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THE CONFEDERATE
VOLUME XXXIV.]
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, M A Y 17, 1864.
NUMBER 52.
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cross his shoulders, and the lantern
that was to give light when the moon
departed, completed the group ; if we
except a noble Newfoundland dog,
some steps in advance of the party,
watching lor the nod to command his
march to a kind of pier where the fish
erman and his boy were to embark.
‘Good luck, good luck!’ exclaimed
the old man; ‘good luck, and safe
home again, John : ye want no more
but (rod’s blessing, and that ye may
1 have for asking ; hut ye may as well
| lake mine too.’ The blessing was
heartily echoed by his kind partner
and his children, and whistling as he
j went, with his boathook. on his shoul-
| dt*.r, his dog, Neptune before, and his
hoy following, he trudged along to
Transient.—Two Dollars per square of ten . the beach. With the earliest dawn of
benefit, ebarg.
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•< Mortgage fi fa sales, per square
Tax Collector’s Sales, per square,
Citations for Letters of Administration,
,< .t •• Guardianship,
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er was preparing the breakfast table,
and the mother spreading before the
' fire the
her bov
»n the first Toe.'
• NO in the finaoOD
Court house in the county
iituated
clothes for her husband and
An hour passed, and she
grew somewhat uneasy that he had re
mained aboard beyond the usual period
of his return.
Another hour had elapsed, when
she said to her father, ‘Father, go out
to the hillock and try if you can see
his sail upon the water; he seldom
stays so long when the sea is calm and
the weather fair; my little boy too was
not quite well last night, and this a-
lone should have hastened him home.’
forth,.and oue by
and three’in the'aft«rnoon,.at_the J one liis grandchildren followed him,
until the mother was left alone, rock
ing the cradle of her unconscious Taabe.
Alter the lapse of another hour, her
L.t..r. Of application for diam n. „„
Appl’n fur leave to sell land and negroes,
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
Sale, ot land or negroes, per square.
.. perishable property, 10 days, per scf,
Estray Notices, 30jdays,
Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square,
legal advertisements.
i T - he oldwent
8 00
6 00
8 00
2 00
5 00
2 00
iii which the property is
Notice of these sales must be given in a public ga-
.10 (lavs previous to the day of>»le.
Voticei tor the sale of personal property must be
Notices tor ^ )(J d revio08 to sale day
debtors ar.d creditors of au estate
ing the faee and hands of the child, as
if he foresaw that for him his protec
tion would be most needed. The fish-
.erman perceived at once the desperate
nature of his situation ; the tide he
knew was coming in rapidly, and his
hope of escape was at an end, when
he perceived that his boy in an effort
to use the oars, had let one of them
fall overboard. ‘Father, Father,’ ex
claimed the poor lad, ‘what shall J
do?’ The boat was at this moment so
distant that his distracted parent could
scarcely hear the words, but he called
out to him as loud as he could, to
trust in God, the father of the father
less.
He then stood resigned to the fate
which he felt awited him, and watch
ed the driftiug boat that bore the
child in peril from the fatal rocks. He
had offered up a brief prayer to the
throne of mercy, when in an instant, a
light broke upon his mind. ‘Good
God !’ he exclaimed, ‘I may yet be
saved.’ With the energy of hope bat
tling with despair, he collected all the
stones around him, and heaped them
rapidly upon the highest ledge of rock:
it was indeed wonderful how he could
have gathered so many in so short a'
time ; but the Almighty gave strength
to his arm, and he was laboring not
for life merely, but for beings still
dearer to him.
The tide came on, ou, on, and soon
obliged him to abandon his work, tie
then mounted the pile he had heaped,
planted his boat hook firmly in one of
the crevices of the cliff, and prepared
to struggle for existence; but his heart
failed him when he considered how
slight was the possibility that the
given in like inannt
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Notice that application avi
Ordinary for leave to sell Land
Negroes, Urtist be
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Administration, monthly
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daughter entered with the news that j waters would not rise above his head,
a neighbor had spoken to her -father j Still, he determined to do all he could
in the iiiirht, and that he would cer- I to preserve life. The waves were not
tuiuly be soon home. i rough, and the boat hook supported
“God grant it!” said she, and she j him. The awful moment rapidly ap-
spoke in a lone of deep anxiety.—‘He j proached ; the water had reached his
never was away so long but once, and j knees ; but he stood firmly, and pray-
tlu.t Mas when he saved the crew ofjedthat he might be preserved. On,
the ship Alary ; and then the whirl ol \ ou, on, it came, slowly and gently, but
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extra if the sheets artf bound.
