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Ms friend*. born la the year 18®, rork-« county Infix eh matter «• possible, and touwku the SfiSnsySrUrthyor what It now enjoys—TAs iWteuta CteAMfe-and In order to do this If ire. ‘be cat* In advance /rum oil of our mittr*. In fctare, tkoee subscribers who paper with this paragraph merited, will h* time lor which they line paid hu ox- »r* requested to nuke a further raant- * who fell to do thi». will no! be «or- M lhat thoir paper* have been dltooo- to tha aontbero heart a* haring « Oen. Jfinu A. Quitman. Ho l, Georgia, in 1M0. and made It hi* ie to be an Alderman of that city, dor of Custom* for the district of ike old nod the present govt-ru- telRMe he was ever dlstingalshed • teStt, and a perollsr energy of M wtextraordloAry bopefaluesa, laturaUS'fonnected with the Flos I the clty.'drt.m iu eerllost organl is Foreman W Protection Company, rale,life, nidi* * was more general- leu no one wa#.to„M loving, than more devoted the world did not NBflE piece the j ter bis yea, by mifilous. 80 lOnKhs rite amide In their hour-glass rurt, so long es thsir hearts send the crimson current of lift conning through their veins, so long ss their ayes flash end -uru with' the Arts o! intellect, yea, even till their life's situ shall set, wlU they remember “ Bl." And why ? perhaps, some careless, unthinking inlnd might ask (lor none other Hun an unthinking one would proponfid the query) Why? be cause It was the year In which tha greet “Ameri can Union” Wosdl tool red. The time when the greatest. notion on esrth was dismembered—convulsed from one eud to the other by “.Northern tehatlclsm.’’ The time whan from the “groat Volotnac to the Gulf of Mexico, from the mighty Atlantic to the ex treme West,-the tires <d freedom' were.lit on every hill-top in this glorious South, Thu time when from every mottuuin brow and fertile plain our glorious “Stars and Bom” Acre untamed to the breeze by our noble President, JaSerson Davis. lie sounded the toeeta of storm, ami lo t it was answered by thousand* of brAve Southrons os they milled’nrohnd the msgniilcent *Vfew»” Hint form the " Southern, Ccfiiteiiollon.” Yes, 1861 will be marked a* the teuton* you- In which wo cut tlip moorlugs that pound fil.tgthatpld. dilapidated, corrupted vessel called the "Uuloii, which w*s lest drifting us on to the dark abyss of destruction. But fhsnka to our gellent lead ers—they saw tbe danger, left the decayed wreck, and soon, with the Aid dl the great arott- tects, Patriotism and Determination, they built a most noble vessel, manned and called her the “Sontberfi Confederacy.” But the crew of this “ Union" did not like to part with the “Con federacy.” O, no t they fe*eit us too well for that. They could not think of bidding good- by to friends whir hod done so ranch for them-; ! *«hl KagqtlHjri-Oqptqrs of a Federal Richmond, Dec, TbeKlchmond Dispatch, of this morning, hay a special dispatch from Norfolk, which Saysl^al the Confederate steam er Sea Mini captured a Federal schooner yester day, which woe being towed to Fortress Monroe by the Federal steamer Jkpret*. When the' Sea JKrtf fifed Into.the Xtpreee,\be letter abandoned tbe schooner, and ^ the Sea Bird took the schoon er InicSsrgc fc NorfeAk,.fottiriry) by nine Fed eral gun-hoats, which kepi tip a continuous cannonade. ‘ ,1 Reported Reisses of Mfsen sad fllidall Richmond, Dec. 30.—The Baltimore papers of Saturday stale that Mason and Slidell hare been surrendered. h, ! ' Pirsrblvasl Richmond, Doe. 30.