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I be liailii lldv (Sra. 1. 8. PIIATHKR WM. L. SCRUGGS. PRATHER & SCRUGGS EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. ATLANTA, GEORGIA.. Sunday Morning, March 11, 1866 From Washington We publish this tn irning auotber letter from our Washington correspcndent. We have se . tired the services of a polished writerand ••■linen statesman to furnish us regular letters rom the National Capital. From them our readers will be able to keep posted in Nations al affairs. Hou. Joshua Hill. To make room for the long letter from Mr. Hill, we exclude matter of much import' ance to-day. We do it, however, Believing that our readers will be deeply iutvresteu in it e letter which we present in lull. We shall • eler to it editorially hereafter. REPLY of HOM. JOSIII' A HILL, To the Slx.’y nine Special Legislative Friends of lion. A H ct ephens: Gkxtlkmks lii .ve rt ad your review of me and my recent speech on the Senatorial elec* tiou. I have never had a newspaper contro versy. nor have 1 the slightest desire tor one. In your case. I would naturally seek to avoid • the war of the many with one,” if tor no ocher reason than the gieac disparity of num bers. You have entered into an elaborate argu . meet to prove that 1 w.is wrong in saying ot Mr. Stephens that, under the circumstances, he could not et.cape a suspicion of b iving encour aged his election to the Senate. You say, alter presenting your array of tacts. Hill must talj back upon his judgment as be.ug bi ased by bis attitude.’’ 1 i dmit I am not in laliiole. I may be ottise. Whatever may be the general .Beet ot your reasoning and facte, I c .uuot Leip thinking that some, more incred ulous than the rest, will attribute to Mr. ciprieas the amiable weakness ot being too easily "over-persuaded.” He did not retuse the nigh < tfl e as often asCaMar did ihe ‘‘kingly orowu.” and yet (.altar w«s slain tor bis ambi tion. But there was but one Anthony impor tuning Lai-ar. Unlike the men of Athens, I. am not. ‘‘in all ibiiigs, too superstitious.” It so happened that I bad been warned—rnd that, not in a dream, but ith my eyes and ears open, at least one week before the first meeting ot the Legislature that a shrewd and knowing politician pre dicted the election ot Alexander H. N.epbens and Herschel V Johnson, as Senators. I nev er forgot the prophecy, nor ceased entirely to look lor its lu fiiu ent. It at least brake my tail, and. I tb.uk, m de James J .hnsou’s de scent easier. Speaking ot tbe propbeis, gentle men, hereafter commend* me to this polit c.il d viner. You caanot make less ot it tbau a curious coincidence. Some, to whom this fortune telling bad been communicated, and who may be too apprecia tive ot a j-st, regarded the animated contest between Mea-rs Garirell and Peeples as the best juke ot the session. It reminded old tuif m- not a gallantly contested tour mile race, with broken beats, tnd tbe cheers of the crowd, as tbe fl-et steeds came neck-aud-ueck, ibund enn. down.tbe last quarter stretch, were al most audible. But me gallant euntestan 8 were, in the end, reminded of that beautiful Scriptutal aphorism, ‘‘the race is not to toe switt.” They „bolb ran well, and each w«s mgb the eoal. but it was never intended (<t least so thought Fatalists and Piedesuuaiiaus) that either should win. You attack my pretensions to loyalty to tbe gov<rumeut ot the United States, and demand, wub an air of triumph. "What is th" plea ol ioyaity set up by Mr. Hill?” You then pro ceed to contrast my poor efforts to save tbe Union, to toe Herculean labors ol Mr. S epben lu preserve it. and succeed in convincing your selves that Mr. Stephens has tbe belter record. I never doubted its suiting you better, nor questioned that J-ffeis u D.vis' record pleases man? of you beitei still. Mr. Divis is entitled to all tbe credit that atlaebes to uufi nobing devot’on to a cause that be consented to em brace and defend. Had I loved tbe CiTti-e, I could tut have honored bia constancy and de termination. I never regarded tbe cause and tbe south as synonymous. I could no. lo .k upon tbe rebellion with favor, when I felt that it was abro ute ruin to tbe south, and a curse upon the woole country. It is surely so fault ot mine that gentlemen should reins* to read my reported speeches and published letter?. Had they done so they would now remember the uniiormity ot sentiment per vading them, and their ardent nationally. This la character-1 e< f all Isa d r wrote du i ig my public sei vice. But lam aware that I tirV.-r bad any particular claims upon tbe public ie gard, tarlner than b- ng esteemed somewhat above that contemptible thing, a professional poluican, in >briepei.deuce and candor. I ne ver sought to win notoriety in any manner. Un like some of whim I wot, I was not ashamed of-the posit on ot a privatej gentleman, 'iv ing secluded from the world, and but little knuwn beyond tbe small circle of friends sur rounning me. And if a single one of Jou imagine that my eiec ion to the Senate would, io,my own opinion, "ada a cubit to my stat ture,” or for an hour increase my vanity, you knew little of me. No; I have weighed ‘‘the glittering bauble,” Fame, and lor long years have been accuse,m ed to say ol it. that an. thing lees ibau tbe reputation of Clay or Webster is riot worth Barking. Such reflections as tbe=e. aid'd, perhaps, by the severe of misfortune, have ena bled me to bear up under tbe frowns ol forma r triends, and “To sn’Tsr Tbe .trip?, and arrow of outrageoae fortune,’* without repining. iorme to uuuertake to convince you that I loathed and abhorred disunion or secession, and that I never failed to rebnke n. when I came totpe-k or write of it, would be to make myself ridiculous; and to scan >wl