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Pram th€ London} Tim** * April *7.
Nature, or something that stands in its stead, is ;
• till strong in the Americans. Ther tight “wi!-
i • but with unwilling minds.” They lift the
li , .and t'* strike, ther rring the instrument of death,
h it a mysterious power averts the stroke, or |
t inis the edge, or deadens the blow. Are they j
* t. or arc they plaving at war. or dream- !
• that they strike an<( still strike not? It!
. ti : ” like a dangerous game than a aad
..'jtv. Sc’ n battenea breached and bombard
. i Port Sumter for fortv hours, burnt down its
• •arracks. ! • w up *evera! magazines, threw shells
t. ..crable, and <fcaa vast show of de
• j. The lot- replied with like spirit At
length it surrendered, the garrison marched out
i- :, r* of war, and it was then found that not
a an was killed or an officer wounded on either
- ib*. Msnj u “difficulty** at a bar has coat more
i ( ..M><Uh* and. Was this a preconcerted feat of con
junn. Wore the rival Presidents saluting one
.mother in harm leas fireworks to amuse the
gr.niMdiings? The whole affair is utterly inex
. It sounds like the batt’es when the |
coat of mail had come to its perfection, and when
ti. only ‘ asualty, after a day’s hard fighting, was
hc£ ♦ of suffocation and a lew bruises. Odin s
ns ther renew fbeir daily warfare, are
unded, though their w ounda are quickly
h-eik and This Is sDarrintr with boxing-gloves—
*! the haded ca -t • of modern warfare It is
a iner. Kpeclacie Ti e popoUtmn, and even the
i-I.es of Charleston r •• *°
T.thousand aoMiershn* and • •e works, watching
, , l , . r aLare. Our own
, much,
‘r un
thi* i* ‘ -d let us hope in not more pacific
:; V ‘ *j,“ . ’, rbaps, this is only the interchange !
r jj /n ojden times preceded real j
\ t l rr r , .„!t is utterlv different from sll we j
J . r. ur of the Americans. There ‘
; .- • een the rule. In this j
, * V \ when it docs at last come, falls ’
v ; ..jhu 1.1 gentle as thistle down.
. .not h>* a “cross ?” I: it be, half the
n ii the < .nspiracy, for all are arming
. i ij4.ii:; to war as if they expected serious
v * v • , An attempt to recapture Fort
at Port Piekena? A strug
r < \;>.tol? A diversion in Texas ? A re
., . ... r -ni:ati ‘ ? No one knows, and, what
~ . . no one credits President Lincoln for any
\V.• fin only compare the two sides and
warn . in the North there is an army
;t , j. i.v and mone>, and a more numerous
. ••■ population, without, too, the incubus of
v. There i*, also, the tradition of the Union,
rV.pitol and the -ucceahor of Washington.
. warfare cannot go on without money, and
: N* , hern Slates can more easily raise and
, and hundred ttiillio: sos dollars a year than
-outh -rn can raise ten millions. All that is
r i . ... and material is in favor of the North. It
, th- ;.n ; .mderauce of everything that can be
iiuii'i 1. m 1 ‘.red and weighed ; that can be
~ and -old ; timt can be entered in ledgers
and put on u h dnnr. -ftheei. It has the inanu
fi. ‘oi . tiii’ building yards, the dockyards—the
whole apparalns of national wealth and strength.
I? h.. -i money market, und it borrows more
m.-. 1 v than the South, where, however, political
go tkl North
•a. i iof ■ • T‘i\in gatherings of State forceg,
~f in.’ .iiuers chartered, stripped of their
li ; , liiietl with soldiers, food arid ammunition,
I mmg Southward. So much for the North.
In to South, on the contrary, there is little or
nothi n h'.t that which often becomes the coun
•.-rh.ii.inc - to everything else. There are the men
. . mo, who can combine, conspire, keep the
i, iia l . • a plan, and carry it out without wa
:.i.g or flinching. The politicians at Wash
, _-■'<ll have I n vacillating between peace and
.% ■ n -mpromise and resistance. In the
uii ijn.jeh.is been one steady, uninterrupted
• • towards secession and war. To the very
i’i dilc.it Lincoln has been behind hand. Ills
• nt to relieve Fort Sumter, only arrived in
.f i” l • i;t.iii t .-jjectutoi'S of the scene ; they
. Hue, >i fact, but to contribute to the glory of
•I. ■ i antoi, and to bring shame ami distrust on
■ eu:i<l their cause. If this is to be an
mi” of ! •• i<■ nit, the rich und unready North
will be in. match for the liery forwardness oi the
South.
Hut long •"hoth are very different from close
ji ll m• ? . A light of batteries ucrosa a river,
wtcii*‘d Wild telescopes, and quietly witnessed
i-y win pulation, afl'ords little clue for the
i* ‘ill*. >i . b-attie, band to hand, step by step,
with n olvers, knives, and what not, round the
very biiibiinp.-. jgf tiie Capitol. That appears to
If tin till rig next apprehended, and President
Lin* win b ifntmon- and to bis aid nil the miscel
lane u loi al corps of the several Northern States
‘•tit. ii i . r -hooae to hear him. Strange that the
pot once held so acred and so carefully insulated
hum lwi-.il (*r partial associations should become
•if object of ilio first civil war! That is, indeed,
w 1 1 at we have come to. Many of us remember,
not vv itbout a tingle of shame for our own coun
lr\, the wanton attack of the Hritish army on
tie t apital, and the foolish injuries done there,
dwstined soon to be more than avenged. That
w ..s but a .‘w / - mr of the older War of Indepen
den e. No British oflicer would have dureu to
insult the great shrine of American union and
liberty, had it not been felt that, besides the
quotum then at Us tie, there was an account still
tw M l tie for the former war. Since the year 1813
their has b en a generation of mutual respect—
ol *ve:i affection. That is all gone by; other
combatants gather round Washington. The War
Minister of the Southern Confederacy publicly
promises that the Secession flag shall float over
llw t'upitoi bv the first of May. Any day it is
, xj , t. and thin Virginia, whether by choice or by
m- • iiv, will join the Secession, and then the
‘•ured lh>trict of Columbia, which was to have
be.• Ilu* common ground of the world’s great
brotherhood, will be the debateable border of a
divided allegiance and a bloody quarrel.
I* inwiiile time brings round anniversaries
whi.ii arc celebrated us of yore, but with the
ie. hug that they are now a solemn mockery.
\Yi-4 are the Declaration of Independence, the
H. I- of Lexington, the Birthday of Clay, and
i-r other red letter days in the American calen
dar, now that the glorious fabric is itself in the
-bui, inn! the mountain made with hands shuttered
Io pieers? It was but the other day that all eyes
were fixed on the capital of the Old World as the
•ingle ohj.et of interest, the expected scede of the
t events that were to mark the latter years of
this century. Koine occupied the attention of all
men. A hundred questions were asked, but all
\vwo ot I.’Mine. Will Koine be still a capital ?
Will it t >• the head of n Confederation or the
Throne of a King, or the seat of a foreign Viceroy,
or the See of h l ni\ ersal Bishop, or the Senate of
National Republic Before these questions
• ■mild h’ answered, and while ‘ • > are still usked,
tin* --apital of the New W- ie • nea to tfie fore
greund, and is the object of much the same in
quiries. The two cities of Koine and \\ ushiogton
re not so differently situated ut this moment** nor
.:i e their prospects so different ns mirht he. For
ihe present, indeed, we shall ail think more of
Washington than of Koine.
J rom the L>iuh n Globe , April 27.
the i. rees of the Southern Confederacy and
those of the t nited States have at last come to
blows, and Fort Sumter, henceforth as famous
m I \ington in the annals of America, has been
raptured by Hen. Beauregard, the Commander-in-
Uhiei of th • f'onlcilerateSoutherns at Charleston,
with the full consent of the Government estub-
W e can well imagine that Washington, at the
receipt ot this news, was in a state of “frantic
excitement,” and that war was the sole topic m
I lie exchanges. It is news of dire import. The
Him oln Administration has played the tirst card,
ami has tailed. The Southerners claim the right to
secede ; the President declares himself under an
obligation to preserve the property of the Union.
Anew Slate springs up in the heart of an old one,
ami contlict is inevitable. The view which the
Montgomery Government have taken of the oc
eu. reuees at Charleston is shown by the fact
thrt they summoned their Congress to hold an
extra s.‘>Mon, beginning on the *J.*th of April ;
while at Washington the militia and volunteers
were called out at once with the object of provid
ing for,the safety of the capital and the District
of Columbia. The mail, by which we obtain these
advieo, b it New York on thel-tth, and hence we
have no information whatever which enables us
i< form an • stimate of the feeling produced in the
border States and in New Kuglana by the action
•i Churl* sion h rl.or. We have simply the bald
I. ; that war bus begun. Contemplating the pos-
Mhilitv ot resistance to the expedition which
-ailed from New York, the New York Tribune
saxs: “it rebellious cauuou are now tired upon
the th.g ot the l nited States, going out on an
• rand of peace, we may be sure that the United
S.ates will respond, and that effectively.'* We
Will see.
‘From Me Lirerjfool /bn/ of April ‘27.
Virginia w ill probably secede immediately, with
out waiting to go through forms, and will unite
h r arms with those of the Confederate States.—
Other border slave States will probably mingle in
he suite on the same side. Lincoln, in distress,
w , “ ::nm-'ii to his aid the militia of Ohio, New
N oik. Him <;> and other Republican States of the
Northwest, as no has already called ou the State
iroM, >of Pennsylvania. The lighting, therefore,
a ill he of the most terrible description—close, and
hand-to-hand, with rifle, -and musket, and sword,
and bayonet; not with cannon, at long range, by
which “nobody i hurt.*’ Both armies will be of
the same ran . will have equal pluck, and contend
oi only w 1 1 the.r ordinary fierceness, but with
ihe additional fury which cousauguity ever lends
to the battles of brothers.
... ‘• ; . ‘
• I iv ,g fared -- badly in South Carolina, Presi
dent Lincoln will doubtless pause before he pro
ceeds further in the same direction. Indeed he
is hk. v in hav, work on his hands at home, lor a
belie! prevailed that the Southern forces would
make an at lav k upon Washington; but their an
ger. in ail probability, has oeen appeased by the
imvsscss oil ot tiie Federal Cort in Charleston har
bor. which has thus been secured under circum
tfuncos 111 ore tavomble than could have been an
ticipated. Both the opposing parties have done
enough to ix'deem their pletiges. The spirit of Mr.
Lincoln's inaugural address has been vindicated
by his attempt, however unsuccessful, to relieve
Fort Sumter; and the earnestness of the South in !
the course on which it has entered is seen in its
determination to subdue und seize the fori which
has been an eyesore since the commencement of
these tronblesj
“Tiik Laxi> of the West.” —Ora Wist.— We
ave receiv ed the most flattering accounts from
tne West, through a merchant of this city, who
has just returned from a tour of three weeks, the
object of which was to purchase the many articles
<f pi-ov .sums in which that section of the Con fed
rate Stales abounds. We are pleased to learn
from our informant that no apprehensions need
be telt. asjthe supply of produce in Tennessee al.me
> uim>i .tnipic. The greatest enthusiasm prevails
iv that St ae. in consequence of their having
luiKed thetr destinies with ours; and to hail from
> J. uTvk ;ia was equal to having the most fa- j
vort and u tters of credit, and insured him the most j
courteous and generous r< ception. The President i
ol the b ; : .k of the State of Tennessee is such a
* v | r - >i>u “‘vrn man that he refused to take Ex-
was selling
ou .ie eets at a high premium. This worthy
. j?* ,1, , Slnc £. and is now a volun
.‘’“T companies.
. ‘ v t “ sre ut°t promising. A larger
” r V I .: jV, I Crn to wheat, which
:> las. a,-I m oca mg maturity, ao( i w hi c h wiQ soon
be in our niarKet. ’
Our friend had a conversation ;*u i r
.j . . .. several of
Sr
m toeo-opciitc nilh the l’resideat- of the
. -‘titiM. arnhna lor toe prompt trsr.spor
j” j’ vt i; , ';j“2 j’” ,'■ ““ n ** re4 *ouable
Ic*rn or Uiit. SrOKu...—A correspondent of
tt:. Rirhmcnd l’t* ich. u.jer aatc of Ports
mouth. Va., 14th ins!., ssys :
Another sad a.-cideut, resulting in the death ot
cstimai i. o:; .vr, occurred on SuhiaT night,
near Noth k. ] . u r Richard Henry Storr*. of
the Third Alal-ut; a Retftntent. was retursiiug to
his c..mp from c iiy about SP. M. He was
iiao. ! I.V the sentinttl, whose gun was aceidi-uUl
iv discharged, and in an hoar or so the Tictim
was a corpse. He was from M’etumpka. Ala
bama.
