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^IfAMSBET.BARmkaMOKE Publishers and Proprietors Borr. JiTo.'v, i Ei |i lQr ». II. VI«t«KT. \ fyi (Mcbtratc ®nion h nihlii.bed Weekly, in Milledgeville, Ga., ' C:r ,rr of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts., (oppose Court House.) At $10 a year in Advance. OI B SEW TBE3IS. ! 1,1861, the Terns >1 Sub- « for ,1863, 0n 'tbu Coii'-rderr.te Union, Hre Ten Dol TnVsriWy in advance. All indeWedne i ti„n to this paper, previous to Juno » M tlie rale of Three Dullnrs per year. ADVERTISING. TRSXSIEST.—Tvrn Dollars per square of ten lines for each insertion ^ Soeiet ; e *, (Ol.it nne for Prill.ites of respeet, K cee-lins six linos.) Xom.nati or E.liioritti notices for individual r< transient advertising. i n ntiii*- ll " n jii*, ciliirjj id a • Lrx purity of the. ballot box, and the perman- ency, and perpetuity,of this form of gov ernment, rests alone, in the virtue and in telligence of tbe people. That an ignorant, and vicious people cannot sustain 6uch a government we all admit. In a government where the people gov ern, they must be right, -fo govern right. I-or tt they be ignorant,—rude, and dis- reckless of self Advertising. Sheriff's salt s, per levy ot ten iir.es. Artemirs Ward secs Forrest. During a recent visit to New York the uiitlesined went to see Edwin For est. As I’m into the moral show biz- ness myself, I ginerally go to Barmim’s Moral .Museum, where only moral peo ple air admitted, particklv Wednes day arternoons. But this time I thot I’d go and see Ed. Ed has bin actin out on the stage for many years. There is various ’pinions about his actin.— rless, $5 CO Mortgage ti la sales, per square, 10 i t) Tux Collector’s Salis. per square, f> CO Citations for Letters of Administration, o 00 ,, <• <• Guardianship, •> CO h -Iters of application for distn’n. from Adm’n S (II J ' »• <• *• “ (Juaid’n 8 cn 8 00 (1 00 8 00 ‘J 00 oo 2 on j solute in their habits,- jgovernment, with low, and vile eoncep- I Englishmen ginerally bleevin that he turns of truth, virtue and hunror,—con- ! is far superior to .Mister Macready; trolled by feeling, passion, and popular j but on one pintail agrees & that is excitement, rather than principle,—the — - - fate of their government, will be civil dis Appibi for leave to sell land and negroes, NAics to Deblors and Creditors. B i'i Ex- liel.l ot laud or negroes, per square, perishable property. 10 days, per sq. F.oray Notices, 30 days. Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square, legal, ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales or Land and Negroes, by AdmiuW rators, ,. utor M or Guardians, are required by law to In, n , the lirst Tuesday in the month ; between -he bonis 10 ,1, . forenoon and three in the afterms-n, at the C.nrt bouse in ll.ccoW.ty in wmcU the properly .s ’’vottop of these sales must be given in a public ga- aAte (0 «lavs previous to t!*e day of sale. Notices Vo. tbe sale ef personal property must be , ,«nnnor 10 diivs previous to sale any. sriven in like manner Ui v * * Notices to the debtors and m c ”" rt Ordinary for leave to se.I Lana lie 1 for two months. jlinn* for letters orders, revolutionary commotions,—and ultimate disgraceful overthrow. It would not bo difficult, if we thought it necessary, to convince you tbeyond a d. ubt of the impossibility of sustaining a republican form of government, where ig- | * ar £® & tl ie boxes was full of the ellitty norance and vice predominates. A word j New York. Several operay glasses to the wise on the subject may be sufH-| wa s leveled at me by Gothum’s fairest that Ed draws like a six ox team. Ed was acting at Nihlo’s Carding, which looks considerable more like a paster than girding, but let that pars. I sot down in the pit, took out my spectu- cles and commenced peroosin the even- in’s bill. The avvjince was all fired atute pi nr Negroes, must be Administration Guardianship ( l aiton* i’ *• : - • - c . . A .nt.sl be published 311 days—for dismission from Administration, monthly tin months—for dismission frmn Guardianship, 40 days. Kales for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published m .ntklu for four months—for establishing lost papers, r (hr'full space of three months— forcompellingtltles mi Executors or administrators, where bone lias been a by the deceased, the fall space of three months. Publications will always be continued nccordii j llie.e.tlie legal requirements, unless otherwise cient. I id we disiiisist that the youth of our ! country be educated. Let their hearts and miiids be cuiightend j with liteiature, and science,-instilled with ! tbe principles of government, of truth, and j righteousness, and we promise another j generation, a government, with civil, so- j ein! and religious institutions against i which the sales of hell will never pre- i vail. ' darters, but I didn’t let on as tho I noticed it; tho mebby I did take out my new i brandish Baby’s Rival.