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tiie commonwealth. ATLANTA. GEORGIA : THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1861. tiBOHGIA KTATK ( ONVENTION. HKI'OMI SKSHION Kimi HAY. March 12tli, I*6o. Tlit* Convention in<*t. and whh ojrmkml with prayer by Hev. I>. ii. I'orter. of the FirntPreH hyterian L'litirch of thin city, alter which the! journal wan read. An Ordinance waa offered by Mr. Foiicheot |«’lovd. providing for the transfer to the Gov ernment of the Confederate States of all Forts, Arsenals, anus, ammunition. Ac., within the bounds of Georgia, and the direction and man agement of our defences. Communications were read by the President, from the Mayor and Council, and Col. Lawton, inviting the Convention to v isit Fort Pulaski. Invitation accepted. Mr. Styles of Ware. Mr. Spencer of Thomas, Mr. Hudson of Harris. Mr. Johnson of Hall, and Mr. Henning of Muscogee, offered ordi nance-* in reference to a reduction of the Leg islature. Mr. Warner of Meriwether, offered the fol lowing : lltsnlrtil. That the various propositions pro posed for tie* reduction of members of the Leg Mature be recommitted to the committee, with iu-druetioii' to report the substitute offered by the delegate from Uichmond. as to the report of the majority. Mr. Styles, of Ware, ottered the following : l{fsnh "l. That all the plans for the redue tint) of the Legislature be printed and referred to the people. Ulld that We reeolilllieiid that a Covention be held on the Ith of July next, to consider the same. Mr. Styles offered an ordinance proposing to raise the -11111 of Five •::.ndred*Thousand dol lars bv issuance of tin* bond* ot the State to be plaeed at the disposal ot the < onfe»b*rate States. Mr. Cobpiitt. of Baker, after a lew remarks, iiiovod to lav the resolution by Mr. Warner «»n the table, and after some diseussion the mo tion prevailed. The Chair then ih'cided that the first lm*i ne-s in order was a report of the committee on reduction. Mr. Garvin proposed to offer his substitute a- a substitute for the committee's report. The (‘lmir instructed the Secretary to rend the original report and Mr. Garvin s substitute. Mr. Garvin, after the reading of the first see -1 ion of tie* original report, desired t«» withdraw his substitute as a whole, and to offer Ids first section of it ill lieu of tile first section of the report id the committee. Mr. Spencer*h ordinance wa* then read, on motion of Mr. Poe. of Bibb, who proposed it as a substitute tor riginal report. Mr. Johnson, of Clayton, offered the follow iug. which was lost. /feWra/. That the question of reduction be made the special order for to-morrow, twelve o'clock, and that three hundred copie- of the report of the committee and the substitute for together with all Hi«; (( ap|;;\^p«e»»i- The Chair decided that it would he in order to perfect the original report first, and then take up tile substitutes. Mr. Styles, of Ware, rose to a point of order. They had decided at Milledgevillc. and sob— ipieutly here in Savannah, that thi- subject was not in the province of tin* Conveutioii.A e. Tlie Chair staled that the point of order of the gentleman from Ware was well taken. The Chair did so decide, but the Convention subsequently, by a Vote of four to one. re versed that decision, and the Chair thought ii would show a very great degree of obstinacy on its part to persist in its own opinion against such great odds. [ Applause.] The first section of the original report was read. Mr. Garvin offered a- a substitute the first section of his bill, already reported. Mr. Clark, of Houglierty. offered a substi tute for both plans. Mr. Garvin explained the object of bis bill. A diseussion ensued, in which Messrs. Clark, of Dougherty. Shropshire, of Floyd. Johnson, of Hall, ami others participated. Pending the discussion, the Convention, on motion of Mr. Henning, of Muscogee, adjourned to Hi o’clock to-morrow (Wednesday) morn ing. Ih:vioitv I.lxlxl • Ivn.i knck mi Pvutyism. One nt the greatest objections to becoming a politician, is the demoralization connected with ii. The politician li;i- more temptations in hi* way liiun any other citizen. To be popular with tin* •• boys." lie must drink. The politi cian commences lili* by tippling, and 100 often finishes up bis career by having the worst of habits fastened upon him for the remainder of hi- life. More men are ruined by politics in thi- country , than gambling. They keep bad hours, bad company, neglect their families, and go to the bad world generally . For ibis reason, no man but a mail invincible to the temptations of strong drink, should ever think of becoming a politician ; all others are sure to fall before this devastating power, ami sooner or Inter will come to an unhappy end. Mk\h i,v Mimstkic to tiik I M ri.o Status. Gen. Craga lias been appointed Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Cnited