Ti.tf same letter has th.- following ,
fierii y ( Smith, of the Macon County Volun
teers ((.,a. died at the Ocean House, ana was
boned on Sunday morning. Our Home Guards
unit .1 large number of citizens attended the re
mains to their last resting-place.
Four Pmcbts —We leant from a gentleman
w no arnvea from Pensacola yesterday that old
Brown is making every preparation for an at-
Jack Men. Bragg keeps himself well posted about
bis movements.- Mvilt-jontery Oohf<4<ntfion t
Proposed Bank Contrcm.
The Legislature of Tennessee, on the -th inst.,
passed tiie following Resolutions, providing for
the boldine of a Bank Congress of the Southern
States So far a* we have been able learn, they
meet the cordial approval of the Banks of this city :
JOINT gISOLimOKS PEOVimsr, FOE A BASK COSGEESS
Os THE eoCTHEBX STATES.
Rtmlced b>/ the General Awerrt’ly of ths State of
Tenneuxe, That in the present unsettled and dis
tracted posture of public affairs, it is important
that the Banks of the Southern States should, at
an early day, be represented in a General Conven
tion or Congress, to confer and adopt such line of
police as will best promote tne general welfare,
and insure a currency *f uniform value through-
That said Congress be held at At
lanta, Georgia, on the first Mo .day in June, 18-51,
or at such other time and place as may be desig
nated bv a majority of the States co-operating.
? fieeolctd That liempsey Weaver, Granville
t> Smith John Kirkman, D. N. Kennedy, Fred,
‘v Smith, Moses J. Wiggs, John K. Branner, W
D ’ Fulton and W'rn. A. (Juarles, be appointed
delegates to represent the Banks of Tennessee in
said Congress, and that the Governor notify them
of their appointment.
4 frw.Ktd, That copies of these Resolutions be
forthwith forwarded by the Governor of Tennes-
Bee to the Governors of the several Southern
.States, with the request that they urge their Banka
to participate in said Congress.
W. C. Whitthorhe,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
R. L. Stovall,
Speaker of the Senate.
Passed May Bth, 1861.
A true copvf: \
J. E. R. Rat, Secretary of State.
Harpers Fep.rv.— The Alexandria Gazette,
14th inst., has the following :
Harper’s Ferry. May 13.— The greatest activi
prevails here, and the force is daily increasing by
accessions from every part of the country. Ac
tive measures are in progress to make the place
perfectly secure in the event of an attack. The
hills surrounding the place are strongly fortified
with heavy batteries, to be amply supported and
sustained by the noble Rangers recently arrived
from Kentucky.
The officers and men are in fine health and
spirits, and fully ready for the fray.
A Harper’s Ferry letter to the Baltimore Amer
ican says:
A double force of workmen was employed at
the several workshops, busily and constantly, in
the manufacture of arras, cartridges, Ac. My in
formant, a resident of Washington county, says
that about fifty rifles are daily turned out.
The troops are encamped in all directions about
the Ferry. A large force of Kentuckians and
Virginians have been stationed on the Maryland
shore, and have formed a camp :n the vicinity of
the old school house in which John Brown stored
his arms the night prior to his raid. One of the
Kentuckians was accidentally shot through the
ankle this morning by a revolver which I ell from
his belt and exploded. The wound was a -serious
one, and his foot had to be amputated.
A company of forty men, the advance guard of
a large force, arrived at the Ferry from Tennes
see this morning. It was rumored among the
troops there that a regiment of 600 men from
Louisiana would arrive in a day or two.
Squads of Baltimoreans pass the junction at
Monocacy daily, on their way to Harper’s Ferry
or Richmond.
Frov Washington, Virginia, Ac.—A despatch
to the Charleston Mercury, dated Alexandria, May
17- , says:
Governor Hicks, of Maryland, has called for
four regiments of militia to obey the requisition
of Lincoln.
Blair has suspended the mails between Mem
phis and St. Louis.
The Governors of Pennsylvania and Ohio have
pledged their protection to the Secessionists of the
Panhandle of Virginia against the authority of the
State.
A despatch to the Courier , dated Richmond, the
15th inst., has the following :
Richmond is quiet to-day. A clash of arms is
looked for shortly at Harper’s Ferry or Norfolk.
We learn nothing further to-day in regard to
Fort Monroe. Several thousand troops arrived
here to-day.
Gen. Bonham and Stall’ have gone into camp at
the Reservoir.
All the South Carolina troops have been mus
tered into the service of the Confederate States.
The foreign intelligence received here in regard
to Southern affairs is not regarded as indicative
of the position of the English Government. It is
believed that the nature of the letters of marque
ud reprisal, b rtbta to foreign vessels, is not
fully understood.
Gen. Bi tlkr’sMovements ano Proclamation.—
A despatch to the Charleston Courier, dated Bal
timore, May 15, says :
Gen. Butler has issued a proclamation stating
that he lias occupied Baltimore to enforce respect
to the laws, both State and Federal, and directs
that all manufacturers of arms report to him. He
forbids all transportation of arms and stores
South ; requests all officers of the Maryland mili
tia to report to the General in command ; pro
hibits the display of any flag, banners, ensigns,
or devices of the Confederate States, and declares
that all persons who exhibit them give evidence
of a design to afford aid and comfort to the
enemy.
Gen. Butler has seized the arms and stores pur
chased by the city, and had Ross Winans, Esq.,
of the House of Delegates, arrested in the cars, as
he was returning from the Legislature, refusing
the bail offered, and would not permit other mem
bers to see him, nor would he give Gov. Hicks
any reason for the arrest.
Affairs at Montgomery. —The Charleston
Mercury has the following items of interest from
Montgomery, under date of the 15th :
1 think that the loan bill, authorizing $50,000.-
000 to be raised by bonds or Treasury notes, will
probably be passed to-day. No direct tax will be
laid at this session, for want of the necessary in
formation regarding the value of property in the
different States; but there will be a pledge to
pass such a bill as soon as such information can
be obtained. This pledge cauuot, however, be re
deemable under three or four months, by which
time the necessary information will be obtained.
Strong efforts will be made to modify and les
sen the rates of the present tariff’, which will pro
bably succeed.
Many of the members are crazy to adjourn this
week.
Eight P. M.—lt is probable that a very satis
factory tariff will be passed by Congress to mor
row. Sugar and spirits at twenty nine per cent,
are too high. Silks fifteen per cent. It is also
probable that the Commissioners will be instruc
ted to treat on the basis of a tariff notjto exceed 20
per cent, for the recognition of our independence.
Montgomery, May 15—9, p. m.—lt is believed
that the finance bill (to raise funds for the warl
was passed to-day. The tariff bill will be passed
before Congress adjourns.
The pateut fight bill will be laid over until next
session.
1 hardly think that Congress will adjourn be
fore Saturday, although an effort will be made by
some members to aJjouru sooner, in order to
evade any action for the present upon the tariff’
bill.
A correspondent of the New York Commercial
thus mokes known the views and intentions of
Commodore Pendegrast:
Commodore Pendegrast, flag-officer of the Cum
berland, which lies at Old Point Comfort, is fully
up to tiie work of keeping the blockade a rigid
one. He is in favor of planning expeditions against
the Virginia batteries at different points, where
the naval force, co-operating with the land force,
can destroy them, and keep the rivers emptying
into the bay free. He is in favor of this as a mat
ter of instant action, by the assumption of some
responsibility if need be, instead of waiting till
the Virginians have entrenched themselves so as
to render their dislodgmeut difficult. The prose
cution of the Commodore’s views depends very
much or whether he can obtain the co-operation
of Col. Dimmick at Fortress Monroe.
Corn ! Corn ! —Oiir renders will pardon us for
once more calling attention to the importance of
raising every ear of corn’they possibly can this
year. It is not too late to plant now. Indeed,
corn may be planted a month hence on good land.
If you have any nooks or corners not in cultiva
tion, put them in corn at once, and continue plant
ing every vacant foot of laud you have until the
Ist of July.
Another important matter to look alter is a large
pea crop and all kinds of winter forage. Don’t
neglect these matters now. Our very existence
as a people may depend upon provision crops this
year. Let plantation wort, then, go forward with
an energy never witnessed before. —Athens Watch
man.
California News. —The California express ar
rived at Fort Kearney on the 15th, with San Fran
cisco advices to May 1st 1 The steamer Golden
Age had sailed with $488,000 in treasure, one
tourth of which goes to England. There was great
excitement in consequence of the war news. Ad
vices ot the secession of Virginia had been re
ceived, and of the Baltimore not. Also, a report
that Jeff. Davis was marching on Washington.
The fear of the privateers of the Southern States
had diminished the shipment of treasure. The
l uiou spirit was aroused in all sections of the
State, and sympathizers with secession were very
quiet. A secession flag erected over the U. S.
Marshal’s office had been hauled down, fThe
House of Delegates had passed a bill for the elec
tion of members of Cougress on the 20th. The
Senate would probably concur. The Douglas men
so for the Union, thus reudering fusion with the
llreckinruige party impracticable.
Kentucky Lkgislatuhe. A dispatch from Frank
fort, Ky„ May 11. gives the following proceeding*
of the Kentucky Legislature:
Mr. Machen, front the House Committee on Mili
tary Adairs, yesterday reported in the Kentucky
Legislature a bill appropriating something near
six millions of dollars for military puposes. and
the organiaation of a standing army of 10,000 men,
with proper portions of artillery and cavalry, and
a reserve force of 50,000. Mr. Underwood offered
a resolution that the bill be recommitted, with in
structions to limit the appropriation to the pur
chase of 4 ‘,OOO Belgian rifle muskets, and the
equipping of 1,000 cavalry and three batteries of
artillery, the committee being also instructed to
appropriate $60,000 for drilling the active militia,
$16,000 for the purchase of ammunition, and also
to provide for the organization ot a Home Guard.
In each county arming, the muskets to be pur
chased shall be distributed. The Union men will
support Mr. Underwood's proposition, while the
Secessionists will adhere to that of Mr. Machen.
Heidsh akteks or Cusch Riki.es.
Camp Oglethorpe, May 14, IS6I.
At a meeting of the above company held this
dav it was unanimously
Resolved, That we, the members of the Clinclr
Rifles, of Augusta, take this medium of expressing
our grateful obligations to the citiiens of Macon
for the many courtesies received from them du
ring our sojourn at Camp Oglethorpe. In an
especial manner our thanks are due Mrs. Harde
man, Mrs. O. G. Sparks, Mrs. Charles Collins,
Mrs. Armstrong, Rev. Mrs. Reese, and other
ladies whose names cannot be recalled, for many
acceptable tokens of their regard. We desire to
assure them that these kindnesses will ever be re
membered bv the recipients : for them and theirs
we invoke the choicest benedictions of Heaven.
The company also tender their grateful acknowl
edgements to Or. Branham’ for his professional
services : to Rev. Mr. Wills for the excellent and
eloquent discourse preached to the sth Regiment,
Sabbath evening, and to those gentlemen who re
freshed our inner man at the Lanier House this
morning, and to Quartermaster Williams for his
kind attentions to the company.
,C. A. Platt, Capt. C. R.
Cart Oglethorte. Mav 14, IS6I.
At a company meeting of the McDuffie Rifles,
held this day, Capt. E. H. Pottle presiding, it was
Resolved,’ in taking leave of Georgia we
feturn our sincere thanks to the friends who have
1 extended to us so many comforts—to Mr. Sim
; mons and family in Augusta, and Mrs. Edward
Johnson, aid Mrs. Jobnllill of Macon, for their
kindness, and to Mr W. W. Parker, of Macon,
; tor his repeated, considerate and gentlemanly at
tentions.
! Mullarkev, the proprietor of the
I Globe, placed us under lasting obligations hr his
generous hospiul-.ty. and whife w. cherish'with
| gratitude the recollection ofhis conduct, we cor
dially commend him to the esteem and considers
tion of our friends at home
.. That our acknowledgements are due
L. I>.'Williams, the polite and Silgent assistant
Quartermaster, for his constant e f orta to make
our situation agreeable; and to the other officers
of the Quartermaster and Commissary Denart
menu with whom we have been brought in con
uct for their promptness and kindness.
Soathern Baptlat Convention.
REPORT or THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE STATE OF
TOE COCNTRY.
In Convention, at Savannah, May 13, 1861, Dr.
Richard Fuller, of Md., from the Committee on
the state of the Country, made the following re
port :
We hold this truth to be self-evident, that gov
ernments are established for the security, pros
perity and happiness of the people. hen,
therefore, any government i perverted from its
proper design, Becomes oppressive, an(f abuses
its power, the people have a right to change it.
As to the States once combined upon this con
tinent, it is bow manifest that they can no longer
live together as one confederacy.
The Union constituted by our forefathers was
one of co-equal sovereign States. The fanatical
spirit of the North has long been seeking to de- j
pnve us of rights and franchises guaranteed by
the Constitution ; and, after years of persistent ;
aggression, they have at last accomplished their |
purpose.