—There are many per sons who make a practice of saying to lit- ixteen dollar silver watch & it round more than was ne cessary. But the best of us has our weaknesses, & if a man has gewelry let hi in show it. As I was peroosin the bill a grave young man who set near ine, axed me if I’d ever seen For rest dance the Essence of Old Virgin- ny? “He’s immense in that,” sed tiie ! young man. “ He also does a fair ABD1EL. j champion jig,” the young man contin ued, “but his Big Thing is tire Essence of Old Virginny.” Sez I, “Faith, tie children, to whom lias come the gift of youth, do you know what I’d do with nrdcred COIXO TO ( OUST. BY ALICE CABY. The firm-l.nl quarried from tbe mow The golden bundle*, hastily. And.giving oxen,colt and coiv Their separate portions, be was free. Then, emptying all the sweet delight (If hi* young heart into hi* eye*, As it lie might not go that night. He lingered, looking at tbe skies. The evening’* silver plow bad gone Through twilight's bank of y.dl v.- haze, An 1 turned t vo little stars thereon— S -i'd artfully he staid to praise. The hedge-row's bloom—the trickling run, The crocked lane, and valley low— Each pleasant walk,indeed,save one, And that the way he meant to go 1 In truth, for nature’s simple shows lie Had no thoughts that night, to spare. In vain to please his eyes the rose Climbed re.lly oat upon the air. The bean-floorer, in lier white attire Displayed iii vain ln-r modest charms. And apple-blossoms, ail on tire, Fell uninvited in Ids arms. When Annie raked the summer hay La*t year. a little thorn he drew < hit of her white hand, such a way. It a ereed his heart alt through and tldoug'n a brother or sister, “Now, baby, your r.o&eis put out of joint—you never can be mother’s baby any more, for site lias got another.” This is said in thoughtlessness, often with glee; but it sinks like stone into the baby heart to which it is .addressed. Were one to go to a grown man and tell him that bis house and home, and all that res ted within it bad gone none knew whither, but where be never more might hope to see them, it would not be a more cruel blow to Sim titan it is to a little two or three years old child, to tell him iliat he can never ho his mother’s baby any more, it makes him a poor, frightened little out cast in a moment; and any one that, realis ing this fact, can so sport with the feelings of a tender babe is worthy of being pro moted to the office of chief torturer, income despot’s court. Manliness.—Learn from tbe earliest days you if you Were my son? “No,” sez he. ! “Wall,” sez I, “I’d appoint your fu neral to-morrow afternoon, & the korps should be reddy! You’re too smart to live on this yearth.” He didn’t rry any more of his capers on me. But another pussylanermous in- j by construction, and others dividual, in a red vest & patent leather [touts, told me his name was Bill As- tor, and axed me to lend him 50 cents i till early in the mornin. I told him I’d probly send it roud to him before he retired to his virtuous couch, hut if I didn’t, he might look for it next fall, as soon as 1 cut my kor:i. The , orchestry was now fiddlin with all 1 copies will he sent to the courts of their mite, and as the people didn’t I Europe. These Juc similes will show understand ennything about it they j whether there have been any interlin- annlaurliil versifrusslv. Presently Old cations or erasures, and they will put doth bed & goes off with a sardonic smile unto his countenance. Othelier tells the jieople that he has done the state sum service & they know it; axes them to do so fair a t sing as they can under the circumstances, & kills himself with a fish knife, which is the most sensible thing he can do. This is a brief skedule of the synopsis of the play. Edwin Forrest is a great actor. I thot I saw Otheller before me all the time he was actin, & when the curtin fell I found my spectacles was still mistoned with salt watur which had run from my eye while poor Desde- mony was dyin. Betzy Jane! Betzy J.ine! let ns pray that our domestic bliss may never he busted up- by an Iago. Edwin Forrest makes money actin out on the stage. He gits five hun dred dollars a nite & his bord and wasliin. I wish I had such a Forrest in my Carding! Artemus Ward. DAIUiGBEitl’S OKUKKN. The anxiety of the Federal press to crawfish out of the business of plan ning a military expedition to sack and burn Richmond and murder President Davis and Cabinet, surprises us. The business, it is true, wafnoj; creditable; hut no worse than what they are daily attempting, and no more brutal or in fernal than the war itself. What bet ter spirit or principle is displayed in the diabolical bombardment of Char leston, carried on from day to day without any conceivable military pur pose and evidently for the sole object of gratifying a develish malignity? It is certain, however, that the Federals are squirming and writhing over the orders found in Dahlgren’s pocket— some attempting to explain them away alleging! that they are entire or partial forge-1 l ies. The world, however, will soon j have evi fence‘of the truth. The Rich- j moiid Sentinel of the 23rd says : “The papers have been exhibited to j the French Consul in this city, and they have been ordered to be photo graphed by the State Department, and will he sent PROCLAMATION. By the President of the Conj\deratc States of America. The Senate and the house of Represen tatives of the Confederate States of Ameri ca have signified their desire that a day may be recommended to the people, to f i — , . , , , i ‘ i ; tut auspices nt some respects. Gen. Grant beset apart and observed as a day oi Ini- |. .