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BMME2KE
florrespondencfc of the Telegraph'
REVIEW of the state guard veto.
* . For the Macon Telegraph.
His Excellency, the Governor, has vetoed the
.. sse d at the late called session of the Leg-
M-urc “to suppress domestic insurrection—
invasion, and establish a State guard, and
abrog 110 the commissions of the Militia of-
fimis of this §tale,” and has given his reasons
f 1 so doiog. As tho Governor has by in-
uemio imputed fo the Legislature “ the folly
"f"disbanding the Stale Government” by the
° t ’ J -e of the bill referred to, it cannot be ex-
that 4uch an imputation will be per-
f (le j pass unnoticed. A review of his rea-
u ' ns (or ],j s veto will not therefore be out of
^Adcr analyzing ‘hose reasons, we will leave
. ‘, fl,e public to decide, who has been “ guil
1 , f fo! ]y »_the Legislature in passing the
or the Governor in his reasons for his veto.
Ihe bill did not propose to provide a militia
. the Confederate service—that can be dono
! by the Congress of the Confederate
' The Provisional Congress in ifs first
5 * ion adopted the militia laws of the United
S »ics-abd by the act of May 8th, 1792, all
w hite unle citizens between tiie ages of 18 and
45 arc Subject to be enrolled in tho miiitia, ex,
ctpt as excepted by Confess. By aot of the
Gciiew) assembly of the Slatt* of Georgia of
iv h December, 1818, the inililia laws of this
Sjltt ivi . rc made to contorm to the militia or-
pnizit'on oPthe Uni led States, as then ii
force This is our present national militia
teln —and all between iheages ot 18 and 46,
tjcept such as are exempted by law, are sub-
l0 ho enrolled for service under the Con
cert (‘lien Act of Congress. None are subject
to enrollment, but those who have been made
a bj the acts of Congress.
I- i* not in tho power of the Legislature of
, jtr.e to alter, or enlarge the laws of Con
gress lor the organization of the militia—nor
did die General Assembly of this Stale at-
Kmpt to do so in passing the bill under consid-
erttmn ihc object of that bill was simply to
provide a temporary organization to be used
hr borne .loience in certain cases during the
rbtencc of the regular militia.
I, provides for the enrollment of all able-
bodied male ritizens between tho ages of 18
»d 60 years, who are exempt from service in
tb* at my of the Confederate States. Instead
o! enlarging the number of those liable to scr
vice and to enrollment under ihe conscript
htr, it expressly provided for the organization
ofsuch, am! .such only, as are exempt from that
service—U also expressly provided that they
tcr ,. i«, ho. calied out only in three contingen
cy nod then in cases ot imminent danger, to
<ri’. to suppress domestic insurrection—to. re
plan actual invasion, or to execute tbe'laws.
(• WIS thought propet^to have a temporary or-
<xu/..itii>ii for these purposes during the war.
U w.*; further providbd, That the election of
.« should be coffined to those who
rmllcd undcr/this organization, and
j.itvut miliJa laws should here
tt>i • grant cotumissiona to
.. . ‘ -;•$«&
•>’ <:•*■ s ' ^ixfSy V»u:i the which pass,
"* • .-hici; '..i>YTior has
•fe ■ i>Mfl ia/Vtho bill was
rcaisC pt *Wi%l , ta fc .olA., wl.tU InM
federate service, it is a matter which does not
concern the Confederate Government, and with
which it will have nothing to do. All that it
asks is, that the States keep their hands off the
national militia so that they may be forthcom
ing when called for. The States must not in-
tcrferc'with tho military organization of the
Confederate Government—outside of it they
may make whom they please State militia, and
no other Government will have any right to
interfere and to take from tho States their own
militia. The Confederate Government may
extend the military age and enlarge tho num
ber of persons of whom its militia shall be
composed, but this can be done only by act of
Congress—no State Legislature can do it.
In tho absence then of an£ further legisla
tion by Congress, the Governor need have
no fears that any local Stato militia, which
may bo formed and organized out of persons
not liable to duty in the Confederate service,
“will be seized as conscripts and carried out
of tho State.” Indeed, it is unaccountable that
he should have entertained' such fears at alL
He has heretofore strongly maintained tho
position, that when the State organizes a forco
for her own defence, even though it he com
posed of persons liable to duty in the Confed-
erate service, the Confederate Government has
no right to interfere with it. Then, according
to his own doctrine, how could the Confederate
Government interfere with a State organization
made outside of those who are liable to con
scription ? What becomes of State Eights if
be yields this point? He has been held up
heretofore par excellence as 1 tho ebampiod of
Stato Eights. Why now does ho abandon his
favorite doctrine Wthout one effort to defend
it? Not only does he fail to defend tho right
of tho State to organize her own militia for
local defenses without infringing upon any
right of the Confederate Government, but ho
yielded the right of thff State to do it. This
is a back down, which wo wero not prepared
to see the Governor make. The championship
of State Eights is no longor his; he lias inglor-
iously fled from the citadel, when it was im-
pregnable.