Interesting reading matter will
be found on the 4tli page.
The FFherman.
the sinking vessel bad well nigh made
bis grave.’ Again she stirred the fire,
again she arranged the clothes before
if, and poured some hot water into the
tea-cups. Still the breakast remain
ed untouched. The sun was now soar
ing to his meridian height, when once
more the family assembled in their
bumble dwelling; the prop of the
whole was yet wanting. They sat
down to a cheerless meal. The old
man was the only individual who ap
peared
hastily
forth.
The noon was rapidly passing, and
tin* sun had a'ready given tokens of
the glory of his departure, when the
fisherman’s wife, having lulled her in
fant alseep, went herself to the hill
that commanded an extensive view of
the wide spread ocean. All the little
household assembled on the spot, but
no boat was seen upon the water;—
nothing* that could give hope except
It was as calm an evening as ever
came from heaven—the sky and the
earth were tranquil, as il no storm the aspect of the waves which looked
from the one had ever destroyed the too placid to be dangerous. The deep
repose of the other ; and even the dread was no longer concealed ; and
ocean—that great highway of the while the old man paced to and fro,
world—lay as gentle as if its bosom looking earnestly at brief intervals
had never betrayed—as it no traveler 1 over* the lonely sea, the mother and
had ever sunk to death in its embrace, daughter were .sobbing audibly.
The sun had gone down and the pcn-i ‘‘Fearless let him be whose trust is
sive twilight would have reigned over j ri },j s (j 0( i |” exclaimed the father.—
nature, but for the moon, which rose The sentence was uttered involuntari-
more fearfully than if it had raged a-
round its destined prey ; soon it reach
ed his waist, and he prayed that it
might go no higher.
On, on, on, it came, and liis shoulders
were covered;—hope died within him, and
he thought of himself no longer, but of
those who were so dear to him—his wife,
his children, and bis father—it was for
blessings on them that he then implored
Heaven. Still on, on, it came, and lie was
forced to raise his head to keep as long as
possible from death, his reason was almost
to anticipate no evil; but jie ! gone, his breath grew feeble, his limbs
inished his breakfast and went j chill; ho panted, and liis piayers became
I almost gurgling murmurs. The blood
rushed to liis head, his eye-balls glared as
if they would start from their sockets.—
He closed them with an effort, and thought
for-the last time on the home that-would
be soon so wretched.
Horrible images were before him—each
swell.of the wave seemed as if the fiends
were forcing him downward, and the cry
of the sea-bird wasl'ke their yells over
their victim. He was gasping, choking,
for he had no strengt h to keep his head a-
bove the waves, every moment it was
plashing upon them, and each convulsive
start that followed only aroused him to the
consiousness, if consciousness it could be
called, that the next plunge would be his
last.
Alerciful powers!—at the very moment
when the strength and spirit of inen had
left him, and the cold shudder of death
had come on, he felt that the tide rose no
higher. His eyes opened, closed, and a
fearful laugh troubled the waters!. They
eddied in his throat, and bubbles floated
around his lips—but they rose no higher— ;
that he knew— again and again his bosom
heaved with a deep sob, as lie drew in his
breath, and gave it forth anew in agony.—
A minute had passed since the salt 6ea
touched bislips;—(his was impossible if
tlie tide still flowed. He could icason so
much.
He opened bis eyes, and faintly mur
mured forth—“O God, be merciful.”—
Tbe flow of the ocean bad indeed ceased;
tbeie he still stood motionless; but praying
and weeping—thinking of bis beloved
home, and hoping that this place there
might not be forever vacant. The waters
in a short time subsided,
ly, but it had no effect. ‘Ay,’ said
the mother, ‘he always trusted in Gdd,
and God will not forsake him.’ ‘Do
you remember, Jane,’ continued the
old man, ‘how often Providence was
was with me, amid the storm and the
in her fuli-orbed beauty, the queen of
an illimitable world, to smile upon the
goodly things of ours, and to give a
radiance and a glory to all she shone
upon. It was an hour and a scene
that led the soul to the contempla
tion of Him who never ceases to j wreck, when help from man was far off,
watch over the works he has made, and would have been useless if near?’