In vindication of their sacred rights and honor, j
in self-defence, and for the protection of all which j
is dear to man, the Southern States have prac
tically asserted the right of seceding from a ,
Union so degenerated from that established by |
the Constitution, and they have formed for them- j
selves a government based upon the principles of
the original compact—adopting a charter which !
secures to each State its sovereign rights and 1
privileges.
This new government, in thus dissolving for
mer political connections, seeks to cultivate rela
tions of amitv and good will, with its late confede
rates, and with all* the world ; and they have
thrice sent commissioners to Washington with
overtures for peace, and for a fair, amicable ad
justment of all difficulties. The government at
Washington has insultingly repelled these rea
sonable proposals, and nr w insists upon devasta
ting our land with tire and sword, upon letting
loose hordes of armed soldiers to pillage and de
solate the entire South, for the purpose of forcing
the seceded States back into unnatural Union, or
of subjugating them and holding them as con
quered provinces.
While the two sections of the land are thu3 ar
rayed against each other, it might naturally have
been hoped that at least the churches of the North
would interpose and protest against the appeal to
the sword, this invoking of civil war, this deluging
the country in fratricidal blood ; but with aston
ishment and grief we find churches and pastors of
the North breathing out slaughter, and clamoring
lor sanguinary hostilities with a fierceness which
we would have supposed impossible among the
disciples of the Prince of Peace. In view ot such
premises, this Convention caunot keep silence.—
Recognising the necessity that the whole moral
influence of the people, in whatever capacity or
organization, should be enlisted in aid of the ru
lers, who, by their suffrages have been called to
defend the endangered interests of person and
property, of honor and liberty, it is bound to utter
its voice distinctly, decidedly', emphatically ; and
your Committee recommend, therefore, the sub
joined resolutions :
Resolved, That impartial history canuot charge
upon the South the dissolution of the Union. She
was foremost in advocating and cementing that
Union. To that Union she clung through long
years of calumny, injury and insult. She has
never ceased to raise her warning appeals against
the fanaticism which lias obstinately and inces
santly warred against that Union.
Resolved, That we most cordially approve of
the formation of the Government ot the Confede
rate States of America, and admire and applaud
the noble cause of that Government up to the
present time.
Resolved, That we will assiduously invoke the
Divine direction and favor in behalf of those who
bear rule among us, that they may still exercise
the same wise, prompt, elevated statesmanship
which has hitherto characterized their measures;
that their enterprises may be attended with suc
cess; and that they may attain a great reward,
not only in seeing these Confederate States pros
per under their administration, but in contribut
ing to the progress of the transcendent Kingdom
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Resolved, That we most cordially tender to the
President of the Confederate States, to his Cabinet,
and to the members of the Congress now convened
at Montgomery, the assurances of our sympathy
und entire confidence. With them are our hearts
and our hearty co operation.
Resolved, That the lawless reign of terror at the
North, the violence committed upon unoffending
citizens, above all, the threats to wage upon the
South a warfare of savage barbarity, devastate
oui homes and hearths with hosts of ruffians and
felons, burning with lust and rapine, ought to ex
cite the horror of all civilized people. God forbid
that we should so far forget the spirit of Jesus as
to suffer malice and vindictiveness to insinuate
themselves into our hearts; but every principle
of religion, of patriotism, and of humanity, calls
upon us to pledge our fortunes and lives in the
good work of repelling an invasion designed to
destroy whatever is dear in our heroic traditions,
whatever is sweet in our domestic Lopes and en
joyments; whatever is essential to our institu
tions and our very manhood; whatever is worth
living or dying far.
Resolved, That wc do now engage in prayer for
our friends, brothers, fathers, sons, and citizen
soldiers, who have left their homes to go forth for
the defense of their families and friends and all
which is dearest to the human heart; and we re-
the churches represented in this body,
that they constantly invoke a holy and merciful
God to guard them from the temptations to which
they are exposed, to cover their head in the day
of battle, and to give victory to their arms.
Resolved, That we will pray for£our"enemies in
the spirit of the Divine Master, who, “when he
was reviled, reviled not again,” trusting that their
pitiless purpose may be frustrated, that God will
grant them a more politic, a more considerate,
and a more christiun mind ; that the fratricidal
strife which they have decided upon, notwith
standing all our commissions and pleas for peace—
may be arrested by that Supreme Power, who
taketh the wrath of man to praise him ; and that
thus, through a divine blessing, the prosperity of
these sovereign and once allied States, may be
restored under the two governments to which
they now and henceforth respectively belong.
Resolved, That we do recommend to the
churches of the Baptist denomination in the
Southern States, to observe the first and second
days of June as days of humiliation, fasting and
prayer to Almighty God, that he may avert any
calamities due to our sins as a people, and hi ay
look with mercy and favor upon us.
Resolved, That whatever calamities may come
upon us, our firm trust and hope are in God,
through the atonement of his Son, and we earn
estly beseech the churches represented in this
body—(a constituency of six or seven hundred
thousand Christians,) —that they be fervent and
importunate in prayer, not only for the country,
but for the enterprises of the gospel which have
been committed to our care. In the war of the
Revolution, and in the war of 1812, the Baptist
bated no jot of heart or hope for the Redeemer’s
cause. Their zeal and liberty abounded in their
deepest afflictions. We beseech the churches to
cherish the spirit and imitate the example of this
noble army of saints and heroes ; to be followers
of them, who, through faith and patience inherit
the promises ; to be steadfast, unmovable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much
as they know that their labor is not in vain in the
Lord.
Resolved, That these resolutions be communi
cated to the Congress of the “Confederate States”
at Montgomery, with the signatures of the Presi
dent and Secretaries of the Convention.
I*. 11. Mkll, Ga.,
J \s. E. Broome. Fla.,
G. H. Martin, Miss.,
W. Carey Crane, La.,
R. Fuller, Md.
Jas. B. Taylor, Va.,
R. B. C. Howki.l, Tenn.,
L. W. Allen, Ky.,
J. L. Prichard, N. C.,
E. T. Winkler, S. C.,
B. Manly, Sr., Ala.,
Committee.
The vote being taken, the report was unani
mously adopted.
True extract from the minutes.
li. Fuller, President.
W. Caret Crane,
Geo. B. Tatlor,
Secretaries.
Precisely ah it Should hr. — The War Depart
ment of our Government are conducting their
plans with so much caution and sccresy as even
to preclude the knowledge of their movements
from members of Congress themselves—so a
member of that body writes to a friend in this
city. The Cabinet cannot be too highly com
mended for coucealing their business affairs at
such a critical time as this, Lincoln is sued his
bombastic proclamation aud was going to re
inforce Sumter at “all hazards,” and our people
anathematized the tardiness of our Secretary of
War, but all the while this latter personage knew
what he was about, and just as everybody in the
South had yielded to drowsiuess, the inmates of
Snmter were aroused early one morning, and
soon the defiant Fort was ours. Keep perfectly
quiet, i\nd wait patiently for the happy announce
ment that Pickens has been wrenched from the
grasp of the Philistines. Tne volcano slumbers,
only when on the eve of its most terriffic eruption
—so it was with Sumter, so it will be with Pick
ens. — Macon Citizen .
Worthy of Praise and Emulation. —The La
dies’Soldiers’Relief Society, of Macon, sent oft’
yesterday to Pensacola eight large boxes, contain
ing 160 pairs pants, 160 pairs draws, 160 hats, 160
shirts, 160 pairs shoes, 160 pairs socks, a lot of
blankets, lint and linen bandages, all designed
for the Brown Infantry and Independent Volun
teers, our two companies from Macon at that
place. They have also completely fitted out the
Sparks Rifles, and are now at work for the Macon
Guards at Tybee, below Savannah. All this iu
two or three* weeks. The same amount of clothing
would have cost tbe Government from three to
five thousand dollars. Is not this a noble and pa
triotic example for the ladies of the Confederate
States every where ? Surely our soldiers shall
never suffer for clothing if our fair ones put {heir
hands to the work in this fashion.
It will be seen from an article copied to-dav
from the montgomery Advertiser, that the volun
teers will be allowed commutation money for that
purpose, and be required to clothe themseves out
of it. This they cannot well do in the field, and
it appears almost indispensable, therefore, that
similar relief organizations should be formed ev
ery where. The Macon ladies have shown how
the volunteers may be clothed. —Macon Telegraph
16^.
Blistered Feet—A Remedy— To th’ Editor! of
the Commercial. Adeertieer : —I had for several
years two sons at School at Geneva, Switzerland.
In vacations they in company with their tutor,
made excursions through Switzerland, Italy, Ger
many, Ac., on foot, bearing their knapsacks con
taining their necessary warns for a month. They
were provided with a small bar of common brown
soap, and before putting on their stockings turn
ed them inside out, and rubbed the soap well into
the threads of them, consequently they never be
came foot sore, or had blistered feet. Let our
volunteers try it, and my word for it, they wont
complain of sore or blistered feet. Those boys
of mine are in the Seventh Regiment, and made
the march from Annapolis to Washington scath
less as far as the feet were concerned, and carried
their knapsacks with comparative ease, from early
schooling.
Waterproof CLern for Soldiers’ Overcoats.
—Twenty thousand tunics, rendered waterproof,
and yet porous, were served out to the French
army during the late war with Russia. They were
prepared after the following recipe :
Take 2 lbs., 4 ox., of alum, ana dissolve it in 10
gallons of water; in like manner dissolve the
same quantity of sugar of lead in a similar quanti
ty of water, and mix the two together. Thev form
a precipitate of the sulphate of lead. The clear
liquor is row withdrawn, and the cloth immersed
for one hour in the solution, when it is taken out.
dried in the shade, washed in clean water and
dried again.
This preparation enables the cloth to repel wa
ter like the feathers of a duck’s back, and yet al
lows the perspiration to pass somewhat freeiv
through it. which is not the case with gutta per
cha or India rubber cloth.
A Comfaxt or Cheeoeei Imdiams Organized in
X. C.—The Raleigh State Journal of Wednesday,
says;
Col. W. H. Thomas. Senator from Jackson, has
at the service of the State one of the most remark
able bodies of men in the country. It is a com
pany of 200 Cherokee Indians, organized for bat
tle and styled the “ Junaluskee Zouaves.” Itap.
pears that CoL Thomas, who is the business agent
of the Cherokees, lately called a council of the In
dians and explained to them the condition of the
country. The chiefs discussed the matter, and
said after consultation, that although they did not
understand the national difficulty, they did know
North Carolina and would stand by her. They
were ready for any position in her defence. This
is remarkable. Out of a nation of some 1500 they
muster 200 warriors for the defence of North Car
olina. The Cherokees are expert riflemen. They
know nothing of military tactics, but show them
their work and then they hare only to be told
when to cease fighting. They fight in their own
way, and every man for himself. The “ Zouaves’’
are ready at * moment'* notice.
A flairs iu
A despatch to the Charleston Courier says:
Gov. Hicks calls for four regiments to serve
the United States Government in Maryland, or
for the defence of Washington. The third bri
gade, under Kenly, and the thirty-ninth regi
ment of militia, were ordered to report for that
purpose.
Three thousand Pennsylvania troops arrived
in Baltimore, and encamped yesterday. They
are under the command of Gen. Cadwallader.
Ross Winans was sent to .Fort McHenry, and
place i in the guard house. He has been nomi
nated for Congress.
Gen. Butler has seized twenty-two hundred and
twenty muskets, and four thousand and twenty
spears, manufactured by Winans k Cc.
Gen. Butler, commanding the United States
Baltimore forces, and stationed on Federal Hill,
has issued a proclamation announcing the pur
pose of the military demonstration towards the
city. He declares their purpose is to prevent the
earning oat of rebellious or seditious purposes,
and for the seizure and confiscation of all arm*
and property or munitions of war designea for
the aid of rebellion.
No transportation of articles to the rebels fitted
out to aid and support troons will be permitted. |
Government will receive ana pay for all such sup- j
plies, and an invitation is extended to those de
siring to furnish such articles to put themselves !
in communication with the commanding General,
who is instructed to contract for forty thousand
rations for the Army. All assemblages of armed
bodies of men, except the ordinary police and
those regularly commissioned by the* State, acting
under orders of the Governor, are forbidden.
The citizens are greatly exasperated at this mili
tary despotism, and several disturbances and
riots were threatened yesterday.
Important military Order.
In another column will be feund an order from
the Commander-iu-Chief of the State forces, Gov.
Brown, inhibiting the carrying of arms or accou
trements of auy kind purchased by the State, be
yond its limits, without bis consent. Whether
the Governor designs to refuse his consent in all
cases, or merely to require that a proper respect
should be shown him by those companies which
leave the State under orders from the Confederate
Government, does not appear. In the former
event, the order is likely to produce no little con
fusion in the movements of our armies. The Con
federate States have existed but lor a day, and
we have have no thought that they are prepared
to furnish arms, and in the time required, par
ticularly under anything like an emergency. They
must then rely upon the several States, and
though some confusion may exist, owing to the
variety of arms in the service, it will be far less
than that to be occasioned by the presence of
troops in time of battle without arms or accoutre
ments at all.
