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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XLII. b yl. OR ME & SON. editors and proprietors STEPHEN F. MELLER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. The Recorder is published weekly, at the , .ire oi 1 wo Dollars per annum, when paid ■Vv*ce-if not in advance, Two Dollars ani> cents—and if not within the year, Three L ll aRS per annum. No subscriptions received for than sis months—to be paid always in advance. r, nl iuances by mail in registered letters at our risk, subscribers wishing the direction of their paper .i.j^eii, " id notify us from what office it is to be Inferred. yjvEKTisEMKXTS conspicuously inserted at $100 square tor the first insertion, and 50 cents per ['.'ure for each subsequent insertion. Those sent jjtbout a specification of the number of insertions, ,Jll be published until ordered out, and charged ac- (ordinglv. ■ales of Land and N egroes, by Administrators, Ex efjtors, or Guardians, are required by law to be held $ tii? first I uesday in the month, between the hours C j :,-a in ‘‘ ie forenoon, and three in the afternoou, at jif Court house, in the county in which the proper- 1, j, situate. Notices of these sales must be given ii & public gazette forty days previous to the day g sale. Notices for the sale of personal property must be .jvea at least ten DAYS previous to the day of sale. V • > tl » Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must IfIiijhlished FORTY DAYS. y.tii'c that application will be made to tlie Court ii Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must published for two months. Citation’s for Letters of Administration must be .. . -Inn! thirty days—for Dismission from Admin- iitrjtion, monthly six months—for Dismission from (inardiauship./orty days. Ri les for Foreclosure of Mortgage mnst be pub lished monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers./or the full space of three months—for compel- [jrtitles from Lxecntors and Administrators, where s bond has been given by the deceased, the full MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1861. NUMBER 29. of three months. Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. . All business m the line ot Printing, will meet with prompt attention at the Recorder Office. fOTT CALENDAR FOR 1861. REVISED by the southern recorder. SUPERIOR COURTS. JANUARY. Monday, Chatham r. Monday, Richmond Lumpkin "Floyd FEBRUARY. ;,t Monday,Clark Jj Monday, Campbell Dawson 3J Monday, Forsyth tPolk Glascock Meriwether Walton Monday, Baldwin J aokson Mom oe Paulding Taliaferro Walker MARCH, lit The rsday, Pierce ut Monday, Appling Chattooga Cherokee Coweta Columbia Crawford Gwinnett Madison M ation Morgan idMwday, Butts Cass Coffee Eibeit Fayeue Greene Pickens Washington Webste r Lsnday ift’^Montgomery UMonday, Cobb Calhoun Hall Hart Heard Macon Newton Putnam Talbot Tattnall Ware ftoay after,Bulloch l I:, Monday. Clinch IlChattahoocheei Emanuel Lee Twiggs White Wilkes JULY' 1st Monday, Floyd* 4th Monday, Lumpkin* -AUGUST. 3,1 Monday, Campbell Clark Dawson 30, Monday, Forsyth fPolk Glascock Meriwether Walton 4 th Monday .Baldwin Jackson Monroe Paulding Taliaferro Walker Thursday after,Pierce Propeae* Ceutrihatiea brnili erseMlers- rr*»uuml« share ef each Canary. Comptroller General’s Office, Milledgeville, May 22,1861. His Excellency Joseph E. Brown ssx r fnMo a trim, f r th VI th mSt - 1 llen:witL furnish g vo’u an J/'Trr statenient of the “amount which would •deteimi»o t rJ?!.TJ r -l 0n °? each cou,lt y< should each } determine to contribute its part of the’ one million i°„ a -f Pr0 r P0Sed J C o y your Excellency] to be rais- or .j °.J*. 6 by the State in equipping and and providing for the wants of the Georgia troops” now- or that may hereafter be in the sendee of the country, during the present war. This statement is made upon the basis of the nett amount of tax paid into the State Treasury from the several counties, for the year I860. It is only an approximate apportionment, however. The P 1 *®, this office in relation to prompt payments by Collectors is quite stringent. The consequence is, that, if on the 20th December in each vear, (the u y l. •* * settlement,”) Collectors fail to have their insolvent lists at this office as the law requires, they have to pay into the State Treasury the whole amount of the tax of their counties, after deducting the Receivers and Collectors commis sions. This enables the Collectors to take their own time to obtain their insolvent lists without detri ment to the State; and the same are allowed, if correct and in due form, and the money refunded for them whenever presented at this’ office. A large number of Collectors make their settlements m this way. Many have already sent forward their insolvent lists, and have had the amounts of their over-payments refunded to them, while the Gener al lax of 1860 is still indebted to a respectable number of counties for their insolvent lists. Until these come in, there is no arriving at the precise amount to be apportioned to each county; but hav- tng made allowances for the same, I think the fol lowing apportionment would not be changed rnate- rially, were all these over-payments refunded: Monday af.) '•tMt'uMon- ' ! SEPTEMBER. 