States. Gen. IT.l T . was formerly .Mexican Minister near the Court of Prussia. He sub sequently led a division of the Liberal army, and lost a leg at (lie battle of Guadalajara. A Skykkk Affliction. Elsewhere in this pa per may be found an obituary notice of Mrs. V irginia A. Scott, who died in Alabama recent Iv. She was the daughter of Major John il. Howard, of this vicinity, ami the death of one so loved ami gifted, in the morning of litc. was a most afflictive bereavement to her relatives ami friends. But soon, alas! was it to be fol lowed by still another mournful dispensation, tin Tuesday night, the nth inst.. her mother, Mrs. J. 11. Howard, died at the residence of Major 11.. thus quickly following her lamented daughter to the tomb, and adding to (Ik* weight of anguish that already crushed the hearts and hopes of the sorrow iug family. Mrs. How ard’s deatli was no doubt hastened by grief for the death of her daughter. She was an estimable lady, whose loss will be severely felt bv a large circle of relative*, friends and acquaintance*. The afflicted family have the sympathies of this entire community. —Columbus Em purer. From the New York ICraM. A Frightful Sir rumble for thr Spoil* nt Washington— I The Doom of the Itepiih ltran Party. The Kepuhlicuu party, in the occupation of our federal government, will soon find itself in the condition of the pool gardener who re ceived the present of an elephant on the con dition that lie would keep the animal at home. All accounts from Washington agree in repre senting the scramble for office there, under the new rei/imr as exhibiting the most revolutiona ry uml revolting spectacle which has ever dis graced the advent of anew administration this side of Mexico. In the suggestive letter which, elsewhere in these column*, we publish to-day. the reader will find abundant matter for alarm and reflec tion. A new* b ude of vampires ha* descend ed upon the capital. The poisonous infection of the publie plunder, heretofore confined al most exclusively to the political cliques and stews of our great cities, has been diffused broadcast over the country. The dragoon’s teeth have sprouted into a crop of armed men. and they have taken up their march for rule or ruin. The great West, which stands to tin rest of this continent as Egypt stood to Koine an inexhaustible granary in times of neces sity the great West competent from its lo cal resources to sustain ten times its present population has sent forward, dose upon ihe heels of Abraham Lincoln, an army of paltry office beggars, and. carpet bag in hand, they swarm in the street- of Washington. How are we to solve thi* demoralizing spec tacle? Surely there i* a buundles- field for profitable labor and manly enterprise in tin great West. Able-bodied men do not long go begging there for employment. Why . then, this startling irruption into Washington of thi - army of strung and able-bodied Western men as miserable office beggars? We answer again, it is because the corrupting infection of tin spoils. hnreinforc limited to profcs-ioim! poli ticians. lias been diffused into tin- mu*>«*.* of the people. The stupendous lobby swindling ope ration* of the |jt-t ten years: tin- hideous cor rupt ions or our political parties: the grow th of extravagant and luxurious idea- among 0111 people; the mania for luxury without labor, and for wealth by any means : the In—es of individual- from financial panic- and moon shine speculations: the widespread impres sion that the picking* and stealing- •*! almo-l any public office are without limit, and the de lusion that the life of even a poor (-lerk in Washington is that of an 'boh. are among tin* causes which will account for this Western ar my of office beggars, carpet bag in baud, pa railing iVnn.-ylvania avenue. It must also In* remembered that for eight coiiset"iitive s ears the political elements oppos ed to the democratic party have been exclud ed from the pickings and profits of the feder al treasury : and that having, in a desperate Northern combination, expelled tin* demona cy. the successful parly are -imply demanding anew division of the -poil- ami a coiiifdcJc expulsion ni the office holder- turned over t" the new mercy of the dynasty, rnl'ortum'leh . however, there arc at least ten applications I'm every office, great and small, within the gift of Abraham Lincoln. lie has no power to male his •• five loaves and two ti-’ies sufficient for a dinner for five thousand hungry men. For every adherent secured to his admiitisiration in an office bestowed lie will make nine ene mies on account of an office denied. The con -equciicc will lie. as in the case of poor Bierce, that the first year of hi* administration will mark the disruption of the party which lin* brought him into power. This i* iln- meaning of this Irigluiiil scramble at Washington for the spoils. We >«••• il in lb* doom of the republican party, leav iug tin- great i.