Governor Brown may be technically right in
this order, but he has at least selected an unfor
tunate time for issuing it. From the beginning a
misunderstanding seems to have existed between
him and the Confederate authorities, to be found
with no other State, and it is high time it had been
brought to a close. It has been a source of se
rious confusion and embarrassment in all our
movements for defence, and if allowed to con
tinue, will wholly demoralise the service. We
do not pretend to judge between the Governor
and the War Department, but this we do say: the
present is no time to stand on mere technicalities
and punctilio. They have been already carried
too far for the effectiveness of the service and the
credit of the State, and, if necessary, we should
not hes’tate at sacrifices to preserve perfect har
mony between the local and Confederate authori
ties. We hear of no trouble elsewhere, and can
not see why the State of Georgia should be the
only captious member of the Confederacy.
I” Savannah Republican.
Slattern in Washington.
A dispatch to the Charleston Courier , dated
Richmond, 16th inst., says :
Col. Williams, recently attached to Gen. Scott’s
staff’, having intimated that his sympathies were
with Virginia, has been ordered to Governor’s
Island, New York, and kept on his parole of
honor. He will not be allowed to communicate
with his relatives residing in Virginia.
Advices from Washington represent Lincoln as
deeply interested iu the struggle in Tennessee be
tween the Secessionists and Unionists. It is
said he contemplates adopting rigorous measures
for the support of Andv Johnson and his friends.
A delegation from Missouri is in Washington,
begging Lincoln to send a sufficient force to over
awe the State.
It is reported that Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylva
nia, and Gov. Dennison, of Ohio, have pledged
themselves to aid the traitors of Western Vir
ginia.
Lincoln has pledged himself to the Governors
of all the free States that there shall be no com
promise or cessation of war until the United
States flag floats overall the National property.
g&Mauy members of the New York Seventh Regi
ment Lave returned home, their term of enlist
ment h&ving expired.
Numbers of Northern troops are going home
from Harrisburg. They thought they volunteered
for three months only, and are unwilling to serve
any longer.
Tiie Blockade. —For two days past our port
has been without the presence of the Niagara,
which vessel has left for parts unknown. She
has been reported off’Savannah, in company with
the brig Perry, and has been seen off’ North
Edisto ; but, at present, we have no certain infor
mation of her position. The Huntress lias also
been observed near this bar, but she has also left;
our port is, consequently, without any obstruc
tion at the moment; and yesterday we had several
arrivals from foreign ports, among them a
schooner with a cargo of molasses from Cardenas,
und a British brig with pig iron and coal from
Glasgow. The latter lias been taken up to return
to t lie same port, and has been engaged, full of
Sea Island cotton at the enormous freight of two
pertce half penny (2}<d.) per pound. Such a
freight has not been given in the memory of the
oldest inhabitant. —Charleston Mercury May 17.
The Sunken Vessels.— Col. Haupt, the en
gineer and contractor tor building the lloosac
Tunnel, lias made proposals to the Washington
War Department for raising the sunken vessels
at the Gospoit Navy-Yard. He proposes to fur
nish competent men to perform the task nt rea
sonable compensation, and to superintend and
give direction to the engineering department in
person, free of charge. All beyond this that lie
stipulates is, that the Government shall furnish a
sufficient force to protect the men in their opera
tions. lie says that the work can be done in
sixty days.
Andrews, who was imprisoned in Buffalo for
counterfeiting Ayer's Pills, has now been indict
ed in Toronto with one G. C. Briggs of Hamilton,
C. W., for conspiring to defraud the public by
their nefarious pursuit. Imprisonment, though it
be for years, can scarcely punish enough the heart
less villain who could execute such an imposition
upon the sick. The wicked rascal who. for paltry
gain, could thus trifle with the life and health of
his fellow man—take from his lips the cup of hope
while sinking, and substitute an utter delusion
and cheat, would falter at no crime, und should be
spared no punishment. Some of his trash is still
extant, and purchasers should be wary of whom
they buy.— Gazette , Utica , XY.
Heavy Firing.— Passengers by the Savannah
Rail Road last evening, report hearing some
heavy tiring yesterday afternoon in the direction
of Edisto. It is supposed that it was a salute to
tke Hag ship of the blockading fleet, which the
officers of the Xiagara reported on Monday to
British Consul as on its way here, and expected
to arrive in a few days. A report was current
that the Lady Davis had got into a collision with
one of the blockading vessels. This proved to be
mere rumor and incorrect. The Commander of
the Lady Davis, Lieut. J. M. Pelot, paid us a
Visit last evening, and reports that vessel in good
condition and her officers and men all well.
[Charleston Courier , 17 th.
The NashvilleJ Railroad Embargo. —We are
glad to announce that there is little difference of
opinion among intelligent men of any party in re
gard to the illegality and unconstitutionality of
the attempt of the Lincoln Administration to seize
the Nashville railroad under the disguise of a
treasury order.
It is understood that more than one of the mem
bers of the Kentucky delegation to the Border
State Convention, and possibly all of them, hold
this view, and if force should be resorted to by
the Administration, think that it should be resist
ed by alljthe power of the State—that in this event
the State should be, and would be, a unit—that
this issue, if tendered, will remove all other issues,
and that our people would then constitute but
one party—the party of resistance.— Louisville
Courier.
Tiik Steam Gun.—The Baltimore Sun furnishes
some additional information about the capture of
the steam gun :
The steam gun captured on Friday has been
stationed in the camp of the Gth (Massachusetts)
Regiment, and'on Saturday it was understood an
exhibition of its powers wouldjbe given; but a very
unfortunate circumstance interfered with the ar
rangement. Some very material and indispensa
ble parts of the machinery were found wanting,
and the steam gun, that all had come to look upon
as a death-dealing engine, stood as harmless as
an old barn fan. It now turns out that the inven
tor, Mr. Dickinson, who was not taken with the
gun, had with him in a buggy, a short distance
off, all the important parts of the machinery used
iu the working of the gun, and escaped with them
by driving rapidly away.
Loss of Hair.— Much of this deprivation is caus
ed by sheer neglect after illness, or some other
temporary drain upon the follicles at the root of
the liair, Dr. Bellingham, of London, has identified
his great name with a “Stimulating On-guenl,”
invented by him expressly to meet such emer
gencies. Messrs. H. L. Hegeman A Cos., of New
York, now have the entire agency for the Ameri
can continent. This is quite a sufficient endorse
ment of the universal reputation of the article.—
See their advertisement.
Powder Mill at Kingston Ga. —We arc credibly
informed that a companv has been formed at
Kingston, of which (fol. John D. Gray is a promi
nent member, for the purpose of commencing
immediately to manufacture Powder. The Salt
peter cave near that place contains an abundance
of nitre almost pure, and scientific men will soon
turn it to immense valuejto our country.— Jiome
Courier lfi th.
Offer of Service. —The notorious E. Z. C. .Tud
son (Ned Buntime) had an interview with Secre
tary Cameron on Monday morning, and tendered
to the Government aregiment composed of fifteen
hundred practical hunters and sharp-shooters
from the western part of New York State. The
same fellow strayed over to Alexandria on Mon
day. and was arrested by the Virginia pickets ;
but Col. Terrett ordered his release.
Disaffection.— A Harrisburg letter to the X. Y.
Herald says: “Great disaffection exists through
out this State relative to the three years’ eulist
ment. Our men are anxious and eager to go for
the entire penod of the war, be that twenty j ears,
but object very seriously to the new requisition.
Many soldiers who have arrived here recently,
returned very much dissatisfied.”
Female Patriotism. —A lady of Pike county,
the wife of a member of the Confederate Guards,
was asked a few days ago, if she was willing that
her husband should go with his company to the
war. “ Yes,” she nobly replied ; “let’him go
and fight for his country, whatever may be the
consequence. I would rather be a brave man’s
widow than a coward's wife.”— Griffin Canted.
State!.
Steam Gunboats. -The Federal Government has,
according to reliable accounts, sent orders to Eu
rope for the purchase of steam gunboats and oth
er steam vessels of war, suitable for navigating
shallow waters, and great activity prevails at the
naw-vards in fitting out vessels for the blockade
of ports of seceded States.
The Liverpool papers congratulate the mer
cantile interests of that city upon the prospect of
a great increase of their “steam trade” in conse
quence of the difficulties in America. They state
that lines of steamers to run direct between Liver
pool and southern ports are about to he establish
ed.
Columbus, Kentucky. —A gentleman direct from
the South says that a telegraph despatch was re
ceived at the Grand Junction last night stating
that a large body of Federal troops had crossed
the river from Cairo and had taken possession of
Columbus, and a large military force would at
once be thrown into that point. We place but
little confidence, however, in the report.
’ f Saehville Union, lofA.
y Crevasse in Bayou Lafourche. —We learn by
a gentleman who came down bv the Opelousas
Railroad last evening, that on Thursday night a
crevasse opened through the levee of Dr. Hewitt's
plantation, on Bayou Lafourche, six miles below
the railroad crossing. It was a rushing crevasse,
threatening to be very disastrous, the Bayou being,
swollen tor within twenty inches of the top of its
levees.— X. O. Bulletin, lUA.
Major T. B. Flournoy’s regiment of 1,000 Arkan
sans are on their march to Virginia, and will he
in Lynchburg in a few days.
MISCELLANEOIS ITEttS.
Arrests at Pensacola. —A gentleman who has
but recently returned from Pensacola, informs us
that ©n Friday last a company of suspicious per
sons were arrested bv a aetacbment of “Alaba
ma Mounted Rifles,’ * of Wilcox county, and
brought to the headquarters of Gen. Bragg. One
of them—a fellow bv the name ot Antony was
arrested some time since for supposed disloyalty
to the Southern Confederacy, but was discharged
on condition he would leave that portion of the
country. Not being sufficiently wise to adhere to
his pledge, he has been re-arrested, charged with
provisioning aad communicating with the fleet off
the harbor. Another person, in whom Gen.
Bragg formerlv had confidence, has also been ar
rested for attempting to inform the commander at
Fort Pickens of the position of the vessels which
he had assisted to scuttle and sink in the chan
nel. Both of these parties were arrested on the
Perdido Bay. It is extremely probable that they
have already or will suffer de’ath, as they were to
be tried on Saturdav last.— Montgomery Adverti
ser, \ith
An Objectionable Rumor. —A report has been
put in circulation, and very generally copied,
that a despatch had been received at the War De
partment, stating that a vessel had arrived at New
Orleans with two hundred thousand muskets on
board. In course of travel, fifty thousand guns
and a large quantity of munitions of war and army
stores were added to the story. There are som©
objections to this ; imprimis, two hundred thou
sand stand of arms would weigh about seventeen
hundred tons, too much for one ship to carrv.
Secondly, it is difficult to determine any place in
Jcr°P e w^e re so many guns could be bought.
Thirdly, the port ol New Orleans is reported in a
state of blockade. Fourthly, it is too good to be
true, ritthly, no such despatch has been re
ceived at the War Department. It may be possi
ble taat a few guns have been received, but the
errors in the above are tco palpable to pass un
noticed.— Mont. Advertiser.
Confederate Bonds. —For sometime past the
Register of the Treasury lias employed his whole
force in signing the bonds of the Confederate
states, above two millions having been received.
Each bond wita the coupons attached requires
twenty-two signatures, twenty-three numbers and
a date. W ita assistance of clerks from other bu
reaus i . .he Treasury Department these have
been completed and are ready for service. Last
evening the Register received a dispatch saying
more ot the blanks had been shipped lor this city
consisting of twenty-three hundred of the denomi
nation ot 1,000; live hundred of the denomination of
100, and five hundred of 50. These are expected
here to-day and will be signed us rapidly as possi
ble.— Montgomery Advertiser, 1 6th.
Leti ins of Marque and Reprisal. —Siuce Con
gr* s- authorized the issuance of letters of muruue
and reprisal, it has been frequently stated that
such letters have been granted to hundreds of
applicants, and that thousands are on file in the
V ur Department. This is an error, lor applica
tions ior this branch of the public service are
made to the Collectors at the different ports.
1 he Collectors at Mobile, .New Orleans and other
Southern seapoits, have bud numerous applica
tions, but none have been received, or could bo
received, at tiie War Department.— Montgomery
Advertiser.