• u. , uau ... | is noir otir man on horseback. His irreat imitation, fasting ana prayer, m the lan- ! - . . . . Mr ' , , fa 10 * 1 1 " 1 victories in the vVest have saved the coun NOW OR NEVER. The Herald of the.lSth after tieating of the total failure and prostration of the Jate advances, and the consequent feeling of depression and discouragement iu the North, adds : “but we enter the struggle under hope- ann prayer, gunge following, to wit : “Reverently recognizing the Providence of God in the affairs of men, and gratefully remembering the guidance, support and deliverance granted to our ]>at)iot fathers in the memorable war which icsnlted in the independence of the American Colonics, and now reposing in' LIim our supreme confidence and hope in the present struggle for civil and religious freedom, and for the right to live under a Government of our own choice, and deeply impressed with the conviction that without III in noth ing is strong, nothing wise and nothing en during; in order that the people of the Confederacy may have the opportunity at the same time, of offering their adoration to i the great Sovereign of the Universe, of I penitently confessing their sins and I strengthening their vows and purposes of j amendment in humble reliance upon His ; gracious and almighty power.- “The Congress of tbe Confederate States of America do resolve, That it be recom mended to the people of these States, that Friday, the Sth day of April next, be set apart and observed as a day of humiliation fasting and prayer, that Almighty God would so preside over our public counsels and authorities ; that. He would so inspire our armies and their leaders with wisdom, courage and perseverance ; and so mani fest Himself in the greatness of liis good ness and majesty of His power, that we may be safely and successfully led through the chastening to which we are being sub jected, to the attainment cf an honorable peace ; so that while we enjoy the blessings of a free and happy Government, we may asscribe to Him the honor and the giory of our independence and prosperity.” A recommendation so congenial to the feelings of the people will receive their lieaitj- concurrence ; and it is a grateful duty to the Executive to unite ’’with their representatives in inviting them to meet in the Courts of tlie Most High. Recent events awaken fresh gratitude to the Su preme Ruler of nations. Our enemies have suffered repeated defeats, and-a nefarious scheme to burn and plunder our capital, and to destroy our civil Government by putting to death the chosen servants of the people, has been baffled and set at naught. Our armies have been strength ened ; onr finances promise rapid progress to a satisfactory condition ; and otir whole countiy is animated with a hopeful spirit Pour farmer-lad ! could he that nigiit Have seen lionr fartiiue’B leaves we Hi* eyes had emptied alt tlieir light Hack to hid heart, and broken it. e writ, and to make a point of morals do it, how ever rustic, however antiquated, however pedantic it may appear, do it—not for in solence,but seriously and grandly,as a man who bore a soul of his own in his bosom ami did not wait till it was breathed into him by the breath of fashion. clemony, a darter ot the Hon. Mister Brobantio, who represented one of the back districts in the veuisinin legisla- ter. Old Brobantio was as mail as thunder at this & tore round consider- Governor Brown's iTSrssaxr. Gov. Brown’s Message is by no means the farrage of absurdity and disaffection which certain powers would make the pub lic believe. Any one who will take the pains to read it, will find that it abounds For the Confederate Union. Intcllrctnni Training of tbe I'oiih;;. Messrs Editors : I Itave observed that the most ignorant ! be accounted for by the fact, that a man devoid of a great blessing, by himself knows not how to appreciate it—and fur ther because his notions, views, and feel ings, freed from educational expansion, are burrowed amid the contracted, and sel fish dispositions of his ignoble nature. 1 have often thought that people who would willfully deprive their children, of an edu cation, and subject them to the injustice, outrage and reproach, of ignorance, were devoid of natural affection, and brutalized in tlieir natures. Ifthere ever was a time that should prompt parents to constant and zealous efforts, in the education cf their children that time is now. A prac tical, thorough, and useful education, should be given them, at whatever cost.