-sues of disunion and peace or war out of view . But. taking into tin* estimate tin* seced ed Southern States, their independent federal nil' VAlFAV*fslii\ e >ialc.- adhere to tin- Cuion. and considering that while domestic peace i our first neoe--ity. civil war is our greatest danger, the policy and tin* duly of Mr. Lincoln arc plainly indicated. Let him not like poor Bierce, attempt to consolidate his admiuisii.i • timi upon the ha*i* of the spoils : but let him rather look first to the peace of the country, and secondly to the restoration of the Bniou. regard I e.-s of the clamorous horde of republi can office beggar- and fanatics by which lie i surroimdcd. ii.- cannot siv the republican party upon t lie ba-i*of the spoils : for hi- bread and cheese w ill not reach to one lentil (if tin* carpet bags that arc waiting to be supplied : but In- may save his administration l»\ saving the country. The crisis and its responsibilities are in hi liaiul*. The republican party of I still i.-doom ed. It is destroying itself. The a lmiiii-.ra tion. in depending upon it. will destroyed. Mr. Lincoln must look t<* the country, and i<> the conservative sentiment of the bonier slave Stales, to -ave hi- administration. Will be do this? We cannot tell : but from present indi cation-. the radicals of hi- f ’abiiiet ami hi* par t\. and its hordes of office beggars, will earn the party, tie* administration, the peace and the hopes ot the country, lo swift destruction. A .lii*i Tribute. That sterling paper, the X. V. Journal of Bommeree, pay- the following just tribute lo the Lxceutive officers of the new Uepublic : " The choice of provisional officers to pre side over the new Bonfederacy. fill* u- with admiration for the wisdom and good sense of the Southern <'migi'i**. If in this they have reflected, as we sec no reason to dispute, thi* views and w ishes of their couslituent-. we hail the omen as one of the happiest attending tin secession movement. If we must encounter a rival government upon soil hiiherto common to every American citizen, we greatly prefer that it should be controlled by statesmen of ample experience and ability, such as have been chosen to control the destinies of tic Southern Bonfederacy. It is the weak and in competent who plunge their people into war. and precipitate it-terrible calamities. States men of larger calibre, better appreciate and understand the blessings of peace, and labor more intelligently and effectually to preserve them. The selection of Jeffcrsoli Davis. Pre sident and Alexander 11. Stephen* Vice Brc sideut of (be ** BoiiiWlrmlc States of America.” is a * ep which will go far toward the accom plishment of the object in view , the establish men! of an independent government. General Davis is a sta.c-maii of great powers, combin ing in an unusual degree, the various qituilfi cations bn bis m»w position. He is efficient in acthni. cotd in judgment fi.lll in purpose, and < conscientious in hi* opinions. He is not by any means the Ji, r-mtir which many Northern presse* have represented lion : and w* are not sure that lie has any superior for the first office in the i,t of any people on this continent. For Vice President, the Southern Bonfederacy has a mail who, less than a month ago, was pronounced by the entire Republican press, a patriot amt a statesman of the first order; a moderate honorable friend of the t nion. While those who thus praised Mr. Stephens, were in some degree ign rant of hi- po*ition. or what is more probable, governed by parti san malice, their general estimate of his char acter was quite correct. He deplores the ne cessity of Keecssion.nnd ha* favored an appeal to the justice of the North, before taking the final stop ; and we have no doubt that both be und General Davis would have been intiuitely better pleased to preserve the Bniou unbro ken, than thus to be made leaders in its dis- , incmbernient. From tl»c Cohimbua Sun The Hock bland Paper Mill*. Among the several manufacturing establish ment* in the vlciuitv of Columbus, are the Rock Island Paper Mills, the extent and ope rative* of which are little known except to those with w hom it holds business transaction-, w hile its reputation i* known pretty generally through this and the Southern States. These Mills are located on the Blmttalioo chec river, on the Alabama side, three tilth's above Boiuiiihus: but the machinery is within the limits of the State of Georgia. The Com pany is a chartered one and John G. Winter. Esq., of this city, is the President. Tlw Mills were erected about the year Ix4*. and are propelled by water power, with the Rich Wheels, some halt dozen in number. Gener ally they give employment to some thirty male* and from six to ten females. Tin* ope ration* arc about equally divided between the white and black races, the former tilling the higher branches of mechanical labor, and the latter the lower branches. The quantity of paper manufactured amount* to seven or eight hundred thousand pound* per annum, mostly newspaper for the use of Printers, the balance being made into wrap ping paper. The stock u*ed consists of rag*, rope* ends. Kentucky and India flagging, cot ton waste and dirty cotton, purchased mostly in the markets around Boliimbii*. w ithin a cir-‘ do of about one hundred mile*. The gate quantity of this, annually consumed by these Mill* i.