Military Encampments. —We understand from
an officer of the army who passed through Macon
last night, on his way to the s-eacoast,’ that the
policy oi establishing encampments tor instruc
tion has been decided on by the Government of
the C. S. One of these encampments is now in
operation at tiie Fair Ground in Montgomery, and
another, it is said, will be opened at our Fair
Ground or Camp Oglethorpe. The plan will be
to order companies iuto camp as soon as formed,
where they will he speedily equipped and regu
larly trained in all the arts’ of war, so us to be
ready to act efficiently, whenever called iuto the
field. —Macon citizen, 15 th.
Enlisting Slowly.— The State of New York,
with three millions of white inhabitants, has been
called upon to furnish thirty thousand men for
Lincoln’s army of subjugation. To read ac
counts of the military furor which has existed
there ever smee the fall of Fort Sumpter, one
would suppose that no less than fifty or one hun
dred thousand had probably volunteered to serve
their country, long ere this. It appears, however,
from the New York Tribune of the 4th inst., that
but little more than one half of the thirty thous
and have yet tendered their services. At this
rate it will take the North a long time to raise an
army of five hundred thousand men. — Mont
gomery Advertiser.
Excitement on toe Horoer. —We learn by the
steamer.l. M. Sharp, which arrived this morning
from Jefferson, Texas, says the N. O. Picayune of
the 3’_!th, that news reached that place Tuesday
last by express, in a letter to J. M. & J. C. Mur
phy, that Montgomery, of Kansas notoriety, at
the head of a,UUO men had taken Fort Ouachita.
Messengers had been sent to Marshall and other
places for men, money, guns, powder and lead.
Capt. Bill \ oung, with ahtttt *3(to men, was on
the march, trying to oppose Montgomery. This
news was corroborated last Wednesday tit Shreve
port. The greatest excitement prevailed through
out the county. The hells wereringiug when
the Sharp left Jefferson, for the purpose of call
ing a town meeting. Already a large meeting
had been held at Shreveport.
Post Ocfice Stamps.— There seems to he anxie
ty in regard to postage stamps when the Confede
rate Government, through the Post Office Depart
ment, takes charge of the service. There need
be uo alarm on this score, for a design has been
selected and a contract partially made for a sup
ply. The new stamp is very beautiful, and quite
in contrast with the old. The size is a trille
larger, and in the center is an elegant steel en
graving of Washington, (a front view,) taken
from Ins well known portait painted by Stuart.
It will meet with universal approbation, and will
probably meet the public eye early iu .Tune, or as
soon thereafter as practicable. —Montgomery Ad
vertiser.
A Beahtifdl Company ! —The Clinch Rifles, be
fore their departure for the seat of war, favored
the Macon people with a specimen of their pro
ficiency in drill, yesterday. It is enough to say,
that a finer body of men never shouldered mus
ket or rifle. To look at them as they marched
along one would have said, there’s not a half inch
difference in their height, and they are all just
five feet ton. Their drill is perfect—their uniform
the regular rifle green—their arms the very best,
Minic l ilies, with sabre bayonets—their personnel,
without exception, the true chivalrous soldier and
gentleman. God bless them ! We wish the Coo
federate army could muster 200,000 such men.—
Macon Telegraph.
Practice Economy.— ln these trying times, it
behooVes every. one ter practice the most rigid
economy. Wc have been so long well fed and well
clothed, that it may require a considerable amount
of self-denial to accommodate ourselves to the cir
cumstances which now surround us. But let every
one, rich and poor, face the music. Buy as little
u possible, lop oft’ every luxury, dispense with
the conveniences of life, he content with absolute
necessaries, and we can laugh hard times and Old
Lincoln in the face, weather the storm, aud come
out of this fiery ordeal, with scarcely a “feather
scorched.” — Atlanta Intelligencer.
Caption. —Persons who use fire arm • should re
member that percussion guns or pistols are some
times discharged without the caps. A .Southern
paper says“A young man was badly wounded
in this city ye- let clay, by the accidental discharge
of a pistol in the hand of his friend. It is worthy
of remark, that this pistol had no cap an it, but it
seems that a small portion of the percussion pow
der was on the tube, and this was sufficient to fire
the powder.”
Lopisville Blockaded. —The Courier says: In
accordance with the orders from Washington to
close the ports and enforce the blockade against
the Southern States, parties in the town ot Jeffer
sonville and New Albany, Indiana, have stopped
the market men, wagoners and traders generally
f. om bringing their usual daily supplies to Louis
ville. Are we out c.’ the Union already ?
The Blockape atCairo Confirmed—All Pro
visions to be Seized. —lt will be seen by the fol
lowing despatch from Cairo to Capt. McGill, of
Louisville, and,published in the Louisville Cou
rier yesterday, that the shipment of all provisions
South is interdicted. Comment now is unneces
sary :
Cairo, 111., May 18.
To Capt. McGill, Louisville: Provisions stopped.
Dry goods and tobacco not intercepted. All
quiet. Williamson, H.-tnks & Cos.
\Nashville Union, 1 5th.
Virginia Wheat Crop.— The Portsmouth (Va.)
Transcript learns from gentlemen from various
portions of the country that the w heat presents a
most promising appearance, and that the farmers
generally, adopting the suggestion of the press,
are putting the greater portion of their lands iu
corn, potatoes, Ac., to the rejection of tobacco t.
a great extent. This is most gratifying informa
tion, and gives reason to expect the largest crops
of breadstuff, this year which the country lias
ever produced.
Provisions in Mf.m phis.— The Bulletin says :
Provisions arc plentiful in this city. A gentle
man, well informed in commercial circles, assures
us that there is an abundance of provisions in
Memphis to supply our own people, and the regu
lar trade to this city, until after the next crop is
made. There is no excuse, therefore, for any
advance in price, nor should any extortion be
practiced under existing circumstances. There is
a plenty here; it cost no more to the holder to-day
than it'did last week; those who have to buy are
quite as ready, and as little able to bear an ad
vance as formerly.
Return of the 7th Regiment.— We undet stand
by a letter received in this city to-day, from an
officer in the Seventh Regiment, that they will
return to New York when their thirty days ex
pire, which will be on the 15th inst. —New York
Day Booh, tsth inst.
Change in the Cabinet.—We have good rea
son to believe that, if not already done, a change
will soon he effected in the cabinet of President
Davis. It will extend to the War and Attorney
General’s offices, and it is understood Mr. Walker
and Mr. Benjamin are to change places.—Savan
nah Republican.
Proposed Armistice. —A petition is in circula
tion in Philadelphia for signatures, asking Lin
coln to grant an armistice until such time as he
can treat with Jest. Davis for a permanent peace.
The New York lleraid says—“lf the parties who
are pushing forward this petition ate not down
right traitors, they ought to he speedily informed
that it is too late now to talk of an nrmistic. Ac
tion is the word.”
More Sand Bags. —An order reached this city
on yesterday for ten thousand more sand bags,
which we learn the ladies intend to make with as
great avidity as the others. Success to them.—
Montgomery Confederation, XZth.
Departure of Tp.oops. —We learn the
Dawson Volunteers and Schley Guards left Camp
Oglethorpe, en route for Pensacola, on Saturday
mght ; the Irish Volunteers and Georgia Greys,
last night ; the Upson Light Guards and Hardee
Rifles will leave to-night, and the Clinch Rifles
and McDuffie* Rifles on to-morrow night.— Macon
Telegraph, XZth.
Very High Privates. —Hon Thomas J Jndse,
as we learn from the Pensacola Tribune, arrived
there a few days ago and eulisted as a private in
one of the Eufaula Companies. He shoulders a
musket as a soldier under Lieut. Butt, of the
transport steamer Time.
Hon. J. J. Finley, tatelv appointed District-
Judge for Florida, has become a private in the
Jackson county Companv, under the reqeisition
of the Governor of Florida.
It is believed, on good grounds, that the story
of an attempt to poison one of Butler's men, in
Maryland, was made up for eflect by Gen. Butler
himself.
The latest advices from Europe state that the
London Herald regards our difficulties as likely
to necessitate a war between England and the
Northern States as a means to the restoring of a
supply of Cotton.
Lord John Russell said in Parliament that the
duty of the Government was to take every possi
ble means to avoid taking part in this lamentable
contest.
Dr. Hawks.—The New York papers state that
it is currently reported that Rev. Francis L.
Hawks, I). D.. has resigned the Rectorship of
Calvary Church in that citv. Dr. Hawks is a na
tive of North Carolina, ami a gentleman of rare
literary attainments. He is a brother of Her Wm.
N. Hawks, of this city. —Columbus Enquirer.
Burial of' Lieut. Nelson. The Calhonn (Ga.)
Confederate FUij says the body of Lieut. Nelson,
who lost his life by an explosion on board the
Ilabershan, was buried at that place on the 10th
inst., beside his father, Gen. Charles H. Nelson,
his coftin being wrapped in the flag of the Confede
rate States.
Rcmdred Secession of Mis-ouri.— A St. Louis
dispatch to the Chicago Tribune says it is hinted
that the Missouri Legislature has passed a secret
act of secession, in addition to the odious military
bill. If this be true, Gov. Jackson and his ac
complices will be arrested for treason.
| Cinnnsiatta Gazette.
Crop*, dec.
Crops is Texas— The Sew Orleans Bulletin
receives the most gratifying accounts of the pros
pects for abundant crops in Texas. All the pa
pers represent the season as the most promising
had for many years in that State. Stands of cot
ton and corn are complete. Most of the crops of
corn are in the bunch,‘some in the tassel; this sea
son is sufficient to perfect them. Easly cotton is
begginning to square ; late is now a complete
stand, which is early enough for a first rate crop.
The Weather and the Crops.— The weather
for the past week has been extremely pleasant.—
We have had refreshing showers, and the crops
look well.— Albany {(fa.) Patriot. Oth.
The Cr,ors.—Our ears are gladdened with the
most gratifving news of the crops. In Southern
Georgia the planters are now harvesting an un
precedented wheat crop. In Middle Georgia they
will soon be doiDg the same thing, God willing.
We heard a planter from Jones, yesterday, make
a bet bis judgment being doubted,) that a twen
ty acre field in his neighborhood would average
thirtv bushels of wheat to the acre. It the crop
escapes rust a few davs longer, it was the judg
ment of a lriend of ours that two years supply ot
wheat would be raised in Georgia this yeat. I ro
vidence is smiling upon all our crops—a more la
vorable Spring was never yet seen in Georgia.
If the crops progress as they have begun, tood in
the greatest abundance for man and beast will be
produced this summer. May heaven grant it.
Macon Telegraph.
The Chops. —The Wheat crop of Middle Ten
nessee is in the most promising condition. It is
“rowing most luxuriantly, and the yield is likely
to be greater, per acre, than at any time since the
over fruitful season ot 1855. Some of it will be
ready for the reaper in three weeks from this
date We shall, therefore, in a short time, have
new flour and plenty of it, at low prices; and our
Northern “brethren” will learn that we can be
independent of them even for our supplies ot
breadstuff's.
The Oat crop is also growing finely; whilst the
old staple Indian corn looks a little yellow from
excess of rain. This, however, will soon disap
pear under the genial rays of the sun with which
we are blest. There has been a greater breadth
of land devoted to these crops, so there may be
uo deficiency i*i either. There is not so much
interest felt in cotton, yet enough of it will be
produced. Wl\at is lost from diminished quanti
ty will be made up iu increased price.
The prospect for an abuudaut crop of peaches,
apples, and other fruits, grown in this latitude,
was never liner. —Nashville Patriot 10 ih.
Provision Crop.— Some of our farmers remem
ber the experiments of Dr. Parker, of Columbia,
in 1 857, republished in the South Countryman in
January, 1850. l)r. Parker sowed his oats about
the last of January. On the 30th of June the
crop was harvested. The ground was immediate
ly plowed and planted in corn. The crop, as
measured by a committee, was from one acre of
ground eighty-nine bushels of oats, and eightv
two bushels of corn. Cannot some ot our farmers
try their good wheat lands with a crop of com ?
Marietta Advocate.
Crops. —Between this point and Dublin, crops
look excellently, and appearances now indicate an
abundant harvest. The Wheat aud Ryetields are
heavy with graiu, and have been as vet but. little
affected by rust. Corn looks uuusually well and
the yield bids fair to be a large one. Farmers
are compluiniug of poor stands sf cotton, but we
think the appearances of the fields encourage us
to hope that all the cotton necessary will be made.
The peach trees are ladened with fruit, and prom
ise to yield abundautly. Providence seems to be
smiling upon us, and shower’ug its favor upon us
on every hand. —PulasH Times, 16 th,
Tna Chops. —From the information we receive
from various parts of the county, aud as far as we
are able to judge ourselves, the corn and wheat
errp is unusually promising. We have never
seen corn aud wheat look better. The farmers
generally have planted a good deal more corn
this year than usual. An overruling Providence
seems to cheer our people with the prospect of an
abundant crop.— Tuskegee (Ala.) Mepvh., V'dh.