— 18 o'clock. Messrs. Tho beta from Kentucky, app fled to take tfrsbr amts. *’ The official report 01 C * Dralnsville has been ordt Other matters tnnsplrl ,'wrwnvv .... _ .. •’ ,,-eiita.l. up tbe great boon to any power on any at rests been made In violation; prfncipiSa of our Constitution 1 let us know It.” TO eveh worn purpose and with tbe general numagementof tbnwar deus Stevens tha- other day 'In House: -‘According to the estimates sen have to ask u n Dettcicncy Bill, ev ing made the appropriation 01 tl aud eighteen millions last July,'am of irout one hundred and sixty .to I Again on tbenmd rnnalng o’er With their blond, 8SSII o«r hear the proud tong of victory swell! Agate on the (etds where onr ancestors stood. Shall cCUldmn point out whsrwwKre flimtluuncr* Mil * ■ - ■ *»- ■ ' , Let millions lands onr Osar land—to defend ho;-, We’H ban onr lov’d homes, sad eutrenoli with onr ■toad: Onr people may die! boteunnover surrender! ■nte partway to victory where dnty thalI lead! Then fionthern men rally! foetid liberty's portal! let nooeaek.ln hel cattse, “Shairi llvef' "Shall I Our bodies may perish, hut Freedom's immortal! , fla* hajlds her proud temple, where her dead heroes rkt will beer, In the to!- and fourteen millions more, to meet the de- ttciency of tbe last tscnliyear. Then we will be asked l» raise four hundred and thirteen mil lions of dollars tor tbe nfcxt year, making, noco- addition of a single dollar ujore tbun it estima ted tor. . . “ W'v have bad a rose-colored view' of the whole matter presented to as in the President's message , we. were informed th*t Kentucky had assumed an attitude which she canid anstaiu herself invaloiie ; we were told that Maryland Was *11 but trsuquUizdd, and would never again, be In danger, bom traitors, and’bow wtt are tofu that Kentucky will hot be tOltsfldd without ah exclusive military occupation. If lira ipr’ce al ready there be %ut oofflclent to guard *bd'pro tect her, let but have as many more men from the main army Oewlie calls for. In God's naiuu, ln'talr defence, of tee State, let gcotieuiun give, as many meu. as Mkj bs necesbarv, not only to conquer her from tbe rebels, hut to’bdld her — I believe that the secessionists would rise dgatn to-morrow la Maryland If we withdrew our troops from there. I do not believe In tbe scio- blanoo of lomily there, hr Ibu* even that. Sem blance would continue a dsj in the absence of the army. I do notUno# bow Maryland cau bove sevan regiment* lu onrswviee. hud none In that of the Confederates. 1 don’t know how cto. iw, in mo o n unincz, coni wo Ob« halfacrs U>w?mtmnli < »Ss ofBisSkshesr. >' ~y->- I fThs Ssvaimah, Albany A Qti Dirongh and near raid lands, r ttrovwl—Sd; -8.l lying ti»r the 1 Ksilmiai. Boid u {ho property of JoSto ferthebsm-St of Tlloiwlrs hnn oossed. ‘.Ctssns—'Twelve aseOtbi tsJbase In Um town ir .Rallnwd runnlvg ipjeof which It ira- Imtttwlck A Albany Mlestisw, deceased, (reditow of said de- rafter this iih r'.> er wits, nuittz c. s. rmi.Ton. ^ ' ' v — si—« New the year Is old and dying, Tbs onr* young merry tear is old and cold amt t rambling, And hastening to his bter. Bis vMca oace rads and stormy, la bis Ifsrth’s'SwIy dsys, I* lowsnS tsd and brukdtr: ! ’ And uonraful sre tils lays; AM sons them sre to smlUfmdOs grass met to-dty at and Bufneu, mcin- Ml end were qnall- *f tbe 34 October, at Uitiaxniii kh river. He wlibdruiv from the Provisional Army to enter the State service, abd was appointed by ;lbe GorxuNOK Aide to Major General H. B. Jack Ha, with the rank qf Major. But be never On- tored upon the diseborgo of duty, having been token slok -the day ifler hls return from Virgi nia. Pneumonia, lb* seeds of whick be bod load sedlfitK, r.