His second reason for his veto is not only
‘the height of folly,” but is a shameful and
disgraceful retreat from an attack, which was
not made, and would not have been made if he
had stood his ground. But that terrible “con
script law” rose up before him—in his imagin
ation he saw “men in chains,” seized and car
ried out of tho State. He could stand it no
longer; ho turned and flsd and fell, and State
Eights fell with him, and O! ’ what a fall was
thcro my countrymen!
Then tho Governor fell from his high and
lofty position, and lies prostrate, _ before a
blow was Strunk. Ifouoh be tho flight of the
Governor from an imaginary attack, what
would ho do if a real one were made ? .
As a third reason for the veto, the Governor
says “the Stato has two fine regiments of
troops in her service, and there are over three
thousand militia officers who hold themselves
in readiness to obey tho Governor*s orders and
march at a moment’s warning to any part of
the State, should emergency arise to require
their services in the defense of the State. This
is an effective organiz d force of brave men
always ready, and is as many as the State can
arm, or is likely to need as a Stato Guard."—
“Over three thousand militia officers!” How
many over the Governor does not inform us.
We now have his authority that there are three
thousand. What a pity that so many bravo
men should be kopt out of active service, es
pecially when they hold themselves in rcadi
ness to obey the Governor’s orders, and march
at a moment’s warning ; but the effect of the
Governor’s order is to keep them at home, and
It Was btfieveirTSit These Inrce -u.o.vjand
brave men might do better service, and serve
the country, more effectually in tho Confederate
nrmy than by remaining at Home and holding
themselves in readiness to mar^batamoj
meat’s wevning Hence, too.*!™!..
higher claim to bo nearest the prince of dark
ness in damnation’s fires than he who is avail
ing himself of the opportunity afforded by the
present distresses of tho country to hoard up
money. The prinoiplo involved in such a
course of conduct is purely from the lower
regions.
The crop3 in this section are backward, but
healthy and promising. I hear of no one plant
ing cotton except for their own use. We had
fine rain on Tuesday last The country is
exceedingly healthy.
Yours truly, ' Southwest.
either brand*
it (ioi s
Hie I*eg
Governor arrived lL such a con eh*
sen it is impossible to conceive. How jMM
know who and how'many members wereab- ...
sent? -Jlow did he know how they would tt- t ] nutose
ruled h*d they been present? I or aught that tt j eraS e!s e8
tc knows or could know, they might have
.01**; lor the bill. He admits that there was a
quorum ol members present in both branches
*tcn tha bill was passed. A quorum is com
petent to transact business and to enact laws,
lad when befoie did a Governor ever take it
open himself to veto a bill because some mem
bers were absent when it was passed ? Does
not sucli a reason look like “the height of fol-
I5!” And besides, a large majority of the
hills which were parsed and approved by the
fioveir.or w*:ro passed near the end of those*—
mod, when :here was a large number of mem-
las air cut from both Houses—and if that was
a tea-on for vetoing one bill, why not for all?
Why apply the rule to one bill and not to oth—
winch were passed und r precisely lhe
tame circumstances ? .
Rut the prominent nhson for lhe veto 1*,
that the bill did not exempt “Ministers ol the
Uospei, Justices of the Inferior Courts, .Sher
iff*, Deputy Sheriffs, Clerks add Deputy Clerks
ol the Superior and inferior Courts, Tux Col -
ieeb,:, County Treasurers, Justices of the
Peace, Constables,” &c.
“If the Stato now declares these officers to
't* subject to militia duty, tho act of Congress
jt one* -oakcH them subjoct to be seized as
conscripts and carried out of the State, if
within the conscript age.” *• i
T9e Governor thinks it would bo the height
of folly in the Legislature, after tho State has
comnbuied more than her just proportion of
men to the armies of tho Confederacy, • to rens
dtr subject to conscription all of her civil and
military officers, and hurry them out of the
State, thus virtually disbanding the State Gov
ernment, (a folly of which no other Legislature
ol a Stale has Iwen guilty”—(inuendo—lhe
Legislature of this State has been guilty of
tuch (oily)—‘'leaving no one to attend to our
county affairs, or look after the support of the
huiilics of our soldiers, and none but the old
* men 10'make brea 1 and to constitute a force
lor the defense of the State.” How the Gov
ernor arrived at this conclusion is a mystery
equally as great as the other.