Heli ItlcCnllotigli*
This distinguished, obiquitous, every where
heard-of, uulocutable, and terrible man, was actu
ally iu our midst yesterday morning, lie arrived
on the train from Montgomery, and took the cars
on the State Road at 10.10 in the morning. Ills
destination is unknown. Some who conversed
with him thought they gathered from him that he
was going to Virginia. Others thought he was on
his way to Texas via Memphis and Little Rock.—
Others thought he would turn up about Cairo, and
again some are confident that his destination is
Baltimore, lie is in the Army of the Confederate
States, and has a Brigadier General’s Commission
in his pocket. We cuunot say positively just
where he will turn up; but let that be where it
may, he will make his mark and give a good ac
count of himself.
His personal uppetyanee is remarkable. He is
six feet high, slender and spare-built, but athletic
and firmly knit, lie is about forty-five years of
age ; his demeanor quiet, and has none of the
t iger-like fierceness of appearance that man y have
supposed him to possess. His size, height and
weight, the glance and color of his eye, the style
of his drses, his hair, beard and features, all re
sembled the far-famed and invincible Garibaldi
more than any other man in the world, except the
veritable Giuseppe himself; and McCullough is
not a whit behind that celebrated Italian patriot,
iu courage, skill, and ability as a partisan com
mander.
The short time that he was here, he was more
gazed at, and a sight of him was more eagerly
sought after by our citizens, than if he had had
11 seven heads and ten horns”. —Atlanta Confede
racy, 1 Wth.
[communicated.]
At ft meeting of the Richmond Hussars, held at
their Drill Room on the 16th inst., the following
resolutions were offered by Lieut. Thomas, and
unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the members of the Richmond
Ilussars do hereby express their acknowledgment
of an invitation from tne Edgefield Rangers, of
S. C., to attend a Flag Presentation at their Pa
rade Ground on Saturday last.
Resolved, That they do hereby express their
enjoyment of said visit, and their appreciation of
the chivalrous and hospitable manner in which
they were entertained.
Resolved, That they return thanks to Lieut
Thomas Whatley for his kindness in furnishing i
them with a free passage across Sand Bar Ferry
Resolved, That the pleasuro of the corps was
greatly enhanced by the number of ladies who
graced the occasion by their presence, and cheered
them by their smil s.
It was amoved and carried that the above reso
lutions be published in the city papers.
A. Stewart, Acting Secretary.
[communicated.]
To his Honor Rout. n. May,
Mayor City of Augusta :
At a called meeting of the Mechanic Engine
Company, at their liali this evening, May 16,1861,
on motion of Capt, Wm. Rutherford, it was
unanimously resolved to place the annual appro
priation of two hundred dollars, now due this
company, in the hands of the Mayor, for distribu
tion among the; families of those volunteers who
have left this city in defence of the Southern Con
federacy. .
Resolved, That the Vice President be requested
to notify his Honor, the Mayor, of same.
G. A. Parker, Vice President.
T. J. Winkler, Secretary.
New York Sunday Times. —Among the New
York journals, which have recently been obliged
to declare themselves for Lincoln’s Government,
or get cleaned out by an infuriate mob,J may be
reckoned the Sunday Times, which has lor over
twenty years been the persistent advocato of
Southern Rights and interests. We can account
for this sudden change only by the supposition
that it was through fear of outside pressure.
Good-byto yon, Mr. Times.
Tnn Captured Privateers.— The Charleston
Mercury’s Alexandria correspondent, under (late
of the 15th, says : “ The reports telegraphed by
the Associated Press, relative to the capture of
privateers, are sheer fabrications, concocted in
Washington, and intended, if possible, to frighten
those now getting letters of marque. Place no
reliance in such stories.”
The Southern Forts.— The New York Daily
News says it is the opinion of the ablest officers
in the Federal Army, that the fortifications seized
by the Southern States cannot be retaken ; that
the defences of the Belize are impregnable, and
that Fort Pulaski cannot be reduced by any fleet
or army the United States can send against it.
A letter to the Columbus Tinus dated Ports
mouth, Va., May 10th, says that Gen. Gwynn, de
clares he can concentrate 45,000 men at Norfolk in
twenty-four hours. And stilljtroops were con
tinually arriving from the far South, and the West
A dispatch to the Savannah Republican , dated
Charleston, 17th.inst, says : “The British ship
McNair arrived here to-day. In passing Fort
Sumter she saluted the Confederate flag, and the
fortification responded to the courtesy.”
Refusal to Permit Free Blacks to Pass. —An
application made by private parties in the Eastern
States to Governor Curtin to permit bodies of
free blacks to pass through Pennsylvania, has
met with an unconditional refusal. Great satis
faction is expressed here with the Governor’s re
fusal, by men of all parties. The object of these
applications was to rouse slaves in the Southern
States to rebellion. So says a dispatch from Har
risburg, Pa.
Mr. Wigfall says in a letter to a friend in Wash
ington, in great confidence, that the Confederate
army will capture Washington, Lincoln, and his
Cabinet, unless they leave before the middle of
June. He says they have nearly 100,000 well
armed troops, and in less than two weeks will be
on their way to Washington, and expect to win
ter in Philadelphia.
The Citizen claims for Macon the honor of fur
nishing the first Georgia Company for the war,
and that the Sparh\Gaur<H, Capt. John B. Cum-
HI.VG.
Stranding of a Scpplt Ship. —A dispatch to
the Savannah ReprOitican, dated Charleston, 17th
inst., says :
Passengers who arrived here {■ om Wilmington,
N. C., to-aay, report that a large ship, name un
known, got aground on Frying Pan .Shoals Wed
nesday last. Her boat came into Smithville for
assistance, when a tug went out and took off an
immense supply of provisons, and then towed the
ship into Smithville.
The he was bound on a whaling
voyage, Carolinians are excited,
and believe sos ts a Government transport, bound
for Pensacola.
The ship is a fine one, and draws twenty-one
feet of water.
Afpairs at Cairo. —A reliable gentleman, who
who came down on the cars from Cairo on Sun
day evening, brings us information as to the num
ber of federal troops stationed at that place up to
Saturday night.
As far as he could ascertain, the whole force in
the town of Cairo did not reach over 2,800, though
it was represented that more were hourly ex
pected. Five guns were mounted without other
breastworks than the levee—the largest being a
twelve-pounder.
At Mound City, about nine miles above the
head-quarters on the Ohio river, 700 men were
stationed, and 700 more eleven miles up on the
Illinois Centra! railroad. Three companies (from
250 to 300 men) with one piece of ordinance were
quartered sixty-two and a half miles above on the
same road at Big Muddy creek—their duly being
to watch the bridge at that point.
One hundred horses, doubtless for the use of
cavalry companies, were received by the com
mandant at Cairo on Sunday night.
Our informant says Oiat three hundred of the
troops are suffering with attacks from chills and
fever,— Mempkie Appeal, Mvj IS.
COMMERCIAL.
SAVANNAH. May 17.—Republican —Cotton .—The sale* of
the week foot 561 bales, as follow: 30 at S*, 81 at 5, 72 at 9)s,
97 at 10, 865 at 11. 43 at 11*, 14 at 11*, S9 at 11*, 1 at 12, ISO at
18.
Rice.— We have no report to make of the Ttici market this
week. There is r.othiug doing in the way of shipping, as no
vessels are here for exporting it.
Flour —The >tock Is good, and demand fair ; we quote Su
peflnc *7&(<*s’ : Extra at prices ranging from sß* to and
Family $9.50@510 per bbl.
Bticon.— The principal holder of this article is asking 14*@
15c, for Sides, and 12*t&l3e. for Shoulders, the outside figures
for parcels of less than 10 hhds.. some parties are asking IS*®
14c. for Shoulders ; 15*@160. for ribbed Sides ; 17c. for Clear
Sides. Hams range from 15 to 18c. per lb.
Corn.— The arrivals have been good, and sales have beeu
made from $1 to #1.15.
Hay.— Stock light and demand good. Northern selling at
$3.25; Eastern s‘3.
Oats.— Stock good, demand fair—selling from store In lots to
suit at 70 cents per bushel, sacks included.
Salt.— We hear of one cargo sold early in the week at IK) cts,
and another yesterday at $1 pur suck.
Molasses.— Then 1 is a fair supply and holders are asking 28c.
for iarge lots Cuba clayed ; small parcels command a fraction
higher. Now Orleans held at 45c.
Sugar. —New Orleans S*(&10 cents.
Exchange. —We hear of sales of Sight Drafts on New York
at 2*@o percent, premium. No transactions in time bills on
the North. No sides cf Sterling have been reported.
Freights. —We quote Id. to Liverpool for Cotton.
CHARLESTON, May 17.—[Courier.] Cotton.— Wchave
nothing of interest to communicate, so far as this article is con
cerned. The transactions have been limited to 259 bales at the
subjoined prices, viz : 4 bales at 6*. 2 at S. 57 at 9. 50 at 9*. 5
ai 9\, 55 at 10. sat 10*. 10 at 10*, 61 at 10*, sat il. and 0
bales at ll\c. The receipts of the week comprise :J515 bales.
Rice. —The market closes in an unsettled state, ami we have
no quotations to offer.
Rough Rice.— The our last have been confined
to 17,U00bushels, which have been forwarded to Mill.
Corn. —There have been no arrivals this week* The last
sales were made at $1 bushel.
Hay No Hay has been received this wee k. The article Is
scarce, ami commands very high prices.
Bacon. —The demand has bean supplied at 14c. for Shoulders,
16c. for Sides, and from 16 to ISc. for Hams.
Sa't.— We have been without arrivals tins week. The stock
on sale is held at $2 # sack.
Groceries.— There was an arrival vesterdav of some 200
, packages of Molasses from Cardenas, which we learn in held at
32c. for hhds., 85c. for tierces, and 37c. for hhls. The sales of
New Orleans reached about 200 bbls. from store, at prices ring
tug from 40 to 42c. gallon, and store lots of Cuba have been
1 selling at 30c. in bbls. and hhds. There has been a limited re
tail demand for Sugars, and prices show an advancing tendency.
Flour. —The transactions nave been confined to small lots, at
prices ranging from $8.25 to $9.50 bbl., as In quality and
quantity.
Exchanges.— Sterling Hills have rather advanced in value.
The <q*eniT g rates were 6<3i6* ; but the closing figures yester
day were 6*®6* 38 cent, prein.
Frci'jhte.— i'hv early engagements to Liverpool were made
at l*u. but at the close of the week 3d. was paid.
\Yalilimton Horn*.
The Washiugton correspondence)! the Cincinnati
Commercial telegraphs under date of the 12th as
follows—
Twentv-eight thousand men are garrisoned
here, and ten thousand more arc within from thir
ty to forty miles of this point. Three full German
regiments form part of the army of protection.
The Capital is now surrounded by a circle of
regimental encampments, completely controlling
all roads from Virginia and Maryland.
The Government cotemplates the erection of
earth works at regular intervals along the Rail
roads running from the North through Maryland.
Preliminary surveys are now making.
1 learn from the Navy Department that the
ports of Charleston and the mouth of the Missis
sippi will be blockaded within a week.
hi view of the events in St. Louis, the Govern
ment has resolved upon comprehensive measures
for protection of Union men, aud the suppression
of secession movements in Missouri.
A large body of Western troops will doubtless
be thrown into that State. The result of the
Wheeling Union convention is awaited here with
much anxiety.
The correspondent of the Enquirer telegraphs—
The war will be actively prosecuted. The pro
clamation of the President, issued to-dav, relative
to Fort Pickens, indicates that operations will be
immediately commenced in that quarter. There
are sufficient men to defend that fort there now,
but if ten thousand men are put on board the
Great Eastern, which arrived at New’ York to-day,
and sent to their assistance, the possession of the
works will soon be beyond dispute. The engage
ment of the great ship is under consideration by
the Government.
Twenty-five thousand men are now here, and
before the end of the next week there will be fifty
thousand here and around Baltimore.
I learn that in addition to the new Military De
partment at Washington, the States of Ohio, Indi
ana and Illinois will constitute a portion soon. -
Major General McClelland will be placed in com
mand.
Senator Wade is here, and advises the Admin
istration to pursue the most active war policy.
Siipposfd ImpoMterN.
Two men who entered their names on the Lanier
House register as Dr. Rosawally and A. C. Dunn,
of the Confederate army, were arrested in Macon,
yesterday, under suspicion of being imposters.
They have very lofty testimonials, purporting to
be from men in high position under the govern
ment, and representing themselves us agents
for the collection of a fund to procure ana sup
port nurses for the sick and wounded in the Con
federate army. They called on tho Mayor, and
by force of these testimonials procured his assist
ance and introduction to sundry citizens, and in a
short time collected some two hundred and forty
dollars. While this beuevolent work was going
on, a dispatch came from Columbus to beware of
them, and answers came from Montgomery which
deepened the suspicionjof foul play. They were
therefore put under arrest, and the whole matter
will be thoroughly investigated. Meanwhile, we
refrain from saying more, as it is barely possible
they may be able to clear themselves of suspi
cion.—Maco 11 Telegraph.