—The Steamer Plan- innoteunce Sunday af- f Stono, ran oat and b tbe Lincoln gunboat fbla accounts lor tbe it direction yesterday front tbe Lincoln crui- s thought one of'tbe :ct, as tbe blockoder lo Planter having aac- GjM Morioedus iwfnlly probafily brought with Um from tbe camp, fas- Wued relentlessly upon bis sturdy constitution, Mdyhftor teu days of severe saflering, on tho night of Thursday, tbe lijtii ol December, be died. Of his borne virtues, those who knew him longest can best speak. To bis Inspiring gal- looiry and eiHcteut action on the Held hit com- rades-ln arms will ever Bear honorable testi mony. His large humanity will live furever In tbu memory ol the slo'.c aud way-worn soldier, wm of Hefrmtn Murcea, 1st These or*, thorsfors. to pnlss. otberwlss raid )., Ordinary for - of Deesupl cr, iy. o. r. r?. H» will ft.dll onr-eve,y hope, Mo feus used We have known. Of all the yssn tbs most of faith Be hove In this onr own." The stranisst towers nur feacles build 4T0 Time's decrees innst yfehl. We IftUs ibmetht when dsllylpg with The yuuthfsl potted year That hope was rain, and ranker still Would grow es tp troubled fi*i— That have v, pictured bright and fair Would darken and l>e drear. Yet mother earth so laved lier hoy, This merry, remplug child. '* And yielded up so plonteetisfy Her fruits, both tame and wild, —! ’ ' And opened wide the granary doors. And scsttsred broadcast o’er This land, lo ulnasa her growing sou, Tha riches dt her store : We algb to think that lime has left Us so much to deplore. For slxty-ane has walked tha earth, And left his tracks In blood, He tuu brought swords and flaming brands, When we hod hoped for good; He brought t harvest to grim Death, Akgvest feu »nd rsd* whose rude pillow he was wont to smooth with tho mesmeric touch of almost womau'a tender ness, when tbe sky was (lark and the lamp of kltyaickered low. Bet assuredly no pen cau InOfcfor him so lolly a panegyric as is em- busjpgKhi the following lines, spontaneously patriot mother's heart: '“HKNncnsox, Go.., August 7,1861. Major F. 8. Bi-oom, Monterey, Vn.; A mother’s heart, overflowing with gratitndv, would ruuder you sincere thanks for kindness s|iaW0 her loved ouee. Words arolwdeqosle— huguage falls to express the debt 1 owe you for ike attention you paid my, son*, now sick jn MOuterey. With willing yet weeping heart* we amt. X, Ordinary. j WKOMfiH, PIBKCH a all whom it may concern: vytierc- hland has sppltwt ta me for Letters 011 lha estate of James Bweat, late refore, to eUe and admonish all , whether kmdrsd or creditors, to y IBcjr lutiicf'wltpln the time pre- >y letters zlippld not he gronled to And metbinkn it will long, ioiurhetemembered rounded by many sorrowltig'gtoupa. Many va cant chairs will be tbore. Go with me, reader, lo some old homestead In this fair Southern land—’Us Christm*a eve. in n pleasant room there sits an old lady, with a mild, benlgDant countenance, lier aoowy cap is very becoming to her wrinkled, motherly face. She is knitting, but it Is n mere meebanl- eai motion, tor her gaze Is riveted I upon the lire wbieb is cheerlally blazing. Ever and anon she raises bar silken handkerchief to her eyes to wipe nway the pearly tear-drops that well-up from a pare, maternal fountain, for she It thlnk- lag ol the loved and toah-of the bright-haired boy wbo, 00 lost Christmas eve, sat by her side in all tbe prldo of youthful uauhood, but who now, Alas I “sleeps the cold sleep of death.”—- Her reverie it interrupted by thu entrance of nn ;,0jd man, whose head is covered with the silvery badge of age. Bat though ’ll* .evident that be -fflpr past the meridian of life, bis step Is firm ana elastic, and his eye still beams with the lira 'of youth. He advauces to ibe side ol bis wife (for such she evidently Is) and gently endeavors to consolo her, tor well ba knows tbe cpdse of ber sorrow. While they are aonvejvfng the sound of carriage wheels Is heard, irad lu a few moments the door opens, and a to<ly leading a UUle girl, both of whom orayoked In deep monroing, enter* the apartmWn, followed by n neat negro girl, holding n cbvcab boy, two yeurs ol age, in her arms. i _ . The old people start eSgerlf fhfward. to em brace their children. T|J|s afeivil is followed