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ahc £ilot. O. A. MILLER^ EWTOR & VKOPIvIETOR. rriii;isifKiF every Saturday morning, . I N r I ■ Hwfiasi on, (3 €Ol *g in r BY T. C. RHODES, ASSISTANT EDITOR. ftioniastoii. (ia., January, 11, l#2. Ki?;<ii9fiK Waiter on every I*agfe. A CARD. During our absence on the Coast, Thomas E.- Srlivan, Esq., will take charge of our Books, and is authorized to receive money, and give receipts for subscriptions, Job Work and Ad vertisements due the ofiice up to this time, Oct. 21st, 1861. On and after the above date, Mr. T. C; Rhodes, our worthy Assistant, is authorized to transact all business connected with the office. All letters on business, Communi cations, &e., must 1)0 addressed to him alone. G. A. Miller. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. (. *AMrIY EKSO N, KB ARSAVA XNA H, G A.. j December, 30, 1861. ) I)bar Pilot : Since we wrote last, Christmas is past, December is nearly gone j and January t<*r, with blankets of snow, And ice-braided mane stands ready to “o. Before this reaches you, another year full of the most wonderful events will be num bered with the past. Some future Gibbon ;is he sits - down amid’ the broken monu ments and crumbling ruins of our wrecked itnion, will turn pale at the record and the pou will fall from his nerveless lingers. He will see reflected in the faithful mirror before him, the dismembered fragments (never again to be gathered together) of the mightiest nation on earth, once full of hope and instinct with life and vigor, lie will witness the verification ot W ebster s prophetic language, “a land of civil feuds and drenched in fraternal blood.” He wil write of confiscations, of imprisonments of, conflagrations, of barbaric cruelty and scenes of still deeper dye. No angel of mercy will be there to wipe out the record with tears, but it will remain forever sat urated with blood and blackened with smok and tire. We who are here in Camps, surrounded as we are oy the menioiials and associations of Greene and Pulaski and their brave compatriots in virtue and arms and that, too, in the hearing of the guns of a fanatic and rndst relentless foo? can estimate these truths to the innermost seats of our hearts. God moves in a no torious wav and we cau trust onß to his ititinite wisdom and goodness to speak and the seeming black chaos to human e}cs, will in the magnitude of His means and cuds, assume light, beauty, oidei and glan denr. Upon the site of a whited sepulcre filled full of rottenness and dead mens’ bone bones, may arise a shft of pure marble whose top will kiss the first rays of the rising sun, and like Memnon’s of old, send its sweet music and sublime harmony diroughout the universe. A Constitution triorious in its form and spirit but spit up on and trampled under foot by fools, fana tics and demagogues may come out white and cleah, purified by the tires and bap tised by the blood of revolution aud above the ruius of the old government where cor ruption boiled and bubled until it overrun tkc dew , the Southern Cross may fling its • bright-warm light tar across the waste of ’ liters until the oppressed everywhere will bow to it in adornation and worship it as the symbol of political and social intelli gence, virtue, justice, truth and patriot - , istn. May God now fire our Southern hearts and nerve each Southern arm to de velope such grand designs, such magnifi cent results. To such ends, the Great Su preme would ask no more grateful homage do holier sacrifice than a soldier’s tears and a Martyr’s blood. These offerings of patriotism, of privation and death should he given now bv the Southern cavalier as freely and with the same fervor tnafc-promp ted the Crusader to strike down the Infidel ’ for the rescue of Holy City. On Wednesday, week ago, our Brigade, t * - (the first) was reviewed by Gen. Harrison, , |at Savannah. We were saved a train]) , through the deep sand to the city opr officers Inuring kindly chartered a train ot ; cars for our comfort, for which we ail felt proudly gratified. The Confederate troops were reviewed a few days before, *ho opinion of military tnen confers the praise on the State troops as superior in looks ; and discipline to the Confederates. The Ladies (God bless the Institution !) were j ■ out bv thousands en horseback, carriage- ; ! v 1 back and shoehack. It would have done your readers good to see some ot the boys no ways remarkable for quickness ot gait, j trudge it at double quick through the I sand. We overheard one good old lady j on the sidewalk as we filed into columns along, exclaim, with a sigh, in the benevo | ience of her heart, “Poor soldiers ! I know I you are tired 1” We thanked her, for her j i sympathy. We khew she was a mother and perchance a wife, from the heartfelt J tones of her voice. W her ever we would I pass a hew ot the sox, young and beauti- j (ill it was amusing to see liovv soldierly we ! looked, covered all over with buttons and j | lace —how the bandy-legged and knock- j kneed would become straight and those • who were made never to “court ati arnor ! ous looking-glass” —the rudely shaped and ! ill favored, how proudly they marched to j ; the soul-stirring drum, and ear-piercing | ; fife. Ante Helenum , dv., d:c. Before Helen launched a thousand ships and • : caused countless warriors to encircle the walls of Troy, w mien and war have been ! clos el v associated. If Helen had not lived Paris would.have died unknown and Hec tor instead of being dragged admit at the tails of horses would have returned home laden vfitli lie s posts of the Hast, and died a res pent able old man in the bosom of his wife and his sou. As it is turned out, Helen was no better than she should have been, Paris a foot! and even the right arm of Hector could not cancel the decrees of uternal fate —troja fait. Last Saturday week, we were visited by about a dozen of the “Upson Volunteers. ’ We gave them, together with their brave and modest Captain, Hartsfield, a most cordial welcome. We are glad to see that their trials and sufferings in Virginia, had neither abated their zeal in the cause of the South or impaired their looks and health. We are also happv to say that our company sick list is greatly reduced.