Those persons, Aid only those are Hablo to
h* enrolled as conscripts, who are made so by
of Congress. If an act of the General As
Mtiubly should make those who aro able bodied
men, and exempt from service in the Confcdo
rite aruiv liable to military duty in defense of
the Slatc"in cases of emergency, how can ii be
«iil that thereby they will be “made subject
to be Kt'izcd «s conscripts and carried out of tho
State.'-’
cmcedtd that the State cannot inter
tcj« with those who are subject to military
duty accoiding to the laws or Congress, ffiioy
Ve subject to the order of t,he Confederate
Government, and the State cannot oust the
Confederate Government of the jurisdiction
over them—but that Government has no c>aim,
and asserts no claim, upon any but those who
are made militia by ita own laws. _ If the State
government have a militia of their own, com
posed of persons not liable to duty in the Con
roCproi'^fi^' /Governor
-tJJntve men -=>® J ^ hr/more «»<v
says they are- vuPwi. .. -—* . t ■‘Kevlar
TO MISS LOU B * ” *
The calm silver moon had its nightly course run,
The stars from their hiding place peepiDg,
When close by my comrade so snugly’ ensconced
I t&y oh'my lowly bunk sleeping.
While “nature’s restorer" my weary limbs soothed,
And wrapped me in innocent slumber;
Bright visions of night-time my fancy pursued
My love-smUten heart to enenmber. ■ a-kg?
For tho Macon Telegraph.
PEOCEEDINGS EXTEAOEDINAEY.
Mr. Editor:—I notice in the published pro
ceedings of Council at the regular meeting of
the 28th April, on motion of Alderman Clay
ton, a preamblo and resolutions were adopted,
assuming “ that two Directors of tho Macon
and Brunswick Eailroad were to be elected at
the election on Monday next,” and instructing
the Mayor to vote for L. N. Whittle and
Stephen Collins, Esqs.
This is certainly an extraordinary procccd-
ure, on tho part of Council, and in tho judg
ment of tho Mayor’s friends, wholly uncalled
for. As to the right of Council to instruct
tho Mayor, they clearly do not possess it. He
has in all things concurrent power with them
and is in fact the legal head of Council with
power wherever he may think proper to oxer-
ciso it, to veto their action, and thus nullify
any of their proceedings. He is indeed the
responsible head, for ho is a paid officer, and is
expected to tako -a direct interest in city af
fairs. Tho Tnembcrs of Council are unpaid,
and are not therefore depended on to give' that
close and diligent attention to city interests
which is demanded of. the Mayor. But the
question arises, why this distrust of the
Mayor ? The people of Macon have all confi
dence in him, as has been time and again
demonstrated at the ballot box—they aro will
ing to trust city interests to hia watchful care
and management, why then docs Council re
fuse to trust him ?
But has this thing been done by. Council ?
By a majority it has not. A "glance at the roll
of members present, shows that there were
only four Aldermen, (a bare quorum) at the
meeting, and one of the gentlemen, Mr. Collins*
is placed' in the awkward position of having
voted for himself—otherwise, he does not
stand recommended even by a quorum, much
less by a majority of Council. Mr. Collins
may be a very good man lor the place but tbi,
percceduro does not speak much for his
modesty.
As for Mr. Whittle, it is not known why h;
should be put forward a3 tho special represen
tative of tho city interests in tho Board of Di
rectors. He is a clever gentleman, but many
instances might bo cited, some within the
knowledge of Council, to show that in divers
eases, his action has been by no means fijcndly
to tho interests of Macon.—True, ho is said to
bo a good ongineer, but as the Eailroad Com
panv have already engaged the sorvices of one
of the most competent in the country, he will
not be needed in that capacity. It is not
7*'“- ;«■«■ huta. eqod financier that will
be needed- m the Board, and it is pretK- well
understood by his iriewis, iiuu lu a,.. i.i_
gentleman has yet to acquire a reputation in
that line. ■ - 'A Stockholder.
dreamed of the softhand so warmly I pressed—
Affectionate, deep, silent token— -• * ~~
The mild hazel eyes spoke tliogentlo “Goodbye”
More tender than tongue conld have spoken.
dreamed of the fairy-like form flitting by—
Of plnmp, downy cheeks blushing roses—
Of bright smiles to greet me and welcome me back,
When war, cruel ravager, closes. £
I dreamed qf the dark auburn tresses unbound.
O’er the white, heaving bosomsnspended;
The small, still voice, liko the lyre and the lute,
In beauty and harmony blended.