dze .tb it your estimate ot th value of my opinions is ihe universal one. As bg oy a- I respect you I cannot consent to abiue your judgm-nt of my insignificance. As soy my recogn z d devolion to tbe Union i was a lucflixrd in the m ods of such m-tr ss John J. Crittenden, Step en A D .uglas, Jam— Pearce and Henry Winter Div s. all of wn m, "O.d'hey Bu. served their God.with half the z-ai” they served their country, would now be as I hop" they are, bright asg-ls n a bet er world. And of the living, let me nam ■ John Sherman, of Ohio, Gen. J .bn A. L >gau. ( has Adams. Da *en Tb-yer, Mr. rtew.rd, and orrill.au l, 1 might and, all who knew me or bs»rvedmy political course. In the mid-t of the bloodLgt rceces o' tbe wick d and ciußeless war through which we have pasted, it w.s a source Os heartfelt c.mlori and consolation, "wt.en my household-g, .ds lay shivered around me,” to know that I was sti 1 cherish, ed as tbe friend of tbe Union by my old as sociates throughout tbe nation. And to that settled conviction as to my charcter and feel ings, I am grea'ty indebted for marked cour tesy and k ndne-s, Eveiy man in Georgia, of ordinary intelli gence, knows that J have been looked upon with distrust and uokindnoss, an .| acn _ e[ for my attachment to the Union. How many < f you have denounced me for my national principles? Which of you have censured Mr. Stephens f,r bis abandonment of his opposition to secession, and for consenting to serve in tbe Provisional Cougregg at Mont gomery, or for ac opting the office of Vice- President ot the Cons derate States? Which of you blamed him for giving hie counsel end personal nfl-nce to the rebel ca-se? When was it tl at you complained of him for encouraging tbe people to further exertion to • btain a separate nationality and indepen dence? Let us be candid with each other g-ntlemen. Do you not love and admire him more tot bis ideutifioation with the cause of disunion, and bis consequent sufferings and imprisonment, than for bis ‘‘early disrelish” of sec • ion? 11, dj one near saying, of tta doctrine of secession. I arn not aware tout Sittier of yo tr .-enators elect hag, at any tune, denied tbe rig tof a State to secede, though both have condemned the exercLe of tbe right for insufficient cause. 1 would not knowingly do eitbsr of them injustice But what if they still bold that a State may of right secede? Do you condemn them for maintaining the opinion? ] I have never sought to depreciate the ef f .rt ut Mr, Stephens before the Legislator,- of ; I IMiO, to prevent j, merito- I 1 rom But I did eomplnin st tbe ti ne, ind 1 I ■ v continued l„ u„m H , , 4U( i u «t fi • did iot < refuse to sign tbe Ordinance of Secess.cn. I < th-1, move to refer it to tbe people, and, upon I t the refusal of the majority, to submit it to the popular vote, then call upon the friends of tbe people to withdraw with him from tbe Convention. Years ago I expressed to Hon. ' B. H. Hill my regrets that he utmself did not take that course. It is not pleasant to advert to it, even at this distance of time; but the truth of histo ry demands it. What pulßic man, of all Georgia, besides myself, was publicly burned in effigy in more places than one in his own State, soon after the faial act ot secession was adopted? Think you it was because I favored disunion? Was that theu regarded a crime? What secessionist was Ucated in like mannet? Was Mr Stephens the objict of such contempt ? To winch of you nn> I under obligaii uis for denouncing such u jus tiflable and vindictive displays of feeling to wards me? I pray you make me sensible of , my indebtedness, that I mvy thank you. Was it for my inertness in tbe defense of the Union, that I was thus contemned and despis d by 1 infuriated mobs? No; the friends of true liberty and order are never demonstrative ; they nre quiet and thoughtful. And to that one great, natural trutbis this country indebt ed for the blighting curse of secessioif. It 1 was not numbers, but the concentration of passion and prejudice, and tbe rabid spirit of intolerance, that affected disunion.. , Had the honest, laboring masses, even of South Carolina, been appealed to as rational beings, and told by their public men that the Slate desired a calm expression of the popu lar will as to'tbe propriety of disunion, and that he who voted tor tbe Union was to be regarded as ’he equal in courage, devotion to the State, and every element of manliness of him that favored disunion, I feel ennfident 1 tbe unwise step would never have been taken. Pardon u.e if 1 show some anxiety to refute tbe prevailing idea of your letter, to wit: I that I, at best, was a mere passive friend of , the Union of doubtful character, while Mr. Stephens was enthusiastic and devoted. I did not begin to make Union speeches in . 1860. I began five years before that, in des I nunciation of that unfortuna*© measure, i known as the Kansas bill—the greatest blun der, except, perhaps, the defeat of the Clay ton Compromise, ercr made in American I pdlitics. I made no other but Union speech es from that time to this day. ■ I made many very thorough Union spßech ’ es in 1859 "10l I860;’ several in the au'umn ■ of 1860, in Georgia, all of which, appealed ‘ to tbe people to submit quietly and peacea • bly. as good citizens, to the probable election ' ot' Mr Lincoln. I answered Mr. Wm, L. ' Yancey, who was regarded pretty generally as a respectable advocate of disunion. We both spoke in the State House of Maryland about the last of September, 18 10. Tee next , evening I spoke to many thousands in Balti ! more, from the same stand with Gov. Swan, Senator Kennedy and Representative W bster. The press said it was a Union speech, and , complimented it very highly. Two days af terwards .1 addressed a large