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Marietta JMi'inate.
MARIETTA GEO..
FRIDAY MORNING JAN 24. 1862.
A NOBI.B RJTTERPRISE.
We refer the reader to an article in
this paper from the Banner and Baptist
upon the worthy enterprise ofDr. Powell
of Atlanta to establish in his city, ‘'a
Home for invalid ladies,” and in connec
tion there with the publication of an at
tractive volume entitled ‘Moral
beanties from the heart of woman.”
W. T. Beall, Esq., is the Agent for this
■work.
THE SOUTHERN CAPITOL,
The papers are discussing the loca
tion of the Capitol of the Confederate
States. The claims of Huntsville, Ala.,
Augusta and Atlanta, Geo., are presen
ted. We hope, in considering the sub
ject, which the Constitutionalist thinks
unay be disposed of at an early day, the
advantages of Marietta will not be for
gotten. Centrality and accessibility
are the leading considerations ; but se
curity to deliberative assemblies from
the excitement of a large populace seems
equally important.
THE ogIMBWPMW THE NORTH AND
SOUTH.
The Augusta Constitutionalist says
from a careful estimate the coin in the
Northern vaults is stated at $23,000,*
000 and but little elsewhere.
In the vaults of the Southern banks
are $20,000,000 and Foreign Exchange
$10,000,000. Add to this $300,000,000
worth of Cotton and other produce and
it gives us all the advantage we could
ask, in the sinews of war.
•
Have got up a very interesting pro
gramme of the war They have now
“surrounded” the South, and are ready
t<» move, concentrically, from all points.
Expectation is on tip-toe in all Yankcc
dom as to the result.
We will doubtless become acquainted
with the practical progress of this pro
grame when they attempt to put it in
execution, and believe that they must
attempt, during the winter, something
a little more extraordinary than the
Bull Run affair, or give up the war.
PAPER.
The supply of paper is becoming a
subject of much interest to the people
of the South. The stock of writing pa
per—cap, note and letter— will soon be
consumed and Southern mills ere not
adding to the amount on hand oi afford
ing any ground for expection of a sup
ply in future. If the blockade contin
ues during the spring and summer it is
difficult to conceive to what straits we
will be driven.
Unaccountably to the press, though
perhaps the cause is unavoidable, the
supply of printing paper is not only
scarce but at extraordinary prices.—
-he paper upon which the Advocate is
printed is greatly inferior to the paper
furnished by the same mill last year,
and yet the price has been advanced
about seventy five per. cent., and the
tendency is still upward. We dislike
to adopt the “colored medium,” to which
many of the papers have been driven,
but appearances indicate the necessity
which knows no chcice.
Strong hope is entertained that Eng
land will speedily raise the blockade,
and since, it seems, we cannot supply
ourselves, at living prices, with the
fabrics indispensible to life, the wish
is all the more strongly disposed to
“father the hope.”
The Crisis of the War.
It is evident that the Lincoln gov
ernment has for several months past
been preparing for one last grand com
bined effort upon the successor failure
of which depends all that they have
staked in their eflort for the eubjuga-.
tion of the South. Having gathered
their immense armies and Beets, by
which we are surrounded on every side
the sailing of Burnside’s expedition
seems to be regarded by them as the
signal for the concerted movement by
which they hope to overwhelm and con
quer the South. The Baltimore Amer
can, of the 10th inst, speaksforLincoln
dom when it says: “The sailing of
Burnside’s fleet, and the wishes that
accompany it, dimly foreshadow iu the
minds oi all the mighty expectations
that hang upon the next two weeks.—
‘The people appear, as with one con
sent, to hang their hopes upon a grand
combined movement, which is to sweep
rebellion from existence. We see the fi
nauicul world on this side of the water
holding its breath, us it were, to await
the contemplated result; and so, with
the rest, wo encourage our hopes of a
glorious result, whilst we indefinitely,
postpone our feat s—if any we really
have—in a cause bo essential to the
vindication of human progrefis."
THE MARIETTA WEEKLY ADVOCATE.
f COMMUNICATED.]
CAMP LEE, }
(Four Miles this side of Savannah,) >-
January 16th, 1862.)
