® 30cents qt ft for net meat.
Bacon -Is brought in sparingly, and meets with
ready sale. Wo quote from carts at 70 @ 80 cents f*.
lb. for hog round, as In quality.
Coax—la in fair.demand, and very little iti market
We quote at (3 23 @ i3 50 i» bushel.
Coax Msil—The market Is almost bare. We quote
at bushel. .
Eooa—00 <g| 65 cents dozen.
Flods—Tho price has further advanced, ■ aud we
quote small sales during the week at $55 v* bbl, for
superfine.
L»xn—Sells at hfl & so cents lb.
Moiiasis—Mfew Orleans, $7 @ *3 p gallon, by the
bhl.* • • v 1 it
Foiajcw—Street $3 5b Q $3 75, and Irish is @ $10 V
bushel.
Pork—Fresh sells at 45 @ 50 cents ft).
Pza Nctb—$0 50@$J <jjtbushel.
Bicx— Clean, 15 @ 16 cents $ tb. in casks.
Salt—The market is firm, and prices advancing.—
We quote sale of Sound made for the week at $U @
$12 %»bushel.
Ac jap.—An hbds 85 'cents, and in bbls. 90 cents <ai 1
ptt.-
Snsxxnto—Fayetteville Factory. 80 @ 90 cents *i
yard.
Tauow—Go'® 70 cents-ft fc.
Tarn—$7 @ *8$ bunch.
RICHMOND MONEY MARKET.
Wilmixoio-v, March 25.1S03.
The premium tor gold remains at $4 25 ; for sliver
$4 00. Tho market U. very quiet and heavy, nnd trans
actions light. Bank notes are bought by the brokers
at 66 f! ct; prom., and sold at 75 f*. ot. We henr of no
chango fo tho prices-of stocks. Confederate bonds
of the 100 M loan, long dates, are tn demand ai par
and interest. A bill Ls pending in tho Legislature,
authorizing the banks to purchase Confederate bonds.
Virginia sixes hove advanced to 112. Weagainquote
North CsroLnor nixes at 175; do. eights 120 ami int.
Bank and insurance stocks unchanged. We nofe a
sale of Ins. Co., of the Valley of Virginia stock at 00.
The impressment "bill passed by Congress will,
eventually, have an important bearing in prices. It
exempts the property of the producsx from arbitrary
imprcssmigris, and seouros to him ‘just compensa
tion" ascertained ,by neighborhood appraisement
Property belonging to speculators and middlemen,
wheu impressed, will 1 e paid for accordidu to a ta-
rirt of prices lu !>• lived by :■ IJov. J of .Ippi ,i-
each State.
The President has approved and signed the act of
Congress recently passed, regulating the issue and
funding of Treasury notes, ltis well, therefore, for
the public to bear Id mind that under tho provisions
of-that act, all Treasury notes not boariug interest,
issued previous to the 1st December last, will cease
to be fundable in eight per cent, bonds or stock, tin
tho 22d day of next month, but will be fundable in
seven por cent bands until tl e 1st of August. The
expectation of » premium ubon these notes has beeii
defeated bv the concentration here, of large amounts,
from all parts *f the Confederacy. The flow in tins
direction will doubtless continue until th* 22d of
April has passed.
HYM KN £LA.1a.
HAYWOOD—WB A Veit.—Jtoiriod on tbe IXtb tnntonb
by Rev J. 8 Wilson, Mr 8. f Ha .wcoO. to Miss - Lies
A WsAvsa both <t tbls city. _ . :
‘•Ob may those hearts by loved united
And mloitled Into one;
Still keep th xa rows so (oadly pUghted,
And dream of them n’one ”
New Adveitisemem,*..
$80 IIOLLVRS RKWAhD-.-’Eb'ERTERy.
CADI' NSAS. l ICK6SCSQ, SJlS*., V .
Ma ch 21,13*3. / (
P RIVATE Uaitin UiDsnlaL of Oo. K 31th Oa )(t-/t.
who da ertrd camps on or about tha tSth day of Feb
ruary, 1683
The said McDaniel is about 28 y<a -a of sga a'out 5
feet high, dark oomtdexion a id black-hair, aud alien eu
•lsted, a citizen of G«tone;t county Or.