meedug in l Washington city, as many can testify. But, of course, you never heard anyt ing of all i this, and refused to listen to anything I said. I received some substantial testimonials of regard from a Boston gnntleman, for my reply to Mr. Yancey. You may not know it, but I can assure you tbe great orator of Ala i bama was quite as earnest in bis declama tion as was Mr. Toombs, and altogether as 1 powerful. I never claimed any more credit ' for ‘‘measuring arms with the great orator on that occasion,” than I have for discussing ' with Mr. Toombs or Mr. Stephens I nover ‘ beard any one compliment Hon. B. H Hill ’ on bis exhibition of nerve“ for “raising bis ’ voice in avor of the then despised Union.” I believe no one was killed or hurt for doing I it. O.i the contrary, I have heard that such l was ihe couriesy of the excited period that , t.r. Toombs himself, at tbe close of Mr. Ste , phens’ speech, called for three cheers fur the gifted orator, which were freely given. i I wrote a letter in December, 1860, over my own name, published in the Southern Recorder, first urging the people to require pledges of their delegates, in wri ing, before electing them, to submit the action of the Convention to the popular vote, in which was severe on seces.-ion. But it escaped your attention —like all my labors. Some of you are aware that I am a member of the st 1 existing State Couveution. I com mitted a grave error in that body in consent ing to abandon my announced intention to insist on a reconsideration of tbe vote adopt ing tbe ordinance repealing tbe ordinance of secession, for the purpose of declaring said ordinance “absolutely null and void '• I gave at tbe time my reasons, abating nothing of my principles and opinions, but reluctantly yielding to the solicitations ■ f friends ot the Union, and being anxious to avoid discussion calculated to produce discord and bitterness. Had I reflected properly on the sustaining effect of the word “repeal,” upon the doc trine ot secession —the right of a btate to secede from the Union—and, as a conse quence; Jbe legality cf all indebtedness inS curred by such State for tbe prosecution of a war in defence of tbe right of secess on, I could not have been induced to forego my purpose I could not have obtained a ma jority for the support of my views. I was manifest that a majority were op posed to the repudiation of the war debt, and that was only carr ed by So ne yielding to the requirements of the Presi dent, and a greater number remaining, silent. To yield the willing assent of tbe mind, unreservedly, to the absolute nullity of every act of every representative body, intended to sustain, in any manner, tbe rebellion, is to reject the whole doctrine of secession. Until this is done, there is no Tepudiation of tbe abominable heresy It is a question of the higtitest importance to tbe people of the en tire U ion, that a distinct and emphatic re nunciation of the doctrine of secession by States that have resorted to it to destroy’ the Union, should precede the return of such States to a posilian of equa.itv in fte Union, with unoffending States. The folly of res toring a State to tbe Union, with tbe boasted right of secession unimpaired, and’ still maintained and defended by its prominent officers by a majorities < f delegates of a Cons vention of the people, and by a majority of the Legislature, can only be equalled by an amendment of tbe Federal constitution, ex pressly.aoinitting tbe right of a Stme, for any cause in its own judgment sufficient to witndraw from t e Union. This doctrine of secession, despite the mis chiefs and miseries it has produced is, this day I fear, more generally toler ited, if not en tertained, by the people of Georgia than it was, when it was reduced to practice • The mass of mankind have neither leisure nor patience to investigate any great principle of government. They are oftener influenced by arguments that appeal 'o their feelings and interes s than to their abstract sense ol right. Many favored recession, just as some others opposed it because they believed their action beneficial to themselves. The rebellion nas proven itfailure up tn this time, but m st ot its devotees yet believe it was right, and that had it not been cru-hed -by pumbers. they would have realized all they were promised. On tbe other hand thousands of earnest op. ponems of secession, who have suffered deep ly by loss of fortune, and were made wretch ed by the bloody casualties of war, have re laxed in their feelings, and are, by no.means, pertinacious in maintaining their former opinions. Men of sagacity, fond of tbe adu lation of th-ir fellows, and ambitious of place, know well this state ot public feeling, I and either sympathise with it or allow it to exist without attempting to correct it. Tobe sure, .here are prominent individual excep tions to this rule, but not sufficient to effect a change Many limit their political vision to the bounlaries f the State—content to shape its internal polity—without special re gard for its Federal relations. it is refreshing, in this dearth of sober rea soning t . find soma of tbefaj-emost intellects that contributed all their powers to aid disun ion, now openly proclaiming their opposi tion to the madness that would assert tbe right of tbe State to be represented in Con gress by just such individuals us the people, or their representatives might prefer, wholly ! regard.