— Barents who stare the fact in the face, and disregard this great interest, are worse than fools. able, but finally cooled down, tel 1 in’ in good sense and sound doctrine. liis Otheller, however, that Dcsdemony j recommendations in regard to the Dans- Nugnr from chiuene Mngar caa«. j had come it over her Par, & that Re j It has been generally supposed that su- j ) iac J better look out or she’d come it ar could not be made from the cbinese ‘ over them likewise, ugar cane. We are happy to be able to j Mf an(1 Mrg , Otheller git along very people amog us, take the least interest in state that this impression is enoneous- like fin- -i snell She is the education of their children. This may Mr. M. L Green, of ForiI VaRey..Houston j l 0 ^oLa nice (’mintv, lias made one hundred and nfty i sweet tempgieu and fO'm a nice, Bounds of sr.o-ar from the Chinese cane sensible female, never goin’ for lie male l mad versionsupon secret sessions, the cur- t jiii-inn- the past season. A sample of j conventions, green cotton umbrellers, ] rency, and the suspension oftraheas corpus the sugar may be seen at this office.— j and pickled beats. Otheller is a good i are UIH ‘ 0U J'edlyjust. Mr Green Ins kindly furnished us with an provider, and thinks all tho world ol account ol his simple process, which is as w jf e# g| ]e ] ias a ] a zy time of it, follows : ' the hired girl doing all the cookiu and The juice is boiled in the, same way as . . • Oesdemonv ‘ “ for svriiti Continue the boiling after it I wasmn - L>esaemony, _ . has arrived at that point, but very slowly. ! have to get the water to wash her own j are “unfnen dy to State sovereignty, and The heat must be steady. Bubbles will hands with. But a low cus, named who desire to consolidate all power in the be formed upon the surface, which in ten Iago, who, I believe, wants to get M^nds of .the Confederate Government, or fifteen minutes will burst; when that Otheller out of his snug government | ft 6 “' occurs, take off the syrup, put it in cool- birth, now goes to work and upsets portation of corn to families of indigent soldiers, the- formation of a fund for the relief of said families, the restriction of cot ton planting, illegal distillation, the im pressment of provisions, the escape of slaves to the enemy, aud many other points are eminently sensible. His atii- But it is asserted that Gov. Brown is testy aud opinionated, and seeks rather titan avoids r. conffict with the Confederate Gov ernment. He meets this point by charg- iact, don’t i ingthat the assertion is made by those-who try trem the destruction that the blunders ot the administration would have brought upon it, and it . is to be hoped that, with greater power, lie will accomplish vastly more. ’Two hundrel thousand men have been called for, it is to he supposed at his sug gestion. Let them begin. We must not stmt iu men or money now, lor this is to be the final trial. If. with Gen. Grant at the head, and the struggle as it now is, we cannot put the rebellion down in the com ing summer, we can never put it down. Never again, if we fail now, shall we be in so good a position to strike tbo decisive blow. Before another summer a l’residen- tial election and an unparalleled political strite will tear the country to pieces with intestine quarrels. Let the country uii- detstand this, and rally now in earnest to support Grant for a final attempt.” Let tho South hear and summon her energies for the final repulse. “This is to bo the final trial.” If the North fails the failure will be conclusive. She will ne\ er again be in so good a position to striko a decisive biow, but torn to pieces with intestine quarrels. Now is the time to summon every energy- and maintain a strictly defensive position—to be strong and wary. Increase of Salary -The judges of the United States courts throughout tho coun try arc pressing vigo-ously fora., increase ot salary, but with little prospect of get ting it The President’s piivatc secretary modestly requests S5000, instead ofS'IdOO Ins present very sufficient remuneration — Ueparment clerks, many of whom are eet- ing twice what they could earn on their in trinsic merits, want a few hundred a year added to their pay also. But they will a I solicit iu vain. Congressmen think, and very justly too, that ns long as they can wuik (!) for 53000 a year, and par live dol ais a day lor hoard, and fifteen cents a glass for whisky, judges, private secre- tnnes and cleiks, who are supposed t<> eat and drink less very well, gressional expensively, C au get along When the present rate of con compensation was adopted, board was only three dollars, a dayn and good liquor could be had for ten cents a glass. The rise in tl.e tor m « r u ao severely left as the advance in the latter. i ty pir cent, additional on a congress man s whisky bill is an enormous iff® i„ a long session. Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial. while gratefully acknowledging so many mercies, confess that onr sins as a people- have justly exposed ns to His chastise ment. Let us recognize the sufferings which we have been called upon to endure _ as administered by a fatherly hand for our . a mild and dispassionate mode of delivery improvement, and with resolute courage j One of his brethren observing it, inquired of him what had induced him to make the change. He answered, The Power of calm Delivery. A celc- Ijl-afed divine, who was remarkable in the first period of his ministry, for a boisterous mode of preaching, suddenly changed his whole manner in the pulpit, aud adopted - when I was yaungrl thought it was the thunder that killed the people; but when I grew wiser, I discovered that it was the lightning ; so I determined to thunder less and lighten It ing vessels, either troughs orkettles. must remain undisturbed for two days Then put it into drippers and the process is complete. It is not necessary to use any foreign ingredient, either Lime or So da. The sugar made by Mr. Green is an excellent article. This process is a discovery of great val ue. Families and the army can now be cheaply supplied with this necessary arti- Let a quantity of cane sufficient for . . elc. „ Opportunities that arc lost now, may be this purpose be planted by both large and small farmers. Mr. Green states that there are two ma terial points in his method ot making su gar. The cane must be perfectly ripe, the stalks having begun to change then- color. The other, that the syrup must be undisturbed during the cooling pro cess.—Recorder. lost forever. The desolations cf mind and heart,—the social wrick and ruin, occasioned by this revolution, may have its chief antidote in the virtue, and intelligence of the peo ple. To raise a child up like the beast, with no knowledge of the world of nature, and of science, aside from his own limited ob servation, is an act of cruelty, and inhu manity, that ought not to he tolerated in a civilized country. Aside, from the personal degradation which ignorance involves,—its detrimen tal results to social relations,—its hinder- TIII-: TRl’TII. In speaking of the report of Gen. Jo- skim! E. Johnston, tho fall of \ icksburg* aud General Be.muerton, the Richmond Examiner makes the following statement: So far from Vicksburg having been sur rendered on account of a scarcity of sup plies, it now appears, officially, that 1 cih- berton had, at the time of the surrender, ance to the spirit and genius of the people, ^bout 40 000 pounds of pork and bacon yet there is another immnntous interest to subserve, worthy-of the consideration of every Christian and patriot. We li vc in a republican Government. A government, in which the sovereign powers is vested in tbe people. To man- tain, and perpetuate, this form of govern ment, and preserve the purity of our insti tutions, it is necessary to guard the ballot box; and to do this Legislative action has been loudly invoked. But what can the Legislature do, when we which had been reserved for the subsis tence of his troops in the event of attempt ing to cut his way out of the city. Also, o 1,241 pounds of rice, 5,00 bushels of peas, 110.234 pounds of sugar, 3,240 pounds of nds tallow candles, 27 poun'ds^star candles, ‘and 428,000 pounds A We desire to enter no controversy on the point made by tbe Examiner, but mer ely to state a fact that came to oorknowl edge short!} after the surrender ol u.c riv er stronghold. The Yankees occupied tbe city early in the forenoon of the 4th consider that the Legislature is the July, and on the afternoon o te same ay 57 1 *- * nd tW P°°P ,e “ ST,',u'.ary” Tto whole lot I be right to vote is an inalienable right, w&g fo badly damaged that the stench and any interference with this right, would Wftg a j most over p 0 wering, when tbe doors bean encroachment upon political free- 0 f the cellars in which it was stored were dotn,—the abrogation of democratic prin- thrown open, and to prevent sickness it ciple. was at once disposed of as stated. Our We admit that a corrupt and perverted infd rmant was an tld resi e^ ^ . j 1..11 . , A n p eda prominent position m tlie city, anu ba, l\t bo * n ’-ay pro™ tjie overthrow of thc disj Uition made of the ba- re publican institutions, but do not think con q uau tity named by him was 'bat Legislative power will ever remedy t b e same as stated bv the Examiner, the evil. We are of tbe opinion that the j Appeal. the Otheller family in the most outra- ius stile, iago fulls in with a Inane- less youth named Roderigo, and wins all his money nt poker. (Tago allers played foul.) He thus got money enulf to carry out liis unprincipled skeem. Mike Cassio, a Irishman, is selected as a too! by Iago. Mike was a clever feller, & officer in Otheller’s army. He liked his tods too well, however, and they floored him, as they have many other promisin young men. Iago injuces Mike to drink with him, Iago slyly throwin his wisky