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From tho Huntsville Advocate of May 20£h.
RESPECT TO BEIG. GEN. E. D. TRACY.
. the Confederate Court on Uonday last, Colonel
v-h Davis, the Chairman of the Committee of the
jV' r previously appointed, made the following re
it abate your Honor:
"JP. t&inmiui-e appointed on Thursday last to draft
rible resolutions with reference to the death of
Gen! Tracy, have instructed me to make the follow-
fcflJPtMral profession of North Alabama is again
-lied upon to lament the death of one of its most
and respeoted members. On the morning
*S7Irt day of May, 1863. Brig. Gen. Edward B.
rVacv was killed at Port Gibson, Miss., while in the
pUut and faithful discharge of his duty as a patriot
**sl«arty and zealous advocate for the rights of
ike South, immediately upon the breaking out of
futilities he raised a company in Huntsville, Ala.,
Rafter two years ot arduous and dangerous ser-
*r". the field, during which time he rose from the
of Captain to that of Brigadier General, he has
sealed with his blood his devotion to the <'
^warmly espoused.
As * Lawjer«Jie gave promise of great success
a fcirh distinction in his profession. Scorning &U
Skkery as the low and mean resort of a little mind,
L looked for success to theSustice of his cause,and
aot to those artifices which in the practice of the
Uv as veil as in other walks of life are such indica
tions of a want of integrity and character. As a
citjsen his conduct was' above reproach. Hla
knowledge of the law served tu light him along the
rithwsy of rectitude, rather than to suggest discred
it,. though ingenious methods of evading its pen
attic*. Iu the social circle be was ever genial, kind'
feesrtld and charitable—in bis business relations
Oink, sincere, honest and just. As a conseqnence
of these high add good qualities few men have ever
bred more beloved and respected, or died more Ia-
oented by those to whom they were known.
As a soldier he was brave almost to rashness, yet
,Uh that rare intermixture of prudent caution which
justified bis rapid rise" in the service, and must have
«ou tor him still higher distinction. Be it therefore
Resolved, By the members of the Bar now in at-
t«idance upon the Confederate Court ior the North-
m District of Alabama, that in Brig, Gen. Tracy
f t mourn the loss ol a brother member whoso un-
BBeJy death has cast a gloom over the Bar, and oyer
community, which is scarcely softened by the
Jtdeciion that he died as heroes and patriots wish to
it, fighting for-their native land, with freedom’s
mil beneath bis foot, and the banner of freedom
Tiring over him.
gtsolved. That while lamenting his death, espe
tiiliy as a Lawyer, wo do not foil to appreciate hfs
astts am a man, or his ability and gallantry as a
Unifier. Associated wiUt him in all the intimate re-
knntof professional Ble we feel that one has gone
Ml from among os whoA place cannot soon be filled,
Ut we do not forget that a chair is also made vacant
bribe family fireside, or that our country has been
deprived of one of .the nobfbst and bravest of its
defenders-
Resolved, That thesd resolntions bo presented to
thoDistrict Court ot the Confederate States, now
lining, with the request that they be spread on the
■mutes, and a copy transmitted to the family of
Sen. Trscy, and a copy furnished the Southern Ad
vocate »ud the Confederate for publication.
In support of these Resolntions, CoL Bavin said
Jfjy if pirate your Honor ;
Since the meeting of this Court, the sad news of
Iks death of Gen. Tracy has been confirmed. For a
time from rumors and reports which obtained cir-
(illation, and to which aflection and friendship gave
s willing ear, there was a hope that he still lived.—
fiat now, sir, there is none. It is a fact which, how
ever great us a calamity to his country, or an afflic
tion to his friends, most at last be realized. He has
fallen. Regarding bis death as a loss to the com-
amnity no greater calamity could have happened to
a*
•Afa citizen in social and private life he was en
deared to all, as a pnblic man and a soldier his con
duct is beyond all criticism.
$o one who has been in this community fur the
list ten days but has noticed among the people that
which, oven upon occasions of this character, would
be marked singular. The readiness with which ev
ery doubt as to his fate has been accredited, the
uiious inquiry made by «tany persons and by all
daises—the hope so often and so feelingly express-
»d: and finally the mingled accents of pride and
tecrow now heard from every lip, bespeak what he
, wis, an nniversal favorite.
hare become familiar, sir, with war, and its
1 Mdents of death, and the well springs of the heart
IMI often called npon of late, seldom fill to overflsw-
iag. This shadow npon the public mind denotes the
tcd|Me of some bright light—the fait of one who
w«i more than an ordinary mao. And such, indeed,
lewaa. Kind hearted and generous in his treat-
oent of others, the good opinion of his fellow-man
wi« the recompense which, in part, his own nature
f»id. With characteristics most manly and chival-
roai. nnd natural powers improved by study and
ihoroujh education, his manner was gentle and re
fined, and thus from the conflicts and controversies
" *>« engaged no unnecessary sting was ever
e.t behind. Gen. Tracy had the highest order of
qiuincationa fortbe post ho was so honorably filling
wbtn lie fell. With firmness and pourage that knew
vs fear, he was cool and deliberate in coming to
conclusions, which afterwards, in action he neither
HBght nor desired to compromise. Unselfish and
conscientious, with energy that never flagged, eve-
tj cuntest in which bo took part could have no other
0*o a decided issue. In this spirit he entered the
»*r, and although ho has not lived to see the inde
pendence of his country accomplished, there are
•one who knew him but will say, he wonid not have
krtd without it. In this spirit, sword in hand, ho
commanded his fnen to lie down, whilst he stood
oect at (he head of their line, on the bloody plains
»t Manassas. Thos he rode with dauntless courage
jo the trout at Shiloh, until, in the fury of that battle,
both horse and man went down together. And now,
liter hiving passed «o many dangers, and borne
sub heroic firmness the toils of the camp and field,
find him at Port Gibson still in the van, stricken
by a sharpshooter whilst yet the front of battle low-
wed. Io view of theae facts, sir, the office of eulo-
O becomes a difficult one. The record is itself com
plete. We need no comparisons to illustrate his vir-
jw. or commemorate hia career. Others, there are,
* In this struggle have shown courage not une-
to hi*. In devotion to his country and the sac-
nficesmade for it, in his conduct npon the field, and
■putless private life, there are many who will stand
**“* equal footing with him. We have had to
«wn the beat in the land. Thu much will be con-
«ued. But no where will hia superior be found.—
woken as the monument must be which symbol* his
its material will be pure as crystal, its archi-
Ti fe Perfect as a circle.