The Columbus Sun of the 17th, has the follow
ing authentic correction of the matter:
A day or two since, this gentleman visited Col
umbus as an accredited agent ot the Confederate
States Government, on important business con
nected with the comfort of the volunteers in the
service. The authenticity of his credentials hav
ing been questioned by some of our citizens, dis
patches were sent to Montgomery, and the follow
ing answers received, which we are requested to
insert for the justification of those who actively
assisted him iu furthering his mission here :
Montgomery, May 16.
E. Croft: —Dr. Roswallv is Assistant Surgeon
of tho Volunteer Forces of the Confederate Army.
J. J. lloofku.
Montgomery, May 16.
Mayor D. B. Thompson:— Dr. Roswally is an
Assistant Surgeon in the Volunteer Forces and is
so commissioned. lie has also a letter from Ibis
Department, stating that he has the confidence of
this Government and is duly commissioned in its
service. That is all.
L. P. Walker, Scc’y of War.
War Movements, Aci
Washington, May 15.—General Scott emphati
cally approves Gen. Butler’s proclamation.
Probubly Marshal Kane, of Baltimore, will short
ly be arrested.
A spy was arrested with despatches for Gen.
Lee.
It is understood that the Government is fully
prepared to protect the Union men of Western
Virginia.
It is reported that Winans will be sent to An
napolis for trial.
Gov. Hicks says Maryland will have five regi
ments next week for the Fedcrnl Government.
It is again rumored that the Virginians contem
plate removing Washington’s remains from Mount
Vernon.
Baltimore, May 15.—Ringgold’s battery passed
toward Washington. Two thousand troops, via
Perrvville, arc landing at Locust Point, supposed
for Washington.
Gov. Letcher has prohibited the military au
thorities giving passes to leave Virginia.
The War Department estimates that 50,000
troops will be in Washington Saturday.
It is reported that seven steamers with Federal
troops are coming up the bay.
New York, May 15.—The World's despatch re
ports all telegraphic communication by tho sea
board with the South suspended, the secessionists
having removed all the wires. Anew company
has been organized, embracing all Southern linos.
Trains between Washington and tho North will
be resumed Thursday.
Washington, May 15. —The Government, by ad
vice of Gen. Scott, has accepted fourteen addi
tional regiments from New Y'ork.
It is reported that the Virginians are throw
ing up defences within spy-glass view of Wash
ngton.
Boats Fired into —Marketing Stopped—lndi
ana Threatening Kentucky.— We learn that
Federal troops are being rapidly concentrated all
along the Indiana shore to stop the commerce of
the Ohio river, and drive Kentucky out of the
Union.
The towboat Jas. Guthrie, that has just arrived
from the South with a lot of empty barges, was
fired into twice at Rockport, Indiana, the first
gun from the whaf-bont, and the second from the
top of the bank. The last was shotted, but lucki
ly missed the boat. Its splash in the water was
seen and heard, and evidence that mischief was
intended.
It is rumored that boats will he searched at
Evansville, and we learn that a body of troops
are stationed at Newburg, Ind., and that it is con
templated to stop all boats entering Green river,
a tributary of Kentucky.
At New Albany and Jeffersonville the most
despicable espionage is established, at the insti
gation, we hear, of some wiseacre, who thinks be
is acting by authority to protect the American
flag. Thcie the country people, market men, ex
press messengers and wagons, are stopped and
examined, and none arc expected to bring butter,
eggs, bay, staves, or even empty barrels to
Louisville. One of the consequences is that the
price of marketing over there is very low—eggs
at four cents per dozen, and the butter going for
a song, and getting so strong that it may carry it
self off. A countryman with a load of staves was
not permitted to cross the ferry at New Albany.
He drove bis loud to Jeffersonville, and was
driven from there too. He then unloaded the
staves and started home with an empty wagon
and an empty pocket. The plea for these petty
outrages will be that it is the work of a mob—
mob law—such as controls the city of Cincinnati.
Louisville Courier.
Western Virginia.— The Marietta, <)., Intelli
gencer, a Republican journal, says it lias been
entertaining too favorable notions of the feelings
of the people of Northern Virginia towards the
Union, and as evidence of it gives the statement
of Mr. Scott, who lately left that section. It
says :
“He was known as a Union man, for lie voted
for the Union candidate. Mr. Summers, for the
State Convention. The majority for Mr. Sum
mers was about 2,700 in the district. Now, Mr.
Scott says the Union men are bard to find ; there
are only two or three in the neighborhood where
he resided. So sudden and great is the change
there within the last few days.”
To the same effect is the following from the Cin
cinnati Enquirer:
“The large body of that portion of the State,
we are sorry to say, with the exception of the
Ban-Handle, is decidedly for secession. We are
reluctantly forced to that conclusion. As to the
feeling generally in Virginia, we will relate a con
versation between one of our citizens and a dis
tinguished clergyman of the Episcopal Church, a
resident of Indiana, who has just returned from a
trip to Virginia. In reply to the question as to
the feeling in Virginia he said : ‘We of the North
have no conception of the feeling in Virginia. It
is a unit, embracing males and females. The fe
males—matrons and maidens—practice daily with
the revolver. Families are sending their silver
plate, and ladies tbeir jewelry, to the Gorernor;
gentlemen are making deeds of their farms to the
State ; all to raise cash for the defence of the
State. A deep-seated determination to resist to
the last extremity, to sacrifice everything, prop
erty and life, universally prevails.’ ”
Nevertheless, the people in the Wheeling Dis
trict propose to send a representative to the Fed
eral Congress, having for a candidate for that
post Wm. G. Brown.
A Blockade with Lies. —Wednesday last the
following vessels were hailed off the port of
Charleston by the Niagara and ordered not to at
tempt to enter a Southern port :
The Boyne, bound from Fleetwood for Savan
nah, and consigned to Weber Bros.
The Eliza Bonsill, British; from Liverpool for
Charleston, and consigned to Frazer A Cos.
The Kathardin, from Liverpool for Savannah,
consigned to Brigham, Baldwin A Cos.
On boarding these vessels the officers endorsed
on their papers that every Southern port was
blockaded and any attempt to enter would be at
their peril. So far from truth is this endorse
ment, it is a notomus fact that there has been no
blockade of Savannah, and the Niagara, which
tamed a few days off Charleston has departed,
leaving both ports open. It will thus be seen
that, in the absence of ships, the Lincoln Govern
ment. is attempting to blockade southern ports
with lies. We shall be greatly mistaken if foreign
countries submit quietly to this imposition.
The Eliza Bonsin cruised around and came into
our port without molestation yesterday. The re
maining vessels have not been heard from.— Sav.
Republican, 18M.
Capt. Hayden, of the ship Coneul, from Liver
pool, arrived here yesterday, reports that he saw
no vessels of any kind this side of Case Roraain,
except a small schooner. — S <**. Rewt, May 17.
EDWIN H. POWERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND |
SOLICITOR IN EQUITY
AUGUSTA,’ OA.
A LL bxudness coming within the pale of his profession, en
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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JOHN MiI,LEDGE, Jr.,
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Office No. 3 Warren Block. octlO
F. L. R. THOMAS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. LAFAYETTE, GA.
THXODORZ C. CONE, ISAAC L. TOOL*.
CONE & TOOLE.
attorneys j±.t law
AND
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L. TOOLE, Esq. VV will practice in the following coun
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niond, Jefferson ml Warr-n; in the Supreme C ourt ot (.cor
gis, inthe U. s. Court for the District of Georgia, and by
special contracts in South Carolina. All business entrusted to
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M jidiwif rcp,larlyitfteild
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
AUGUSTA, GA.
PARTICULAR attention given to collection of Cjtmrj
arnl drawing up of legal instruments. Office Ho. y
Washington street, between Broad and RevnoWs.
Refers to Gov. John Milton, Manauua, Ila.: Col. John Do
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CTITIIIIEKT, GA.,
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CITATIONS
FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
GEORGIA, LINCOLN COtJNTY.-To 11 whom It
VT may concern. Daniel 0. Moore having in proper form
applied to me for permanent letters of Administration on the
estate of Robert Henderson, sen., late of said county, dec’d:
This is to cite all and singular the creditors and next of kin of
Robert Henderson, sen., to be and appear at my office with
in the time prescribed bylaw, and show cause, if any they can
why permanent administration should not be granted to Dan’i
O. Moore, on Robert Henderson, Sen’s., estate.
Given under my hand and official signature this loth Mav
May. 11,1861. B-1 ’ TATOM ’ ordlnar > • ‘
State of Georgia. Richmond cocvrv”
Whereas, Benjamin F. Hall applies to me for Letters of Ad
mmbtratlou on the estate of Edward E. Thomas, late of said
county, deceased: OI Ba,u
ar , e therefore to cite and admonish, all ar.fi ’singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
my office on or before the first Monday in Mav .2 S
grantcd. UM ' Uany they hasc ’ why “ id should not’ ht
Given uniter my hand and official slmaturc at nffle. .
guata, this StSUiday of Mareh. 1861. at office m Au
March 29.18 M. FOSTER BLODQgf, J„., Qrd'y.
CTATSSOF GEORGI A, RICHMOND (Wmv
H Whereas, Altai Ruflm’ appti” tis fv?i Y -~
Guardianship for Julia, Elizabeth and ji n„v [* of
and orphans of John Day, deceased: minora
These arc therefore io cite and admonish, all and rinmiu. . i
kindred and friends. if said minor to he and ailnear al “
on or before the first Monday In W next to 15
anv they have, why sold letters should not V- knitted COTBt '’ “
Given under my ham! and official signature at offii*. i, a
frusta, tills SSth day of March, IS6I. ‘ “ u m A "’
March DA 1861, FVSTKIt RI.OIHiET, J„ Ord’y.
CTATE OF GEORGIV RII IIMtINItTwNIT
P Whereas, Lavoisier L. Antony amities to me fur 1
of Administration on tho estate of iilcl.ard Autonv iVe ,ir
said County, 0.-c.^ed: ’ ’ ‘at
These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all and slnvul..
kindred and friends 0/ said deceased to be and anDasrlt’V*,
office on or before the flrst Monday In May next to st," 1 *
cau-e. jf any they hare, what aild Lettom Souldnot bJ
Jflan-h a.J*L_ Qrd'y.
QTATE OF GEORGI A. RICHMOND < 01 ATI ~
H Whereas, Henry K.Clarkoandtieow 11. Crump am,lie,
tome .for Letters of Administration on the estate of KliraheH
A. < ‘rump, lute of said county, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all and slmniN
the kiudred and creditors of said deceased, to lie and amiear
my office, on nr before the Brat Monday In “me nm to
show cause, il any they have, why said Letters should not hi
granted.
Given under my hand ami official signature at office In An.
gusta, this 23th day of April. 1861. wince in au-
April 20. 1801. K,tSTEK BLOI ' OKT ’ •'*” <WI*,.
>n*M
Richard V. Tompkins having tij proper form applied to me
for penuanent Letters of Administration on tie esura or
“-.•I i U . n . ‘ said county, deceased :
1 ids is tociteall ana singular, the credit.<*•*i ( .
William Robertson,to ne and appem mn ■ office iu,h
the time allowed by law, and show cause if\nv tine o
why permanent letters of administrations!',uuld not he !
to Richard K. Tompkins, on Will,a,n O. Robert” mV IS
Witness iuy hand and official signature. ‘ * eslule<
Fell. 26, 1860. H. K. TATUM, Ordinary.
c ft “, OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND cm VI v -
H Whereas, Mary Ann Lucky applies to me f.,r I u - r
Adndtiisl ration on the estate of John M. Lurks lit., nr
county, deceased: m
These arc therefore to cite and admonish, all and aliwni..
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, it, he aml a Z! a , r {
my office, on or before the ttrst Monday In |"” H !”
granted'"*’ *“* ve t why said Letters should'nol 1*
Given tinder my hand and official blynature. at office in A
gusta, this 28th day of May. 1861.
March 28,18f1, FOSTER BLODOBT, Jii„ Qrd'y.
OGLETHORFK COI'NTY, GEO.—Whereas, A. ,
lb il, anpheH to me for Letters or Adinlnlntration upon
ioe estate ot Lovie 1. < ulver late of said county, deceased:
llust are therefore to cite and admonish all and singularfihe
kindred and creditorsof said deceased, to he and appear it n v
office within the time prescribed by law, to show rause If any
they have, why said Lettersshnuld nut be granted ‘
* Given under my hand at office in Lealngton, this26th dav of
XuT.bsl J. g. (iliistiiTucWy (“'kcl 0 ’
OGLETHORPE CO.-Wherrasiico W
V T to me for letters of administration de
oonu- non, with the will annexed un the estate us John Wiu.
frev, of sum county deceased:
These are therfore, to cite and admonish, all and slugular, the
kindred and creditors of raid deceased, to he and appear ;lt mv
office, within the time prescribed by hw,to show caW if any
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office this2oth day of April. 1861
April 80,1561 J. G. GIBSON, Deputy Clr’kt’o.