I dreamed of the rapture of meeting again
The one bo long worshiped and cherished;
The cor whistle yelled in my slumbering oar,
My heavenly visions all vanished.
Douhiens Miles.
FEDERAL DEVASTATION
From the London Times, April 1st,
An ancient rhetorician wrote about Xerxes
that ho turned dry land into sea and sea into
dry land, making a canal through Mount
Athos, and building a bridge across the Helle
spont. Tho American Government seems to
partake' much more of'the violence and extra
vagance of tho Persian monarch than of tho
wise counsel and well combined action of the
Federation of Commonwealths which opposed
him. Excited by a tremendous war, and all
the portents of approaching revolution, tho
imagination of tho American Democracy seems
to havo run riot. Not satisfied with all the
destruction which modern scienco has enabled
mankind to wreak upon each other, tho
North has called to its aid tho mighty agencies
of nature, and seeks to ruin and mutilato half
a continent in the vain hope to overthrow or
intimidate its inhabitants.
In vain has Nature, after tremendous con
vulsions, settled herself down into something
like order and regularity, indenting the coast
with bays and harbors, and draining tho vast
arena of a continent through tho agency of en
ormous- rivors. Tho rage of man frots against
these natural and beneficent ordinances, just
as Xerxes flung letters into tho sea and lashed
the winds that wero robelious to his commands.
By the aid of tho “stone fleet’’ the United
States havo blocked up tho entrance to several
much frequented harbors, find now, with less
labor and far greater success, they seek to
drown the land which they cannot conquer.
It is calculated that, by the action of tho Fed-
crals in cutting the levees, or dams, which
kcop the Mississippi in its courso as it runs
through the 16vol land towards tho soa, a dis
trict as large os Scotland has been drowned in
the Stato of Mississippi, and five thousand
square miles in the Stato of Louisiana.
Had somo enormous strategetieal advantage
been obtainable by this proceeding, mankind
must, have deplored tho harsh and dreadful no
cessity which, in a continent so small a por
tion of which has yet been reclaimed for the
use of civilized man, drove tho Fcderals to lay
waste and devastate so considerable a portion
of its surface. But there is no reason to sup
pose that any. advantage in the least degree
commensurate'with the amount of wanton and
cruel destruction which has been porpetrated,
could anyhow havo obtained. Moat certainty
fao such advantage has beeu gained. Thoex-
«a»i >m» Ynzno Pass, so far from reach
shall once more unite together in harmony and
peace.
It is difficult to say what time—what interest
may not effect. Nations have shed each oth
er’s blood liko water on fields' of battle. They
have hovered the ocean with the wrecks of
their naval engagements and the bodies of thoir
seamen. These things may be expiated, may
bo forgiven, may at last bo forgotten; but
deeds liko those by which the Northern States
aro making their present war with tho South
singular Bnd execrable among tho worst and
bloodiest annals of mankind can never be Jor-
given or forgotten. Tho moment any idea of
reconciliation is entertained, these dreadful
memories will rise up like a spectre between
tho two parties, and forbid every attempt a
reconciliation, unless founded on absolute in
dependence on the ouo side, and complete re
nunciation of every claim to obedience on tho
other.
It is curious to remark how utterly paraly
zed for the purposes of legitimate war aro tho
very persons who aro anxious to wago it with
such extremity of ferocity and fury. The army
of tho Potomac remains inactive; nay, there
is much reason to believo that Washington
owes her safety at the present moment to pru
dential and political, rather than to military
considerations, and that the capital of the
Northern Confederacy, though able to effect
the easy and fruitless crime of drowning whole
provinces by breaking down tho banks of a
mighty river, is incapable of defending her ar
chives, her public buildings, and tho seat of
her Government. The promised vengeance
against Charleston languishes and evaporates
in empty threats. Savannah, taken with so
much case by the British in the war of Inde
pendence resists firmly and effectually. Fort
Hudson has repulsed an attack, and tho Mis
sissippi itself bos turned traitor, and by way'
of set-off for the. inundation of Southern ter
ritory, has filled up and rendered useless the
canal which was to carry tho Federal gunboats
to the other side of Vicksburg. The Confed
erates threaten Fort Donelson, and a new in
vasion of Kentucky is seriously apprehended.