The time may come, sir—the time will come, when
proud commonwealth iu this Government shall
*“ r “ er own records the achievements of her
J?'. A1 *hama wiU take her place among the rest,
w mould paternal love and just State pride lead to
wmpirboos among them, her most jealous son in
ing one beyond reproach will not turn another
EuwUu ^D*?!*?*^ meet atl d character
tki*, I ? eal * > ®™ Tke Bar we offer to his memory
- ‘“ken of respect. On his newly made grave\ve*
*l!!rol ,er s W '^ there erect a monument, inscribed
ft3d,er u# * Kristian gentleman and he-
J"dge Jonea said, in response to the motion sub-
’ lllat “ had not been bis fortune to have any
2chr.t-* as< - >c,ations with G fiD - Tracy, but from the
ikLk M<lua,nUnce k® bad with him, he had formed
« w 5“?“ , ‘ na t* Of his talents and character. He did
t«tm nSS Gen. Tracy well merited the es-
liied •“‘“miration of the community in which he
|, Tj’, w hich were so feelingly and appropriate-
fch... * t The resolutions now submitted on
of the members of the Bar. The brief and
*■* uujjr a cause, entities ni:
*o bit the tokens of respect which are usu-
7 ptitowed npon the honored dead.. The court,
tympathiziegwitb the members of the Bar
v“u occasion, will order the Resolntions to be en-
on the Minute* of the Court, and as a further
£J®of respect, thafit be now adjourned for the
or a Lxroz Numbir or Frisoxers.—
“ Saturday, there arrived in town between eleven
C’ t l p e '- Te bundre d prisoners, who had reached
-Point during the previous night by flag of
r* c from the North. They wero lor the most
Jr 1 . c *piured in the late battles around Freder-
Among the number were several Te-
*noBig soldier.-,who are rejoiced to be once again
^oog their relatives and friends.
‘ucrally speaking, these prisoners do not speak
okrsh treatment on the part of the Yankees.
J"T uld not remain long enongli in Yankee do-
r**® 3 for ar.y Btringent exercise of power to be
***ked towards t,,..
Gn the samo day several hundred Yankee pris-
tr ’ 3 . w “® £ cnt down to the Foint.' from Rich-
mood.-rttniburg £xprw. ’
THE AMERICAN QUESTION IN PARLI-J liberties of the“^en; but all classes have
‘I? one under a President who by
In the British Commons on the 24th April 1and moderation of his counsels, by
a long and interesting debate ;r e "'S*} bearing of his army, and the dovn
there occarred a long and interesting
on the seizure of the Alexamfria, and the posi-
and policy of Great Britain under the
Foreign Enlistment Act.’*
Regretting that our limited space forbids a
fuller report, we present the following extract
from the remarks of Mr. Horsman :
Snowing that this War in America was preg
nant with such consequences to the Americans
themselves—consequences far more moment
ous to them than to any other State That could
be brought into relations with^them, cither as
friends, customers or rivals—we thougnt it
wa3 our duty, even more than our interest, to
let ovents work out their own developments,
and refrain from the smallest appearances of
interference, which could only add fuel to the
passions and hatreds that have already ren
dered this war a disgrace to the civilization of
the age. We thought that so long as the du
bious character of the war left no room tor
more than speculative opinions as to the result,
it was better that Parliament should refrain
from expressing sentiments that might wound
American susceptibilities ;-but the case is •fery
different now, when uncertainties have been
dispelled by inexorable logic of facts. (Hear,
hear.) We have now, alter two years of silent
and patient observation, had the conviction
forced upon us that Secession is no longer a
phrase or a ciy, but an accomplished fact;
proved to be a fact by the triumph of its arms,
by the calmness and prudence of its counsels,
and by the invincible spirit of the people, de-.
termined as one man to die for their indepen
denco. (Cheers)
Wo havo seen the defiant spirit of the North
broken and paralyzed, with nothing to show
for two years of unprecedented preparations
and vast sacrifice of human life but failure and
humiliation, (hear, hear;) the conquest of the
South more hopeless and unachievable than
ever, and Washington at this moment in great
er jeopardy than Richmond. (Hear, hear.)—
When, in addition to this, wo now see the North
unsoftened and untaught by all it has inflicted
and endured, turning aggressively and mena
cingly to England, and forgetting we have
borne with patience the destitution of our op
eratives, the crippling of our trade, the harass
ing of our merchants, afid the remarkable cir
cumstances that even this last strange con
sumption of anthority by the Amoric&n Minis
ter to give certificates of license to British
merchantmen to sail unmolested between neu-
tiral ports phased for several days almost unno
ticed in this House, (hear, hear;) when,,too,
wo are asked to impose additional letters upon
our Government, dnd exercise greater vigilance
in obedience to the requirements of a power
that certainly has not become less aggressive
as we have become more forbearing, I am not
surprised that wo should often have the ques
tions asked, ‘‘How long are theso afflictions to
be endured ? How long are the cotton ports
of t io South to remain sealed to Europe ? How
long are Franca and England to bo debarred
from intercourse with friendly States that owe
no more allegiance to the North than wc do to
the Pope ? and how long are our patient but
suffering operatives to remain the victims of
an extinct authority and a malevolent Legis
lature ? (Hear, hear.) I am not surprised
that these questions should be asked, and I do
not think it would be becoming in this House
if, being asked, we were to evade answering
them. I think we owe an answer to our coun •
tryineg, whoso industry is starved at homo and
whoso commerce is now harrassed on the sea;
to Europe, that witnesses with amazement our
submission to assumptions which are subver
sive of all established laws of international
morality ;«and to that minority in the Northern
Slates who are in favor of peace, but who are
kept down under tyranny that slides the free
expression of opinion. (Hear, hear.)