and w hose protecting care displays and they cheered and encouraged one
itself alike uj?on the solid land and the another to hope the best; but to sub
trackless wastes of the deceitful sea. m it to the decree of Heaven, whether
On the weastern coast of the coun-j it came as the gentle dew to nourish,
ty of Devon, which has been termed, or a s the heavy rain to oppress. From
and it may be added, justly, ‘the gar- thut hillock which overlooked the
den of England,’ upon such an even- ocean, ascended their mingled payers _
ing, a group had assembled around ono that God would not leave them deso- j abided to stretch his chill limbs, and then to
of the fisherman’s cottages. The hab- {late. j warm them by exercise. Soon the rock
itation was built in the true style of The fisherman—the object of their i was left dry as before, and the fisherman
the olden time, wlipn comfort was the hones and fears—had been very sue-; knelt down upon the desolate spot among
principal object of tbe projector. At cessful during the night, when at day- ! (he billows—iiid bis face in his hands and
- Weak. he was preparing to return ,prai se a and Messed in, l.re..or-h, 8 rre-
home, he remembered his promise to
bring with him some sea-weed to ma
nure the potato plot behind his cot
tage. He was then close to rocks
which were only discernable at low
water ; he pulled tor them, jumped on
and he wasen-
either side of the door were scattered
the lines and nets and baskets that be-
tokend the calling of the owner, and
the fisherman was taking his farewell
for the night, of his happy, loving
family, who were bidding him ‘God
speed’ on his voyage.
A fine old man was leaning his arms shore, fastened the painterof his boatto
on the railing and talking to an inter- a jetting part of a cliff, and took his boat
esting girl whose hand lay upon the hook with him. He collected a suf-
shoulder of a younger sister. The ‘ ficient quantity of the weed, but in
stout fisherman, dressed in his rough his eagerness to obtain it he wandered
jerkin, and large boots that reached from the landing place, when he heard
above the knees, was in the act of ca- his hoy loudly hallowing and exclaim-
ressing tv little cherub, who seemed ing that the painter was loose,
half terrified at being elevated so high He rushed instantly towards the boat,
as the father’s head; while the wife! which was then several yards off; the
and mother, with her infant nursing boy was vainly endeavoring to use
.. on her lap, was looking anxiously on , both the oars, and Neptune, the faith-
husband as she breathed the part-| ful dog, was running backward and
*ng blessing, and tbe prayer for bis forward, howling fearfully, as if con-
sale return. A little boy, miniature scious of his master’s danger; at one
f his father in countenance and in moment about to plunge into the
ss, bearing a huge boat-cloak a- waves to join him, and the next lick-
server.
Oh! it was the well-known bark of his
faithful dog that he heard above the waves;
in another moment the creature was lick
ing his pale cheek. He was saved—he
was saved—for his own boat had touched
the shore, and his own boy was in his arms!
he had been drifted to the land, and had
easily found those who rowed hard for the
chance of saving his father’s life. Now
• homeward, homeward! he exclaimed.—
.Homeward, homeward! echoed the child,
and Neptune jumped and barked at the
welcome sound. The fisherman’s lamily
were still supplicating Providence upon
thehillockthat overlooked the deep, when
the old man started from his knees and
exclaimed—“We are heard! there is a
speck upon the distant waters.”
“Where, where?” was echoed by the
group; and he pointed out what he hoped
to bo. the absent boat. Tbey eagerly
si rained tbeir eyes but could see nothing:
in a few minutes, however, all percoived
a sail: still it was impossible to tell tbe di
rection in which its course lay. Then was
the agony of suspense; it continned, bow
«.*ver. but for a short time; a boat was evi
dently advancing towards the shore; in a
few minutes, they could clearly preceive
a man at ’the bow, waving his hat above
his head, and soon after the well-known
bark of Neptune was borne to them by tbe
bree’ze. The family rushed to the extre
mity of the rude pier, and the loud huzza
of the fisherman was answered by the
“welcome, welcome” of his father, and
the almost inarticulate thanksgivings of
his wife.
And now all was joy and happiness in
the cottage, where there had been so much
wretchedness; the fisherman, his boy and
his dog, were safe from the perils of the
great deep; but he would return no answer
to the many questions, as to what had de
tained him so lor.g beyond the usual hour
ofhis return—“Wait, my wife,” said he,
“until we have dressed and refreshed our
selves. and you shall know all; bnt before
we do either, let us bless God for his mer
cy, for out of great danger hath he preserv
ed me.” Never w'as there a more sincere
or more earnest prayer offered up to the
Giver of all goodness. And when the
fisherman had told his tale, how fervently
did they all repeat the w r ords that had giv
en them so much-consolation in the morn,
—“Fearless let him be whose trust is in
his God!”—S. C. Hall.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representatives
of the Confederate States of America:
You are assembled under circumstances
of deep interest to your country; and it is
fortunate that, coining, as you do, newly
elected by the people, and familiar wfitli
the condition of the various localities, you
will be the better able to devise measures
adapted to meet tbe wants of the public
service, w'itbout imposing unnecessary bur
thens on the citizen. The brief period
which has elapsed since the last adjourn
ment of Congress has not afforded suffi
cient opportunity to test the efficacy of the
most important laws enacted, nor have the
events occurring in the interval been such
as materially to chauge the state of the
country.