Under these gloomy auspicos the month of
March has closed, and tho period will shortly
arrive when tho summer heats will again lend
their powerful co-operation to tho causo of tho
South. No one can presume to say what aro
tho reverses aud vicissitudes which lortune, not
yet satisfied with tho sufferings of the Ameri
can people, has in storo for either party. But
tho information which has just rcacncd us make
it abundantly evident, if it wero not so before,
that the choico henceforth for the South is be-t
tween victory and extermination, for the North
between peace and ruin—ruin certain if the
war is protracted, as it easily may be,-to a
point which will loive tho President without a
rovenue and without an army—ruin still more
certain and complete if tho wicked aspirations
of fanatical hate bo accomplished, and tho
Central Government, already triumphant over
tho liberties ol the North, shall obtain as the
price of success thc,uneoviablo duty of hold
ing down, under the heel of military despotism,
the struggling and palpitating remains of what
were once tho Southern States.
BuxxLKa the Blockade.—Tho impression pre
vails that there is a system of collusion practised
between the blockading fleet off Charleston har
bor and those blockade runners . who bring the
Yankee goods, embracing such merchandize, gew
gaws, &c., as give neither aid nor comfort to'our
army nor strengthen cur means of defence in
any manner. It js inferred that pie system is prac
tised because all the vessels captured by the eno-
my aro.freighted either with Government stores or
things intended for the supply of the army. No
list of the vessels seized or destroyed by the block-
aders has been published. Such a list would throw
much light on the subject. It would show wheth
er the impression generally entertained is correct
or not.
. Another alleged fact which adds strength to the
suspicion of this collusion is, that the vessels laden
Moth cotton and naval stores, which tho Yankees
need so much, are seldom, if ever, obstructed in
their outer voyage to the West Iudias.
If there is enough in tho facta to justify this im
pression—if the wealth of the country is goingout
to benefit Yankee manufacturers and the blockade
speculators and running in only useless gew gaws,
and goods that may bo, dispensed with, while tho
things necessary for tho army arc intercepted—the
matter is worthy of the especial notice of the Gov
ernment. .A little investigation will easily disprove
the.suspicion or confirm it, and the aubjeot is of
sufficient importance to demand it.
Richmond Dispatch.
Land For Sale.
W ILL be sold before the Conrt Bouse door, In Ma
con, on the first Tuesday In May next, a parrot
of land containing U acres, beln- pa t u! Lot bo, St,
In Bibb County, shunt ouo rstie Irom tec city o’ Macon
known as the old Feet Uonso Jot.
ADAMS, i
BOSS, >Com. onl’ab. Pr. p.
may 1—d3t iXiLtJbS. )
Stop the Deserter—-§50 Kewurd.
D ESERTED rromCo.B,Snd Ol. Eitta.lon, on the 4th
•uiprll, WnOKaS WiUAAMi, (*luh r-.tute.l Said
deserter ls an Irishman, rajs hr is ttt .vc.trs oH, hot
looks to be abent 36, is 6 leet 8 inches fclrh, fair com
plexion, black ha’r, dark eyes, broad shcmidirs and
weighs about 160 lbs. I will give tb above reward if
turned over to any oflhe Conscript dUc-cra, w.cro i
can net him. Kl>, J, GRANNIbB,
may l-dSt* 1st Lt., Com'g Co. B, andjis. Pat-
At a called meeting of the Griffin Light
Guards, (Co B,) 5th Georgia Regiment, Capt.
W. J. Duffcy being called to tho ‘hair, and
Private John L. -Doyal was revested to act
aa Secretary, the following preamble and reso-
’utions wi-™ unanimously adopted:
reaiT,“T’'nners hf the death of our com-
. r -; . n Jflvfng re»' , h«d us,-wo ns-
r-'- nirm Ki ou. fee!-:
stands out in all its naked deformity. Those
who have called tho mighty Mississippi to their
aid havo proved themselves unworthy of their
potent ally, and, powerful only for mischief,
have been singularly discomfitted in the en
deavor to profit by that now and singular en
terprise.
Wo have all read how the Dutch, the migh
ty precursors of the United States, a people as
conspicuous for doing much with small resour
ces as thy ’ ——•oan Union for doing little with
H .a arms he had IS' hnes, when thev found, U • y" alv-v. 1 - -T.«*
i,iim tsod.-qnaUiicfl of*] 0 * 1 *® ttawoswatl States of Holland and Zss-
- U thin - ~ l’¥- btiweeHhftriS alfcqme and 1 amseiatad through fl*”?, with wtfi&u alyne they liaddo make head
leaving oiii: soldiers now in the field to war ^f|spjdkty under the many
should never be packed away in a close pile and
iel't (o lio in that position, nillwnlinil or mu.
ing its destined point near Vicksburg, had been washea.
encountered and defeated bv Confederate batte- 4. The washing
the word, but the Governor sceuis,to think
that it is a matter of boasting that the State
has such “ bravo men
Governor next October will not admit
donbt—but whether they will do battle as.va
liantly on another field of a less peaceable kind
should be ietr-in doubt no longer. Let them
c«mc out.find repudiate the Governors pro-
luclion, and the country will then believe they
are “brave men." , . ..