Dear Advocate: —
When 1 first arrived at Camp Satilla,
after two days, I went into our company
Hospital to attend to our sick, (and cur
four commissioned officers will long be
remembered for contributing about
$8 each in fitting up a comfortable Hos
pital) we had about 14 or 15 cots with
comfortable beds filled with pine straw
(and such beds are the very idea for sol
diers.) I was sorry there was quite a
prejudice against our company because
we were better situated than others
Some official said it had to be broken
up, but our Lieut. Col. Watkins said it
should not. He has a soul of benevo
lence and kindness as big as a meeting
house. Every day he visited us, and
had a good word for all the sick, indeed
we are proud of Col. Cowart and Gen.
Capersl . doubt if any Reg’t. or Divis
ion could boast of better officers. lam
truly sorry that Gen. Capers lady is
dangerously ill in Savannah. When I
first went into the Hospital there were
about 15 measles cases, and die doctors
were not willing to visit them. Our
company, sent home and hired Dr. Skel
ton and he was soon with us, and was
very successful among our sick. One
morning the surgeon General paid us a
visit (and it was some time before he
did so) he quickly pronounced it the
very idea. Said he, you are comfortably
situated, I told him I kept up a large
fire all night, and if a patient bad to be
up he had a warm room to sit in, quite
different to what I saw in other compa
nies. In a cold cloth tent on somestraw
and on a blanket would lio a soldier,
who had taken cold when he had the
measles. A brother soldier would have
to sit by him through a cold night, till
death would put an end to his sufferings,
while we did not lose one in camps.
But on Saturday the fourth inst., James
A. Wright and myself left camp Satilla
in charge cf Hosea H. Turley, who had
relapsed with measles. We had him
on a cot, and our thanks are due to the
conductors on the different Rail Roads
for their courtesy and kindness to us in
giving us the best and most convenient
places for our patien f , and at each place
of changing cars, we found in every in
stance soldiers ready to give us a help
ing hand. e arrived safe in Marietta
on Sunday night, and got our patient
safe home on Monday evening. -1 hope
good nursing under the paternal roof.
Hosea will recover. He was quite a fa
vorite in camp and is a very worthy
young man. I found all well at home.
I left home last Sunday morning and
arrived here safe Monday morning at
25 minutes after 7 o’clock. I found our
boys all but two or three unswering to
their names at drill. We were put ing
up kitchens tire last two or three days,
—each company has two up, 30 feet by
13. I have been busy yesterday and
to-day getting boards—wc finished to
day, (Jan 17,) and have our kitchens
covered, so you see we have gone into
winter quarters. There is a largo num
ber of soldiers—there are about nine
different encampments in hearing of
ours, but I cannot say how many sol
diers are close to Savannah. No news
of the Yankees for the last few days.
Respectfully,
J. 0.
O
A Yankee Editor on the lAncol>> Adminis
tration.
The Cinciunatti “Times.” in scathing
the cowardly inactivity of the entire
Northern army, thus pays its respects
t® matters in Washington:
God help the nation if these things
are to continue. We must confess we
are losing our patience. The Congres
sional reports show that the War De
partment, at least, is in the hands of
thieves. Masterly inactivity of the Ad
ministration is broken only' when it
fumes to plundering of Treasury. The
report of the Cougressionr 1 Investiga
ting Committee thrills every honest man
with horror. It is the saddest exposi
tion of our national history.
It exhibits a degree of corruption in
the War and Navy Departments, not
expected in this critical hour. The pul -
lie Treasury is in the hands of thieves,
whose only solicitude is plunder. It
Cougiesa was honest, as it. ought to be,
Simon Cameron won d have been hurl -
ed from his office in disgrace before this
and Fort Lafayette crowded with the
Weeds, the Cummingses, the Morgans
and the host of pluudesr proved guilty
by that investigation. But even this
terrible exhibition does not seem to
have created a sensation in Congress
Does the plunder conspiracy extend
even there?
If the Administation, with its miser
able and almost intolerable army mis
management, surrenders Mason and
Slidell, it will be the last hair on the
camel’s back. The truth must come,
and sooner it is spoken the better. The
people cannot and will not support an
Administration that denies their confi
dsnies their confidence. All that is
dear to them -home, country, freedom
peace is now at stake. If there is
not a change in the Cabinet for the bet
ter, and that soon, they will demand a
change of servants and enforce their
demand. Once rouse the whirlwind,
and it will not stop until it sweeps the
whole Administration into rhe Potomac.