11 et Monday, Appling Chattooga Cherokee Columbia Coweta Crawford Madison Marion Morgan 2d Monday,Butts Cass Coffee Elbert Fayette Greene Gwinnett Pickens ■Washington Webster 3d Monday, Cobb Calhoun Hall Hart Heard Macon Newion Putnam Talbot Ware Bulloch, 4th Monday, Clinch ||Chatahoochee Emanuel Lee Twiggs While Wilkes Monday af- "I the 4th > Echols Monday j Echols aay. j Effingham , APRIL. lit .St "d Mon. Carroll •st Monday, Dooly Early Fulton Gordon Pike Rabun Taylor Warren , Wilkinson - Monday, Habersham Hancock Harris Laurens Miller Seriven Sumter ‘■tndayalter .McIntosh Monday, Franklin Glynn Haralson Henry Jefferson Junes Liberty Murray Oglethorpe Pulaski Stewart Monday ) Worth after, ^ ’Bryan Monday,Wayne Banks Decatur DeKalb Houston Lincoln Schley Whitfield r,Wilcox • iaa J after, Telfair * Camden after,Irwin °f‘dsy ** Berrien Charlton MAY. Monday, Cl ay tin Gilmer Randolph V peon Burke Catoosa Chatham Fannin Mitchell 3d \T , Muscogee 8 Monday. Bibb Quitman Spalding Troup Union |-i, , Baker “Monday, Dade Terrell Towns •‘Monday, Cohputt 1, 1U , JUNE, onuay, Dougherty Lowndes u , Milton *Monday, Brooks IClay 21 u , Johnson Monday, Thoma, Monday, Richmond - Monday, OCTOBER. ! 1st A 2d Mon. Carroll list Monday Dooly Early Fulton Gilmer Gordon Taylor Warren Wilkinson Pike Wednesday after. Rabun 2d Monday, Fannin Habersham Hancock Harris Laurens Miller Sc riven Sumter 3d Monday, Franklin Glynn Haralson Henry Jefferson Jones Murray Oglethorpe Pulaski Stewart Union Worth Thursday > Montgomery j after J j4th Monday,Banks ‘.Vayne Decatur DeKalb Houston Jasper Lincoln L Schley Tattnall Towns Whitfield W ileox ^ Friday after Telfair Camden {Thursday after, Irwin Monday after Charlton NOVEMBER. 1st Monday, Berrien Clayton Effingham Milton Randolph Upaon •2d Monday,Burke Catoosa Mitchell Muscogee '3d Monday, Bibb Quitman Spalding Troup Baker i 4th Monday, Dade Terrell (Thursday after, McIntosh j Monday after, Colquitt do do Liberty |Mon. after Liberty. Bryan DECEMBER. {1st Monday, Dougherty Lowndes •2d Monday. Brooks "Clay Johnson 3d Monday, Thomas Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Berrien, Bibb, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Butts, Calhoun, Camden, Campbell, Carroll, Cass, Catoosa, Cbarlton, Chatham, Chattahooche, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clark, Clay, Clayton, Clinch, Cobb, Coffee, Columbia, Colquitt, Coweta. Crawford. Dade, Dawson, Decatur, Dekalb, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Effingham, Elbert, Emanuel, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton, Gilmer, Glasscock, Glynn, Greene, Gordon, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jackson, $1,779 7,490 8,762 2,304 I, 876 22.449 7,505 3,063 4,095 19,261 6,257 4.722 4,957 5,909 5,889 14,615 J, Oli> 1,080 42,351 5,020 5,333 4,817 13,523 4,522 3,090 1,789 10,318 1,501 13,267 529 14,625 8,201 1,467 1,160 11,763 5,613 .8,820 14 625 7.678 722 3.641 11,588 3.449 1,328 4,657 15,641 3,086 3,088 13,503 1.463 1,540 4,607 14,288 6,525 7.059 2,352 4,830 13,798 1,070 15,512 3,359 5.760 9,633 19,914 897 6.060 Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Lincoln, Lowndes, Lumpkin, Macon, Madison, Marion, McIntosh, Meriwether, Miller, Milton, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Pickens, Pierce, Pike, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Richmond. Schely, Scriven, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Taylor. Terrell, Telfair, Thomas, Towns, Troup, Twiggs, * Union, Upson. Walker, Walton, Ware, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster. White, Whitfield, Wilcox, Wilkes, Wilkinson, Worth, 11,924 10,778 I, 835 10,237 5,658 9,510 6,949 6,310 4,663 J. 81J 9,841 3,524 7,069 4916 15,909 1,955 2,043 3.454 19,115 2,023 12,046 3,759 21,364 13,397 12,417 2.123 1,404 845 9,306 5,547 7,849 13,496 4,734 948 9,594 33,495 4,623 7.069 9,416 15,190 14,705 15.500 4,382 2,747 5.070 5,859 1,755 14,027 836 21,413 9,411 1,214 9,818 6,001 9,080 1,357 10,290 13,806 1,177 5,043 1,214 6,494 1,105 13,324 8,531 L779 The Shadelesa Share We have a much-loved friends; a few brief years \Ve walk beside him down the path of life : And then ’tis over, and he steps before, 'tu r , e ^ se ® our friendship changed to strife, thank God amid the dying loves of earth, >Ye can behold a land where deathless love has birth ! We have a home; a circle round our hearth, And merry sounds and pleasant sights, are there; 1 he year goes round—there is an empty place, The fire is out, the festive board is bare. But o'er death’s river, on the shadeless shore, A home is gathering to be destroyed no more. The eye is bright, and cheek is warm and fair, loutb, health, and pleasure rush through every vein— One day’s sharp agony, or months long woe, Bids beauty bow down in the shrine of pain ;] Thank God ! no dire mischance, no-creeping ill, With auguish and with woe our Father’s mansions fill. We bask ourselves in wealth’s luxuriant court, Darkness and hardness are to us unknown ; Then suddenly we wake from our bright dream, And riches and their fairy train are tlown. How sweet to know that on the chanegless shore, Diadems of fadeless gold are laid for us in store ! And oftentimes on life’s temptuous sea, When our frail bark is tossed by wind and wave, We should be carried down the whirlpool there, Did not a vision from afar off save ;’ A bay where we our fragile boat shall moor, ibe dreary voyage past, the raging tempest o’er. There are no scattered homes in that fair land. ■ No riven friends, no agony nor pain, ^xT Jr °‘ len hearts, nor treacherous fortune there ; No darksome graves, where life-long love is lain, No trial, no temptation, and no sin; The ransomed race of men to angels are akin. Heed not the thorns that strew thy heaven-ward way; Press onward, npward, glorious is the prize; Forget thy sorrows; o’er thy ruined home, Beyond thy lost