We owo it to them all to state not only what
we feel is our position in regard to this war,
but what is our policy in regard torit, and;
more important still, what are Uie grounds
upon _which it is based. The polioy#.which
this country has determined to pur.-uc is a
policy of neutrality in action, not of neutrality
in sentiment, for the want of which we are
often reproached, becauso it never has been
the case that the sympathies of England have
lain dormant in any great war in which human
destinies havo been at stake. Sir, as such a
war has proceeded, and the purposes nnd prin
ciples ol the contending parties havo developed
themselves in contrast, tho sympathies of Eng*,
lishmen have always enlisted themselves on
one side, tho side of justice, of generosity, and
of freedom. (Hear, hear.) And Englishmen
have always given vent to their sympathies
without asking whom they might offend. At
the commencement of this war I believe the
sympathies of nine tenths of Englishmen all
tended to the side of the North. I believe
they owed that tendency, favorably to the
North first, Because we believed that there was'
no- adequate cause for the secession. It was,
as we thought, a weak and short-lived asser
tion of itn'epcndenceirhich would certainly be
put down. Then, again, it was an interrup
tion to our commerce, which disposed us to be
impatient and intolerant; and for many rea
sons we in England had, I believe, a general
desiro that the reduction of tho South, as it
was supposed to be inevitable, woulcTalso be
speedy. But as events proceeded thoy soon
ialsified those expectations, and the North has
now had bitter expcrienco of the magnitude of
the task it had undertaken- The war which
has no w been raging for two years in tho States
is one of the. most frightful internecine wars
that ever disgraced civilization. And with
wbat result T Is tho North ono step nearer
the attainment of its end than it was two
years ago t Is the South any way subdued or
dispirited ? Is it not fhowing itself not only
the equal but tbo over-match of ih<* enemy
who undertook so conte t»rtu<His.y'io ciush u.
Sir, the South has in « uuatd successfully
the second year of us War cf Independence.
It began that war by constituting a Govern -
mont and electing a President ior five years
whose inaugural address would bear compari
son with any mode) n State paper. It brought
armies into the field as large as those which
European Powers of tho first class could raise.
Wherever it has met the North in open fight,
apart from its gunboats, it ha3 won every bat
tle waged on land, and gained some Signal vic
tories also by sea. If it has been inferior to
Us enemy in numbers, equipments, accoutre
ments and resources 1 —if it has been cut off from
the sea, and reduce 1 to great straights, not
only for the munitions of war but for tho ne -
cessai ies of life, yet its spirit and fortitude have
carried it over alL (Hear, hear.) Although
fighting for existence against those who have
been waging a war of extermination, it has
shown itself free from tho passions by-which
it has been provoked. (Hear, hear.) No
cruelty has stained its arms. (“Ob,” and
“Rear, hoar.”) .No savage proclamations have
disgraced its Generals. (Hear, hear.) But it
has proved itself to be an earnest and united
people, capable of heroic sacrifices in a con-r•
flict in which its Government has been strength
ened rather than weakened by tbe strain which
has been put upon it. In the South there has
been no shackling of the press, (hear, hear,)
no suppression of lawj no abridgement of th
.- bearing of his army, and the devo
th* .i? people ’ has S' ven an elevation to
tne Southern-cause, which, slowly, incredu-
o* 7, reluctantly, now that tbe third year of
has |>«gun, has won for it, irresistibly
and universally, the generous sympathies of
Europe. (Hear, hear.)
Well, when we turn to the North, what a
contrast is there exhibited. Its military fail-
u . rea ? S re *t as they have been, sinks into in-,
significance compared with its moral downfall
Its war has not been against freedom but
against civilization; for, imperfect as are the
accounts received from Northern channels, and
always colored as they are to its own-advan-
Uge, they give tis ample evidence of the spirit
in which the North has carried on the Strug-
gle. Sir,-in the sinking of the stone fleet bo-
ore Charleston, Khear,) in the submersion of
the food producing districts Of Mississippi, in
the brutality to women at New Orleans, (hear,
hear,) in the shooting of prisoners in cold
blood by General McNeill, and in the Presi-
dent’s incitements ton servile war, with all its
cruilties and horrors, we have presented to us
a revolting combination of the barbarous in
genuity of the Chinese with the ferocious atro
city of St. Domingo. (Hear, hear.) And whilo,
sir, these acts have roused the spirit of the
v- ’- all< * uni ^ every maq, woman and
child, in the determination to prefer death to
submission, they have not been without their
effect in Europe.. We watched tho contest at
first With wonder, with curiosity, with inter
est, before our sympathies were given to either
side. But as the true character ol the war, and
the true character of thwcombata’nts developed
themselves—as it became visible that the war
was one for existence on the one side and for
extermination on the other, and as tho full
consequence to the South of every city becom
ing a Npw Orleans, with every Governor emu
lous of the deeds which exalted General But
ler into a hero, presented themselves more viv
idly to tho mind of Europe, then 1 do believe
that—always excepting those whoso political
sympathies enlisted them securely on the side
of the Republic—there was not a friend of free
dom and humanity in Europe who did not feel
a conscious hope daily growing up and
strengthening within him that the gallant men
of tho South might succeed in delivering them
selves, their wivps, their children, and their
soil from the intolerable yoke of those who
sought their subjugation. (Hear.)