The unjust Avar commenced against us,
in violation of the rights of the States,
right of asylutn was supposed to be secure:
while one of these Governments has cod
te i.ed itself with simply deprecating by
deferential representations tlie conduct of
the enemy in the constantly recurring in
stances of his contemptuous disregard of
neutral rights and flagrant violations of
public law'. It may be that foreign Gov
ernments, like our enemies, have mistaken
our desire for peace, unreservedly expres
sed, for evidence of exhaustion, and have
thence inferred the probability cfsuccess in
the effort to subjugate or exterminatetbe
millions of human beings who, in these
States prefer any fate to submission to their
savage assailauts. I see no prospect of an
early change in tbe course heretofore pur
sued by these Governments; but when this
delusion shall have been dispelled and when
our independence by the valor and fortitude
of our people, shall have been won against
ail the hostile influences combining against
us, and can no longer be ignored by open
foes or professed neutrals, this war will
have left with.its proud memories are-
cord of many wrongs, which it may not
misbecome us to forgive—some for which
we may not proberly forbear from de
manding redress. In the meantime it is
enough for us to know that every avenue
of negotiation is closed against us; that
our enemy is making renewed and strenu
ous efforts for our destruction, and that
the sole resource for us, as a people secure
in the justice of-our cause, and holding our
liberties to be more precious than all oth
er earthly possesions, is to combine and
apply every available element of power
for their defence and preservation.
On theeubject of the exchange of pris
oners I greatly regret to be UDable to give
you satisfactory information. The Gov
ernment of the United States, while per
sisting in failure to execute the terms of
the cartel make occasional deliveries of
prisoners, and then suspend action with
out apparent cause. I confess my inabili
ty to comprehend their policy or purpose.
The prisoners held by us, in sj}!te of hu
man care, are perishing from the inevita
ble effects of imprisonment, and the home
sickness produced by the hopelessness of
release from cfoafirnement, The specta
cle ot their suffering augments our longing
desire to relieve from similar trials our own
bravo men, who have spent so many
and in usurpation of the power not delega- j weary months in a cruel and useless im-
ted to the Government of the United States,
i.i still characterized by the barbarism with
which it has heretofore been conducted by
the enemy. Aged men, helpless-women
and children, appeal in vain to the human
ity which should be inspired by their con
dition, fer immunity from arrest, incarcera
tion or banishment from their homes.—
Plunder and devastation of the property
of non-combatants, destruction of private
dVellings and even of edifices devoted to
the worship of God, expeditions organized
for the sole purpose of sacking cities, con
signing them to the flames, killing the un
armed inhabitants, and inflicting horrible
outrages on women and children, are some
of the constantly recurring atrocities of
the invader. It cannot reasonably be pre
tended that such acts conduce to any end
which their authors dare avow before the
civilized world, and sooner or later Chris
tendom must mete out to them the con
demnation which such brutality deserves.
The suffering thus ruthlessly inflicted upon
the people of the invaded districts has
served but to illustrate their patriotism.—
Entire unanimity and zeal for their coun
try’s cause has been pro eminently conspi
cuous among those whose sacrifices have
been greatest. So the army which has
born tbe trials and dangers of tbe war;
which has been subjected to privations
and disappointments, (tests of manly for
titude for mere severe than the biief fa
tigues and perils of actual combat,) has
been the centre of cheerfulness and hope.
F rorn the camp comes the voice of the sol
dier patriots invoking each who is at home,
in the sphere he best may fill, to devote
his whole energies to tbe support of a
cause in the success of which their confi
dence has never faltered. They, there
terans of many a hard fought field, tender
to their country, without limit of time, a
service of priceless value to us, one which
posterity will hold in grateful remem
brance.