* about eleven hundred thousand pound*. To convey an idea of the quantity of thi* material used, it may lie stated that the rags, ropes, and cotton waste <•« iisumcd by the establishment within the past # *»nr year.- have cost over one hundred and libv thousand dol lar*. This i* so much more utilized and ap plied to the practical purpose* of life, that w as formerly allowed to perish and vanish in tie* Heaven* above, in the earth beneath, oi in waters under the earth. Tie* Mill is what i- called by paper maker a seven engine mill. It lias a large Foiiudri nier machine and a small cylinder machine. The office and papei storage is in Columbus. A* in tie* profits of this business, we learn that they are by no mean* extravagant or so great a* many perhap* imagine. The same energy and zealous attention bestowed upon it by it- managers coupled with the capital necessary to construct tie* machinery , build ing*, dam*. Ac., (which ha- consumed some eighty thousand dollar*, besides the business capital which i* twenty thousand dollars more) would pay Stilly a- well and better perhap* at thi- time, in some other pursuit*, and branch es of productive industry . It m*eds and d«* pend* upon the liberal patronage of the South ern public to make it niece* lul. The late Tariff of the ('onfederate States must bear \ cry heavily upon the eo*t of -neb Northern and European article* a* are obliged t•» Im* used in the manufacture of paper. Tin* impost duties wliicli tin* establishment will be compelled to pay will, we are informed, be not less proba bly than three thousand dollar- per annum. Tin* foregoing general and brief staiemeut will serve in convey a correct idea of the ope ration* of the company in the manufacture of that imlispciisildc article, paper. The quality turned out by tin* Mill* i- inferior to none manufactured by any other c*tahlis|»n»cnt in the South. The cuterprizc i- well managed i* oil a firm bads and one that appeal* to ami eminently deserves tin* generous and liberal patronage of the Southern public. r'« < uri»sl«i«*M. A crust from a printer's pi. A cloven foot ot the r/cn/. A wheel from tin* nu/iit rhu(i)si. A toe nail of a fool Urn-. A heel bone of the st,n p font. \ tear that fell from a capital /. \ caudle made from printer - fnt. t A t/tniin from a printer’s Ihihl, . A thorn from a printer's brh o\ A jour who never cane* to a shunt. A nose from the face of a ti/pr. A gleam of light from a * A bruise from an i m/msi ~•/ shut*. A piece of the rub that won’t work both A jour wini rested hiin*elf by silting on u A feather taken from the In,l of a piv.v.s. A cold caught bv using ihimp shirts. A lawyer that plead a printer’s nisi. Matter from a tiomimf Some bark from a shb -slick . Soim* fur from the top of a snmtl mu. Some veneering from a piece of jnrnihn'i. Some angry words from a cross-lmr. The pleasure received from an \ . The little linger of a .»* . The lmb*v of a printer’s i/uhl,. Tin* uniform worn by General Intelligence” at tin* battle of ('iniijmsitiim. The **liaiids” that were fastened in the mHi t stork-. The •• sub” who wa* punHhcd bv a hum/hiu ill'll,,fnni. A MmTIIKI:’.* Lovk. Bbildreu. look ill llio*e eye*, listen the dear voice, notice the feeling of a single touch that i* bestowed upon you by that gentle hand! Make much of il while yet you have that most precious of all good gift* a loving mother. Read the iinfatlioiua blc love ( »f those eye*: the kind anxiety ot that tone and look, however slight your pain. In after life you may have friend-. Ibnd. dear, kind friend*, but never will you have again tin* itiiprc—ihh* love ami gentleness lavished upon yon which none but a mother bestow*. • Mien do I sigh in my struggles with the hard uncaring world, for tin* sweet, deep security I felt, when of nil evening, nestling to her bo SOIII. I listened to some quiet tub*, suitable to my age. read in her tender and thrilling voice. Never can 1 forget her sweet glance.* east up on me when I appeared to sleep: never can I forget her ki*- of peace at night. Years have passed away since we laid her beside my father in tin* old churchyard; y et still her voice whis pers from the grave, and her eye watches over me as I visit spots long since hallowed 1o the memory of my mother. Miu'wiluy. Ivmuu wr Dkcision o\ v Nkw Boi.vr ok Law. The general practice of the Boor!