CITATIONS
FOIC LETTKItS ItISITIISSOItV.
CTATi: OF GEORGI A, RICHMOND COUNTS -
H Whereas. 11, on I. i Va\, Adn,ii,i.Mi.,:„ r notate of Wil
liam 11. JoneA deceased, applies to the t'nurt us Ordinary ul
said county for Letters ot Dismission:
These are therefore to cit e ami admonish, all and singular, the
Kindred and creditorsof said deceased, to be and appear at. my
office, on or before the first Monday In December next, to snow
cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand ami official signature at office in Au
gusta, this 6th day of May 1861.
May 9, 1860. DAVID L. KOATH, I). C,
CTATE OF UEORttIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.—
Whereas, Harper O. Bryson, Executor of the last will and
testament of Thomas Courtney, ate of taidcounty, deceased,
apnlies tr me for Letters of biamission:
These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the
kiudred and creditors of said deceased to he and appear at my
office on or before the. first Monday in October next, to show
cause, If any they have, why said letters should not begrauted.
Given umlermyhandandofflcials'gnatureat office iu Augusta,
this 4th day of March, 1861.
_ March . lHii. m>si kk BLODQJCT, Jr„Qitilnary.
aTATB OK GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.—
ki Whereas. Philip Mullen, Administrator <n the estate of
Cornelius Murphy, deceased, applies to tne for Letters of Dis
mission :
These are therefore to rife and admonish all and singular, the
kindred and creditorsof said deceased, to lie ami appeal at my
office on or before the flrst Monday in Octohomexl , to show
cans.*, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at, office In
Augusta, this oth day of March, 1861.
March 1860, FOSTER BLODGKT, .in., Ordinary
STATE OK GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNT Y.-
VlTiereas, William I’. Lawson, Administrator on tin estate
of Lewis Wimberly, deceased, applies to me for Letters of Dis
mission :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singular,
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he and appear at
my office on or before the first Monday in October next, to show
cause, if any they have, why said letters should not he granted.
Given under my hand and official nigimtirre at office lu Aui
gusta, this 4th day of Mareh, 1861.
!, I>-'I. FOSTER BLODGKT. .Ir„ Ord
STATE OF GEORGIA. HICHMOND COl \TY.-
Whereas, John K. Jackson, Executor of the last will anti
testament of Lucius C. pikluner, deceased, applies to me foi
Letters of Dismission:
These are therefore to cite and a unonirh, all and singular,
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, t<• be and appear at
my oMh c, on or licfoie the first. Mon-i r, in AmoiM 11r\t t.>
show cause, if any they have, why said Letters would not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at office in Augus
ta, this 15th January, 1861.
FOSTER BLODGET, Jh., Onl’y.
.1 unitary 17, 1861.
tiTATE OF GEORGI A. RICHMOND COUNT*
tr WhcreaH, Jfephsibah Wilkinson, Administratrix on the
estate ot John Wilkinson, deceased, applies to nit* for Letters
of Dli-mission :
These arc therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he ami appear at my
office on or before the first Monday in Augu*l next, and show
cause, if any they have, why said Letters should not he granted.
Given under mv liund ana official signature, at office In Au
gusta, this 15th January. 1861.
FOSTER BLODGKT, Ju., Ord'y.
January 17, 1861.
UTATE OF GEORGIA. RICHMOND COUNTY.—
Ju Whereas, Flethin A. A. Tin ley. Executrix of the last
will and testament of Thomas G. Tlnlcy, applies to me for Let
tern of Disminsion:
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all ami singular, the
kindred ami creditors ot said deceased, to he. and appear at. my
office, on or before the first. Monday in August next, to show
cause, if aay they have, why said Letters should not he granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office iu Au
gusta, this 15th January, 1861.
FOoi’EK BLODGKT, Jh.. Ordinary.
January it. 188.
( lEORGIA, LINC OLN <Ol VI Y. Whereas, William
VT O. Barks ami Elizabeth (’unnlughatn Administrator <
•John O. Cunningham, represents to the Court, in their pe’ i
tion dniy filed ami entered on record, that they have.telly ad
ministered John U. Cunningham’s estate:
Tills is therefore to cite all persons concerned, kindred and
creditors, to show cause, ir any they can, why said Admlnle
tratorsshould not he discharged from their Administration and
receive letters of Dismission on the first Monday in November,
next.
Given under my hand and official signature.
M C, 1861. B. F. TATOM, Ord’y.
Georgia, oijlethorue rouNTv.--court
OF ORDINARY. JA nUA-HY TERM, 1861.
Whereas. Joseph Smith and Daniel Harris. Administrators
upon the estate of ‘l’auitha Miilcr, deceased, shows to tin*
Court that they are about settling up said estate, and prays
this Court t he dismissed therefrom :
Wherefore It, Is Ordered, That a Citation he Issued calllngupon
all persons interested to show cause if any they have, on or be
fore the Court of Ordinary, to be held on the first Mom!-., m
August, next, why the said Administrators should not. be
dismissed from their said Administration.
It is further Ordered, That this Rule tie published in the
Chronicle & Sentinel monthly for six monthß previous to said
Court.
A true, extract from the minutes of the Court of Ordinary
held January Term, 1861.
_ _ , HENRY BRITAIN, Ordinary.
January 80, 1860.
rjEORGIA, OGLETHORPE <IOI *TY.~COURT
VUT Ok ORDINARY. APRIL TERM. 1861.
Whereas, Dr. Henry Klnncbrow, as Administrator, upon the
(state of Nat bun Harris, deceased, shows to the Court
that he has fully Administered ami closed up the business of
said Estate, ami is ready uow to be dismissed from said Admin
istration :
Wherefore itls Ordered, TiiAt a Citation be Issued calling upon
all persons interested to show cause if any thoy have, on or Be
fore the Court of Ordinary, to he held on the first Monday In
October next, why the Haul letters should not be granted.
It is further Ordered, That this Rule be published In the
Chronicle A Sentinel, a public garotte of this Bute, at leajt
six months previous to said Court.
A trim extract from the minutes of. the Court of Ordinary
held April Term, 1851.
4 HENRY BRlTAlN,Ordinary.
April 17, 1861.
jriEOKGIA OGLKTHROI’E COIYI* —COURT
VT OF ORDINARY, FEBRUARY TERM, IB6L
Whereas, Col. L. M. if ill, n the Executor of the last
wili and teftarnent of the late Manoah Brflton deceased, shows
to the Court that lie has settled up the estate of said deceased,
and prays this Court tube dismissed therefrom :
Therefore, it is ordered, that a|< :itatb>n be issued, calling upon
all nersons interested, to show cause, if any they have, on *.r
lefore the Court of Ordinary, to be held on the first Monday In
Septcmt<er.next, why the said Executor should not be dismissed
from his said Executorship.
It is further ordered. That this Rule be published In the
Chronicle & Sentinel, a public: gazette of this State, monthly,
for six months previous to said Court.
A true extract from the Minutes of the Court of Ordinary
held February Term, 1861. HENRY BRITAIN, Ord’y.
February c. 1861.
Georgia, oglethorpr coi \ty.-court
Ok ORDINARY, MAY TERM, 1301.
Whereas, .1. R. Young, as Administrator upon the estate of
of Abraham M< ( ’oinmons, deceased, shows to the. Court that
he has fully administered and closed up the business of said
estate, and is ready now to be dismissed from said adrnlnlstra
tion.
Wherefore, it Is ordered that a citation be issued, calling
upon all persons interested to show cause, If any they have,
on or before the Court of Ordinary to be held on the first Mon
day In November next, why the said Administrator should
not be dismissed from his said Administration.
It is further ordered that, this Rule. Iks published In the
Chronicle A Sentinel monthly for six months previous to said
A true extract from the minutes of the Court of Ordinary
held May term, 1861.
__May 11,1861. J. G. GIBSON, B. C. C. O.
Georgia, oglethori k count y.-coukt
OF ORDINARY, JANUARY TERM, 1861.
Whereas, Dr. Z. J* Landrum, ns administrator upon the.
estate of Hay T- Landrum, deceased, shows to the Court that
she lias fully administered and closed up the business ol said
estate, and if ready uow to be dismissed from said administra
tion :
Wherefore, It s ordered, that a Citation liel ssued calling upon
all nersons concerned, td show cause., if any they have, on or
before the Court of Ordinary, to be held on the. first Monday in
August next, why said letters should not be granted.
it ls further ordered That this Rule be published In the
Chronicle A Sentinel at feast six mouths previous to said Court
A true extract from the Minutes of the Court ol Ordinary,
held January Term, 1861.
January S', 1861. HENRY BRITAIN, Ord’y.
TWO MONTHS NOTICES.
riiwo MO.YTHH afterdate application wlil in* made to the
Ordinary of Richmond county, for leave to mil
the Real Estate belonging to the. estate of Emma Mallnda
Schmidt, late of said county. deceased.
March6,lß6l. BENJAMIN K. HALL, Adm’r.
rilWO MOXTHH after date application will l* made to
X the Court of Ordinary of Richmond county for leave to
T. , belonging to the estate of Ida DeannomJ,
late of said county, deoeasea.
Man* (1 18*1 ,KE * Cli J> ’ I ‘ A LLEKBTEI)T, Adm'r.
7IIWO MONTHS after date application will lm made totlie
M. Court of Ordinary of Newton anility for leave to eeiitlie
Land and Negrocc belonging to Laban Iforton, an Insane
C. A. J. KLEMIBTKIt, tlnardlan.
March 6,1861.
rilW° MO.YTHH after date application will he made to
iT of Ordinary of Richmond county for leave Ut
sell the Real Estate belonging tothe estate of Felicity Reid,
late of said county, deceased.
March 1, 1 1 . JoilN M's M A KIN. Ex’r.
AT OTICE.—AII persons indebted to the estate tf Edwin A*
I.x Wagnon, late of Richmond county, deceased, will make
immediate payment to the undersigned; and those having
claims against said estate are notified t present them duly at
tested, within the time prescriied by Jaw
keb. 26, 1861. ANNA L. WAGNON, Adm’x.
ril WO MO.NTHH after date application wili be made to tht*
i Court of Ordinary of Richmond county for leave to sell the
negroes belonging to the estate of .Eugenia K. Dearmond, de
ceased. JOHN J. BYRD, Executor.
April 19, 1361.
YVOMONTIIM after date application will be made to the
Court of Ordinary of Oglethorpe county, for leave to sell
all the Land and Negroes belonging to the estate Os Charles
Finch, late of said county, deceased.
Mav 5 1361. ‘ • Adm’r
witli_the will annexed of < harles Finch, dec’tl.
m WO MONTHS afterdate application will be made totho
I Court of Ordinary of I Incorn coupty for leave to sell
the land and negroes belonging to the estate of William O
Rclicrtson late of said county, deceased.
May 6th‘ 1961. RICHARD F. TOMPKINS. Adm’x.
1~~ HVO MONTHSafter date application will be made to the
. Court of Ordinary of Oglethorpe w>nnty, for leave to sell
a negro man by the name of Morris, and more If necessary, of
he negroes belonging to the estate of Richard K. Winfrey,
ate of Oglethorpe deceased. y *
ax, SHELTON OLIVER.
,March ■■ ‘S>. ‘ W ‘ WOOTTEff Executor.,
/,K#BIV USDOLti fTILWTY—Notice i,
ulrJ K.m h,v "‘K demxnds against William C.
Hubert son, late or said county deceased, to present them to me.
properly made out within tbs time prescribed by law sc. as to
“'‘.“ZtiriL'o an ? And all persons indebted to
said deceased, art hereby required to mate immediate psy-
MaySth, nun, RILHAKD K. TUMI-KINS, Adm l ,.
. , JNOTHJK
WIIKEE months after date, I will apply to tb following
Banks, for the renewal of the hereinafter named
Bank Notes, the halves of which are lost by mall: _
Bent to Holman A Turpin, Augusta. Ga., on February 18th
last, the right end of one twenty dollar bill of the Bank of Au
gusta, dated May Ist, 1849, No. 7720, signed Robert F. Foe,
President.
Also, to ame the right end or a ten dollar bill °f Georgia
Railroad A Banking Company, dated December 9th, 1806, No.
V4O, letter 14, signed ,1. F. King, I’re.ldcnL ( . KgOH UELL
Jeflcraon, Jackson co„ Ga., March iSth, 1861. mh22
TARE NOTICE !
A L !usso™y , note7^
In the latter part of January, or In lt&l, for the
amount of forty-flv# dollars, to A *° r Nearer.. The
consideration for which s*ld haring hlled
LUCXT, a£,