by others, until the room is fill! Ol tbe descend ants of tbe aged-polr. After jhty had exchanged "All hell shall gape fer Among the; mafl|t Btrlkii great dramatist hoi draw: to nature ’ than that Of swagger, hi* bluster, bis b heart, hls'tont, his ftlstls have In them something His braggadoelA and big time even on Jhe men ol wblcb Henry for him tho 0 Athfetogtowi turn* too ter, Welsh, ‘ demeai portrait* which the there; Is ooae truer iicfent Pistol. Ills 1 froot, his cowardly , hi* sirange oaths, ilmltably ludicrous, ik impose tor some inch an army as that ace, nhd which won iflsld of Aglncourt. impnnttv. he ven ire is complete, A become alarmed, and ba compelled -l it. We mast practise economy.” L It Is in tbi - manner thal the leading late In either House of tbe WasUingtoi make bold to read wkirieeomc feet Llncotu Administration. We, have that the war with Ejgland will give nt and voice to a faction always xroabli probably soon to become formidable; •' The Ulanty declarations 61 Hale In v of Mxiae eorpne really redeems sot sat, LaoraT. kari nary for Letters 0 Harris Those ore, tbtriu s coo rage, but odd iot of hte Insolence, liah and derides hi* net tbe tuty 11 broken Kaj I He Laugh* St h(s f .- nation. Thenfttonal tbe subject offds ecm finds that be lfa—ito ‘tffSwm/ta y, " r tMWi Now tha yeer Is old and Ovine. Hlspstcelul work Is duiui, HU tales sro of the bloody ilMfc- Of vlotorles lost and won. Of homes one* peso fill—happy Nuw echoing to the tuuau— Of wounded, or of those wliowatn, A fethar, husband, son. Or rubbing prayer for clisrislied friends, In scenes or (Unger gone. He dawned abim a nation,. . Strong In ns youthful prime; He sees to-dsjr tbe groedest wreck - Upon the shore* of Time; Ule llama will be repeated With the talcs tl wctk.hs's done. In avery land. In every dime, That lies beneath the sun; Angels will date their heavenly birth From bloody sixty-one 1 The year le old safl dying. .— - ■ And mother esrth is sad, And weekly yields kortrsaeures In robes of monmlns clod. She eases op In drcamlnv mood, Where tall trees slowly wave. Like monruers svraynd In agony, Above s loved one's grave. For silent Nature Sorrows for The lives she cannot save. Tbe year I* old and. dying. We view bia catalog end, with hearts totem**! throbbing. 3 •, -tto leek—becomes iapertlnencs. He American phrase— isar.” The gentle- imuerslaud Jesting,, l s country. . -juflrst received, bd- tho eve of •ffent battle ; but, iron, hie flraltfep Is.to Met thef call him to ngikiuul. Uu Ifnds him with a id k, (the national a baa derided,t .nd telle tilm be manly declftr.il ,...jeat corpus rcu naciuut sins, for tbi power aud public 11] now to lilt up his voi liberty entitles hlmsu Mr, Btevens’ tigar port Oil the flnanees, way Intu tbe uewspt Besides the *318,000,1 a delicieuoy ol $314,0 poudilure must be #533,000,800, and this „ lowed at the present session by number of #418,- 000,000 tor the next year, making an aggregate as2«BR!L8f •for McIntosh Ordinary. fV will n« math) to the leu county. Georgia, at tvplration of two nuratbi to Joll u negro boy, list •even years old; also, 7 ! takeu from Chase’s re tch has not yet found.Us im this notice, for leave Hpcneer. shoot twenty- rsve lo sell a lot of latid ’raranu 8UC WO «U tMAMte. w Uespsetfully, ” M in# the gentle write.' harshly Judge the sor- av dug friend, wbo ventures to wreathe this tar-wet chaplet, more precious eves thou tbe at dler’s laurels, about tbe memory of the gen- ei ms dead : Anawer, all wbo knew him ! had b pot won It? Then let him wear It! True -h irt! thus highly honored ! rest in peace ! lavanoah, Dec. 88th, 1861. H. R. J. O COUNTY-—To Oil whom IMw'nmmi M S, Ward having; in proper form, apulisa lanis fer ncr- monent Lotto re of AdmliilvtratlOn on tte eotate of Thonra* O. Wright, late of Mid county- • This