But, Sir, their subjugation is no longer aimed
at. That last proclamation of Mr. Lincoln,
emancipating the slaves in the insurgent States
and exciting them against the lives and prop
erty of their masters, was a confession to the
world that the subjugation of the South was
abandoned as hopeless. (Hear, hear.) Sir,
tho American President has solemnly invoked
the judgmont of Europe upon that proclama
tion, and wo in this House aro bound not to
evade giving a response to that invocation.—
Sir, what judgment can wo in this Christian
assembly pronounce upon it except to denounce
it as ono of the most atrocious crimes against
the laws of civilization and humanity which the
world has ever seen ? (“Oh !” and cheers.)
Sir, to me it is a matter of astonishment how
any Englishman con contemplate that procla
mation but with feelings of sorrow or indigna
tion. (Hear.) Why, it docs not prok-ss to bo
an act of justice or philanthropy, but a stern
military necessity. What does a btern military
necessity mean t Does it not mean domestic
treason, assassination, incendiarism, rapine ?
And all this in the name of philanthropy,ltber-
ty, religion, mercy, combining to rebuke tho
crime of slavery. Well, elavery is a great crime.
(“Hear, hoar,” from an honorable member.) I
don’t require to be told that by my honorable
friend; but be does require to be told by mo
that thero is yet a greater crime tKan slavery;
for a crime it is of a deeper and moro - unpar
donable dio for a white man and a Christian to
invite a ntgro to achieve his freedom by a car
nival of critnS (cheers,) forgetting that emanci-'
pationto bo safe must be gradual, that it should
be peaceful, not violent—that it should bo pre-
coded by means of preparation, to make free
dom a bl.ssing and not a curse to it^recipient.
[Hear, hjar.J I say it is the very highest in
iquity in the chief of a Christian Government
to excite tho negro with the ferocity of a tiger
to tho perpetration of cruelties that cannot be
numbered, and crimes which: I dare not even
name, with no possible termination to that
desperate and deadly strife of races but in the
extermination of the weaker and vanquished.
Tho negro must either drive out or destroy tho
white man, or the whites must exterminate the
blacks. Nor, sir, is there any thing in the dis
patches of our Foreign Secretary which I have
thought moro creditable to him than the prompt
ness and spirit with which ho laid bare the
atrocity of that proclamation, stigmatizing it to
the American Government as an act not of hu
manity to tbo slave but of vengeance against
his master. I believe it was that proclamation
which destroyed the very last chance of Eng
lish sympathy with the North. Yes, there is
no doubt that Englishmen hate slavery, but
there is ono otlffir thing which they also hate.
What they abominate besides slavery, and al
most moro than anything else, is cant. (Hear,
hear.) And on this occasion, John Bull showed
himself far too sagacious, far too soundhearted,
to view with any thing but feelings of disgust
the transparent device of thosojvho sought to
perpetrate a war of extermination under the
cant of philanthropy.
The Government of the North having played
their last desperate card, and that having been
followed by failure and disgrace, profess now
still to cherish tho delusion that the Union is
to bo'recovercd by war. But let me ask this
simple question:—When you have half a mil
lion of men in arms, on the one side, to enforce
the Union, and 5 on the other, half a million of
men sworn to resist it, what becomes of the
fn-cAnd united people ? Tho attempt to ce
ment .the Union by blood has broken down the
whole internal Government The free republic
is metamorphosed into a military tyranny; the
President is a moro irresponsible despot than
the Czar; liberty is at an end(hoar, hear,)—lib
erty of person, of motion, of speech, writing
and thought, all gone—tho press is coerced
and gagged—the State prisons are filled with
political suspects, as used to bo the case in
Italy,—the editor of x paper who dares to
preach peace has bis property destroyed, and
a petition which lies lor signature to the Gov
ernment recommending arbitration is seized
by the.police and torn into' pieces. In iact, at
this moment tho Constitution of the United
States is at end. And while such i3 their po
litical condition, what is their financial state?
In three years they have created a debt half
as large as that of England, at double the rate
of interest. The interest of that debt is greater
than the whole revenue of the Union before
the war. In three years moro they will have
theTargest debt iu Europe, with the lowest
credit. (Cheers.) Their army is in a process
of dissolution. By-their own -departmental
accounts, by returns from their own officials,
the number ofdeserters during the war exceed
ed 180,000. Their short enlistments expiro
on tho 1st of Juue, and are not likely to be re
newed by soldiers whoso pay is many months
in arrear. The Irish and Germans who form
ed their first ttrmy are either killed or they
have djsappeared, and those negroes for whoso
emancipation my honorable friend behind is
so anxions—even the negro regiments— the
last hope of tbe Union, have proved a failuro;
for wo are told at the very first volley they
threw down their muskets and ran away.
(Cheers and laughter.)