From the Richmond Dispatch.
The Postm aster-General’s Report.
The total cost of the mail service in
the eleven States of Alabama, Arkansas
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississip
pi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nesse, Texas and Virginia, for the fis
cial year ending June 30th, 1860, un
der the Government of the United
States was $4,296,246,78; and the total
receipts for postal service fur the same
year, were $1,517,540,55. Excess of
expenditures over receipts, $2,778, 706,
23. The receipts for the fractional
quarter of one month, ending the 30<h
of June lust (as shown bv the meagre
and imperfect returns) were $92,387,
97, and the expenditures $200,935,97;
excess of expenditures over receipts,
$108,553,30.
Os an appropriation of $30,000 to
carry into effect an act of Congress,
“relative to telegraph lines in the Con
federate States,” there has been expen
ded $15,136,77 Eight lines of tele
graph have been built, of the aggregate
length of 217 miles, at an aggregate
cost of $4,365 32. Ten and a half miles
of insulated copper wire, with batter
ies, &c., have been made and sent to
the army, for field operations at a cost
of $4,763,86. Operators and watchman
have been employed at a cost 0f51,696,
22,0 f which $1,513,70 has leen paid.—
Contracts were made with the Tex
as Telegraph Company and with Ar
kansas State Telegraph Company, for
building and operating lines and send
ing Government dispatches to distant
portions of the Confederacy. The first
was to have been completed by the 10th
of December.
There are ir. Confederate States 2579
post roads established bylaw. Os these
contracts have been prepared, in dupli
cate, and sent letters of instruction to
Postmasters fcr execution by the con
tractors on 1872 routes, and 833 of the
number have been returned properly
executed.
There are 91 rail roads in the Confed
erate States; of this number only, 15
have entered into contract. Many of
the companies have waived the pro
posal to contract Lr the present, on one
or another ground. Many of them de
cline to act pt the c’assifieation and
compensation asssigned to their roads
and intended, if they can, to avoid lia
bility and the logitimuto tho
Department by refusing to enter into
contracts, while, at the same time, they
signify a willingness to perforin the
service, but under some protest, and
generally that they must have higher
PV.’
1 lie whole number of postoffices in
the Confederate States on the Ist of
June 1861, was 8,411. Ofthe number
there nave been discontinued since that
date 183, leaving an operas ion 8228;
number established since the Ist of
June, 72; whole number now operation
8300 Number of postoffices of which
the names and sites were changed, 47:
number of postmasters appointed since
the’lst June,626l ;number commissioned
by the Department since that date, 4184
whole number of resignations during
the same period, 950, o! which number
459 were resignations of appointments
confered by this Department, and 491
were resignations of appointments held
under the Government of the United
States. There are 110 route agents
employed Seven permanent and one
temporary special agents have been ap
pointed.
Est innate of the probable receipts for
the year ending June 30, 1862, compar
ed with the receipts from all the post
offices now in the Confederate States
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1860.
Total receipts o f all the offices
in 1860 $1,517,536,00
Total receipts of all the offices
in 1861 1,091.012,00
Showing a deficiency of .$426 524.60
This estimate however, is based upon
the returns from oidy 2,922, post offi
ces, and the receipts must neccessarily
be increased by the returns from the
remaining 4,024, though the latter are
generally small offices, scattered
throughout the interior from many of
which the receipts will be inconsider
able.
MR. VALLAXDI.VGHAM ON THE SETTLEMEEXT OF THE
TRENT AFFAIR.
In the House of Representatives, on
the 7th, Mr. VaHatidigham made a stir
ring speech on the above subject. We
insert one of the remarkable passa
ges:
“Sir, give me leave to say that the
moment they (Masou and Slidell) step
ped upon the deck of a British inan-ol
war, your prisoners of state whom the
other day you would have consigned
to felon’s cells, became indeed the en
voys and ambassadors of a recognized
independent State.