* of the Boiillliotiwealtll hu*» been to require attor ney- practising in the Bourl*. to take an oath to support the Bonstitiitiou of the 1 niied States. Wednesday, in the Boiilitv Court of Henrico. Mr. Booke introduced hi* law part tier. J. Travis Itosser. K*q.. who wished to ' qualify as an Attorney. Mr. Rosser refused to i take tin* oath to support the Constitution of the Cnited States. Tin* question was argued by M«*H»rs. Cooke and Rosser, and the Court unanimously decided Hint tin* applicant should not be required to take the oath. m»twith*tuiid ing the earnest request of the Commonwealth's Attorney to continue the motion till next dav. in order to examine the arguments presented. Vrtrrstmni (17#.) Express, sth. •• \Y hat are yon looking after, dear?" said a very affectionate mother to her daughter. The daughter looked around ami thus replied •• I’m looking out for a son-in-law for fa ther!" He that knows useful thing*, and not he that knows many thing*, is the wise man. He that hath a bountiful eve shall be htc*.*ed. for In* giveth of his bread the poor. Take care of all that belongs to God and he will take care of all that belongs to you. Genuine Poetry. \\Y flip the following ex«|iii-a«*ly ts aaliful lh»es irmn tl„ • Mlildlcm-orgum/' of lirillin. Bv »•»•* l»iiMl*we rt l ..gtii/. n us thi* |>ro*ln< lion of our >oimg frt* id 'Du. B Haul' it<*r. K-i fortic rhos tills city. W«- s*- »"H little ill the newspapers Os tie -liny tint will romp-in- with it Tie- .!ee|» feeling amt ten t- i of tU,- trie l—** ]M-rvinl'\* the roin|M(sition aii'l e.nuiot l.nl t-* attract t t- ntioii In justice to loins 11. amt l«*r tie cilitleutiottor all who u|*i*reriate genuine |*s*lry. our younu friend -li'.ul'l cultivate the rare gift with which he bteii>|ow**l for to write sm ii lilies iliirim. hours ttobn from ihtilyla tor. itumistukahly .IcimH' s generous |«h?||c endowment Win ii our Mortal Part Is Mcrplng. By W It H When our mortil |*art i- sl»s*|»mg. When our friends around are weeping. Wie n our earthly tribulation* and •••ir earthly >»y- are When beside ill liefore When the grass is growing «»Vi us. When we hat e p i.-- and tie-held of death and are on tie other shore— When \\e*\-e seen our last suit’s setting. When we've pa--- 1 all earth's regretting. When our loini- are. old u.d.-till- iied.aiid w- .ireknown oil earth no more ; When lioiii our trend- we have part- I When w.-'ve tell them sunken hearted. And their forms h\ grtei are ,-liaken -liak'-n en to tie When we left the world now hated, a And like fioiue traveler belated. M*.\ grim darkm-p- overtaken and robb.-dol all Ins e.irthh (an We, fill we know each other. Know our father-. mother-, brother* ' Tell lie* ve that have departed \ e |h.it long have gone is*fore> Tell me, where W»* live beyolld till*. Will we know aught of w.h or Idi--. Will the ligutning II i-h a ever will still n- thumler echo roar' Will we fee| ..I griet or niiguish. Will our m*w Jo*»s and pint- kuiguisb. Will w- yearn lor* artblv |»I«m ire.lor tic Heeling eartldy lore ? When we've eimibe 1 tie rujig. I mountain. \\ h II w. Vt *11*1“ '1 lie silvei 1 Ullt (111, When w \e p.i--ed th** darkened valley, when u \ i • al lied the ||e.ivelllv door • Will W. e V er Wish to W iud'l . Will our Ir.dit •tied spirit* pmder Oil the -ec||e \\ I e 'll ’a • w ere earthly on til hale) oil da\ of yore * <iKtm.\. AW. lstil A Story foe Hoy s. • I don’t w. nit to stay there. I don’t tin any tiling but go errands, and be at everybody's beck and call : I am not earning anything." Ephraim, a fatherlcs* boy. bad gone into a -ton* and after being there a few month-, thi* was the complaint he made every day to hi iiiotber. One day bis uncle Joint beard him. • You think vmi are lit for something higher, then he -aid to the boy. •• Ye* sir."answered Ephraim. 1 don’t want to be doing errand* all tin* time.’ •• But doing errands i* the only real *tcp to promotion in Mr. Barrow's warehouse. Win n von have earned promotion by doing that branch of hi* biisine- you will rise there and not t'M then." • Brolly small business " muttered tin* boy . with a discontented pucker on his forehead. • I don't care lmw I d*» it." •• I am sorry l«» bear you say so." -aid I nch* John : " for lie only that i* faithful in little thing*, can lie faithful in greater tilings. If yon do not do your work well. Mr. Barrow will have no reason t«» stippo-c that you will dn anything else beiier. Boy - mu-t earn promo tion to have it. I will tell you a story." Ephraim liked I nch* John’.