In considering the state of the country,
the reflection is naturally suggested, that
this is the third Congress of the Confede
rate States of America The Provisional
Government was formed, its Congress
prisonment, endured with heroic constan
cy* The delivery, after a suspension of
some weeks, hasjust been resumed by the
enemy, but as they give no assurance of
intent to carry out the cartel, an inter
ruption of the exchange may recur at any
moment.
Tbe reports of the Departments, here
with submitted, are referred to for full- in
formation in relation to the matters ap-
pertaing to each. There are two of them
ou which I deem it necessary to make
special remark.
The report of the Secretary of the Treas
ury states facts justifying the conclusion
that the law passed at the last session for
the purpose of withdrawing from circula
tion the large excess of Treasury notes
heretofore issued, has had the desired ef
fect ; and that by tbe first July the a-
mount in circulation will have been re
duced to a sum nof exceeding $230,000,-
000. It is believed to be of primary im
portance that no further issue of notes
should take place, and that the use of the
credit of the Government should be re
stricted to the two other modes provided
by Congress, viz : the sale of bonds and
the issue of certificates bearing interest,
for the price of supplies purchased within
our limits. The law, as it now stands,
authorizes the issue by the Treasury of
new notes to the extent of two-thirds of
the amount recoived under its provisions.
The estimated amount funded under the
law, is shown to be $300,000,000, and if
two-thirds of this sum be re-issued,we shall
have an addition of $200,000,000 to our
circulation, believed to be already ample
for tbe business of the country. The ad
dition of this large sum to the volume of
the currency would be attended by dis
astrous effect, and would produce the spee
dy recurrence of the evils from which the
funding law has rescued the country. If
our arms are crowned with the success
which we have so much teason to hope,
we may well expect that this war can
not be prolonged beyond the current
year, and nothing would so much retard
the beneficent influence of peace on all the
interests of our country, as the existence of
gress, and rt is hoped tbey will be valuable
in affording local protection without re
quiring details and detachments from ac
tive force.
Among the recommendations contained
in the report of the Secretary of War. your
attention is specially invited to those in
which legislation is suggested on the fol
lowing subjects, viz :
The tenure of office of tbe general offi
cers in tbe provisional army ; and a proper
discrimination in compensation of the dif
ferent grades :
The provision required in aid of invalid
officers who have resigned in consequence
of wounds or sickness contracted while in
service :
The amendment of tbe law which de
prives officers in the field of the privilege
of purchasing rations and thus adds to their
embarrassment, instead ot conferring the
benefit intended:
Tbe organization of the general staff of
the army, in relation to which a special
message will shortly be addressed to von,
containing the reasons which compelled me
to withhold my approval of a bill passed
by your predecessors at too late a period
ot tbe session to allow time for returning it
for their reconsideration :
The necessity for an increase in the al
lowance now made, for tbe transportation
of officers traveling under orders :
The mode of providing officers for the
execution of the conscript law :
The means of securing greater dispatch
and more regular administration of justice
in examining and disposing of tbe records
of cases reported from the courts-martial
and military courts in the army.
The recent events of the war are highly
creditable to our troops, exibiting energy
and vigilance, combined with the habitual
gallantry which they have taught us to
expect on all occasions. We have been
cheered by important and valuable success
es in Florida,Northern Mississippi,Western
I ennessee, and Kentucky, Western Louis
iana and Eeastern North Carolina, reflect
ing the highest honor on the skill and con
duct of our commanders, and on the in
comparable soldiers whom it is their privi
lege to lead. A naval attack on Mobile
was so successfully repulsed at the outer
works that the attempt was abandoned,
and the nine months’ siege of Charleston
has been practically suspended, leaving
that noble city and its fortresses imperish
able monuments to the skill and fortitude
of its defenders. The armies in Northern
Georgia and in Northern Virginia still op
pose, with unshaken front, and formidable
barrier to the progress of the invader ; and
our generals, armies, and people, are ani
mated by cheerful confidence.
Let us, then, while resolute in devoting
all our energies to secure the realization of
the bright auspices which encourage us,
not forget that oar humble a*td mest grate
ful thanks are due to Him, without whose
guidance and protecting care, all human
efforts are of no avail, and to whose inter
position are due the manifold successes
with which we have been cheered.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Richmond, May 2d, 18G4.