Such is the political, financial, and military
condition of the State; it has been brought to
this ruin by the errors of its Executive; and I
have endeavored to review the situation be
cause it enables us fo judge what is the posi-
tion of those leaders who appear inclined to
orown their errors by the belief that the best
escape from their intestine troubles would be a
foreign war, and of all foreign wars a war with'
England is most desirable. I come, then, to
the particular point which the House has been
discussing. I don’t believe for one moment
what many gentlemen in the House seem to
apprehend, that tho Northern States havo the
very smallest desire actually to go to war with
England; but this I do bolieve, that it is the
deliberate policy of tho Washington Cabinet
to*provoke England to put an end to the block
ade as thq readiest escape from their own do
mestic difficulties. Submission to England
would save tl)em from the humiliation of sub
mission to the South; and I believe it is for
that reason that we hear those boastful assu
rances of approaching victory and conquest,
which become more loud and confident as their
achievements appear more notoriously impos
sible. I believe that foreign Powers would be
represented as. having at-the eleventh hour
stepped in to be the saviours of the South, and
tnua would bo made the instruments of a dis-
rupbon which, without foreign intervention, it
would be said could never be accomplished. I
behove it is in pursuance of the same policy
that a naval commander of ill-omenod noto
riety like Wilkes was so ostentatiously pro
moted to a station on which he could have the
L““ lifer “ d *»">•
A question isaskod in the House and overv
where out of it, why we endure all this from
the Northern States which wo could not cn-
dure from the strongest of the old monarchies
of Europe; why we have endured it in the past
and how long lor the future ? The answer is
twofold. We have endured it in the past be
cause of the vety difficulties and embarrass
ments of tho Northern Government. Their
energies and resources are taxed to the utmost
for their internal war, which place them, in the
event of a quarrel, so entirely at the mercy of
England. \\ e have shown them once that we
know how to silenco their bravado, and a
speedyand captious repetition of that proceed-
ing would havo laid U3 open to tho charge of
acting with bravado; and, therefore, we can
afford to pass by with indifference such annoy
ances as involving no material interest. But
though that may. explain the past, it does not
suffice to justiiy submission to injuries of so
flagrant and systematic a character as those
which are reported by every packet; and the
reasons for that endurance are of a different
and higher character. The fact is that the
Northern States are passing through a crisis of
the magnitude of which they aro not them
selves aware. Tho first disruption is but the
commencement of their difficulties. Tho war
with tho South I hold to bo virtually at an end
Too independence of tho South is an accom
plished fact, (Cheers.) Its recognition by
Europe and the North, though delayed, is not
tho less certain on thst account, and though
we know that much additional suffering may
bo inflicted upon tho South, they will in tbe
end be compensated with success, because the
South will retire from the war with tho glorv
of established nationality. . *
I But with the North it is very different—their
sacrifice are only followed by groat failures, and
their vainglorious boasting’ bySgnonunous defeats.
What is the prospect before them ? It has long
been proved that there is no Union party iii the
South, but has it not also been proved that there
is an important peace party In tho North ? ' How
else can you explain the silencing of tbe press the
imprisonment ofmagistrates.the coercion of judges
tho suppression of all free opinion and discussion ^
Wo have never been able to know the real opinion
of tho North because they were kept down by fear
and because the war it was supposed would be suc-
cessful. But now It ia evident that all along there
has been a vory important peace party in the
uo ' therefore, I say, when tho difficulties of
the South are ovortlie dangers of the North willbe
beginning in earnest, and every day the war lasts
aggravates theso dangers. Peace with the South
Jbng delayed must tend to the complete disorgan
ization of the North, because political disorganiza
tion must follo w upon financial ruin, and when that
trying day arrives, which cannot be far off—the
day for the settlement of the account, when each
State has tho choice before it of heavy taxes and
burdens, as the member of an insolvent Union or
prosperity acquired by fresh secession—then.whcn
under tho temptations of such a crisis proving too
powerful for transatlantic flesh and blood,the pro
cess of repudiation and dissolution once sets in,
who can tell how fast and far it may proceed till
tho Union itself may be reduced to fragments ?
Now, it is becauso I believe the Government has
foreseen, as every attentive observer of American
affairs must havo forseen, tho ruin and anarchy
that must bo impending over the North, that they
have feared to precipitate that crisis. It is not the
strength of the North but its weakness that the
Government and people of England have feared.
Let us not incur the responsibility of collision.—
Lot us in this House—let all parties, let our mer
chants emulate the patience of our operatives in
full assurance that a generous nation will not suf
fer them in the end to be martyrs of its policy-
let all parties unite and press on the Government
the imperious and solemn duty of maintaining, un
der every provocation, an immovable attudo of
poace. (Hear hear.) Let them not by any false
move—and no move could be so false as a collision
at sea or diplomatic ultimatum that might com
mit us to war. Don’t let them by such a mistaken
act transfer to us the guilt of others,and suffer our
name to be~associated in future ages with calami
ties prepared for ages yet unborn, by the obstina
cy and the rashness of bewildered and desperate
men in whose hands the destinies of that unhappy
community are. I may be asked, is there no so
lution for the difficulties by whieh we are surround
ed ? We have a twofold duty to discharge. Wo
have to first maintain a atriot neutrality, construing
the law generously and liberally to the North, and
giving no cause to their Government to complain.