-ss of their past history. The e gen- i tiemen perceive plainly that they tbemselv-... I though beret-fore often honored by the pio ple with ibe highest trusts, are, by rsoon of their identific-1 on with secession and war, no longer proper instruments to be chosen to restore cordial r aims bet worn the Sats and uat utial auth. rites. Recognizing sect s s on us a failure, and a principle to be for ever rebuked, they now express a willit gness I to he considered us no longer available pub lic m n, and to retire from the po i ica ar ni, I y, uiffig to such as may be more agre. able on account of their political action <o lie F d tral g ivernment, aod consequently nor uses fol lu tbe Slate. This is the beg iting of wis dom. Doyon agree with m- in my estimu e of eueb conduct? What think yot of meh uiudesty and self denial? These gentlemen j found no difficulty In re>triiiniug their frieut.s p wa itonly voting for tTiem. I What though you insist that all differences ! of opinion as to past political events should I be consigned to oblivion, never to be levivedl Can you compel Congress to adopt your sugi gestion? It is not your will, but theirs that must govern. Are you quite certain that your practice agrees with your teachings? It may interest some who will tike the pains to read what I write, to etiin >» few po litical incidents known to myself and others, which I relate merely to increase the evi dence of my good standing as a Union man, with eminent Uni' n Sts, at a time when ll.ere '•■as some merit in being a Union ram. True love of the Union is like genuine, hea tlelt piety. It is serene, uniform, forbearing; ex hibiting itself in every act, and without ef fort. convincing all men of its deep sincerity. And, what is more, it. is independent of the frowns or blandishments of men. Wash'iig toiwisits imp-rec nat on. How tew were Capable of appreciating his graaf pat riotism; his exalted love of country. I first saw and heard read the celebrated Crittenden Compromise rti olutions in Decera cembe', 1860. 1 was nvited to a room in Brown’s Hotel, Washington, and there met half di zm moderate, ’but prominent members of tbe R public in party, I being the only Southern man present. Our host, a distinguished S’atesmari and accomplished lawyer of Indiana, theu in attendance on the Supreme Court, produced the famqus' ,| peace offering,” in his own elegant hand, and sub mined it io the gentlemen prese t for their consideration , and criticism. This : oblo man stid lives, pledged never to accept p'• litieal office. Should this chance to meet bis eye, he will not fail to recall the scene. I mention this to show the Jesteem in which I .was held by these national men, and the in terest r felt for the preservation of the Un ion. 1 recall, with melancholy interest, my last interview with my Indiana friend. It was by bisown fireside tn Wash ngton. Georgia had seceded, and I, against the advice of true and sagacious triends, was preparing to return to my home. Both of us were mourning the folly and madness that menaced the peace of ttie country. He drew a vivid pic’ure of the • i .evitable co tflust’ he saw approaching, and feelingly suggested that his son and raina might meet in deadly strife, strangers to each other, and one of them might fill by the other’s hand. It ma. have been prophetic. Few can ever know what I have lost, nod fewer still will care. Many think I was but I too fortunate in preserving my own far spent lite. I appe l not to man for spmpathy, and I yet I have met it, when it tell upon my crushed heart ns the gentle dew o.i withering flowers. It came not from tbe hearts of un feeling politicians. Oi, sec ssion; secession! “ i’hy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous,” and yet thou livest unrenuked iu Georgia. A talented Georgian w-ites m - in regard to the election of Senators, as follows : “Ta . king this fact in connection with the tone of our press, and tbe utterances of our public speakers, it may well be said of us, as was said ot the Bourbons—‘ they have teamed nothing, and forget nothing by revolution.’ One would think ‘.bat tbe secessionists were the victorious party if one did not know tbe contrary. Oue of the most talented men in America said, in a speech soon af-er the close of tbe war : We have disposed of the dot trine of secession by the bayonet ; that acute sug gestion, that though the State has not. the right to secedf, yet that t e citizens are bound to obey their State, and t at war by the State is not treason n them.” Do you not regard tbe doctrine, geutl men? It you do nut, will you favor the public with your defiini ion. That child of genius—that accomplished scholar and or tor, and almost unrivalled master of the English language, Henry Win ter Divia, said, io unbalance, that he know of but three devoted Union men in all the S utb who bowed their heads to the storm in silence, allowing it to sweep over them.— He instanced be venerated .name of Pet igru, and added, “the honored names ot Joshua Hill and John Minor Botts.” Whatever else may be said of him it will scarcely be ob jected, to Mr. Dtyis, that he was in thu elighiest degree tolerant of secession or dis union. Do you not remember bow the dis uni n press oftbe.