* siories though In* sometime* wanted to quarrel with tln*ir moral. However. In* looked up, a* much i- to say Blcase go on -ir." and uneb* John went \ young man once went iui«» business widi prettv fair prospect-. The linn, however, did #»••) |.n on It fidh-.l C. th. o i-ulm-imd home with very span* pocl.ej-. in search tis eiupbiyincut, lie met hi* old Sabbath School teacher in tin* street, staled hi- ease, and ask ed him if lie knew ol an opening. Not jit*t now." answered tin* gentleman •• but if volt don’t want to be idle, and are w illing to work. I *lion|d like your services in (be soup-house ; the pay won’t be much, but you can be vrrv useful." “ A soup bouse, cried Ephraim. •• after be ing in a linn ! I hope lu* didn’t stoop so." A soup house. ;»- soim* of y oil know , i* a great kitchen where soup i* served out to the poor during tin* winter when food i* dear and work is-caree. "Let M- see lmw G. viewed I lie maner." aid uneb* John. Yes sir. I'll go." w as tin* answer, for G. was a good young man and though! no situation beneath him where he could minister to the comfort of oilier*, lie went into tin* soup house, dealt out the ticket*, and tin* -oiip. too. |br aught I know, kept the book* and in a word, managed the budiie— iln* be*t In* could. \\ lien the gentlemen W’lio interested ill tin* soup house met to *ee vvliat good it had done, they were -upri- and with the manner in which the account* were kept." Why who hav e vve here ?" One of them wa* the keeper of a large hotel. • | must have that young man to manage my concern*." he -aid. ll** loiiud out G. and offered him a handsome salary to become a bead clerk in bis establish incut. G. earned tin* promotion, you >cc. lie went : but In* bad not been there ninny mouths before oic oi the boarders tin* ea-hicr of a bank. *aid to the bold keeper. * That clerk of yours is a liolde fellow lmw well herondiiet* your Imsiiie-s *' and it was not long after the cashier offered him a situation in the bank. G. Went. 11l the course of time tile ea-ltier resign ' ed and the directors -aid. •• We can’t do better than to put G. in ;" and lie wa* promoted lo that office. And In* made a* good a cashier a* In* bad a clerk This gentleman is not cashier lmw. but lie till- one of tin* most responsible posts in the country. and lin- a character shin ing with integrity and Christian worth. He did not despise a lowly place. Ephraim." • But In* had vvliat I call good luck.” exclaim ed Ephraim. • But diligence is the mother of good luck, said nude John •• mind that, bov ." DwuKitois t’oi MKiuKir. We were shown on yesterday, a very dangerous counterfeit, in the -hape of a sin bill on the Peoples* Lank o! ( liarlestou. The plate is a facsimile o the genuine bill, but rather lighter, giving the bill a grayish appearance. The signature*. 11. B. Loper. Cashier, and D. L. McKay. Bre sident. arc badly executed. This bill was let tered \. No. and dated January I. Is.Vl. A* thi* i- tin* first of this denomination on the Bank, our friend* should be watchful in re ceiving tiny of that denomination. Me further learn that sju bill- nn ihc Me e lull lies* Bank of Augusta are in circulation. 1 iit>i,„t,ia (,S'. (') f riendship is like vapor before a morning sun: true while fortune lasts, hut vanishes when adversity comes. Happiness must arise from our temper and actions, and not immediately from any exter nal conditions. Religion is the brightest star in the firma ment of man’* existence; its superior efful gence can be dimmed bv no feculent clouds that gather over life’s short path. Forgiveness is better than punishment: the former belongs to u gentle, the latter to a savage nature. /happine** belong* not to earth, but to that land of purest bliss beyond death’s dark shades. Special Meeting of the Cotton Planter*'* Con vent ion. All planter* feclinp jut. f —t in tit.- ••iil.t -pi-iz- of direct trade witli K.irupe and the •rreat Cotton trade ol >lii- country, are car lie-tlv solicited to participate ill the delihera linn* of tiiis meetlliii. which will tie held ill Macon. OiMirjria. on Wedne*di»y. I lie Ii • tli of March, l-'-lil. All the iiiemtiers are earnestly i.Mliie-ted tn attend, as linsini— of iinportanee claims tin-ruimhli-ratioii of tin- f oiiveiiiion. All cotton planters, nud all inten-sted in tin idijeets of the Convention are invited to at tend. Itv order of IIOWKI.I, ct lim. I’res t. S. 11. J. Sisthi \k, Secretary. MEDICAL CARD. nn .iamks w puirK rkti’bns his tiiank.* to its* citizen.-<>t Atlanta for the iiln-rol |Mitr«*n.'iv;<- up* mi Ii tin tl»‘* |«t-t year, amt earnest l> solicit* a routinuaitcc of tic- *.nu«' pi i |mi» ii would not Ik* atm-- to top i t llie iuftu mati<>ii tic curious, that m\ practice in twin amount i.| (.< ..in f:; alio, 'hiring which iiiu<* I lost « | *.»ii* i»t whom ha«l l*c< u |in*YM»ii*ly altcn-h *1 h\ other physirian*. and con*i-h red cxtn*ni< ■ a-<- U tl l'arli ailar atlt* itlion w ill In* viven to lh* olwl'M rir.il branch *»l th** proosnm March 0. lsdl-'Jm (BHff)S TO SI IT TIIK TIMES. 4»4\d | bi. Ass FM F lOIHHIII, I 'lit IN . 1.000 li.illoit- I .111 -•••■•! Oil I‘U.OOOIb Whit- b ad. WIO I'.iint Unish' s L'.IUK) 0.11 l .11- Ii dll K-ro*-n- Oil March R-2in M KY \ I.ANShKI.b. ! ) » PAI'KItS HtK*ll i.AItPKN -I Idr g*),UUU -in.