And our next is to leave no misconception as to
the real opinion of England. The case at the pre
sent moment stands thus. The South are prepared
and anxious for peace. They invite intervention
and arbitration with a view to stopping the pro
gress of the war. The North are determined to
prolong tbe war, and will make the South a desert
sooner than acknowledge it as a nation. There is
this choice—Union by war, or separation by ne
gotiations for peace. On which side do the sym
pathies of England range themselves ? On which
side do those which have always been known to
tbe sincere friends of peace range themselves?—
(Hear, hear.) Where are the friends of arbitra
tion? (Heat^ hear.) Where are the comrades of
the country? (Cheers.) Where aro the agitators for
popular rights? (Loud cheers.) Is it true that
they have formed deputations to Mr. Adams, with
laudatory addresses, adjuring him to go on as he
has begutf—adjuring him whose hands aro already
red with the blood of hia fellow countrymen, to go
on burning, devastating, extirpating—and convey
ing to him the assurances that tho hearts of Chris
tian England are with him and bless him for that
holy war. (Here bear.) If this be so, sad and
sorrowful it is to think it. If the blight which has
fallen on free America thus spreads its confusion
to England, tho moio it behooves us to rescue oui
country from the stain which such an imputation
cwfo upon it,and to make it known to all parties in
e8 P ecii fly to those who are raising a still
the apologist of despot-
MLMS* &mon S 113 represent but an in-
andfw ,lL 0rtl0Uor the sentiment ofEngbnd.
"* *** th * £«* masses of our countrymen, of
a “ d cIa3ae3 ‘ are united in oio common
feeling of abhorrence and condemnation of a sui-
cidal war whioh is destroying a nation and disgra
cing an age. (Loud cheers.) °
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OP18G4.
The New York Herald has a long editorial
on the Presidential election of 1804, in which
U says it will be tho most important since
Washington’s first election. The canvass will
be one of intense excitement and bitterness,
with great danger of leading to bloodshed and
revolution in tho North. The politicians aro
increasing rather than allaying tho animosity
between factions and parties. The radicals
are endeavoring, with all their power, to forco
their rabid and revolutionary views upon all
connected with the Government. They caused
Vallandigham’s arrest A State Convention is
to be held at Utica, on tho 27th, when thero
will bo a grand explosion of tongue patriotism
—an opening day of the Presidential campaign
for 1864 for tho niggerheads.
The Copperheads are fully as revolutionary
as tho other side. Already affairs havo-reachod
an alarming attitude, before the campaign is
really opened to tho public, or its courso lully
determined. Fortunately other elements aro
at work which may prevent tho Chases or Val-
landighams frQm controlling matters. Anothor
programme contemplates Lincoln for a ro-no>
initiation and election as a compromise candi
date. If he consents, ho will not let Seward
and Chaso use the patronago of their depart
ments for their own political advancement. —
Tho probabilities are that a graud mass meet
ing and popular demonstration will bo held at
Washington about tho 4th of July, at which
Lincoln will preside, and that will be the ini
tiation of the important movement. Tbo con
test will then assume a different shape from
the present; but whether it will be any tho
loss bitter or revolutionary tho rapid transpir*.
ing eventa alone can determine. Let us,- with
patience,_ wait and hope for Hie best for our
ever glorious country.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
On Tuesday morning, Mr. John J. McCauloy,
Telegraph Operator at the Office of the Superinten
dent of the Nashville and Chattanooga Rajlroad,
left the office and has not sinco been heard of
and no clue to his whereabouts can bo obtained.
As ho had cdhsidcrable.moncy about him, when ho
left, it is feared that he may have been foully dealt
with.
Mr. McCaulley is a young gentleman about 27
years of age, about five feet ton inches high, spare
built, with read hair and goattee, blutf eyes and
complexion somewhat florid; He had on when he
left a blue frock coat. Any information concern
ing him wiU bo gratefully received by his friends
in this city. Wo uiuccrely trust that no’harm has
befallen him; tho solo support of a widowed moth
er and two sisters residing in Western Yirginia,the
loss to them of a kind affectionate brother would
be irreparable. There is considerable mystery
about thl3 strango disappearance, and if has exci
ted no little uneasiness in this vicinity.
Chuttanooya fiebel.
The Importing and Exporting
Company of Georgia.
Tho subscribers to tho first million aio hereby noti
fied that payments will be expected by Iho first of June.
Deposits to the credit or tho Bank of Commerce,
mado In any Bank in Charleston, Colombia, or Hum
bn re, S. C., or In Columbus, Macon, Atlanta, or Au-
gueta, with certificates, will bo received.
Cotton will also bo rocolTcd at the market price hi
psymeutor subscriptions, U delivered iu Savannah or
Charleston.
Further subscriptions are being received, to be on
the same terms as tho above, for the second mllliRi,
payable when subscribed for. ,
The Charter will bo taken under the Code of Geor
gia, which confines tho liability to actoal amount of
subscriptions. q. b. LAMAR.
Savannah, May g?ad, 1863,» may 30-d3t
^lXJOTXON.
BY J. B. SMITH & GO.
TyiLL rail on TUESDAY, at 10 o'clock, la front of
tho Court Honeci, oao JNcgro Women, do years old.
good cook, washer and ironcr? * ^
Also, a girls, 10 years old, together with several likely
Negroes. • J. B. SMITH * CO.,
may SOAat* Auctioneers.
. PGR SALE.
T HE Douse anil Lot situated between that occupied
by Mrs. Amos Benton and tho rcsihcnce ot Mrs.
Chailes Campbell. The lot fronts 75 loot ou Mulberry
street, and has a depth or 310 feet. The honae t»i fix
rooms. For particulars, apply to V
may 31—d6t«ISAAC SCOTT.Trn*ee.
NEW BOOKS.
i^iREAT EXPECTATIONS, by Dickens, $7 00
Vjf Tanhouser, a poem, byBulwcr, 3 BO
Clsrimonde, a war story, l uo
Southern Railroad Guide 75
Twenty-flvo cents extra charged lor postage, when
ecntbymall. Address, J. w. UJUKE.
may 30—(12t« * Agent.
NOTICE.
'TVDK citizens of tho Dl'lth Georgia Hllllla District
A are requested to meet at Ltvhlfoot & Flanders*
Store, next TUH6DAY MORNING, at 10 o’clock.—
Hutincsa ot Importance. W. V, WILBURN,
W.T.MASSBY.
may 3Q—d3t«O. F. ADAMS.