Private W. L. CUauiblsr, of Ou. E, 36tn Ua. rr g't, nbn
deserted camps on or about tbe J5th day nf Feb , 1868
Tire said Cbambler Is about 21 or 28 years of are abnot
6 feet 9 or 3 Inches high, fair ooaplejl <n, light hair, end
by profeseima farmer, «henenliite-l & citizen of Wa ker
county, Ua, foruiarly of Jackson county. On
Private W. W Muon, of Oo. K, 26th Ga. reg't, who d«
aerted camps oo or about the 15th day of February, 1863
Tbe tald W W. Mason Is about IS years of age, about 5
feet 10 laches high, Mr complexion, light Itofr, aud by
profession a farmer, when enlisted te was a citizen uf
Gwluuet* county. Ga.
The above reward wlti be paid lor each ot }o« above
deaer tera. to an¥ pe-acn. or persona who will arrest them
end oonfiae, so that I can get tb<m.
04PT. A, A. DYER
- Ocmd’g Co;E. 86th Ga Regiment
elejau
sprl-St* '
rot large six* Mahogany Wardrobe for aate at
WHITE ± POWXKP,
Marie! t- afreet
. NEGRO WOMAN to hire—a good cook, weabarsud
-\ Jrrtaar WHITE A POWKRa, -
apt lit* Kaxteties'.-eet
Admlalttratoi’a liotlce.
I SHALL apply at tha&rat tegu'ar teim of tbe Court of
Ordinary of Bartow countr, Ga.. after the pub'l a-
ti n ot this notice for alxty days, lor leave to sell all (be
land belonging to the eatateof John Odom, decease 1 , ’or
diriaioi ■ J * S3E ELLlSa. adm’r.
aprl-63d
GEORGIA, Newton County.
W HEREAS sitae fl Star appliea to zoo for latter* of ad-
minlitratlon on tbe estate of J. bn J Bradley, de
ceased, late of eat 1 oouuty—
These a> e there tors to cite and adm .olih all an ] at nan
lor tbs kindred aed creditors to show cause, if any (bey
bare, wl hla tbe lime prescribed by law, why letters cl
adnlDistratton should not te granted said eppiis.nl —
Given under my hand and dfida! signature tula March
Slat, 16dJ WM p LUCKIE. Ordi. err.
PEPPER!PEPPER!
S>7 BAGS—shunt ‘00 lbs each. For sale- and on con-
" * slgcment by SB ROBSON A Co
^n-fs* • , . r -
A GOOD MIDDLE GEORGIA PLiffrATlUA
. . For Sale,
T HE ptece ia about 7 miles from Jorl rgtoa, Ga, i a well
watered, baa a g od dVchlng-hoaae with seven
rocrua, all. necessary outbuilding*, a flrstrato gia-hiuae
end good backlog s:rew ou ll.
To ere are I'D acres a* land, about half of which U in
the woods, an 1 heavily timbered The place lath gxd
condition, and has baen well attended and nicely kept
np, a d baa uniformly produced heavy tr u ps. tbeig
U a fair pi cpntton of bottom land on the piece, about 51
ec.-ea of which U in abfgh state ti coltl ration This is
» rare chance to invest aurplns Confederate 'nod* in a
goodplantailon at a rea*Ouable price. For further p»--
tlcu’ara, apply to A MEDDLE MAN,
March 31,1*63 at the Ga K ft Depct
marS .41
BLACK WHITING INK,
rerelp* .,
mark able ffrr iffl-nditr. t> it i nfS.eanfMw-.--L?** **fw
or. It ie,-ii'ir. ly.fr** frasjg’rVjri ,. r eeel non’ aro?.i?'
moiil er llio k. j. '• ry *!»’«. .1 oi:g tried Inf 1
i.g. v. is wstmifvd in • ••*. v* r epec-. tlisAsSSggl-
p< i i-,r i" any lute u; ll utTexed orevle. u ’ “■
The *'oli w’n< m-»» w mv .« i>».ciniru«KU« n vieoV -
u. ■ lie quality ,d the ink: ■ i 110 ®* C
l!.,on l.iv W , r h 7 ig^i
Mr, Johnston : '
Dear Sir.' Having fol if foe ..I (bob ttadU.’v
- - f d-je sloe , 1 <*1 War^.*
yi u presented mo with a fra’ «!•,;
ed In aajrlog that'/ hare nnw used am/ hd ^^9.;
a d With Cunfluebc.. uns riiro -h.l i. r..«uu»e wi.o-Jr!’