These are the flimsy reasons ofUieGover-
nor foi his veto. They are unworthy tho Chief
Magistrate of the Stato of Georgia.
TO PREPARE WOOL FOR CARDING.
At tho present time, when wool is so much need
ed, it may be well to state a few facts, that are not
known to all:
1. Wool sheered from tho sheep that are well
kept is much the best.
2. When the shecriug.opcratious is to be per
formed it should be done by a skillful, practised
hand, as wool that is cut up in sheering always falls
out of the cards aud is lost.
S. The sooner wool « washed the better. It
of«n
taut of hm wn.-il &,uvfiug regions of
Kentucky, for tho best mode of washing wool.
Tho lot of wool that took tho premium was washed
after tho following manner: It was thrown into
a pot of boiling water, and kept well stirred just
one .minute by the watch. It was'instantly thrown
out into, water milk warm and washed, and then it
passed through several tubs of water of common
temperature, being washed all tbo whilo until it
was thoroughly clean. The writer has seen the
thing tried, and It works finely. Wool can be
washed in this way without soap. Butespocial care
must be taken that the wool doesnot remain in the
boiling water longer than ono minute, as if ia in
lned. The pt-Uo-ophy of tbi*
uuiclt gliding hie soften the *gv», which isocad
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WORTH OF DIRECT
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'1000 yards Frtnc:. Drap d’Kte,
5000 yards Broad Cloth,
1000 yards Casslmere
1000 yards Satinet*.
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300 doz Ladles’ L Bai-dkcr. hk-i..
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ICO doz. ehe!land Undershirts
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1000 lbs Patent Thread
1500 doz Stay Binding
500 yards French DeLaine
50 doz Tooth Brashes
100 doz Steamboat and Mogul Play, Cards
10 chests Tea
m jSf'vtrl^lSgfnk*' 5 ’
XU dozMlssesMeiMBmush nu-e .— ——--
as *
iu DDid cjalcorjr.
JLL'-'O,
A. largo and sp!end!d assortment of Cloth Coa’s- At-
pam, add Drap d’Ete, Linen, and Manelll^
2000 ready-made Vesta and Pant-. *
ALSO,
A fine tot of Hardware and Salldl iy
5 kegs Bl Oarb Soda 3
10 bo's All Spice
3 bbls Glanber Salle.
ALSO,
- ik ? no stock of handsome Ladies’ Shoe
Tobacco, Segars,
Oil Clo.h, Carpet Bags,
And many other articles too t«dloo» to mention.
Pales positive. Terms, Cash.
Particulars m i lataloeue
Atlanta, April 27th, 1803.
'' through ; 1,n Vi wn.oa alone tnoy uaa to igatco head r »w wool, so that it wihwitL
iy prria-L.■. ~«rni«r agonjsttbo powerful monarchy of fepain, ui the when the wool is washoU h sionkj
sstr&as-ft w -«««!•
(ffrdmfnrit. ffirtmtitj.
ant in feelings, - >• " ■ >
always physically able, no oiiowact.^re' - ■; t
in the discharge of duty. One of tho first to
tho defense of bis country snghts,
PROM SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
■ i 1 BAnfBKiDcn, Ga., May 1,1863.
jlfr. Editor : Our Spring Court adjourned
Wednesday evening after a session of tnree
days. There was but little business to be ad
justed; and but few of tho citizens of the
county in attendance. We saw several famil
iar faces of the legal profession here, remmd r
ing us of times agone—never to return, it may
be,' in our day. A public meeting was held on
Monday in responsei to Preside11 DaVio’s pioc-
lamation, and a comniUu-u appointed to ascer*
tain the quantity of bacon, &c., that could be
which, at tho first period of tho war, was tho
standing glory of our young men.. Brave he
was to a fault. On the memorable field ©f
Murfreesboro’ ho received his death wound-
sealing his devotion to his country with hi5
bl< And Whereas; His conduct on tho battb
field was a theme of admiration, fearlessly ha
exposed himself in the discharge of his doty.