The London TVmcssays:
Mr. Maury, who is so well known to
all navigators and to all scientific men
has addressed a long letter at Admiral
Fitz Roy, containing an apology for the
step he has taken of resigning his post
at the Washington Observatory, and
devoting himself to the cause of his
compatriots of the South.
To Mister Abe Linkhorii,n<>w at Washing
ton.
Sekturville Jannwary 1
12th, 1862. f
Jfr. Linkhorn, Sur, in the spring of
the year, I writ you a letter from my
nativ soil, axin for a little more time in
which to dispurs. I told you then that
20 days wer’nt enuf—that the thing
koud’nt be did in that brief interval.—
You kan look bak and see I war right.
We tried our durndest all summer to
komply with your skcdule, but as you
keep callin for volunteers our cherykee
Georgy Demakrats kep comin out from
under their clay roots. They slink them
selves and spitfire, and woud’nt go bak
so long as the Whigs would read cm the
news about this fuss.
Mr. Abe Linkhorn, Sur, the spring
hav shed its fragrance, the summer are
even gon, the yaller leaves of Ortum
hav kivered the ground, old Winter are
slobbern his froth on the ycartb, but wc
hav not been abul to dispurs as yit—
me and the boys started last may to
see you pussonally, and ax for an ex*,
tenshun of your brief Phurlo, but we
got on a bust in old Nirginy, about the
21st of July, and like to hav got run
over by a passel of fellers ruinin a foot
race from Bull Run to your sity. Arter
that, we tried to gi» to you by the Po«
tomak River, but Mr. kiting- sed you
wer’nt runnin that masheen atihesepres
ents. Wc next went to Mr. Harper’s
Ferry, to take the Baltymore Rail Road,
but we koud’nt find the konduktor, and
kars seemed scace, and the folks sed
you wer’nt runnin that masheen much.
We tho’t howsomever to take a dek
passage on the kanal, but a dam had
broke, and the water war low, aud Gen.
Jackson sed you wer’nt runnin that ma
sheen, skarsly any. Arter all that, we
kum back, and tho’t we woud git Cap -
pen Wilks to ship us over, but Mr. Ben
nett sent us word the Cappen had quit
a sea farin life. Mr. Suard made him
quit, to pasify an old English Bull that
was bellerin about and pawin dirt in the
air. Mr. Linkhorn, sur, cf that Bull
are of the same stok as the one your
folks seed here in July, he are danger
ous, and will have a bad effek on your
popnlashun. You’d better circumscribe
him afore he hurts sombody.
Mr. Lindborn—Sur —what ar your
Faktorys a doin now a days f I hear’n
you had quit runnin their masheens,
owin to a thin crop of cotton. Es you
would [ut sweet ile on your Faktorys
| they w®ud'nt rust while standin idol.—
1 wai glad to hear you had got enuf cot
ton at Port Royal to do yotirn and
Snard’s f amities. The boys say you got.
enuf to make as many shirts as Falstaf
had in his Company.
Mr. Linkhorn- Sur—how do you com
on with your stone fleet—do it pay ex
penses — are it a safe investment —could
1 git any stok in it at a far price, dont
you think its most too fur to hi til rt>ks,
an I wont it impoverish new england
soile to take the rocks often it.
Mr. Abe Linkhorn —Sur- the 18th
ar ihe anniversary ol the day, when
Georgy tore herself frantikably loos
from tiic abolishun dinasty—when she
rippd her star from off the stripped rag,
and spred a new shit tin to the breeze.
We kalkulate to selebrate that day and
I am othorized to invite you and Bill
Suard ©ver, to partake of our horswhip
alities. Whar’s Hamlin ? I allow as
how he’s dead, or I wood ax him too.—
Let me kno if you and 'uard arc comifi,
so we can fix up and swap a lie or two
with yon. Koudn’t you all com along
with Mac when be makes that advance
hr’s been tawkin about so long ? Bring
your ktiiitin with you when you com,
and a klean shirt or two. . Do you chaw
tobaker ? We’ve got some that’s good.
Ely chawd, and Mr. Davis gave him a
whole warehouse at Richmond.