is to dt* all and singular, kindred and crest, tors of Tbos. O. Wright, to* be And sppear st my «X flee on the second Monday in Jaunaty next, and make objection, if any they con, why administration should not be granted (o N. H. Warden Tims. O. Wright’s estate; Witness my band and ofUclal signature. Ip d It down. t tl at hereaftor nytyie penalty, ks OB, and we nent too riot enacted tol” tone Very life, la 'the TSkUth Govcrn- ich Ibltfssi imitation, exist inhume. When res flighted^ upon tbe roxnHUi which arose 1 throngteit the world., i to lesay their sdinl- r Goonelfvou’d it an- fisife."! med witijais imeod at of the .fry jw»* not deed- Utmreto hailed new berojmdjiealifled exploit, jtbeat a die- bring ber little grandson to l >r. The girl obey ed; and the aged matron tak ig the title one on her lap burst Into toars, for s 0 traced a striking resemblance iu tho baby Up 1 aunts to tbe fa ther, who, years ago, she hoi reeked upon ber knee; even aabhe now held HI Utieone. “What makes you cry, gpnma,” sari. Mat aweet little prattler os the grant tears r fl « bis chubby brown hand. “PleS*e dou't cr', gfeodma; mama says tl 1 be good and you be too, We meet papa In Heaven.” And then tho Christmas tree will not be near ss full os.lt .Is worn, fa. the smiling, manly face of “nnele Will” will nk be there to fill tbe boughs with presents tor a). Bat now, alas ! where Is bey Ask that ooniwing group where the loved ones, who w«r* wqu to assem ble with them around tbe Christ an* board.— Ask that aged mother, on whoa* briar Time boa ploughed deep furrows, and sba Mil MHyon that her beahttful, idolizod boy fell 01 the bloody fields of ’61. Ask that lair ycmnmmotbor, os sbe clasps ber darling child to ber baeni, weep ing wildly os abe tnfrilu of iba loyqL-husband and father who “sleeps tha sleep tbsiknows no waking.” Question her coucerninidber great sorrow, and tne reply will be, ha felfll Bethel, Manassas, or Springfield. Ah ties 11861 will go down to tbe bomb encircled with Ayreath of laurel and cypress, glory aud grief. \j r "—vr v*iwy,wv <* day. Tito Vtnkeet The testimony .of the New York Journal of Ownmerce to the; fact that tbe negreee m Port Royal And vlciulty manifest uo desire to join tho Yankee*, Is signincaat and important. The An- thorlty on wbleh the statemen t?* mode is unim peachable—a* It Is made by< Yankees testifying agointt their own wishes and sentiment*. Stetif- Imr n* the fact Is, however, we ftp pot aappose 1t will have any great Influence on the Yankee mind. That men have hokod the compass on the negro question, and every day’s development only prove* more conclusively that oll tbeirpre- tenSedtoBUMth opy Is dictated by envy and ava rice, Tbay are the people wbo made mousy by 'ran Fisumonobrs or Loniiok.—There hoe b In soAc cariosity expressed as to who tbe “ lehmongar*” were that Wo. L. Yancey spoke b tore in London. The London correspondent o tho New York Timet soya: the Guild of Fishmongers ie one or ib* old si 1 .wealthy corporations which still exist in to the pr; Given 1 Slow in (h* rWn| Dwifspp ou tho eel tlooedtol Sonthern has lost J welkin ring ten it* alixd um vowed thot’Cey wblal unship burned, anVvery, WAH rotrid shrink from thp aid* or s determined id bock blip at SO the lost extremity!. (No dtetenco os they hurled;|feW| ' town >n, be- f likes, dlhsz- General B: leading dogma of the. Seward party was mere could beTnrproportjrtn oitnr; «ira f*- J»*n was a white bonie of -in* pbyslsnl pow ers ood great menial capacity, of keen percep. Mo* and vigorous appetite. Altbonub m, long er young, yet was be not stiffened in bfe joints no weak lo bis knees, tor John was a moral *lS»a»3WB5SIBha ,r & fsnlt*. He was not without A spice ol Old Nlt-kj rindHsuiM rack In barnusB. Rut bo Is gone. Itri| run n nail In Ms foot Or be ran his foot 00 a nog, we