over his shoulder. Mike gits as drunk as a biled owl, & allows that he can lick a yard full of the-Venesshun fancy be fore breakfast, without sweatin’ a hair. He meets Roderigo and proceeds for to smash him. A feller named Montano undertakes to slap Cussio, when that infatooated person runs his sword into him. That miserable man, Iago, pretends to be very sorry to see Mike conduck himself in this way, and undertakes to smooth the thing over to Otheller, who rushes in with a drawn sword and wants to know what’s up. Iago cun- iiinly tells his story, and Otheller teils Mike that he thinks a good deal of him but that he cant train no more in his regiment. Desdemony sympathises with poor Mike and intercedes for him with Otheller. Iago makes him be lieve she does this because* she thinks more of Mike than she docs of hisself. Otheller swallers logo’s lvm tale and goes to niakin a lioosence of hisself ginrally. He worries poor Desdetno- ny terrible by his vile insinuations, & finally smothers her to deth with a pil- ler. Mrs. Iago cunts in just as Othel ler has finished the fowl deed & givs him fits right aud left, shovvin him that he has*been orfully gulled by Iter miserable cus of a husband. Iago comes in & his wife commences rakiu him down also, when he stabs her.— Otheller jaws him a spell & then cut a small hole in his stummack with his sword. Iago pints to Desdemony’s barrass the Confederate Government in anv matter pertaining to tho vigorous pros ecution of the war ? When did she fail to furnish her full quota of troops, when she was called upon as a State by the Con federate authority ? And when did her gallant sous quail before tho enemy, or fail to illustrate nobly her character on the battle field ? Sbe stands ready at all times to do her whole duty to the cause and the Confederacy; but while sbe does this she will never cease to require that her constitutional rights be respected aud the liberties of her people preser ved-” Who will quarrel with such sentiments, or charge that a State which does its whole duty to the cause, but at the same time resists the encroachments, of power ’and tho violations of the Constitution is at tempting to “embarrass the Government ?” “It is the same cry,” says Governor Brown “that the Government of Lincoln raised against all who defended the rights of the Southern States against its tyranny. It is the cry which the usurpers of power have ever raised against those who rebuke their encroachments and refuse to yield to their aggressions.” The telegraphic summary of Gov. Brown’s Message inclined us to believe that he was disposed to raise a useless quarrel with the Agency at Richmond.— But a perusal of the Message as printed in full in the Georgia papers, satisfies us that his aim is solely to point out the departures of the administration from the right path, and to give his people timely warning of rlie tendency to consolidation which the pressure of war has forced almost into the organic structure of the government.— Ohsta prineipiis is a motto no less good in politics than in medicine, and it is well for a State in its Sovereign capacity to j throw itself in the path of Executive and administrative encroachments it this early stage of our Confederate existence, and even while the war is pending. Opposit ion less formidable would be worthless.— Newspaper articles avail nothing. The cause has no sturdier friend,and the Agen cy, except as to its encroachments, no stauncher ally than Governor Brown. Richmond Whig. The people are most critical in those sections which have seen least of war, because misfortune chastens us into humility, whilst prosperity make us very proud. Letters of gold. and patient endurance let us wait on Him for our deliverence. In furtherance of these objects, now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, do issue this, my proclamation, calling upon the people of the said States, in conformity ; more.” with the desire expressed by their repre sentatives, to set apart Friday the Sth day of April as a day of humiliation, fast ing and prayer, .and 1 do hereby invite them on that day to repair to their several places of rniblic worship and beseech Al mighty God “to preside over our public counsels and so inspire onr armies and lea ders with wisdom, courage and providence; and so to manifest Himself in the greatness of his goodness and in thc majesty of His power, that we may secure thc blessings of an honorable peace and of free govern ment ; and that we, as a people, may as cribe all to the Honor and Glory of liis Name.” ^ Methods of Speaking—There is speak- Given under my hand and thc seal of ing well, speaking easily, speaking justly, the Confederate States of America, At thc and speaking seasonably. It is otfendiug city of Richmond, on the 12th clay of against thc last to speak of entertainments Maich, in ilie year of Our Lord one thous- before tho iuaigent, of sound limbs and and eight hundred and sixty-four. health before the infirm, of houses and JLI b LRSON DAL IS, lands before one who has not so much as By the President: a dwelling: in a word, to speak of your J. P. Bkauamin, Secretary of State. prosperity before the miserable. The «♦— j conversation is cruel, and the comparison Children Marrying.