-tale tis-d io assail me for the complimentary vote I gave him for SpeaK -.9 er ? I trust I do no injustice to the memory <sf I one of the wisest and best men I ever knew, | in referring to one of his treasured Je'ters to me, bearing date 28th January, 1862 My j distinguished and learned friend, though ■ twenty years m ■ senior, was born and reared on a tract or land unjoining my birth-place, in Abbeville District, South Carolina. Our fathers settled on adjoining places about the year 17'JO. Toe two tamili’s are still repre sented on the old farms. I was fortunate enough id enj >y the great man’s confidence and friendship. This was more than p uver or wealth could have purchased. I never knew a patriot so unselfish, or a great thinker and ripe scholar, so unpretending. In his matcbltss simplicity, he writes from his home in Charleston—“ I received a very agreeable surprise by yours of the 22 1 It was not surprising that you should flunk of me, for we have drunk of the same brook, and have run barefoot over the same hills, not to forget one another, but I could hardly think that there was a single man left in the whole South that agreed so much with my opinions lam fain to join in the cluwu’s soliloquy sometimes, and reproach myselt for following conscience, seiingthe fiend gives the bette counsel, efor both town and coun. try, old and young, on this side of the river, glorify themselves tor everything good and great as secessionists, and rail against Yan kees, as the nn anest and wickedest of the human race, for disagreeing with them in the destruction of the Union. Io this reuel lion against the Union, women and parsons are conspicuous for ih?ir zeal and acclama-. tions The most ferrous feelings are not only avowed, but boasted of, and nothing is respectabh'<>ut desi eration. Why, a mem ber of the Legislature declared exultinglv in the House that be was thankful for the fire, as it wou'd make it easins’to burn the rest of the town if the Yankees were likely to become masters of it.” “ These things savor of ‘be madness mors than passion. If they are to be believed they would rather that South Carolina share the fate of Sodom, than that secession should s ffer a defeat, or even a temporary reverse. The det< station expressed tor our late coun trymen finds a parillel on y in the contempt which the Chinese feel for the English and French barbarians. I am saii-fled that this madness must, in time, give way to depres sion and lassitude, but how long it will last no one can tell ” ‘•The Northern mind seems to b« almost as deeply stirred as that of the South ; and though theSout'i as natural fighters are more than a match foreqnal numbers—ti.e prepon derance of the North will encourage the <i to keep up the contest a long time, and in the end they may learn to fight, in which, at present they are sadly at fault ' S > w«ra the .Russians when the Swedes gave their first lessons. ' There is a good deal more pf conjecture as to the probable fature, much of whicb»bas be come history. Hu concludes with these sad )y prophetic word-: the future is d >ubly dark Toe mo-t probable issue for both sides i‘, that instead of the military being suoo di uale to the civil autho itv, the revolution will end in the military having it all t eir own way. My hop s are subdued, but so are my fears. , I don’t expect to live lo see the end, and mo glad of it.” He hud his wish, and James Louis Petligru, no great wh lo afterward, slept with bis fathers. Would he have held such a converse, at such time, with any but a trusW-d friend of the Union ? His whole life was one of consistent devotion ts the government of his country. I have great respect for candor, even when coupled with lanaticiern ; hence mv high re gard for my friends, Milledge L Bonham and Jam'-s L. Hugh, both ultra disunionists and erdeot in the cause of rebellion—both sorn ing io bide away in bomb-proof positions, and not conte t to display their valor by clamoring for war, testified their sincerity by exposing tbernse.ves on “ veil stricken fields." You charge that J became a candidate for Governor, and “tried to get au offl o, the obs, ini .g of which must have made it impos sible for him (m )to take the oath,” &c. I was no taore a candidate for Governor than was Mr. Stephens a endidate for Senator. I deny trying to be elected. I refused to re view the administration of Governor Bro n, aid to condemn it, when assured that by do so I canid concentrate upon myself the opposition to him. nnd thereby keep down a thi d candid it> . ‘ Solitary and alone,” m ■ the floor of Congress, I bad censured his uu> lawful seizure of the U. S. Arsenal at Augus- 1 1, and Fort Pulaski, near ,tSiiviiniiiili. The Secession Conveniiou ntie vv nils upprov d ills notion, and thereby r-buked me. With whic.i ol us did you sympathise? Lt peimt i'ti ms name to be voted <or, I on y hoped to firn be nuo'etis of u S utbern Cottsetvaiivo party, opposed to s> c ssion m d war, und tavori g p-nc j . I called lour or five ol my most t listed ft lends living in tills town anti vicinity, all <»f whom yet. live, to bear ine w these (hat, under no p'osstble clraaius'Hncee, would 1 ever take an oath to support the C n- I siiluiiop ot the Goul derate Sti as. or the g tv e tun nt or 1 -W< t ereof \Ve ex im iv <1 le : i lli a oath .1 t‘'“ G v- inor. and cone uded j that, io him, eh evl a l ml.tiry heat . f St de the null. o. ovi file r only, bd not apply. 1 Anti tl it I nud, and ouaiti have Been elected. I would h V" hi>ui in d it. I should have ma e more ch tractor than I C >uld by filling the I olice. The gentlemen to whom I reler are tn.a of high ch .racier, and ‘‘have done the S Ge sonic set viee.V I am proud le ciaun t mn< tn? friends, and they are proud ol my pi ineip.es ai d tny course, winch few so well underhand. Ttie St c « i >n and war press detviu ced my letter and its author. Hoiv many ol you de fended the latter, and v ndicated m ? T’e 1 versos peace, and Ihe honest haters ol ds unton. voted lor m»‘, when driven from the p.ls by s‘e j tsuni iiulin'S. Some ol you aie lie in discovering my strong autt-reconstriio ton sen'iiuenr-. How many ..f sou 'tenounc’d n e is a u non st reeonst' U tn n s‘, and every t in? <>t jot fin tble. politcaliy? Wn h of. yon tn>d~ speethM »gnnst me? Dl l U tcu m n complain ot m- ? N>, they rejoiced ate o'p.tr iiini ol v-t rig for a nun m wh m t y tii-tee.. y ur c. urge bs made ih.m tny ii.ote devo id io me. They cotmanHy test ily tl eir regard tot tn t. They remember Io illy tba. I labored to pr-vent disunion, and Hint 1- never “bowed the knee io Bail.” Bin be con-ole.l, g-t>.teincii ; yon have the tn jor.ty wi h yon. Wit<i Gut u tew exceptions, seec. simists and wir-nten siisiam your ac i in, and open y exu't at the overthrow <4 James Johoe ti and myself. I declineu a l invitations to visit th? armies, or to speak <.t .uy point. Itn de no detence to the assaults upon m-‘, charging rise with love of th" Union an I >pponiio>i (o the w tiw — In my leiter, I declared the niter impo-sioilny ot r storing the lost Union usi. was. Ido not see that it has been returned.to us unchanged. I possessed many fe lures cilculaled to et d.