- IT.I-— ■■ i. v.ii n'i; *. n. 1,.ar7-lf \Vlllt*-li;.ll -ir.-vt Allnnl,. I’l.-.-imii ni : The Great Southern Weekly, TIIK MH THKKN FIELD AND FIRESIDE! .1A AIKS GAKOV KK. Proprietor, at ,\n;t *ta. <;.\ Tl*:i» MS : S'J BER ANM M IN ADV ANCE. i. wii I i.i i \i. I' nifturi.Tt iui.Ki WM N "lliri lIoKTK T-I.TI ISA! I’ I Mini .IAMBS v K1.1.s I.itkkanv knrPMi. This Literary mid Avri. ultural .loiinml. conbiminu*. t*i each ihiiiilmt FORTY ml.I AIN.- OF KNTKIJTAIMNO M ATTFIt. Ila- received iiniv-r.- il . •imim-ndal!--n from the |*|. and -honl'i h- Mil.-, riled for Iw all bend- ..| Sotillici ii Tnl«ni and Knlc•rprltM* ! A. K. SEAGO, < oi in r of* Fiiisj 111 a ikl Alil«-licll Streets, ATLANTA. GEORGIA. | | \ s NOW INSTOIH*: \M)TOAI(ItIVK, !.. imn. in -in i- wiim:. YFI.I.oW AM* MtXKfH OUN I <mmi hi -111 I i Ilnur. WIIITF AN 11 Itl.Af K ,*KF.I» OATS iahi IIAKKKL- I l.oi |* IN*'I.I PINO Al.l. oK.\l»K* •W* ASKS ItAfoN < I.KAIS ANlUffltSlliK* IIA.M* \N|iSHOt LliKlt- A V** i* v SupiTior Arf ioli*. . y S) liAF.m i*IT AI I.ARI*. 100 lUIUIK.I. > (’tlMli K \*|.W C|t«(|* NKW OIU.KAX- VIoI.A I * NOW BEINCI RECEIVED. :u» n.\ii* pitimk iriomFi ii: lOU Ko.XT.- i ANPI.I *. 4*l 150X1* TOHAFTO. .v . A 1.1. OK Wlliril \X If.!. UK SOLD P\ QUANTITIES AND AT PRICES To Suit the Trade. A. K. SEAGO. Hill SKKKKI’KH \V A.VTKI). \iii -i t:\Ti-: i lot skkkki'm:. win. > -,\ ijisin., k-.'l r. ' ixl.r.. will li.-.ir ..I ■ ..1 i|,.j i•. 11 wl..*r»- l!|.- I.— I w .11 |. ],(III liv i.M.H.-tli.il ■ i.Jiriii . iiii..n at il 111.-.-, m .ri:i n COFFIN MANUFACTORY. riTin si i*.-i ffii’d.i: i i'i:i I'akkotm -i m \ m.i i I I* • - lit (OFFIXS ~! 111 ~ 11. *\ and. It. .of hi-own m.mni.,, I„ r , ,i 1,1,. , \'iw pi and made and lihi.-!H in llr u.i-t u.ni manlike manner. .• • Furniture also i'e|iairt*d m ih** neat- i m tun -r " II MANMNi. ‘ 0n,.-, o| ll'liil i and I'rvor M r ,-. p March 11 IMdl-llii NEW BOOK BINDERY. J. P. MASON & CO., \Ti.Avrv, UF.oniin, \ltK I’HK.-AltKI, To IH. U.I. Kl N|i- |;| | |S.. . „„lI;I.ANK IWMIK IIISI.IN*.. -iiil.il.l-- i.i- . ,ii,.. i "Ii u ill -.in -i 1,. ~i,. L - i., „ •l.uiriiaL. Pa\ 11...1,- 11..1.-I ..II I J0.,111.. I-. |..| M-\.. A/.IN» UI SII' MU-I M i l:- .... „ Immih.l al ,h..rl i...t )*-.■ l-„„. Mr-l- i 1r,..., any |.c l-1 ..1 111- -I .Ia ,|| ,„ „ ilh l ,r - >»l*' ->ll-llli"t.. i.i. -1 11... I.- |.. |„. ratlr.ia.l-. \-i .i-.-r,ill, . > iiv--l<..r-<i inr ira.i-.M.it .tmn mar.'].7 II FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE. riIHK rxi>Fl!>|i.XKl» l»l l ItF.'KM • -OVIK n| |||i i >1 1 «m i r*dialde in-tirai.c < .m|.u,|. . , n tlo* country, several ot which an- l<« ib>t| m th - s»ulh «nt -i tie,, and other- in New York .to ||. ~ to lake risk- on ali msurahi - |iro|M*i tv at the |«.u • -i rale- <. n-i-i.-ut with bruth-ni - .vu| , j|, am .uni ol (.liUMMKi in any i.h ,ii| V ■ Savannah and Charic-ton to \, u Y«» -p,, ,| , , h i Ifcilliinort and from N* \v York I*l*.*-. i'-|Hii.« and Matt; mor to Miarl.>i<m mid mvaimah A!- - Kivr risk Ironist Lmiis. and ('iminnati t>. N i-l, and Memphis. SAAIL. SMITH, O. nersl nt «4!k • . Whn. I. .it m str**< t- over Salmon-,v Simmoi,s'iirv -i,„, march 7-ts NEW BOOK STORE. JAMES M'PHERSON X C 0„ Wholesale and Retail Booksellers and Stationers, "TUTFHAL! STB FIT, ATI.ANTA.IiA nK.M.KIL* in Sehooi, Mi-celliincoii.mind Medical |t>M»k*. Stationery and Wall l’ap-rs. Window t iirtaine. W.ilk in? I*an«**. Picture Fram Art i- 1 Mate rial*. Kn?rHviii?.«. vvo 1{ it ito X KS. Writing Desks. &c.. &c. IIKMKMIIKK .I AS. MrCIIKKHOV I 11. NVxt ,|.)„r to BEACH «t BOOT'S. march 7—ls. • PROSPECTUS, THE COMMOWIEII, Til !S mtUSHFJt lull Y ANI» WKKKI.Y l\ rilK I'ITV «if Atlanta, in Oniiicll\ -new Itoildm. on ti ( .- i»*-r of Whitetkill and Alahani i .-ii tti«- loltoum,- IUII.Y .. $-'» 00 PF.U ANNTM l\ AhYANt'F. WF.KKIY 1 uo Tin- Joiirnal i- owned, |>uhli*ln'd and cntroli'-.t i,, ass<*i*iiUmn known a.- tic COMMOWt KALTII PUBLISHING COMPANY, will' ll hem? C'*tll|*orfe*l ol (M-r soils "I v.u »*ni- r' hvio.i ind political opinion*, will prevent it* evr >*«*<.nuiu; a sectarian or |kitttwin sheet. It will il'-vnted j.. *,,• roininerctal *nt« rest- of Atlanta m part;- ular and ali ber other tnterej*t* hi ptwral ibt» tnttic idvinw ) 1 th*- ,|,.vclopmeiit tie vailed and va-t r- nu.. • l»eor"ia and of the i'onf.-der.it l ' States The Latest Reliable News, And bill and accurate Reports of the Markets. e.qicrially of Atlanta, will he found 111 It- column- 111 DOLLAR WKKkn Will 1.,' [TIIK CHKAI’KST I’Ai’Kli IN TIIK -ill Til I and from the vari< t> and -t* rlmv • hara. t.-t ! t ■ j l- lits Will coiiunelid Itself |o IIKAH- OK KAMIUKS l-'A.MII.Y CIHCKi: (’<IMI’ANH IN’. JOB PRINTIN<BF "ii.i'.k .Hi.. mii hi,i«S3L V, i pTtlSi; 1 '.i::- Abb KINDS OF m.ANKS, T.il'.-ll.i-.