don't know which. He was laid dot yester day In state I < the hospital depsrlment of Mr. Curry’e SlAhfe. FOsoo to bis manJi TUn Ex press office Is nn happy, and tbe agent refutes to lie comforted. But John le out ol his misery, uud If there be any sort of a horse-heaven be Is there anre enough, head and tall up and cavort ing like unto a colt. Yea, verily, a rittte-toirrf l- oa, breach-ioeding, silver mounted colt, -with a mahogany stock and doubleMgfct*. jaffig-' Buck ail obituary Is enough to bfl*# » <les-t boree to life. m ’ ,s' j {3^* Chose, tbo Treasury oBlqrr of the tfCriUY dynes.j r treats the Yankees to'the cumtorting onr dilcnci lere several -ceased, hov- Adaiinistm. re roaolred, remain -—L Is.his Intenvioo to ma .tors. This, however, The resignation of < uoeptnd; And, under < report tor duty, he» ymterdny. As we m command of that Fort 1 only rumor, ol. Maury hoe not been rders.frorn Gen. Bragg to iturned to Fart Morgan derstand; he will be In whilst JOoL'Fowen will dt fend Fort Gaines. We 1 that the resignstlon of tased. Tha Government wfanspect, ore too well |in officer to let him go, meld. W« suppose, too, t, la.tbe appointment ol not tbe elfghteet loten- dlsSlisrgeA, Aoretalug to the prayer of r.niy bead and official signature, this litoris. tnver- l&out Gnw. Soon iw Pxwia.-7-A Paris lekr say*: Ex-LlentenAnt-Generai Winfield Scoi arrived here from Havre, which pewt be yeactU In tbe Arago tin Sunday mornlog. Yester* after- aeed^pf hlsskiil a is satisfied if KSITTJI ITT.- -Tei vhnlUnn sui, and by tbo Secretary add AasiatafSecre- tery of L-gmpjn, Messrs. Pennington dfl Day- ton. i should not suppose It would re dire any very great relaxation train bl* usual diffity tor the Mlnistor to have been prebent in priou to greet tbe war-worn old veteran, to whh our country owes so mnob, sod whom onr (fentry- men and tljelr representatives abroad shad de light to honor. But Mr. Daytou was not ifsent. The General has taken rooms at tb« Wtstikster Hotel, in tbe Rue de is Falx, where, upk bis arrival, he was met by Mra. Scott, who ih not seen him before in fire or six years. Genkcqlt and his wire; finding that their tompeiiand mode* of thought were not of sn amtenblfihar- Oder, “agreed to disagree.” and concludetbut as they could not love fetch other logetherkiey’ wonld love-each other apart. Most ol tbatlme Mrs; Scott has been residing In Europe, annas 1 an Intel philanthropy; and contrabands Are objects ui even greater abhorrence to Yankee* than rebels. Bat for their avarice, wbleh will ’prompt them to eeil all they coo setae; malignity wonld urgi them lo exterminate tbem. • : ; ’ 1" Ol the two races, the negroes at ' compared It wonderful .superior eeeln every amiable qoali ie shrewder and the greater I In a more eminent degr lily forlylug and swindlint ' heart and gcotleiaadly p re Is no equiuarUon. Tbei wenty luilllocS uf Ysakec, 1 .word;'ana the uegiou*, to dullness, ereperloctly c i»nd nn man hold* a blaekg In such contempt as gi frohi'tbe The Yai pretent Pumpe they Wye no} til make the sc* iai in tbe South. W given Isstsummlat at wblcb some ofkr isdesneb “Muggiud,” ott woe present, |d a made to the Genid Iffected, and once sb Mim* rhencvi II,) equal, If not superior to | Mrtense lor soap. Thu prop! it Any bousewlfo niuy,' wll a* Lhe experiment. I’u{ < id; }at» : A large etrong iron arttr, M can be nia-hcd with' lash them well; the* boll in owkdasin the Uiual wey. A Tcebext year, jt may be weU Imteu before the gn-nse to ox west than ever In hart do or tbred weeks sbe ited that it was found ler all papers eontemln he General’s arrlvnl in im, torgeuiug ail that I Iroboblr, under ail the TjjfcjSsKTDispatch Sei. In an article, eoj iy nn embargo on st S We liripetbls plau Boers, w«o ought to smatlVA* to aavo our brave volunteers tness and the axpovintlon