-»r it to the people every wnete, that, have been sadly a tered by war. 1 rej uce that it cannot be said of me that I, in any. tn inner, assisted in prodtie.t.ig iti se innovations How mny of you ..'lm.re my course in refusing to vote for."iiy . fii.rer of the Uou ederate Govern-, mein t D > yon not think that it would h >ve been more pritiswoi'ihy to have even sought pl .0 • under it ? How manv and which of you, IB ide Sceeches and aigum nts to saldiers to deter them from voting f..r me ? In a gall inf Regiment, to wuieh some of yon belotiged r t<n i of which six oi s-ven C Hii.a ni s went from my old i.'ongressi<..nal D strict — one of them f out my own county, composed of the sms i.f my neighbors and Iriends, and ot my own son I received one single vote. - That was cast by an independent, high sotited prtya e, who dared to do what b- cone tv d to bi** his duty. M >uy of these brave soldiers bad been ac. ustom-d to vote for me for Gotigr*Bs, even against the advice of Mr. Tootnt s, but, on this trying occtsi. n. they coind nut incur the odium. Tney liked me tiers tn illy, as Ibe lieve some of you do. but ihotight I luVod the U.non “i.ot wisely, but 100 well.” I lost tbe support ot the o .ly very it flnen tiul pape, £bat adv cited for a lime my elec tion, by promptly re, using, when r-qnned, to s y that I Would not Consent t > live under the same Government witb-the p ople of tne f.ee States. Th" election went by, en.. though only second i > the r.c", »s in the rtem* one. I preset ved the respect ot tny triends and m,seif. Success is uot tnc true test of iner t. Tn" rank is but the guinea’s slump, The in ill’s tbe gtiwd lor »’ that.” L'st the Pres dent should be imposed on. some patriotic Georgians lurntsbetl Lin* with tny let.'r. II? u‘ dersiai.ds it —he understand- us all. Ite knows what, suspend ed loyally tn-ahs, and knows how to appreci ate new born devotion to the Un on. He knows as well as you d •, that Mr. D.vis voted in th" Senate C .mmittee lor the Criti.nden Compromise, and ol couise that be was ..p posed-to disunion. This, you contend, mk s a good Uni hi record. Do you d ■n>)t,.geu t.<- raeti. that trie P esident or the S-ntte would h-ve approver! the election ot Mr. Davis to the Se late t v ihe Leg s a ure of Mississippi?— Wt.a. ot j. c iin could leuged aga.ust it? D esnny occur to you? Ha- he not talents aii'i a large .- p ■ ienee to commend blin ? - f An Iws n< t lie, too, one ol the Hr poets? , I occurs io me to >• quire of you.wnat apol i ozy you inopose o-miKUlor toe very ncon- . sal rutile v le von vave the Pnsidrn ’s Pro- , vis oal Governor. .Janes J bn-00, lor S- no I tor ? In y< ur zal f.ir u e Uni. n, tow ecu d , you forget his record? Wn.it bad he dme to sb rke your C.UBiilfeiice :u ;.W fova t. ? Wm it , bis execs ot ku duess in r. commend tig ap p >cants lor pardon to ihe Pr«sid n , that you , dio rebnk ■ ? Hi.-fie- a euiffund per ’ sonal worth were no tn known lo you. O n it be tual you intended to reprimand him for accept ng th.-a ot Governor ? You are all sat.i fi d that I in powerless j n Georgia, hu* you ar. not so well a—nr. cl that 1 ynrc mu m .anon of me is desbuctive ot my 1 i flu nee at Washington. I orc m-s neceesa ry. n >w. io i sure that. You m y succeed in ■ conv neuig thos i woo con rol the Government that toe oig is z oiou el aj u >endous .ebedion, , to overthrow rhe Gonetituti nil Givenm-mt , of y-ur ecu .try, nt the sacr flee <4 fiundreus of th ms rods ol vrl u bin i ves iu.-t in try'll gto maintain the-upr me auibority, toge her wiib the el .iighfere l ihousands erne ly seduced or driven 'o tak- arms a< insnrg pls, is a light af fair. You miy fry ingenious argum-ntat n, p ov'e tn t rue tn-n mast to be trusted by t e G'Vcrcmentareifiuse most prominently and Consy cu nisly idenntj -d wi fi the rebel gov ernment; the men whose n mes must live in b s’ury, more on account of the nigh plac s ti y occupied iu the rebel government th n for anyifung th *y eve: did in the service of their Irwtul g iveinment But when you sac oe d in al. this, then cover over w.tti a thick v d the niches in y< ur cannot that may con tain the s a li es ol Wasnu gton, Jackson. W. b. sier and Clay, ami toroid your conn rymen 'o look upon .h-m ac ini. J b-n will rhe rev uu tion prove a triumph, and the Uuion become a phentom. . Respect'u’lv. JO-HUA HILL. Madison, Ga., February 10,n, 1866 To The Press. —Such of you as bare pub lished t-e le ier ot Mr. Stephens’ friends, will do an act of j i-uce. and of politeness also, by publishing in-.ibov-. J. 11. McM ' HON—K-iY—M med. in the ci yof ofrnta, Ga ,ou ihe au in i., by the Bev K ther lioni.t. 0 R-i y, JI .lon - Mc-'Ano.v. of Phi a lolph a, to Ms. Mu ex’.er Kat, of tin city. Ctrl-, b la leqiliia papers please copy. [marlO-21* New Advertisniems. TO WHOM IF may c;ov< Elis. I TlE’* BY forewayj all pernors from tra ing with, or ere liti g in) wne. Mrs hebecca J Bradeu. aj I will not ec m• r dpou ibl ? for h marll-2t KOBEKT M. RRlfeBN. HUSH P(»TA»OK3S. ABin eh reach Blow iri»h ot itoes for planting •JU for Male by WKi LS, Al> ‘IK & < 0 . manu-tf Cotiiaiiss'on Merchant?. LOOK AT THIS. WANT Dat the Atlanta Rollin' MH. Machinis s an Paitei u .Makers. nee I apply but firrt ciaas Woikmen. John D. Gray act). ' M rcli 11, i»t>6 —6t TO BUILDKUS, H ASONS EABHKERS. E1 E ALEO PR POS \LS will be rpceiv d for the Mas n ) ry niid Woo l Work of two Cotton Factories. d»<] ab.iut sixty DwvJliu/s for uperat ves, near Wes Point, G»*org a; also, for Kockwork 'am o about (wo bun ired yards in the ’ b u H<thoochte river. Bids >o be in *Je as follows: Rock work by the Perch of 25 cubic feet, stating price for dry wal!, and lor n> rtar o. hydran ic work. Bii «work by the Thousa .