- wlili CO bbF.ti K (’ AT A I.Oi; I KS And i* \ >i i»i i birrs. j Aiiinie arrangements have also b- n ni-oh t" h i\< BOOK BINDING I done to ,mv extent m the ••• -*t mmiti' r and with r< it I »ti-pat' h I- \ tion ■ mid rtak- ii it ti*i • Hi* - ill tt. th. HI‘HD>T STYI.K *»| IHI AIM and ti.. -t , t rial vv ill h n *d l»- p n tint! r«»i n*e**- KXCKI.I.KNeY Ol WolfK. A\l» IMiOMI'TITI l>K. ANH ft MTt AI.ITA ! ... Hi- .1.-liv-ry ~| il. will r<>nii WSTIS.a ISIIIM. OA It IM> m e..ndn>linp the hu.-iti'-.- •*t tic • • mjMt.- , W -rk will not h« promt-'*'l hhmc-i than it i b Si* . t j .an h.* don- . t"» the ptu|H.-e.d securing tt ! Snh-eriptt"it- and alv rts-iic.* |Mtronav' tor TIIK COMMONWi: M.TII, | .ii.-l .1(11! I'lllVriNU ~( ;.ll lll.'l f -I-- • ili.ltx | . il-il. I Ml .1 i.-11- ii..- M-I—l >.| 111 J. S. I'l l KHS<'A. 1-jIH'T r»liilM.«H-.illli 1 aii.l nil li-11.-i - I*»i-ii.- i» .-ami ki. ran til*.. Ajfnt Atlanta. March 1h«1 THE HOME CIRCLE FOR 1861. I.MPOHTWT W’.Ot N< K.MKNT. liMUtMiNM. to pi... Tin IlnvtK < inn * in ■i. | • 11* Ml that it -hall-tand Without a rival n. it* hie and ■ Otntntutd tie - -i'll -.r - ol • ve? ylm ii»lh rof tti M I • ilUl'i'li. s. ml li. tie* Piihhslier tak* tin- m'tho*l ■' " several Knliivly NVw ami AHnuli'b Featiim. ' The 1,1.1 .(‘/in' will contain -< hence- hi pp •' ■ •11 vo. Ml I will he printed tilth very first tyh up t ! lite* ptp' i wjtli ale w and .|e ~nt .n.*ra\ •**! t h-.t In i- Intel, t- i. by lite ral expenditure and nidi' ion. ir i tani' -m nt t*> in-ik*- it far mor*' worth\ pain t. - tll.ln ever b**l'M'e. l ot. lie* t aiuonr til attraetio',- t-. !e* pr* -ul-d vviM I*,* nu ori-'ittal sen- - «.| ro/iTtnrrs or nisri\f;rism:n i n m mhmis up nn: »/ / »'W w n sm tu i * th m ile and female . mb,arm I. pre- Id..live iron . ; ■ 111 .l-l<: it I* Ml I* l thi- . • e h 1 U i ?!, * e ! ' Will lie eujle lll*‘|l**l \\ till ' te.*| pi.lt. .|l l.f. 1 •: f. tutiiitf a- t f which it t- hit nde«| -ha n •mb • t'.aav all the principal |**.inl-of heaulv ••! '•• •n -1 in the .-nutleTii Slat*-, and ei.mp ,, -.t • Moent.m ■ i \ aile\ III!! : I' . Like■.«. Ihv at « O e Town and «■."intr\ fublie Itoilhn le- net « - ?••-. tli'irch. sand Private Villa- ti.' 'tbit till an • nl , » and pr* • nl lll a claim ii|hmi tie* pilt'-na •• «and tie* mein •: , | tie* beautiful. such as has n* \ r h**t..ie ••!!• . •! Il I c IV - It ' involves a very leav V out la*, ol liele \ .1.0" t!» to thousand* "f dollar- hut. h lievii .lb a va-tlv -n lirffd sub-eription li.-t will niii|d\ rewa-d be •• 11 prize, and i*es«dved to merit tl. it inert a-*- th Pnhli-ie r lias deternmi'-d upon adding -till anollc t ai- l itn|*»ri »M I atnr« to 11,*.-. a!r< ady .am «1 eo|.-.*., i *.l!> I j the aiNive. every nuiuh’T XV l!l el’ll,l III! Two Mngaiificciit W omluit Illtidrnthms, of meideiits in tie* life of fie* L'te.,l K tonne M'ltiti Luther, einrrave lin lie* Vl V lliirle -t -t\h*. lie art - The*, ••iii'rn vmgs i fifty ill nunih. rt will !»•• .iccirtu|*ain* and !»y lour |Mifes of descriptive >« ti r j»r« print' and in hejeittful style, tie- whole «■•n-t , ti’tm? a- rt- - which will run thi"iii.'li tweiilv c» t • 111 s' • nuniher- —i Tie s * pa?. * will he print-l •• •- t" foi l b\ them-elv*.-,| and may I.* sep.ir.ii/-.l from th* ml of tie* minder .uelj hound toireth r and thus, at tle expual *Mi of tie -*•« if- • tel, uh-. nh'i w 1• p - - without cost. ora ' o||C of the inist e|'*iM!it Vofiltll' e\ 'T putlltshe.l, j •/'A. .;/' 1 I- Fifty Virion *."l Hut th Puhli.-le r . wehawareth.il |.e tot tal ilhistra*®, * toll couetitiit. - only a |*ortl"ii o| til" claitn* **f allV magazine t* * favor and sup|M»rt. h-< mad-* amph arrany* incut- to enhati' •- flu* intere-t and value ~| tin* Literary P-'p.irtiii'-nt lie Kditor tie Ih \ I. I» lb b.n. Pl* w ill eontimte I*, sprt .id 111 - ire Mil I* > l**a-t '■! tal tie. ,lo ' tie* delectation of hi reader- and hi- ••(,.*! ,* e- will kuelle. and his |e*n sparkle, m pro|torte>n to lie nunit»'*r •»t kindlv fares In* finds around ins edit ".id table Tie* a--i*lale e. Do,, of a M MHtdl'S roltPS f»K tJUTKD mNTRIIM I»*lt' has heen se,-«ired tireat a- ,n tie* impr'*\ le. at thu in: i"iitic'*'l. and ■ • listin' tly uieh r-t'sul that Ii- ,!••* - i t "» mt* ~ !to relax in ! Ids efforts still further to improx- u*.d .-.nlM-Pish tie nia M/m. . ami t«. make it what it ouylit t" I" and uni t In Ttu nan me. »zim. m idM i . in nn I It ?- in •••u.t**mplat|oti t" .»«! !. at no dt.-talit «la\ a Mn - teal |s*parlii»ent. under He *«if** rvi*i'Mi ol an cniincnt I'rofe-sor of Music and as an <*nhir■"•■»! sidMenpli'Ui siiall fiHlify. still other import-int aildilHm.-. u- ' lul and orna mental, will Ih- made i<> tie pi* - nt list of claim- *i|-*(• patronage TKIIMS. Tie* suhyeripti'in pri. will r**i.iam •- licretofore—Two I*0|»_(10J PICR AXXfM. IX \|,YAMK IX P.U l'» MW All ok _ •iters forth l!"MKb|i:.n oe all letter ''< lie !idTi:!:i.N..i',ij^||^^H 1 ~" : n ' v c” ' - •- :\ ■ - -- **^' I! : Srj * mauds may be |iro|icriy nu t