When the battle-flag of his command bad ,ost
two of its heroic bearers, ho rushed forwird
and proudly boro it to the front; and toll with
his country’s ensign flourishing defiance to thi
too. Forgetful of self, he saw m his country j
fiac his country’s honor. In after years, thi
banner of the “Southern Cross” will float n
all its beauty over a peoplo made free by tm
exertions of those who valued patriotism higt
above all other considerations. With our do-
ceased brother patriotism was a living pn®i
iu Jcotruouo. lii-in t-j Sec it in Ujlq group of a
tyrant or a persecutor, ims couiagu p.cpm.
ed for everything except submission—this no
ble fortitude, which the extreme of ill fortune
could not subdue—forms one of tho brightest
pares of history, and invests tho seiges of
Haarlem and of Leyden with an interest second
to nothing in the annals of mankind. But in
proportion to our admiration of thoso who call
ed m tho waves of tho German Ocean to pro
tect their faith and their freedom, must bo the
abhorrence inspired by acts so wanton and so
ferocious as that or letting loose the waters of
the Mississippi over tho plantations of tho
South, and overwhelming under tho waves that
which it found impossible to subdue.
At the beginning of the war the North wont
forth to battle in all the presumption of over
weening strength and numbors. Their notions
of success were thoroughly Oriental. They
had tho largest number of men under arms,
and doubted not of the victory, especially as
they had tho largest resources to feed, arm and
- • Received in tho field by troops
dye stuff tvaahcc out put tbof'Vigtilj'. Wjjnftb
act he Allowed to Start a cording ntiohin*, even £o
a damp ubauitton. It site. :to i • < -itireiy -try
7. When tho wool baa been wen nandleu. r -
ing it will have a glossy appearance In the son, no
matter what the color of tho wool.
8. Somo lots of wool will waste moro than oth
ers, in carding, and it Is difficult to account for it.
But clean wool that has been well bandied in the
manner above directed, should in no case lose
moro than ono pound in eight or nine, and gener
ally about one pound to ten.
9. But lastly, where there are no pains taken to
fix wool up properly for carding, the owners should
not complain, whether tho rolls be few, or an in
ferior quality. The wool should be lifted out of
the boiling water with a fork made for tho pur
pose with several prongs.
l i;s " omake immediate vajmcni; nuu tho,o
i wUlprc-cnt them in term - of the law.
! fu ;~rtvL.. 3. B. BURNETT, AdminiairpUir.
1 re . , oitA^>wcz —i —-—
onUnracVUSTT:
ceased brother patriotism was a mii'b s reC ruit them. Received m tbo item oy troops
ciple, and in that principle he devoted.hishto. farlcs3 0 s tha „ their own they found
Therefore Resolved, 1st. That in the death
of our esteemed comrado we-keenly feel the loss
of a true and noble soldier, untiring in hip de
votion to.his country. . . . .
Resolved, 2d, That this simple memorial ol
worth, the expressed feelings of comrades, falls
far short of the meed of praise to which ho is
furnished tho army by the farmers, and to fix .
such price os they deem should bo paid for l olvcd) g'^ That we tender our heartfelt
We suggest that there is no planter in Decatur
county who, in view of the interest ho himself
has in the success of o%r noble atmy, and the
expenses of the Government, cannot well af
ford to sell his surplus bacon at twelve and a
half cents per pound. It costs no more now
to raise bacon than it did ten years ago, and
as to tho extortioners, farmers are beyond
their reach, except in a very tow articles.
Planters havo-no excuse under the sun for the
enormous prices somo of them aro asking for
provisions. Such articles as they have to buy
they can very readily purchase by barter, and
would be justifiable in making their produce
bflng them as much in this way as in former
times. Ihe remainder they have to sell, to be
honest and patriotic, they should part with at
old prices. They will then keep a clear con
science, and leave ,1 heritage to thoir children
of more than gold—a spotless character tor
honesty and patriotism in times which try
men’s souls. We know of no one who can lay
condolence’to the family of the deceased, feel
ing that our brother died nobly, leaving behind
an example lor all to emulate.
Resolved, 4th, That a copy of this preamble
and resolutions bo forwarded to tho Umlly of
the deceased, and one be transmitted to the
Macon Telegraph for publication.
Macon iv t w.^ J, DUFFY, Cbm n
JonuL, Doyal, Sec’y.
EXPLANATION.
£d. Telegraph : As my card of the 31st of
April was published simultaneously with Mr.
Winter’s card of tho 1st of May, I could not
possibly have designed it as a reply to that
card, but to his card of tho 30 th of April, in
which he sfiys, “If Dr.Coxo means to iniima'e,"
etc. You will do me tho favor therefore of
- correcting the erroneous Impression which the
inopportune appearance of my card of the 1st
inst. has made on the public mind by publish
ing this explanation. . Respectfully,
Mat 3d. . J. T. Core.
to their astonishment hovr little the leaders of
tho South had to dread from them in the open
field. From that time the whole aspect of the
war has entirely changed. _ In proportion as
success has become more difficult, tho means
employed for its attainment havo been more
odious and cruel. Every effort has been made
to light the torch of servile ■ insurrection, anti,
as if this was not dreadful enough, water has
been called in to supplement tho ^rdyvere
gesnee of that fire which, kindled by the hands
of slaves would, it tho pious and decorous
Nofth could have had their will, wrap in one
mighty conflagration the labors of.^ondred
OPINIONS OF A SOLDIER.