Mr. Linkhorn, sur, I wish you’d ax
Banks to send me a kodfish—Pole cats
are bad around here, and we want
somethin to drive em away. Es you
bring Banks or Pikayune Butler with
you, you needn’t bring the kod.
yours till deth,
Bill Arl.
P. S—Whar’s Freemount ? I hearn
he’ s gone up a spout.
n ao i
A Plan of Popular Loan to the Govern
ment,
The Richmond Examiner says:
We learn that the Government hrs
devised a new system of popular l©an,
whichpresents such extraordinay advan
tages lor investment that it cannot fail
attract the attention not only of capi-.
talists, but cf large classes in the com
munity who may desire to invest small
sums of money in a safe and profitable
form, and for short terms. The advan
tage of the new plan of loan is nearly
that of deposit on call and resembles
the savings bank system.
Mr Memminger, the Secretary of the
Treasury, has proposed to parties hav
ing money to loan, to invest in Gov
ernment bonds, or registered stock, cn
the following liberal terms:
It is proposed to make the stock run
from three to eighteen years, but to
give it uearly the advantage of a loan
on call by making it payable at any
period of six months intcivening be
tween three and eighteen years, with
the interest at the rate of eight per
cent, per annum, payable semi-annually
in coin.
Holders of treasury notes can at any
time procure from the same treasurer,
assistant treasurer, despositories or
commissioners bonds or registered stock
in exchange for treasury notes; said
bonds or stock to be reconvertible, ut
the pleasure ofthe holder, into treasury
notes, and to bear interest at the rate
of six per cent, per annum, until so re
converted, and thus constituting a de
posit on call bearing six per cent.iutcr
est.
Both classes of stock-that of s>x i
per cent, available as deposit on call,
and that of eight per cent, payable at
any period of six months —present bet
ter advantages for investment than the
usual standards of commercial loans,
and will, no doubt, in other regards,
reccomir.endjthemselves- to the people
of the South.
The Burnside Expedition.—As there
is no doubt of the Burnside Expedition
having got off to sea, we shall proba
bly hear of a blow being struck at some
point on the coast within a few days.
The vessels of this expedition arc said
to be mostly of light draft, intended, it
is supposed, for operations in the shal«
low waters of rivers, and the various
inlets on the .Gu’f coast. It was an -
nounced that the fleet would sail early
in December, but for some reason, no
movement was made until the 9th inst.
We trust our brethren on the coast will
be vigilant and that wherever the ene
my may sfrike I e may meet with a re
ception much warmer than greeted him
at Hatteras or Port Royal. Unless
this expedition strikes at a more impor
tant point than either of those two pla
ces, the results, whether successful or
not, will not be likely to compensate
the Yankee Government for the expense
of fitting it out. The Yankees have
now expeiftled twelve or fifteen millions
of dollars in fitting out naval expedi
tions, and to repay them, they hold the
Hatteras sands, Port Royal and Ship
Island.— Richmond Examiner l&th.
w <■
James Buchanan. —lt is said that Ex
President Buchanan has written a long
letter to a distinguished Kentuckian,
in defence of his administration. It. is
sealed, and not to be opened until the
death ofthe writer, when its contents
are to be made public. “I shall not
live long,” says the old gentleman, on
the outside of the package, “for already
I feel the water congeal around my
heart.”
Frightening the Enemy —Rusk, of
Arkansas, is evidently a man of resour
ces. The other day he started out to
burn Capon Bridge, but when he got
there with his solitary regiment found
the enemy in force in front, with a plen
ty of men ambuscaded round the ap
proaches to the bridge. Seeing this
the Colonel bellowed out at the top of
his voice. “Bring up the 16th and 18th
Mississippi regiments, the 6th 'lexas
brig de, and hurry up the battery.”—
This command to ideal forces had the
proper effect, and immediately the ene
my broke and ran like sheep.
The Occupation of Romney. —By wav
of confirmation the reports in relation
to the evacuation of Romney by the i
W'}-, <>’■'! !o- nur
we may state that a letter was received ;
from the Valley of Virginia last even
ing, which says; ‘•General Jackson :
his taken Romney, without a shot.”
Richmond Dispatch Jan. 17. (
GOOD AND RELIABLE
MEDICINES.