trieud's grave, lift up thine eyes, To Him, who, when life’s troubled dream is o’er, Will welcome thee at last upon the shadeless shore; COTTON PLANTERS’ CONVENTION. hold three weeks, if u Tiu, tTh necessary, at each re<J‘\ chan e« not to take effect till after the next 1.411 term ° f ‘he Court. aid'iLP 0Urts in Clay county, which, under the B *t between now and the times as ed as act, must stand over till the times fix- (j . ount y of Chattahoochee, by act of this L’battat,’ 18 1° a, ^ed to, and become a part of the 1-jCi 00che ® Judicial District, after 1st January, sale at this Office. $1,000,000 Very respectfully. Your ob’t. serv’t., PETERSON THWEATT. Comptroller General. (CIRCULAR.) EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Adjutant Genf.ral’s Office, Milledgeville, Ga., May 18,1861. As the Confederate Government does not, at present, furuish clothing in kind, to the Volunteers called into its service, but a commutation therefor in money, every Volunteer ought, when mustered iu, for his own comfort and health, to be sufficient ly provided with articles of uniform and dress to meet bis immediate wants, and for the probable necessities of at least three mouths. It is therefore recommended that each Volunteer will, as far ^practicable, present himself at the ren dezvous, where he is to be transferred into the ser vice of the Confederacy, provided with the follow ing articles of uniform and dress, viz : 1 Coat, or Jacket, (as may be the uniform.) 2 pr. Trousers. 1 Forage or Fatigue Cap. 2 Flannel Shirts. 2 pr’s. Drawers. 3 pr’s Socks, Woolen or Cotton, Woolen best. 2 pr's Bootees, Ankle or Jefferson, or Brogans with full broad soles, and low flat broad heels. 2 Colored pocket Handkerchiefs. 1 light Black Neck Tie. 1 Comb. 1 strong Pocket Knife. 1 small Tin Cup. 1 Iron Spoon. 1 Knife, 1 Fork. It would be well, also, if each man took with him a flannel band, of from 8 to 10 inches wide, provided with strings to be worn over the abdo men, (next the skin,) for the prevention of camp diarrhoea or dysentery when exposed to damps, or on the first indication of a change of habit. Bed for flannel‘shirts is to be avoided, as it pre sents an excellent mark for the enemy. Gray or blue are the better colors. High or narrow heels to the boots or shoes should not be worn, as they are injurious to the feet.— Bootees are far preferable to boots of any kind in summer. Such articles as are not worn or carried about the person to be neatly packed in, or to be attack ed to the knapsack or'valise. To facilitate arrangements for securing a regu lar supply of clothing from home, it is recommend ed to Companies to consider the advantage of turn ing over to the Captain, or other responsible agent, their commutation, as paid, to be applied in such manner as may have been determined upon. It is essential to the health of the soldier, wheth er in barracks or in camp, that he be clean in per son, regular in habits, find physically exercised.— The two first can be attained by dividing each Company into four or more squads or messes, and assigning to each a subaltern, or non-commission ed officer, to supervise the persons, habits, and di et of the men,.who by a word of friendly counsel when required may correct neglect ill either. The third, or physical exercise, rests with the Captain or Commander of the Company, who, for his dis cipline and efficiency, should in some manner or other employ his men actively every day. By order of theCommander-in-Chief: HENRY C. WAYNE. Adj. & Ins. General. Shoes! Shoes!! 8,000 PAIXL IITE WOULD call the attention of Planters VT nod others to our STOCK OF 8HOE8. SCOTT & CARAKE3. Milledgeville, June 18,1861 25 4t Confederate T REASURY NOTES and ,BONDS taken at PAR tor Furniture or Notea and Accounts due WOOD & CO., Macon, Ga. Macon, June 18, 1861 25 2Ct Macon, July 4th, 1861. The Convention assembled at Concert Hall at 11 A. M., and was organized by the appointment of Col. James M. Cham bers, of the county of Muscogee, as Presi dent, and John J. Gresham, of the county of Bibb, as Secretary. On motion of Col. A. S. Atkinson, of Georgia, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That all citizens of the Con federate States, who feel an interest iu the object of the Convention, be invited to par ticipate in its deliberations. Under the above resolution, upon a call of the States, a large number of delegates, representing the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama, appeared and enrolled their names. On motion of J. H. 11. Washington, Esq., of Ga., a committee of three was appoint ed to wait on Ex-Gov. Morehead, of Ken tucky, who was visiting the city, and in vite him to occupy a seat on the floor of the house, and to participate in the delib erations of the Convention. Committee appointed was J, H. R. Washington, Thadeus G. Holt and A. S. Atkinson. A communication from Dr. J. Dickson Smith, of Macon, Ga., was read, offering for gratuitous distribution a number of copies of an essay prepared by him on the hygienic treatment of slaves, and the es says placed on the clerk’s desk. On motion of Gen. Whitfield, of Fla., the following resolution was adopted : Resolved, That a committee of two dele gates from each State represented in the Convention, be appointed by the Chair to nominate one Vice President for the Con vention from each of these States, and to report rules for the government of the de liberations of this body. Under the above resolution the Chair man appointed E. D. Hugueuin, G. A. Chaires, I. C. West, R. J. Mays. m The committee appointed to wait on