<1 mid in wall, al 20 to the cubic f<x t, for 760.0ut> or upwards. opening* deducted, no cutti (j r quit id. aniinj, K toting an I Flooring by tho square of 100 superficial feet U-or and Windo v frames by th* frame, ICO windows 18 lights t l n x>2 LfliiSd (single liu>>g) to each Factory, 8 win lowg and to each < f tne operative houses, 12 lights *‘8x10” glass A number of Mechanic, f»nd f aboren W allied for ihe ab veWmk. Brick i.lay and R »‘-k Qu irri-i near tho Factory sites, an i s veral aw Mida is the vicinity. For forth r par ticulars pply to WILLIAM GaBBETT .E , ina 10-2 w West Point. Ga. NOW IS THE Tins. AMO’T favoinbe o p rlonity is now offered to t lose wh de tiro to attend a cour e of instruction in the Atlanta Commercin.l College, To Clubs < f Ten entering by the Ibth inst., 83*/, percent will b deducted To Ciu sos Twenty enterering by the 15th hist, 60 v«r c-nr wi 1 br deduct ■ ■ mariO 2t G WAi.TON KNIGHT, Pre*’t. M', K. C. WZLY si’ copartner witi. u« in ni him! after '.hi-' date We will continue the Whole ale ro- C”iy and I’ro'luce busbies-H under thu firin name of Wyijs, Carrou A CG. WYLY, CARUOLL & DUNN. Atlanta, March 8, 1806. marlo«lw HOGE, MILLS «3c COMPANY. Oato CJlty Fouiislry, CAR AND MACHINS WORKS, ftlarlcttti Street* I Atlanta... Georgia. - We arc prop ired to build and repair Fasienger ami Freight Rullroa<l Care, ALSO, MTKAM KNUHRS & SAW MIbL’J, SU- GAR MILLS, HORSB POWKtIS, AND ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY. IN th* F- tin'lry Pepirtm ‘n’, w</h v e prepirrd to m ike '’ast ngs both BriKR und Iron of eveiy d aenption, i Hud having >i large* n'lioum of I* t ern > un hand, have peen I ar • c lih* n tor 11 lln z orders. Wu especial y be tod uw ll>h iittentioa of huiLiers, and others, to ur olvgtiut pattern* lor Columns Vorandas, Stspa. Window i Cap D Sills, Gratings. &e , ’ From whi h%o can supply ' asfiius o* ih«> beit quality , ai d ii the shot tent time, and at i<*s« p ice «hnn they <• n be übtaiio d clm*where. We e all, a ho wo_n g« iu«o' tbe ' Manufacture of . . •- llolSow » i , | Os all kinds. In the Carp nter’e Dtqmrtment we are i pi ep ti ed to mu’ ufactur i I sash, doors, Brands, ’ And every description oi Carpenter’s Wu k. Aho, to ’ DIIESB AND MATCH t.VMBER, 7 In a superior manner All kinds es t . turning, scroll, SAWING. &C. j Come and pee üB. t mirlO— Lu HOGE. MILLS & COMPANY. j he Ladies’ Home .Gazette. A BOUT the ’st as May. 1866. I .iropos- to commence the V'ltdicatioo. ju the city of it anti, of a week s lv paper entitled THE I ADIKS’ HOME GAZELTE ’The‘'HZ * e will be about the iza and s y e f the New • ( York Ltdger. which in a eat size a d style for bi. dihij i i 'his journal will bu dev ted to e'egant liter ture. i Bi ientitic and pta: i<*al information. »ho arts aud Sciences, oduc**t<on. agriculture. n l the late t political 1 and foieign misce tan, . It f- u y intention t ■ gire it a I high, m r I and re igious tone; to make the p i.*er of the tir-t <daes. >n i a we come visitor o every household, I In die quality of the paper use .. and typographical appoa a .ce. it will he equa to any ever published in • the South. Among it« ronrrihutoi's will he found many of the abl st ma e and le na « wri fcrs in the conn ry j E'lito.- aly it will bn most aid managed. Each de* psrtme it will be presi lid over by a competent editor. ~ the who e forsui-ig a corps as tdented nndcapabeas i , any ev«r employed on any one piper in th- country t ther or expe 8e will be spur d to make the Gazette an able and h gant journal, »ni* ot which thw ’ i p »"ple of he ."outh may feel j-Htly pr i&d. 1 j T'O pages of the Horne Gaze te will be *'evot dto ' adverti*eut**nts. We. iher'*toi«. so icit the > ards of g I busin i-8 hoiH s, prof* B<*ional men. schools college', Ac. • l ur rat h Will b ' For oue square of ten I net <>r less, first insert! n $2 60 • For eac i subsequent insertion 1 Oi) TIRMS OF SUBSCRIPT!' N: a On* copy, one year $5 00 h T* clubs ot ten sube«ribors an extra copy will be sent e * Rr-tis j Et ry family in the South should have a copy of this . 1 paper. J S n i u« your name« at once. an<l if you h ve not the 1. money to send now. you c n -.end it ou receipt of the find number ot tbe i aper. Tins S POWE L. Proprietor Home Gaz tte. ma-9-6t Atlanta, Ga. I Fashionable Dancing Academy, MX OINIO HAEL. p Commencing on Frid»y, March 16, 1866. at P. M. THE subsetiber announces tha* he will form a class for Teaching the above polite acc inplistment as a ove über he will be pleased t » meet former pupils 3 und ad others inteiestcd. Kefkrenceb—Co W. W Boyd. ' r J A. Taylor, Thofi. s G. Simms. P. M. and erino lir >wp, Esq. 1 Every variety of Drawing Ikooui und Stage Pane ng * tau du in classes or privately Hall orprhate _ residents. !■ r Te rns, Ac., apply at the Ila 1 on or after Monday, I March 1 2 18ii6. 8 wai9 St J. S. NICHOLS. Wanted to Purchase for Cash. j %,WyTE have application for s vera' *wt re oi ' .v v iota on tlie I»'i-<i’i6B‘i ar Ho! eith » <>f the ol ow . iijg streets. Whitehall Peach rue Decatur.'Alabama or > i Ero.td streets eppiy to ALI RSIIA 14. t P kHSOVS. - R ai E-i nt«i 1 ents, L Holland Houee Bluck, Whitehall street, March 9, 18»-6—Iw At an a. .a ’ A CHANCE FGR ALL! 7 A GENTS ARE WANTED—Ke.