J HAVE now on hand a good supply of
Soothing Syrup for Children Teething,
Genuine Cod Liver Oil,
Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry,
“ Pills,
“ Ague Cure,
Pr. Yarns’ MWidnes,
SANDS’ SARSAPARILLA,
Bull’s Sarsaparilla,
ELECTRIC OIL,
HEBREW PLASTER.
McAlister’s All Healing Ointment,
Vernon’s Celebrated Eye water,
And all the leading articles in the Drug & Med
icine line.
WILLIAM ROOT.
January 17, 1862,
the marietta,
BOOK STORE.
CALL AND SEE
The Household of Bouverie,
(By a Kentucky Lady.)
HAND-BOOK OF LITERATURE
Mrs. Botta.
NEMESIS, -M. HARLAND.
LOUIES LAST TERM AT S'l. MARYS.
The Literary Women of the South.
A splendid Edition of the BRITISH CLASSICS
OO
All the fresh, new and des, able Books received
by HAMILTON, MARKLY & JOINER
as soon as issued from the press.
oo
Our fall stock of
Paper, En velopes,
Jilankbooks, Hfucillage,
Inks, Quills, Pori Monies,
Oold Pens, Writing Desks, d:c,
has just been opened in great variety. We are
specially prepared to sell good Letter, Cap and
Note PAPERS much cheaper and better than
ever, as we buy from the Mills DIRECT-
Agents for Firth I Ponds Popular Music.
HAMILTON, MARKLEY JOYNER.
Jnne 2d. 1861,
GARDEN SiiflS.
I HAVE on hand a good assortment of Gar
den Seeds,
ALSO,
GRASS SKKGSt
BLUE GRASS,
RED TOP GRASS.
ORCHARD GRASS,
TIMOTHY GRASS,
All in want of the above seeds would do well
to caR soon on
WM. ROOT.
HOME I N DUSTKY.
A T T II E
ODD STAN
MW
< biffiwll Iu
AU kinds of
Blacksmithing and Repairkuf.
HARNESS MAKING AND
£T E3 IU I Iff C 3-.
Plantation and Mill-work. Horse-shoe
ing, ete. A good stock olways on hank- Also
the Right to manufacture
Peeler’s Celebrated Plow.
Got. 13th, 186 C ts,
FOB CHILD REN TEETHING
npiIIS Valuable Syrup is not only pleasont to
1 the taste, but will relieve the Child from
pain. Wind Colic. Griping. Pain in the Bowels.
in<l Correct Acidity, and is an almost certain
eure for those derangements of the bowells
that infants are subject to while
T .^IE T PI I G-,
Try it an.l you will be sure to "b ■ sitlstltTl
with the result in all ordinary cases.
Sold bv WILLIAM ROOT,
and HAMILTON. MARKLEY A JOYNER,
Price Twenty-Five
1862. 1861
MEDICINES.
HAMILTON MARKLEY & JOYNER.
ANNOUNCE to the public that they have com
menced the New Year with a full stock of
Drugs & Medicines.
They are also fully prepared to sell on terms
that will suit the times.
Kerosene Oil, Kerosene Lamps ;
Fluid, T urpentine, Alcohol ;
Linseed Oil, Lard and Sperm ;
Oils for machinery. White Lead ;
Ground Colors, Window-Glass;
Putty —Druggists Glass Ware ;
and every other species of Druggists’ Stock.
Prescriptions Carefully Pre
pared. —January 1861.
HW BHOG M.
Hamilton, Markley & Joyner,
Atlanta, CJ-eorgia.
A N D
Hamilton, Markley & Joyner,
ftlLetta.,
July Ist. 1861
DR. JOHN L. HAMILTON, of Atlanta, and
T. C. Mabkley and R. W. Jotneb. of Ma
rietta, hereby give notice to the public that
they will carry on the
DRUG B USIN ESS
In nil its branches in Atlanta and Marietta.
N. B.— Book Store in Marietta continued.
“SPOOLTHREAD
AND
KNITTING COTTON!
We have now on hand a good assortment of
Spool Thread, also a supply of CoVon Knitting
Yarn.
ALSO
KNIVES AND FORKS,
TABLE & TEA SPOONS,
CROCKERY, Ac.
_ WILLIAM BOOT * SON.
October. IB6L