Gov. Morehead, introduced him to the Convention, when he was warmly greeted, and responded in a most eloquent and pa triotic address in relation to the present condition and future course of Kentucky. The following resolution, offered by Ex- Gov. J. E. Broome, of Fla., was adopted as a substitute for one offered by Mr. D. W. Roberts, of Cobb county, Ga. Resolved, That a committee of 'eleven be appointed by the Chair to consider and present to the Convention the best means of aiding financially the Confederate States Government. The following was the committee ap pointed under this resolution : Gov. James E. Broome, Florida. Gen. Whitfield, “ George K. Walker, “ W. Call, Howell Cobb, Georgia. A. S. Atkinson, *• J. H. R. Washington, “ C. G. Baylor, “ Thomas M. Foreman, “ James W. Castens, Alabama. Subsequently, Gen. Duff Green was added to the committee by resolution. The following resolution, offered by C. G. Baylor, was adopted : Resolved, That the Governor of tbiji State be requested to take such steps as may be necessary to enable liim to place before the people or their representatives in the Legislature, such information as may serve to promote the development of the cotton yarn interest of the South, with a view to opening a foreign demand for Southern spun cotton yarns. Mr. W. Call, of Fla., presented a series of resolutions, which were read, and, on his motion, referred to the committee of eleven. Gen. Duff Green presented an essay pre pared by him on the subject of the financ es of the Confederate Government, which, without being read, was, on his motion, re ferred to the committee of eleven. C. G. Baylor having decliued to serve on the committee of eleven, Tbos. E. McNeill, of South Carolina, was appointed in his place. On motion, two additional secretaries were appointed—T. R. Bloom and Jas. T. Nisbet, of Macon. Convention adjourned until to morrow morning at 9 o’clock. Macon, July 5th, 1861. The Convention met pursuant to ad journment. The following resolutions were present ed by Hon. A. E. Cochran, of Ga., and, at bis suggestion, laid upon tbe table until the report of tbe committee of eleven should be disposedgpf: 1. Resolved, That this Convention, hav ing in view the appreciation of the bonds of tbe Confederate States in the hands of the planters, who shall furnish tbe Govern ment iu its emergency with the products of their labor in exchange for such bonds, and with the further view of securing their general circulation in payment of debts,«it least at par value, respectfully recommend to the Legislatures of the several States of tbe Confederacy, to authorize by enact ment tbe several banks therein to issue bills—say to the amount of one-third of their capital stock—based upon such Con federate States bonds, dollar for dollar, under such regulations as each Legislature may deem wise and proper. 2. Resolved, That the State Legislatures be requested to provide by law for the in vestment of the funds in the hands of ex ecutors, administrators, guardians and oth er trustees in the bonds of the Confederate States. Mr. McNeill, of S. C., laid upon the ta ble the following resolutions : 1st. Resolved, That in consideration of the fact that there will be held iu London during the next year a “World’s Fair also, that tbe productions and resources of tbe Confederate States are comparatively but little known to the world, it is consid ered by this Convention desirable that the governments of the several States, and al so of the Confederate States, shall take such steps as will place them before the w’orld in a proper manner. 2d. Resolved, That the Governors of each of the Confederate States are request ed to appoint at once suitable persons to make such selections of agricultural pro ducts, native woods, mineral ores, &c., as, in our judgment, will best accomplish the object desired, and make such arrange ments as will ensure their proper represen tation. Resolved, That a copy of these resolu tions be forwarded to tbe Governors of the several States of the Confederacy, by the President of this Convention. The committee appointed to select Vice Presidents for the Convention, reported the names of Williams Rutherford, of Ga., Thomas McNeill, of S. C., J. W. Casteus, of Ala., and George K. Walker, of Fla., which report, on motion, was adopted. J. H. R. Washington, of Ga., Chairman of the committee of twelve, announced that the committee had not been able to agree, and submitted the report of the ma jority. The following minority report from the same committee, was submitted by Ex- Governor Broome, of Florida: MINORITY REPORT: Your committee charged with the duty of presenting to this Convention, a plan for securing the largest amount of financial aid to the Government of the Confederate States, have instructed me to submit tbe following REPORT; Without entering into a discussion of the causes which have led to our present political relations to the balance of tbe world, we would simply say, that we are citizens of tbe Confederate States of Amer ica, and are ready to respond to every obligation due from good and loyal citi zens to their Government The form of Government adopted by the Confederate States, commands in the main the hearty approval of our whole people. The Presi dent elected and bis Constitutional advis ers appointed under the Provisional Gov ernment, possess the confidence of the peo ple to an extent equaled only by that awarded to the Father of his country, and the patriots called into his councils in the earliest and purest days of the late United States Government. The war