R. B. CLAYTON S6CO-
YyiLL sell be'ore tho Court House door }a tin city of
*' Maccn, on the first Tuesday In Juno next,avalu-
able Negro Woman, aboutforty-slx years ui age. bhu
is afiretrate Cook and no mistake.
Also, her husband, an old man, capable ot taking
cate or a garden, and being generally useful about a
lot. Both of theso negioes aro houeat and steady.—
Titles Indisputable. R. B. CLAYTON A CO.,
may 23-d it* - Auctioneers.
FOR SALE
T wp STEAM ENGINES, of 36 horse power each,
* three pood boilers, a lot or Her Iron, Car Wheel*,
and other Machinery for tale. Call on
may 2S—d!8t*
-. R. BOSTWICK,
At G. Wood’s Factory.
DEMPSEY AGAIN IN THE HELD.
BREAD AND CANE BAKERY.
TMiB subscriber respectfully informs tbe public that
A rSf* 9 arrangements for baking Bread
Wanted,
TjMFTY THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN, for tho Con
Xy federate btates Army, Tor nrh ch a liberal nrlci
will be paid. AddrcsB, T. SKiiLToN JON&3
may 27-d2w* Captain A A. Q. M.?AngortToi
Wanted
A .WET NURSE to go iu the country. Price no ottlee
“ (^commendations aro satlslactorv. Apply at
may 87—d5t* THIS OFFICE.
NOTICE TO SMOKERS.
20,000 Segars For Sale.
* ■ 1. ^1 , „
r I ‘O those who arc found or fimok.ng good Sugars, i
X would say that 1 can accomodate them with the
best article that can bo found lu the Confederacy.—
Having manuiactured tfcom myself I can euarrauteo
them to bo 01 excellent qualtity. My friends and the
public aro rcspccifully invited to call and examine
them.
Tco above will bo sold at wholesale at a reasonable
Price. JOS. S. HERNANDEZ,
„ Third Street under Floyd House.
Macon, May 86th, 1863. dlw*
AUCTION OF VERY FINE AND
COSTLY FURNITURE,
J. B. SMITH & CO.
U N WEDNESDAY, Jnno 8d, at the residence of Jas
A. NUbct. all thaFarnlturo belonging to him and
Cnarlcs B. Nlabct, consisting or fine carveti Korewood
Parlor Furniture, Tete^-totc, Sofas, Chairs, TaMm, Di
vans, Ottoman*, Book Cases, Carpet-, Bureaus, Bed-
staaus, Mattresses, Ac., with many other goods, such aa
usually belong to a first class dwelling.
Also an exccllaut family Carriage, and 1 light Rock*-
way.
»a-d8t» J. a SMITH A CO.. Auctioneers.
• Medical Notice.
D R. E. I. MASSEY having had an experience <
twenty years In the pracJco ot Medicine, reapec
™uy tenders his professional servieia to the citizen* 1
Macon and vicinity. Ue may be found at tue oS-eof V
T. Massey, Esq., during tho day, at night, at the rati
dcnca formerly occuped by Mr. i>. U Adsms, In Kai
Macon. May IP, lfrg—d8wt.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
fJEORGlA RANDOLPH COUNTY:
, Will bo sold before the Court House door at Cuti
bert, iu said County and Slate, within the legal hour
ol sale on the first Tuesday in Jnne next, four llkel'
young fellows, to-wlt, Henry, Kufue" Ned and Warti
one of whom-is an excellent Homo Carpenter, (th
tools of hia trado sold with him. sold agreeably io ai
order or Ordinary of (aid coanty, as t> 0 property o
Amanda J. Morris, decrased, and lnr the purpose o
distribution. Terms, Cash. L. A. UuNhKtf,
apr 81—wtda Administrator
. Corn For Sale.
I WILL deliver Urtccn thousand bushels of Corn si
Wooten’s and Winchester, on tho S. W. R.
at my plantations in Lee and Maccn Counties,
may 27—d5t* : N. BASIS.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
R.B. CLAYTON &, CO.
WILL roll before tho Court Houao door, in tbo city of
;' Macon, on the first Tuesday In June uext. between
the usual hours of sale, that large a story building ou
the corner of Fluh and Pium threet, now occupied by
Loellcn Phillips as a hold. Tho house contains 18
rooms, all in good repair. The lot Is 185 lect by 310
feeL The Uouso is In front 01 tbe Passenger depot,
and has a .table attached, with plenty of land to In
crease the building to a large sloe UotuL
Any Information respecting the preml-cs may be bad
by enquiring of G. J. Blake.
H. B. CLAYTON « CO., Auctioneers.
Macon, May 81st, 1363. dtde.
LOOK OUT.
A FINE MERCHANT MILL FOR SALK, sUuatsd
in Schloy County, on Street Water Creek, four
miles from Anderson, on 8. W. R. It., eight miles north
or Americas, and eight miles cart of Kllavtlle, In a
good neighborhood with a good rim of custom. Price
seven thousand dollars; It was worth UOUO dollars whoa
Cotton was woitb twelve and a hair coats. Any ono
wishing tu bay cau address PETR It F. UAUGNK,
may 16—Bailerua.Talbot County, Ga
Maccabov Snuff!
rpUE public are informed that wo have received the
eolo agency In Macon, for the sale of Nelson X Me-
Itwatn’s celebrated MACCAUDY SNUFF, manufac
tured in Augusta, Ga.