held four sessions, lived its appointed term ' a great mass of currency not redeemable
and passed away. The Permanent Gov- in coin. With our vast resources, the cir-
eminent was then organized, its different
Departments established, a Congress elec
ted which also held four sessions, served
culatioti, if restricted to its present volume,
would be easily manageable, and by gradu
al absorption in payment of public dues,
its full constitutional term and expired.— would give place to the precious metals
You, the second Congress, under tbe per-1 the only basis of a currency adapted to
’ ' ' commerce with foreign countries. In our
present circumstances I know of no mode
of providing for the public wants which
events have passed into history, not with-fwould entail sacrifices so great as a fresh
standing the threat of our prompt subjuga- issue of Treasury note3, and I trust that
manent Government, are now assembled
at the time and place appointed by law
for commencing your session. All these
standing the threat of our prompt subjuga
tfon made three years ago. by a people
that presume to assert a title to govern
States whose seperate and independent
sovereignty was recognized by treaty with
France and Great Eritain in the last cen
tury, and remained unquestioned for near
ly three generations. Yet these very
governments, in disregard of duty and
treaty obligations which hind them to re
cognize as independent, Virginia and other
Confederate States, persist in countenanc
ing by moral influence, if not in aiding by
unfair and partial action, tbe claim set up
by the Executive of a foreign Govern
ment, to exercise depostic sway over the
States thus recognized, find treat the inva
sion of them by their former limited and
special agent as though it were the attempt
of a sovereign to suppress a^ebellicn a-
gainst lawful authority. Ungeuerous ad
vantage has been taken of our present conr
dition, aud our lights have been violated,
our vessels of war detained in ports to
which they had been invited by procla
mation of neutrality, and in one instance
our flag also insulted where the sacred
you will concur in the propriety of abso
lutely forbidding any increase of those now
in circulation.
Officers have been appointed and dis
patched to the Trans-Mississippi States,
and the necessary measures taken for the
execution of the laws enacted to obviate
delays in administering the Treasury and
other Executive Departments in those
States; but sufficient time has not elapsed
to ascertain the results.
In relation to the most important of all
subjects at the present time, the efficiency
of oar armies in the field, it is gratifying
to assure yon that the discipline and in
struction of the troops have kept pace with
the improvement in material and equip
ment.. We have reason to congratulate
ourselves on the results of the legislation
on this sabject and on the increased ad
ministrative energy in the different bureaux
of the War Department, and may not
unreasonably indulge anticipations of com
mensurate success in the ensuing cam
paign
Bacon by the Wholesale.—We have the
very gratifying information that the Com
missary Department has recently come in
possession of two millions of pounds of ex
cellent bacon,which will be none the worse
we presume, from having been cured be
yond the limits of the Confederacy. The
reclaimed districts in North Carolina are
also furnishing large quantities of nice ba
con. Several days ago, ws stated, on of
ficial authority, that the tithe of bacon in
Georgia would exceed five millions of
pounds. All of these facts tend to assure
the array and the country that the period
of short rations is passing away, to be fol
lowed, we hope, by a season of plenty if
not of peace. There are considerable quanti
ties of bacon in many sections of this State
and North Carolina, which should not be
sent to market whilst high prices are yet
prevailing. Bacon is now over fifty times
the rates current before the war. Three
ponndsof bacon will sell for $20 in Treas
ury notes, and theser twenty dollars
will buy one gold dollar—so that ba
con is actually selling at 33 1-3
cents per pound in specie, or its equiva
lent.—Richmond Whig.
The Schoolmaster's Difficulty.—At the,
annual meeting of the friends of a school
in the South, one of the teachers, illustra
ting the difficulties and discouragement
thrown in the way of the schoolmaster by
parents who weaken his authority, and
hinder his snccess by their folly and neg
lect, related an anecdote of a country
dominie who had a hundred boys and no
assistant.
“I wonder how you manage them,” said
a friend, “without help ?”
“Ah !” was the answer, “I could man
age the hundred boys well enough : it’s
the two hundred parents that troubles me
—there’s no managing them.”
A Dangerous Counterfeit.—We have had
onr attention called to a note purporting
to have been issed by the State of Geor
gia at Milledgeville, January 1st, 1864,
and of the denomination of four dollars,
redeemable in Confederate States Treas
ury notes. The note has been pronounced
spurious. Quite a number of them have
been pat in circulation, and it is believed
several “shovers” of them have visited the
city very recently. The signatures are
written, not engraved, and the general
face.appearance of the note is calcnlated
to deceive. On the right hand end of the
note is represented a harvest scene, and on
the left a cotton field with negroes picking
cotton. The base note is very similar to
a genuine issue* of the State of Georgia,
and people should be careful to discrimi
nate between the two before accepting or
The organization of reserves is in pro-'| refusing either.—Richmond Examiner,