which has been forced upon us, we recognize as the offspring of abolition iauaticism, and aided by an organized po litical despotism, is designed to destroy tbe property, and forever to crush the lib erty and power of these States. The issue presented is absolute submission, or com plete subjugation. That issue has been accepted. Tbe country has been called upon to furnish the men and the money necessary for the chastisement of tbe fm- pudent invarders. The call has been an swered by our young men to an extent en tirely beyo'nd the capacity of the Govern ment to accept. Not by mercenary hire lings, but by the pride and flower of tbe country. Men whose bosoms are filled with the glorious traditions of 1776. Men who are ready to offer their lives for tbe preservation of constitutional liberty ; and of all that is lovely and endearing in home and its affections. These are the men who constitute onr Confederate army—they are our sons, our brothers, our neighbors, our friends and ourselves. It was to consider the means best adapted to provide the money necessary for the support of such a Government, such a cause and such an ar my, that you, gentlemen cotton planters, assembled this Convention on the anniver sary of tbe memorable and ever glorious 4th of July, 177ft. Your committee find themselves happily relieved from the necessity of appealing to the patriotism or liberality of the cotton planters present or absent, in behalf of this great object. All seem ready and anxious to contribute according to their ability. Your committee will therefore, devote themselves to the development of a plan of contribution, which in their judg ment will afford to the Government the largest possible aid. It lias been propos ed that each cotton planter shall agree to deliver to his factor, to be sold by a day certain, such portions of his crop as he can spare for investment, and require the pro ceeds invested in the Bonds of the Confed erate States of America. With great respect for the wisdom of those have suggested and advocated this plan, yonr Committee must expressed a doubt of its entire practicability. Certain ty is, at this time, a necessity with the Gov erument. To what extent can this plan be relied upon with certainty ? Let ns see. A planter who makes one hundred bales of cotton and sells it for twelve cents per pound, or sixty dollars per bale, will have an income of six thousand dollars. Suppose such a planter can meet his actu al expenses with two thousand dollars, then he may invest his surplus of four thou sand in the bonds of tbe Confederate States. On the other hand suppose he should receive for bis crop only five cents per pound, his income will be only two thou sand five hundred dollars, which will leave him only five hundred dollars for invest meat. With such a scale of prices tbe investment in the Confederate bonds would be very small; neither meeting the wants of the Government, nor the pa triotic desires of the people. But it may be said that such a price is not likely to prevail for the growing crop.— Your committee hope that if will not, and readily concede that it should not. They know that tbe last three American crops have averaged over 4,100,000 bales, that these have been sold at fair prices, and have been insufficient for the demand.— The stock now remaining on hand is con sidered sufficient for only twenty weeks regular consumption, while middling up lands are quoted, and scarcely to be had in Liverpool, at 7fd. equal, at an ordinary exchange, to about 15J cents, and are now worth in New York, about 14J cents per pound. The growing crop is conceded on all hands to cover a less area of land, than that of the year 1860, and is not likely to exceed, if it equals, the average product of the last three years. Under such circum stances we should ordinarily be justified in expecting a very high range of prices ; but the circumstances by which we are now surrounded render ordinary rules of calculation entirely uncertain. Should the blockade of the cotton ports continue, tbe crop cannot be sold for money, except at ru inously low prices. Cotton is a favorite security and pur chases are usually made by the use of cred its. A house in Savannah, for instance, whom we will call A., desires to purchase one thousand bales of cotton. He writes to bis friend B. in Macou, requesting him to purchase it for him, and draw upon him a sixty days for the amonnt, and enough over, to cover the discount, commissions, freight, &c., all of which is promptly done. The bank desiring exchange on Savannah which is worth a premium, readily dis counts tbe draff, and thus the funds are raised to give the planter the money for his cotton ; but you observe, that although a cash purchase, the cash is borrowed. B. sends the cotton forward to A., that he may dispose of it aud get the money to protect his draft. A. ships tbe cotton to Liverpool, and at the maturity of B’s sixty day diaft, draws npon the agent or partner "f the Liverpool house, who resides in New York or New Orleans at sixty days, for the amount, which draft is a lien upon the cotton sent forward. The Bank in Savannah desiring exchange on New York or New Orleans, to sell at a premium readily discounts the bill, and supplies the money to pay B’s draft. This draft matures New York or New Orleans, then the agent or partner draws at sixty days sight, up on the honse in Liverpool, and disconuts tbe draft with some Banker or merchant, who wants European • exchange, Before its maturity the cotton is sold to the man ufacturer, or exporter, on three months and ten day’s