use the best. . -
Vwy • aiLV-ctfufty y-tir ohftaarvT,
. We ft- If» NT, fleer, t ry uf g^.
t BkAfltrgr Norsornca t
Crt’miibls. 8 (V. Marsh 40 1 ig >
W. B. Johmton, Exq : :. _
Dear Sir: f th* iK y^u 5»r vouc h til-,of tab. go,,
goodi r*». In aid hea the advantage ua llarilsoo’j nl
In o; lor. Mf. irf-tfow, lrelrookiko-po in theoB^.:,’;
ihat he prefers it to Uvriso vchirh welmkbsL, '
ruing and conel !efs a vory roo 1 article. .
Vtry iespoctful'y . *
JO?. DlNIKL Poyg '
CotcNBfA, Mar.MH jig,
IF; B. Johnston. Ru/c
Deir Sir: I hard been rising -your I.k hrasrersl
aa a and donut bcatta'e t» ray'ilmt it iaa Tery ruptvl -
article. I -consider it equal t mV. amt superior to mml
of the /iiA t made in th-' Vnit-.d States. May yi.q breos »
it sued si ii* inanof cinrvrm the flouibern <\s.W'rxj ,
• Very rev peel folly,
e B V. Br .OW.
Disbunlng <Hk Tr. Dfp't at Columbia, 8. C
« asx. vt Chaw.*,,ox fl c 1
Coin m bi s, .March Iff, 18* 3 j
IF. B. Johnston, Bu/: ...
Dear Sir: Tho buttle r>» f. k-which y.u bnve.ktwty
rent me hai l>eoii tried by t*'« • filers hr-this Ham . g
1- highly appieeed.of. Ifiw p-.r iiscy i« equal t.. i'.
ity 1 do nut hc-itatu to > ru:."'uei« it,xcell- nt
Beapic'fu ly.
.1 CULti SliOkoUfiU C shier.
f xcRAKat Bauk or OqLuneit. .(•
W. It. Johnston, Bsq: » "
Dear Sir: Thabottlool Ink pro untrd by yon to ih«
Kxcbaoge Hu k is . q-ial to. I' tut l etter than; any use t
by dh, aud We recommend it to ’ho public with coofi-
desire:
RUFUS M. J MINSTON. Pre-idert
IKS8K D t»FI3. Ca-bjer.
A1.KX. t.AUGUN,Teller.
.tACriB LEX Of. Book k. ep. r.
JNO. A SCOrT. Dia.ourrt tilerk
' Ou stciAt Bask or CoLunair,)
■ r Jlanh 1. i8o3 y
IP. B. Johnston, Esq: - —.
. Dear'Sir: We have tfied yonr f.k and find t'at it
fl >»afr«Ay. it ofn flue t-rlUiv.it color, aid leaves no ami •
imeut U. ping y-u rnay succeed Its InireSadug it to
gen ral use. . - ••■ ■ :
Wo are. very respci-iftiiiy,
KUtVIN' J S-XlTV. :W.ivr, '
H. OHM TALLEY, Toper
H P. QftPKVS Btxk.beepsv.
4 . dI»NHY ?. SOtiTT, Aa l«*aut. ashier.
T’l* loSIs pul np in quarts add pints,-an < mvv beh.d
bv the aMluti, - duz-n .o' gr»-» Orders *r in del hr*
will ba {irompUy mtpi-itoii to.
W B JOHNSTON.
•ft ril 2t ' , - t ulinoi is, 8 C.
'■ ' V ' sugar: sugar i '■ ”■
C tUpiCE BROIVX SU1AR will l». -v La ged f.-.r good
*. Ij*4\F IfA’iD, iiffii «(<*oj.||\0 >.V 4.t«uuJ toe ptunii lb
qDHDtififf^ toftnit PlaoUfCti Mi<i r»tb6A; Apply.to
mardtflt ' ' . ’Whitehall nt’ieft.
R Utawav;
h’fok ttie-relaiciwra cagfo toy .by ,’rho » nine ot EOb-
• iti.N, »ui i lu.y V . parch?*0.; by It ..ii Shrbp»Lit<*
Iroln J c,K«u,l nl)r. „ .Lugou'a, Ga .-aid bay lad uiv-
“' V 1 u t. and 1- lunkiug hi* war-
u. Auvusia. Brut s I- uf l.l-ck complexu r. ah sit is
. o iiB-ufagu vtal UtII Weigh .... potinde-the .mall Huge-
ptaSASUfffiWr ye—wasytaa ...
vALMNDU iiry LOTv F « Nflie.