— Mr. Thos. H. Brown, is now the only one confined to his bed, and we hope to see him on his legs in a few days. The soldiers here are being dissatisfied at the delay of payment for their services. We hope the matter will bill be attended to in a few days—os some of the men are in great need. We hope the good (espe cially in the ranks) will never realize that the State is ungreatful. They pay of the Private should have been increased by the Legislature. Patriotism is a fine thing afound a good tire and in a warm bed at home, but in camp it will not patch shoes or breeches or keep an absent wife and children from hunger. Christmas here was enjoyed by a cessa tion of military duty. Some of the boys by adding <i “leethV to much whiskey with to tlie VI ill el’ or , 2#iU y at *s* ers engaged in di mvi'iV.ng fiis mix turn, exceeded the bounds of military pro priety and discipline. We believe none of the “Woodson Guards’ were caught in this very pleasant amusement. Byron says. * 4 Man being reasonable must get drund,” which might be true, if thaw was no next day . Some of the fast b’hoys re alized the great law of necessity this neat da if by marking time on the head of a bar rid and other healthy and graceful exercise. It, strange how practice will make perfect in anything. There is a man in Col. Har rison’, sth regiment, who, on a barrel-head will move his feet as regular asa pendulum for hours and can carry a barrel stuck on to his shoulders with his head protruding through a hole, as handsomely as a belle would a thousad dollar shawl. W hen a man anything, we say, let him doit right. We shall form this man’s acquintance the first, opportunity, for we admire his g'eius. Through the kindness of (Jcl. Henderson in loaning ns his horse, we spent Christ mas day in “Suwamre,” where we heard a most eloquent and profound sermou by Bisboi) Elliot. We are sorry to add another victim to the roll af death. R. W. Greenway a pri vate in Copt. \\ alton’s company, “Moody Burt Volunteers,” died on last Saturday night the 2Sth of pneumonia. He was from Columbia county, and aged 27 year. He leaves a wife to regret that bis eyes were closed by stranger hands. Capt. Walton tells us be was a man of excellent morals and a member of the Baptist church After being escorted by a detachment of his comrades in arms and military music to the railroad, his teaming were sent home for burial. Sush is life ! —such is military glory! Its paths lead but to the grave soon to become a prey to dull forgetful ness. 1 must remember your space anil close by returning my thanks to old friend I. H. Traylor, Fsq’r, fora bottle nf “Traylor Wine,” received through the politeness of Col. Heard. We drank his health and al so we pledged to the memory of his most esteemed father on Christmas. We appre ciated the favor more highly as it was the only one we have received from Upson, since we become a dweller in touts. M. Official Report Os the January election, for Count v Of fleers. Hull retuns from the Armv and the Couly : Hoi Slienfl, A. B. MALLORY 331) JONATH AN STAMPS * *2lB Clerk -Superior Court. CHARLES WILSON 349 Clerk Inferior Court, A. T. SHACKELFORD 346 Tax Receiver and Collector, W. 11. BROWN. 177 HENRY HOWARD 114 JES4E WILLIAMS 100 WILLIAM SON WORTH Y 61 JOHN B. DEAN 39 FRANKLIN BROWN 34 HENRY BUTTS 14 A. C. BARRON 8 D. T. FARPLY 4 BROWN 2 Comity Treasurer, AMOS WOR RILL 325 County Surveyor, N. G. COLQUITT * 191 11. T. SHAW 1 A. 11. HIGHTOWER 1 DICK WILLIAMS 1 WILLIAMSON WORTHY 69 For Coroner, J. 11. HAYS 354 D. C. SMOOT 14 J. C. RESPASS 3 The surreder of Mason and Slidell, it is said, was not the whole of England’s de mand ’ ’xkW PROSPECTUS OF THE .'\ • V SOUTHERN- CON FEDERAL’ V, B Y ADAIR & SMITH, Atlanta - C?eoa ‘- ia ’ TERMS : DAILY— $o per annum, or 50 cents per month for any less period than one year. WEEKL F—s 2 per annum, $1.25* for six months* Clubs of ten or more, at one Post Office, $1.50 per annum. Postmasters or other agents who will canvass for subscribers, can retain twelve and a half per cent upon our regular (not club) rates, of all sub scriptions sent us. No name will be entered on our Mail Books, in any ease, without the cash in advance; and all names will be promptly erased the day the sub scription expires, unless previously renewed. OUR DAILY contains all the latest news by tele graph. Our corps of Army Corres pondents are unsurpassed for ability and truthfulness by any p iper in the Confederate States. OUR WEEKLY is published every Wednesday morn ing, and contains all the choice and interesting matter of the Daily for the week. The character of the Confederacy, as a high-toned and independent news journal, is well established. It is al ready second in circulation to no pa per in the State. We shall spare neither labor nor expense to make it the leading paper in Georgia. Our unprecedented suc cess, in these hard times, during the short existence of our paper, demon strates the practicability of a cheap, well conducted paper sustaining itself. As the new year soon sets in, we ask our patrons and readers, every where, to interest themselves in our behalf. FOR SALE AT THIR OFFFCK