credit and his note disconnted, and the money raised to pay the draft. Thus it is seen that the one thousand bales having passed through a system of credits covering a period of nearly ten months, finally furnishes the money to pay for its own original purchase, and yet ev erybody has been paid at maturity ; and tbis is the history, substantially of nine out of every ten bales of cotton raised in the Confederate States of America. These various credits, are based upon the cottop, and could not exist without its shipment. Destroy this system of credit and the whole cotton crop sold, would have to be paid for in cash, and its value would be measurod by tbe avarice of a few speculators and corporations, who might chance to have a few millions of dollars. Thus it is seen that with our ports blockaded, the exportation of cotton pro hibited—the basis of credit destroyed, and our planters bound to sell on a day certain, the prospect of a large investment in Con federate States Stocks is by no means flat tering. Your Committee however will present for your consideration a plan, which if ad opted by the Government, they think may be relied upon to meet its financial wants. Instead of the planter selling his cotton for bank bills, and investing them in tbe bonds of the Confederate States, let tbe Government enter the market as a pur chaser, at a minimum price, cf all the cot ton offered for sale, that is not wanted by other purchases at or above that price. Let tbe price established as a minimum be a fair one ; say tbe average price paid for the last three crops. Let middling cot tons be assumed as the basis, and tbe price be graded above and below as is now done in regular commercial transactions. No derangement need be experienced in tbe management of tbe crop. The planters’ factors would sell it as usual, but tbe Gov ernment Agent or Sub-Treasurer beiug the best bidder, would of course command tbe staple. The payment should be made in Treasury notes of tbe Confederacy, of denominations ranging from five to one hundred dollars, having five years to run, and should be made the general circula ting medium. They should bear a small" interest, and be convertible into 8 per cent bonds at the pleasure of the holder.— These Treasury notes being received at par by the cotton planters would become immediately a paper circulation of uniform value throughout the Confederate States, and would be a credit equal to gold or sil ver to the Government in the purchase of all commissary and Quarter Master’s stores —in the payment of troops, and in dis charge of pressing engagements of every description. The fact announced that the great cotton planting interest of the coun try, having $200,000,000 vegetable gold almost realy to gather, had voluntarily placed it at the disposal of the Government, receiving as cash their Treasury notes in payment, and that such aid bad been ac cepted, would exert a moral effect upon tbe Europeau nations which it would be difficult to estimate. The Government, backed by 200,000,000 dollars in cotton, which to the world has become a necessity nearly equal to that of bread, would be able, with a such concentration of commercial power, to control the question of commer cial treaties with the principal com mercial nations of the world. Our credit would immediately be establishee in the principal money marts, and a peace upon our own terms, be conquered at an early day. But the advantages to result to onr peo ple individually would be scarcely less important than those that would be con ferred upon our Government. The crop in this way, instead of remain ing in the planter’s Gin House, or being locked up ou planter’s accouut in his fac tor’s stores, would be actually sold, and tbe proceeds go into active circulation— thus enabling tbe planter to pay bis merchant, tbe merchant to pay bis biuiker, and the banker to discharge bis obligations to the community. Tbe country would show its capacity for prosperity even in war, and while .failure legibly written upon the financial sebemes ot onr enemies, our Government and people wonld show a strength aud energy unequalled any young Government of which history has vet spo ken. Nor would the cotton planter be alone benefited. The establishment of a Treasury note currency upon such a basis, wonld enable the Government to pay for the vast supplies of grain, flour, bacon, pork, forage, &c.. necessary for the vigor ous prsccution of tbe war, in a currency eqnal to specie, ami thus distribute it’s benefits throughout the entire country. Such a system your Committee believe, would effectually concentrate the cotton crop where it could be made most effective for onr political and commercial benefit, and at the same time would impart life, energy, and prosperity to the various aind multiplied interests of the country at large. They, therefore, recommend the adoption of the following resolutions r Resolved, That iu the opinion of this Convention, the best and most, extensive aid that can be given by the cotton plant ers to tbe Government financially, will be by selling to their agents the entire cotton crop, at a fair price, say the average price of tbe last three crops and receive in pay ment for the same, their Treasury notes, bearing a low rate of interest, and to be used as a circulating medium, and to be converted into 8 per cent, bonds at the op tion of tbe holder. Resolved, That should the Government decide to enter the market as is here sug gested, we pledge ourselves to sell onr entire crop of cotton for the said Treasury notes, and to use our best