'i he attention of Druggists, dealers and consumers la
Invitedto.tboQUALITYUPTHlflPOPULAR SNUFF
which we claim to be folly equal to any formerly fur
nished by Northern Manufacturers, and entirely dif
ferent from the many •porlon* imitations lately In
troduced. WHEELER » W1LUUK.
Haytth, 1883, dim
Vineville Prouertv
I .TOR SALE, about twelve acres of tho Bryan Lot,
. tbo west sido fronting cu Vineville road, four hi
'dred and twenty feot, near the residence of Judgo Out
and extending back to Macon & Western Railroad.
I the lot is a bcaatlfnl location tor building tins
more residences. Inquire at Mr. J. DcLoachc’t, Mac
Laprsfl-tf D. W. orb
AMBROTYPES. .
A GOOD Stock ot Cases on hsud at Lncqnest’s Gal
lery, Cherry Street. Parents wishing their child
rens likcncesi'a taken in his Inimitable style, are re
quested to bring them In tho forenoon between 9 and
11 o’clock. _ JOHN M, LUNQUEST.
may 85—d every Monday 5t»
CITY TAX.
rpUB books aro now opened to receive retains for the
City of Macon, and will positively close oa the l.f
of July. All who fall to matte their return* by that
time will be doubled taxed. RICH. CURD,
may 15— dlawtw Clerk.
FOE SALE
A ’ LIKELY and Intelligent girl, about 15 years old.
For particulars apply to^
Macon, May S9th, 1863.
T. B. GORMAN, Jr
dSt»
$20 Reward
Devonshire stock, in good condition white spot
in her forehead and on her hind quartor. .
may S9-d8t* T. C. DEMPSEY.
$1000-00 REWARD.
T HE Macon Sr. Western Rtil Road Company offer a'
reward or one thousand dollars for tbe arroct, with
proof to convict, of any perron obstructing their track,
or in any manner ititeifering with tho eatery of tho
same. A. L. TYLER,
may 88—d6t > . • Snperiuicndcnt.
ts&~ Atlanta and Grlffln papers plea*.; copy and for
ward bill immediately to M. 06 W. R. B. CO.
Matches. Matches. Matches.
A HEW CHANCE
FOR A
PROFITABLE INVESTMENT.
riTDE extensive machinery o! Hie Match Factory
i known throughout .tbo Coolederaiyns tho CON
FEDERATE MATCH. COMPANY, Farrells* Davis,
Proprietors, Macon, Ga., which Is capable of turning
out from one hundred to one hundred and fifty Um-o
** ALSO,
A stocktef material sufllcieut to last elx months—
together with evcrjtblDg appertaining to the MATCH
BUSINESS. The whole is now oficred for Bile ou
reasonable terms.
Any one, desitous of invesIlDg, can apply for farther
particulars to W. U. FARRELL,
may 83—d5t» Macon, Us.
To the Public.
N OTICE Is hereby given that rromaud after Wed
nesday, tho first day of April next, as tbe under
signed Warchouso and Commission Merchant*, find the
present ratcqol storage on cotton to bo inadequate to
meet expenses, notify their, friends and the public
generally, that they will charge twenty-five cen-a per
into, per month, on all cotton now D> store, and all that
may hereafter bo received.
And notify all purchasers that tho storosgo on their
cotton will bo dno on the first day of September nut,
.aid request them to Como forward and settle. Also,
cotton remaining over one yoir from tho date 01 tbe
original receipt, protected from tbe weather, will b*
pul m gout order at the exponso ol tbo own-r
K. MCDONALD,
apr 17—dlaw!6t» B. J. SMITH.
Valuable Property For Sale.
The Forrest City Flour Mills.
By t OULJi A HERTZ,
EDWIN E. HERTZ, Anclloncer.
On TUESDAY, the 8nd day of Jnno next, lu front cf
1 .tho Court House in the city or Savannah, will b«
sold without .reserve.
The Mills apd Machine ry known as th* “ Forest
City Flour Mills,” all of which Is nearly new and in
running order.
The Knglno la of the mestapproved character; cylin
der^ Inches, length of stroke31 lnencs; wits buiitat
Jersey CU y. Tne Roller was ball: by Garun A Hoi-
Blare war lb. Wilmington, Delaware, !o SO leet in length,
4foot 8 inches lu width, and 4 feet aud s inches In
height; slzo of Furnace 51cct by 4; Steam Drum S
feci 6 inches high and 3 feet lu Inches diameter. The
Engine has one of the most approved Governors and
Donkey Engines aitachcd; also, ono ortho most up-.
proved Darapats, with Steam and water guaRca. Tha
Holler is covered with lelt or the licsl detcriptlon,
burns either wood orcoal, and but little fnel.
Tho Mills are three in number, two flour and on*
corn. Tho Flonr mills turn out CO barrels of FJour,
and the Com mill 300 bushels meal la is hours. Tne
Mill is situated ou lhe comer of Montgomery and
Congress streets, near tho Reservoir, and Ih .applied
with water from the City Waterworks.
At tho same time will lie sold, tbo lease of the bnlld-
lng<‘, which bos about yyesra to run, at $i,0j0 per an
num. Tho buildings are throe etozus high, with largo
cedar nnd cover Co by »J leet, and are capable of ator-
in" a large quaclltyof Grain. Tho Machinery can be
adapted 10 auY manu’acturingpurpoEO.
This properly is told to close the concern, In conso-
quence of the death of Capt. J. F. Brooks, ono 01 th*
owners.
fjtr~ Tbo Augusta Constltutional’ut, Atlanta Con-
feueraev, nnd Macon TaaagiOph, will give lour inser
tions, at regular intervals up to within tnreo days of
the sale and send bills immediately to tho advertiser.
May 83rd, 1863. dJtawSw