—An officer of the which naturally rises in them betwixt United States steamer Georgetown writes their condition and yours is excrucia- froin Bombay, that he has just attended tm g- the marriage of two children; with all the ■ - Nothing all dark.—The velvet moss grows on a sterile rock—the mistletoe flourishes on the naked branches—the ivy clings to the mouldering ruins—the pine and cedar remain fresh and fadeless amid the inuitations of the receding year—and Heaven be praised, something green, something beautiful to tho soul, will iu Ajio darkest hour of fate, still twine its tendrils around the crumbling altars and broken arches of the desolate temples of the human heart. Valuable Tall The following table shows the discount on the old issue of Confederate notes : solemn rites of the Church—who were each only five years of age- Children are there married by their parents when mere infauts. They think it a great d.isgrace not to he married at - five years old. A boy unmarried at six is an old bachelor. i3F'“Fun should bo, cultivated as a fine Law.—Of Law there can he no less ac knowledged than that her se/.t is the bos om of God, her voice the harmony of thc world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage : the very least, as feeling her care, aud the greatest, as not exempt from her power : both angels and raen,aqd crea tures of what condition soever,though each art, for it is alwaj-s a fine thing. Who i in different sort and manner, yet all with ever knew a funny man to be.a bad one 1 , uniform consent admiring her as the mother On the contrary is not lie, nine times in of peace and joy. ten, generous, humane and good ? To be | M * < cr ii c r - r ss • s • 3 & Q ! • ft 1-4 C? «<: C <5 Be « ft a W o £. £ k—4 Dol.j o so 5.. 3 33 1 3 155 ..103 33 13 in.. 6 66 2 3 160... ..106 66 2-3 15... ....10 00 I65... .110 00 20... ....13 33 1-3 170... .113 33 1-2 25.. ...16 66 2-3 175 ..116 66 2 3 30... ...20 00 ISO... .120 00 35... ...23 33 1-3 185... .123 33 1-3 40... ...26 66 2-3 190.... ..126 6G 2-3 45... ...30 00 195 . .130 00 50.. ...33 33 1-31-200.... ..130 33 1-3 53.. ...36 66 2-3 •205.... ..133 66 2-3 60... ...40 00 210.... ..140 00 65... ...43 33 1-3 215 ..143 33 1-3 70.... ... 46 66 2-3 220.... ..146 66 2-3 75.... ...50 00 225. .. . 150 00 SO.... ...53 33 1-3230... .153 33 1-3 85... . ..56 66 2-3'235... .156 66 2-3 90... 60 00 240... .150 00 95... ....63 33 1 3 245.-.- . .163 33 1-3 100... 66 66 2-3 250 ..166 66 2 3 105... 70 00 300 ..200 00 110 ...73 33 1-3 350.... ..233 33 1-3 11a... ...76 66 2-3,nOO ..266 66 120.. ...SO 00 450 ..300 00 125.. — S3 33 1-3 500 . .333 33 1-3 130... ... S'6 6(1 .2-3 550. — ..366 66 2 3 135.. ...90 00 600 ..400 00 14a.. ...93 33 1-r- VO ..433 33 1-3 145... — 96 66 2-.’ TO . .466 66 2-3' 150... ...100 00 / 50... - ..500 00 sure be is. Pun—it is a great thing, li smoothes the rough places of life, makes tbe disposition as sweet and rosy as a fresh maiden’s kiss, scatters sunshine and flow ers wherever wo go, gives the world a round, jolly countenance, makes ali the girls as pretty as June roses and mankind one of thc best families out. Wc go in for fun.” “Jury,” said a Western judge, “you kin go out and find a verdict. If you can’t find one of your own, get the one tbe last jury used.” They returned a verdict of suicide in the ninth degree. M bek.nkss.— How difficult it is fo be of a meek and forgiving spirit, when despile- fully used. To love an enemy,and forgive an evil speaker, is a higher attainment than is commonly believed. It is easy to talk of Christian forbearance among neighbors, but to practise it ourselves, proves us to be Christians indeed. The surmises of a few credulous persons need not trouble that man, who knows his cause is soon to be tried in court, and he openly acquitted. So the evi! language of the tunes do not dis turb me, since in the day of judgement, “my judgment shall be brought, forth as the noon-day.” Industry.—’There is no «rt or science that is too difficult for industry to attain to ; it is the gift of tongues, and makes a man understood and valued in all conn- tries and by all nations ; it is the pbiloso pher’s stone, ibat turns all metals, and even stones, into gold, and suffers nut want to break into its dwelling ; it is the north west passage, that btings the merchant’s ship as noon to him as lie can desire. In a word, it conquers all enemies, and makes fortune itself pay contribution. A New Expedition bv Burnside.