T WILL m il at tbn. oart Huu u. ou l a let Tue« av In
A April next, will- u: i-s-rv.,' the. Mlowli.g ft * »ifo-
•riroKtaV «' T..oae «r*mbd.vub», Maod
c i. l jrJV ts * *!'* 85 aid fid. Tr. tiling loci.on Wain u stui-i
L-10* and running back- 86 feetto ah iUty. glvftur ,-
• U ; a ‘\ 0r Jr k '' tr ^°- Th0 hca ionld ihl. pru-
jtarty is i.-. ihu c. nfooof the , ity. aud bciug well knonrt
I* aaqaeessary to glva-nny.>!rscifpl.icu of;C<m .1 »m«i-
t-rirgunw a chance for piofi au;e iLveainieut «ui h an,
otie.ai may.u t bo r if.,.-, ,1 eg,,),, ' u “
Parties Wishing lu invent th- ir lu -niy iu this »av n- tr
ensiled to artmj ,], , Blli4 is y|l, L
dfaposed of prl-.-ctcly tie*re the altavonatm-d time 'Tcrmu
J. T LKWia
cash. .
' -m«i3l-tlid
Real F::ia r ,o at Auction,. "
BY E. M, PARKS & 00,,
J0HH S, HIITCH1H.S0«, Aucllomtpr..
W ILL sell an' Tuc-day, 7<h April 'at ihe rile n.o
ade irahto 110iSk ’and LOT u, be co?c” i
iiuna'uii and at win. Southeast from th" F-.n *4 in
stiluie 1 h«* lioiif© h$*anine« good
TiTt r i l K ^f he V lT, ^‘ S ' 0d *** 1 of '*■*• r on fhe lot
TUo lot coiitafoi % of **o acr»-tfiiolocaUbu roo.'md
lienUby. K*r p.vticafara iu«|ctfoo( th- »buv>~«rrl$Sti
|, * p<,ra * *&«••SSSRwS.
Great Southern
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Monday.'IStb. April nrr;
.At tho office or
McNAUGHT, ORMON D&cn
WHITEHALL ST.
The whole anion ut to to subfctiLe! f,, r t.
$15 0 0,000,
which Will give the
cfuzeVn of Mtinrn we.runileck or
Taking $300,000.
And .the books will remain open for ton <*av- „
amount is sooner takeb.
No subscription takes 'or more t’ran 2S0 pi,
per cent, only to be paid in. '
BIDNKY ROOT* V
/•f-'otumissloners frr Allan'a
Wei* UK .iijMf, J
COEMUSIOEBRS *>Olt <: tl a t h a ill
COUNTY.
Robert HaUrahsm
Charlie Or,eu -
G B Lamar
Win Rat for, by v“
A-nlr- w L we *
John IV Audervon
FOll UICHUU9TD COUNTY.
JuJra Boor a .
Thoe 8 Metcalf
Jnho I.avi.tsr n
t> 8 Dur.b rr
Jil t Aonealy
_ Wm A Ramsey
b II Warren
Kiwurd Th.'-n,*,
K 1Y Diugfc'eriy-
Wm J “wens
Rout H May
FOR BIBB COUNTY,
LOOK HERE.
A X active, iaUUgeut Boy, of the age of 14 or 16
years, well quabfied as Assistant Clerr, wi«bc» <u„-
ployxrsnt aa such. Apply at thia cScr. inrrSI-tt
John L Join*:
3 URoek
Jemne A RsHln
Pul ski Unit
Wm B JuUnsun
tease Peel
A'hvr Ayr
ki..,n A'tx
Jao.es'A f
FOR MU8COGSE COUNTP.
Rubt M GnnLj
David Adams
-L T Dow nil g
J G Strujrpe-
J f Illges
V H Young -
D.iniel G ’
W H Hughes
W’ J, flicAUipte.'
Jamea V B, senuru
Jimca Ennis.
. yn r27-dill!3if„i
Inteiifg Dcer aad CcmmouwaJth p casec t>v.
- . oranoeTT ]
Q fii'.fl ORAFGE3 for sale bv - *
‘ • W. C. llOUGHTON.