It Is very evident that Bomo of *Lo Foderal aol-
diery are getting very sick of Lincoln’s nigger war
The letters sent to them by their friends are ' > i7
desponding, and the tone of them shows that their
writers look for anything but success. Ono of them
writes thus irom the Vicksburg army: -
Coming down and since wo have been here, I
have seen enough of abolitionism to astunre. and
Surest any man with a heart. Since we left lie-
disgust y than ten negroes lie oat
& op" a afe! or on tho deck of a boat, with
;-olvara°- on. I have seen those negroes lay
of twenty thousand men, and some rla •
that l kucw were the blackest kind of abolitionists,
anddiewithout a mouthful to cat andfor tho want
of a draught of water. And those very men who
feel so for the blacks in bondage could see these
ICC - Old Captain C. is ono of
Whereas William D. Uanvyg M for said County,
of (tnardianshlp ot tho person to mo for letters
f n£ro and Manila O. Harp, mlnS^my of Green
km%, jo therefore to cite and antno% ° r 1
April nth, 1663. Ordinary-
«pr 10—W» —
G KOROIA > CRA^|g|^^ ldf ^ &g
° f W, ’ Eht VUie0,, '
Bta^dar the debtors and creators 3rd Mon .
bo and “ f to show Muie. lf any they have,
Admlnirtratlosi should not be
April*
apr llw*
Adrainistrator’sSale.
/re EOROIA, c j^'fS^ > fSmtoeConrt or Ordinary
It Bv virtue of an tho Court Uonso
of said "Lf Knoxville, Georgia, on the Drat
door in the o va of Knoxrtue, eorguj ^ to
Tuesday lu « next, deC ea?ei!, to-wlt,
the estate o twfnty-two years of.age; Ma-
Tronp.a N '-'"^fto jetr?old; Qaoen, a woman,
_ j»to» woman, aboox* j. ^ about 12 yearn
about 17 years “Id and at me some time and
: for tho purpose ofdlatrlbu-
11-w* ° nth ° MMMOSa; AtoV-
Tie-roes die like dogs. Old 1 —P
them. I knew it; so I stole ono of his blankets
ami gave it to a poor darkio
What I have observed and
un amounts to this: First, I havo never seen a
i » r • — tLnf nnntil tfllffi C8XC ()f bllllSGlf* '
Men mdy wrang'.o and dispute about a ricia that could hike care of himself.-
And this cruelty and ferocity, surpassing so negroes- We noth - ing mi sleep, on
far aH that is rccordod of tho wickedness and ^nty ’ hero living on a little
barbarity of man iu to r me.' wars, bas been tank ^ tl.c mud and exposing our-
naTural compact against theiradversanes are -
rickand tired of repeating that they fight lor
tlio maintenance of the Union and look lorward
with unsliakea confidence to tho time when
their great Federation shall be restored and the
brethren 1 so long estranged from each other
,1 ,v _ ■ t voted it UOwn HWU1U — 1
butlhe officers sent it injustas they liked it them
Sel T^t’tbosemen who sit at the firesido of their
comformblc houses and say “fight it out boys,” go
and try it a couple of years and they wiU not he
quite so fast.
Ordinary.
NOTICE.
AGRKKABLK to an ^w^^wld^io
Cro-wford oouTity,G«)r«m,^ Knoxville, on the fin t
Court Houie door iu tliu Wiwn or^Bn^ . ^ th0 etUtc
Tue»day in June next, the .‘JS^ujjfunaty.tlecewod,
ofDavldM.MurrayriatoorLri|b CrmwfoM
si’snra weian^ «* hcr tW0 cMldrtn ’
H^oldtorlhJbonefit of said estate.^ ^ MURRAY,
mar 31—w* AdmlnlsuatrU
NOTICE. /
tb« il<S. y CoMt of Ordinary for
to Bell thtee Ncgroesr 5J, Mnrrv, C l»te or eaid
longing to the estate of ^ilY MURRAY,
connly. . Administratrix.
d9taw»
notice.
A L H Pe an 3 "rie b ofHoa8toaCoantyftiqj^la,decca£e<i
a^agWRiiaBffi«5a8g“
la terms of - * ^ Mftry lit fe* Ho^an
apr 10 wKlds*