efforts to induce every cotton planter in tbe country to do the same. Resolved, That should the Government decline to enter the market as a purchaser, we then recommend to our fellow planters throughout the Confederate States, to in vest their whole income, above actual ex penses, in tbe bonds or Treasury notes of the Government. Resolved, That tbis Convention will send delegates to Richmond to confer with the Government, and, if possible, procure their assent to tbe proposition contained in the first resolution. JAMES E. BROOME, Ch’m’n. A minority report from the committee of twelve, not differing materially from the majority report, was also submitted by W. K. Call, of Florida, but subsequently with drawn, after the majority report had been modified and presented, as follows: MAJORITY REPORT. The Committee of Twelve appointed to consider and present to the Convention, the best means of aiding the Government of the Confederate States, begs leave to report tbe following lesolutions which we think cover the whole ground, and we re commend their passage by the Convention: 1st Resolved, That we do hereby de clare our willingness to aid the Govern ment with tbe entire Cotton, crop, if the same shall be needed for its use. 2d. Resolved, That we recommend to the Cotton Planters of the several States, to hold meetings in their counties and pledge themselves to aid the Government, with such part of the growing crop as may be required for that purpose. 3d. Resolved, That we recommend to the Congress of the Confederate States to con sider and devise some system by which Cotton and other crops may become avail able in support of tbe credit oftlie Govern ment, either as a security for loans of mon ey to the Government, or as a basis for bonds and treasury noies issued thereby. 4th. Resolved, That if, in tbe judgment of Cougress, the purchase and control of Cotton and other products be deemed ad visable, we recommend an issue of the pub- J. H. R. Washington, of Georgia, preset- ad the following resolution which was adopted : Resolved, That when this Convention adjourns, it Will adjourn to meet in this city on the 15th October next and that we invite the Agriculturists of every State and county in the Confederate States, to meet with iu on that occasion, and unite with us in presenting such other and fur tber measures for the support of our Gov ernment as may be just and proper. The following resolution,, presented by A. S. Atkinson, of Georgia, was adopted : Resolved, That J. H. R. Washington, T. G. Holt, K. D. Hnguenin, and A. E. Cochran, be a committee with power, ifiu their opinion the public exigencies require it, to call a meeting at an earlier day. Mr. Baylor, of Georgia, presented the following resolution which was adopted • Resolved, That a copy of the proceed ings of this Convention be transmitted to the President of the Cotton Planters’ Con vention of Georgia, by which body the meeting of this Convention was first sa<*. gested. The Convention, then, after a vote cf thanks to its officers, and the passage of a resolution, requesting the newspapers of the Confederate States to publish tbe pro ceedings, adjourned, to meet in Macou, on the 15tb dav of October next. J. M. CHAMBERS, Pres’t. John J. Gresham, j Thurston R. Bloom, > Secretaries. James T. Nisbet, j Haidi or Honor of Qnrcn Ellzihrth. As to breakfasting with the Maids of Honor of Queen Elizabeth, it has been the greatest source of regret to ns from our ear liest years flint tbe fact of being of this nineteenth century of time puts it out of onr power to share their festal board. Oh, the jolly conversations, seasoned with Court scandals about her Majesty’s cos metics, we should have heard, while beau teous Isabel de \ ere banded the frothing pewter across the table to bright eyed Ad eline de Courcy ! None of j our cups of coffee or deleterious tea, but Menx or Han- bury to the brim, to wash down the pound of steaks which formed the solid portion of the dejevner a la Jburehetfe. “What could they do ? How could they possibly exist without their pekoe and a small Blice of toast, their little lump of sugar and driblet of cream ? Poor girls ! up so early in the morning too, dressing by candle-light, and feeding on snch viands, they could have had no feelings of delicacy or romance. I pity them with ail my heart.” But they decline yonr pity, dearest* Miss Poggins, and retort with the most unmistakable compassion on tbe condition of their fair sisters of the present day. Had they any dyspeptic symptoms about them ?* any nerves? any headaches? any faints?— Were they perpetually coddling them selves by the side of warm fires, aud terri fied at a draught of air ? Fine, well-grown, buoyant girls, with muscles like an Arab racer, and a power of walking like Captain Barclay, and of dancing like a stronger Taglioni, troubling their happy thought* neither about winter snow nor summer heat, reading no novels, writing no letters, but busy in all the duties of the house; working nightcaps for their noble fathers, making gooseberry wine and pickles with their noble mothers, galloping over the open downs with their brothers, singin 0 " Herrick’s songs to the lute, going to see a new play of Shakspeare, and a new masque of Ben Johnson. And as to refinement and romance, what is there inconsistent with romance and refinement in cheeks wherein discoursed with exquisite sweet- lie credit for that purpose, in the purchase ness the pure and eloquent blood, in teeth by the Government of such part or the whole of our exportable products, as may be deemed expedient by Cougress. 