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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