— Thu telegram founded upon New York pa pers of the 21st, says Burnsides is concen trating fifty thousand men for a second expedition south from Annapolis. Fed eral papers of the IStli were also full of it. A Harrisburg telegram of tbe I7th says : General Burnside and Hancock wore handsomely received by both Houses of tho-Legislature to-day. This afternoon, they reviewed, in company with Gov. Curtiu, the 45th, 4Sth, 50th and 55th reg iments are under marching orders for An napolis, where General Burnside's corps concentrates. General B. evic^ntly goes to North Carolina again. Wattery Potatoes.—We every day hear complaints about wattery potatoes. ' But into a pot a piece of litno as large as a ben’s egg, and how wattery soever tho potatoes may have been, when the water is poured off, they will bo perfectly dry and mealy. FROM LOUISIANA. Wc copy the following from the Mobile Advertiser & Register oflast Sunday. Louisiana We understand that a copy of the New Orleans Era, brought by tho truce boat to Panscagoula. claims that the Federal gunboat fleet has reached and taken the city of Alexandria. The au thority of the Era is beltyv par for facts, but if the river was up we suppose it a possible feat. We learn that official dispatches have been received, confirming the report of the Yankee defeat at Franklin. Wc learn no particulars. 1'iie “defeat of.Franklin” is the severe repulse near New Iberia” mentioned in tbe dispatch from Richmond yesterday, iu which two Federal Regiments were re ported captured. The capture of Alex andria by the Yaukees is confirmed bjfctho Baltimore American, in a dispatch also published in yesterday's telegraph. The Register also publishes the following dis patch from the Era, alluded to : fc'rom the Extra New Orleans 17th inst. THE CAMPAIGN IN LOUISIANA. Capture of Fort Dc Russy and Alexandria. Three Hundred Prisoners Taken. Wo hasten to lay before our readers the following entirely authentic intelli gence. Official information has been received at Department Headquarters of the cap ture of Fort De Russy, on Red River, by tbe United States forces, ander Gen. A. G. Smith. Twenty-three officers and three hun dred rank and file are prisoners. They arc on their way to New Or leans. Since receiving the above, we bavo learned the following additional particu lars : Fort De Russy was captured on the I4th inst., by assault, at 6 o’clock :n tbe evening. Ten siege guns were taken. Our gunboats artived just after the cap ture. Alexandria was captured by the navy on the 15th. A Brillinni Achirvuirnl by Elate .Tlilitia. We arc informed by a gentleman from North Alabama that on the night of the 13th inst., two companies of State militia commanded respectively, by Captains Henry Smith, ot Jackson county, and Samuel Henry, of Marshall county, com prising 70 men, crossed tho Tennessee river about Guntcrsville in quest of the Yankees. On the next day, 14th, they surprised a camp of about one hundred Yankees and succeeded in killing five and capturing fifty-nine with their horses, arms and accoutrements, and all their stores. They brought the prisoners and tho balance of their captures safely to this side of the liter. The lankees killed, were killed by ^ur men with the butt ends of their muskets, as they could not get them logo off. Our los» was one kill ed, a private named Mo&rc, and one. woun ded, Captain Henry-. Our tnen exchanged their old uuiiorms aud arms for those cap tured, and now have Spencer ritlts of the best quality-. This gallant achievement was accomplished by- “oielish” who had been laughed at and of whom it had been sueeringJy- said that they would run at tho first fire. All honor to them, and may wo hear of similar exploits by tl.e State militia wherever tbo foul invader makes his appearance. I Montgomery Advertiser. GEORGIA, Lowndes County. W HEREAS, Thomas B. Griffin, admiuistra- er on the estate of Solomon Newsom deed, has made application to this Court for letters of dismission theiefrom' . These are, therefore, to notify all persons in terested tobeattl.is office within the time pre scribed by law, to show cause if any, why said letters should net be granted auu ia.-ued to stiff applicant. Witness tny hand end »' *!■ 45 mOm, JOHN W. H aRKELL Ordy. GEORGIA, Lowndes County. W HEREAS, Thomas I*. Grui'.n administra'er on the estate of Stephen Centeriitt makes ap plication to th : s Court for letters of disarission therefrom. These are, therefore fo notify all persons inter ested to beat this office within the lime prescribed bylaw, to show cause if any, why said letters r boil Id lint he giautrd and issued lo said appli cant - Witness my hand aud s< al. 45 mCm. JOHN W. HARRELL Ordy. GEORGIA, l’ulasiii County. Ordinary's Office for said County. W HEREAS, James M Woods applies to me for letters of dismission from the Executor ship of Pheriba 1’. Woods, deceased. __ These are therefore to cite and eamomsh all and singular the kindled of said deceased, and all interested, to'be and appear at the Court of Ordinary on the first Monday iu September next, to siiowVatise, it any they’can, why aid letters of dismission should not be granted the appli- l *Uiveu under my Land and official signature, this 23d day of Febrnarrj^-'d. 41 mbm JOHN jrWjARROW, Ord y.