5th. Resolved, That we recommend to the Congress of the Confederate States, to authorize the issue of Treasury notes of denominations suited for circulation as curreucy, for an amount equal to the ex igencies of the Government. Such notes to be paid out as money in payment of all Government dues, and made receivable lor all taxes and duties, and convertible into eight per cent, bonds of tbe Conled'erate States at tbe pleasure of tbe holder. 6th. Resolved, That we recommend the several, Confederate States and the peo ple thereof, that they receive and pay out at par the Treasury notes of the Con federate Government, aud that it be re commended to tbe Cotton Planters and all other citizens of the Confederate States, to pledge themselves to receive said Treas ury notes at par value, for their cotton, and other commodities, and for all the uses of currency. 7tli. Resolved, That we recommend to the planters and fanners in the Confeder ate States, to invest at least one-half of the proceeds of the sale of their entire crops in the eight per cent, bonds of the Confeder ate States ; and to Capitalists and persons having money to lend, that they invest in like manner in these bonds A long, able and interesting discussion upon these twb reports took place,—par whiter than Mayflower, and breath like mignonette ? The antithesis to romance is not the play of youthful strength filling the gracious shape with unobserved and inexpressible delight, bnt the feeble frame constantly requiring the aid of some empty- headed noodle, dispensing physic and re commending blisters, till the wretched in habitant of that frail tenement has her whole thoughts centered in pills and blous es, and leaves .4madis de Gaul unwept for. and William YY allace uuadniircd. For their delectation and sympathy, prithee, was "Romeo and Juliet” devised ? For the delight of a sick-room— for the admira tion of an invalid ? No, verily , yet those Italian sonls made of fire, and children of the sun, found their counterparts and ap- jreciators in the pale-veined, blue eyed, rosy faced, white-shouldered, rich figured children of our English earls—our compan ions at the breakfast-table at Bix, and din ner-board at twelve. And these move vonr pity, dearest Miss Poggins, because you think they could not enter into the re finements and romance of a young lady in Baker street, who has fed ou circulating libraries till her life has become a third volume,-with the hero constantly at her feet. Is this refinement ? Is this romance? Let us go back, for purer air, to Windsor in the olden time ; let ns get Philip Sid ney to read us a book of the “Faery Queen let ns get the Lord Chamberlain to order the players to come down with ticipated in by Messrs. C.G. Bailor, Duff j ^?^ 8arn , me r Green, Geo. K. YValker, Gen. YYhitfield Dream,” and, after a supper of substantial J. E. Broome, A. S. Atkinson, J. H. R. Washington. W. K. Call, and other mem bers oftlie Convention, and after a test vote, the minority report was withdrawn, and that of the majority adopted. The resolutions laid upon the table du ring the morning session, by Hon. A. E. Coehran, of Georgia, were taken up, and after some discussion, adopted. The resolutions laid upon the table by T. McNeill, of South Carolina, were taken np and adopted. The committee of twelve, through "their Chairman, J. H. R. YY'ashington. present ed the following supplemental report, which was adopted : Yonr committee charged with the duty of presenting to this Convention a plan for securing the largest amount of finanicul aid to the Government of the Confederate States, have instructed me to submit the following supplemental REPORT: One of the papers refered to there, is an extended argument by General Duff Green, accompanied by statistical tables bearing npon the subject of finance generally, and the value of convertible treasury notes particularly. From the experience and ability of the author, and the great labor bestowed upon the statistical department, yonr committee believe that it embodies a large mass of valuable Information, and recommended that the same be pnblised. under the direction of the officers of this convention. Adopted. proportions, let us retire to onr healthy slumbers, over which will hover all night, evoked by the enchanter’s wand, the pu rity of the white robed Miranda—the airy gracefulness of the queen-hearted Titauia. [ Black wood's Magazine. A wag has made tbe following summa ry of what he calla the “Inalienable Rights of Americans,” which are not enumerated in the Declaration of Independence: To-’kuow any trade or business without apprenticeship or experience. To f marry without regard to fortune, slate of health, position or opinion of pa rents or friends. To have a wife and children dependent upon contingencies of business, and in case sudden death, to leave them wholly unpro vided for. To put on hireling strangers the literary and moral education of your children. To teach yonr children no good trade, hoping they will have when grown up, wit enough to live on the industry of other peo ple. To enjoy general sympathy when made bankrupt by reckleas speculation. To cheat the government if you possi bly can. To hold office witbont being competent to discharge its duties. To build botues with nine or six inch walls, and go to 'the funeral of tenants, fire men or others t killed by tbe Fall, weep- Jug over the mysterious dispensation of Providence. •

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Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1820-1872, July 16, 1861, Image 1