-’po'sibb*. eioM'getic r\ men. wi Ii or without cipit-v a e w o.ted by he ; South rn Bus Hess Agency of B KN S A BR.CE, Bos -1 ton, Mass Send your nam a and uoo i tuercau ile re fer Ihfi-ton , Box 748 Bo t*n 0. None bu ctive ' parties* need app y As to h-|>u we a-e. jv’* eter t the ' editors of t his aper h<mo* a* le and pr< fitnble agency is guaraut ed. Auctioneers and iti.ers le*ii-.ng ronsigumentß ne icque ted to sp«-d us th-ir ua nes, location, &c. mir7-lw Liunber! OCR St am Saw Mill thr.se mil* .•» from the city, is now .in full pe - a ion, .<.<l w a e or-p ire l to fill all 1 or<ie sf r Lumber of any kind a short oti<?“. Orders may be lo t wi.h F. P Rice, at hi- Lroker’s Office under tne er' Office. MUR? lIY. nlu . itO. mmß dm MAYOU’S 01-F.CE. I Stlanta. Ga.. Mar* It 7 1*66. j Dr J bn G. Wt «tmorela-6. Pr. B- F. Bom ir, D J J. 1 N. Simmons. llar>ison Petti. Esq. Marrn* ' Bed. Esq. 1 are appointed a Board of lloilth in -ccordanco w ih the ' 150th 'ection of City Code, which is a- follows: I §l5O Th re shill be a BOi. dot Hi n.tli apnn nte !f »r ] the Ci’F, con>i«tiug <*t five persons and bey ►had have ; fu I p<*we and authority to require the owner, or any : oc« up nt of a lot in the city. i« r«move < r muu dy ny thin: on >ai: lot which, tn thu opi.i'un ot thj «»• a<d, may emit g«r thepub-m 1 etlih m! ou fa hue * ( .f rhe owner 01 occupant to re nove ot feme >y th same, file Board sha I d rect th 1 ’ M rsh t do « • at the cos of 1 ! 1 B*»i'i owner <y oc*upaur, o . if the oc-upant h a but i la>e y come into th possess ou. and hrw not pl the < I s irne th re. vr any nu mber ol i.i.t ' f.noi y, vr l.as m>i. been done by h-s ermi**sioii. o:d«*r or dir<*c:i<»’ . then it 1 *ha 1 be r< moved at ih c s <*f the fi-rovr occupant, aud h not to be f und, thru at tin <• rt <>f the *>v»ner <*f the i*<t; .<nd it shall be the duty of the said Board to ; m ke such suggestions as the) ' -y de**tn advisable to ’ tire Council, to preserve t' < pu! Lu » aith m:ub-3t J r• V Li I \ M'. Mayor. | Sorter, fa FiFf ax & co., : WIIOL* SAI F. Commission AND DEtLE S IN Grain, Produce and Provisions, I*o. 309 ivKST.JUAiv g-i'itoarr, Louisville I\"U»nckv. ! Southern orders solicited and filled a* the lowest market price. nia 9— ° n » flails, 1 Nails, as” tt“ l 8 ze«. received <n con* ■■ w" si nment an for sale by CL4YTON, 41) AIK A PUH K • ctatniesi m Met chants, mar9—3t Notice to Stcckh ht-rs Gas Co. ’ fI MI Stockholder* of the At I nt’ «a*< Li ?ht Company . I will please pi esent their <e« ifirates of >tock at my j office as&•*> >» s cunvo ient The od books were o 1 str«.) ed v hen the C't.v w.ih l, rue in Novemb r 1864, I an.l it nt ce e snry that lew books I r at once pr j-a ed j Any phrties having Io t their ceri ifleates c u establish .’ them in the ordinary f. rm .1 ‘V. DUNCAN, President. • Phttj. i.x BuiuHngs, Mai eh 5,1 16 i. | 1 500 Bushels Wo 1 Lotton Sood, ON hand, which we wis’i t » exchange for 1 orn or Ba tou. Apply to T.. !» UAI’E-* As Bit') . corner Broad and Wa*t'»n stre* ts. mny? Im .itlanti Ga. W%-X'a.*<hvilfo Banner pease copy one nioiitti and Beno Id.l. 1 Show Cases. .4 CONBI NM NT of -li 'w now in .torn und I -x" V so- sa u by mir7-tf MURK! ON. NALLE A HANSON. K Candy. 1 Pounds Fancy Candy just rec lv<*d Lv luUUmsr7tt II AG ANA CO. | Kaisiiis and Fisirs. r i KL Boxes fine Raisins &o boxes trehb Figs, I *r This day received by HAGAN & CO. i•* mi»r7-tf Ale and Porter. ! ’ AAIGE q» andtv of b< st quality of English Ale b ‘ltd Ifoite* iu loilhrt and barrels, fix by mar7-tf HAGAN At CO. ' a W. J & r PARKES, eoinmUsiosh, Vlerchants, S£liX>j£3ll3L&' AgOilts, DEALEIIS INFLOUJ, WHISKY rt!»0 GRAIN, No.-IBr adw.tFt <»ear Uive' j hTA^IIVILLK Tl' MXES EE, BW-OBDEItS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. lIREIUHTS cnnslg' ol to 011 c*re »*i I tie forwarded, ’ Norf» or ou h wi’h p "mutn sm and dispatch. Wo 1 >/ -dnO U‘4»*ht- for ddfiuent .’to mh<>H R, Rkd • roid-. Fielg rs -nd Express Li ies. niar4-3n»[B] ■ Oto. n IlFIh. w B CBAMIOURN. T J HHoWJf REID, CHADBOURN & CO., fSUCCESSOKSTO FILES JII & CO. ) 5 j COTTON FACTORS, 11 e I CeneraJ Commission e AND - Forwarding Merchants, o r S CLARK STREET, U’. . • a e a n f Nashville.... .....Tennessee. >8 e t o ,f x 0 ii) 0 it THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING I THE itHe.eH of .1. FRENCH in the F.rin of F <ENCH & CO., x ill heie'tter .0 thme the Genera 0 »mmi-«.rtion e aod F r ward ing Burtlneas, under Hu Sty!® of RSID, « CIUD OURN & CO., at the Id Vi arehou-e. on btre I as hereto O)e conducted. j They wi*l puicbaav and all Cotton, o* oihet Produce, 1 ou > 0111 oituiou. ! Pian'teis n’.d others who f vor us with their Business, ~ . may fuel avkfii* ed oi gettiug the ’ HIGHEST MARKET PRICE FOR THEIR ” Cotton or Produce. S 1 j. I Our charge’ wi 1b« ’8 LOW as th a* of any resp'msi ; ble house, and STdlC’’ ATTENTION will bepddto g PiF’MPTuV G« o is consigned to our e [ care f oiu other lacea Thu arge and comirodi >u< Gui ding which we occupy, | offesGre’t In in-em nts to I'l.-.Dters 10 Store toeir . (.otton with us w;if*re it. a ill be entirely PR T C'L’ED FROM THE W EATII It. - xsai ’ga ahaiu of > üblic Patronage,' we-respectfirly subscribe oui seives, GEO II R ID. * W II CHADBOURN, J. T. BROWN. 1 C?VKD. On account o f bad health. I have thsa day sold out my entire intereat in th Fir h of French A Co., to the ab ve House, and cordially r commend to my o'd friends tny Slice ssors in busin as, wh » ma be confi * ' dent ? relied on as gent emeu of the high st business q edifi -at «ms, and tho<e who may f»ror them with 5 their business, ’hat they can fael assure 1 that it will be ’ rformed th probity, h*mor, arid nerz y. ; F-r m viy fav rs an i large p itr »a<e I ave received i du ing the long num'ior of V‘‘»rs 1 hive bee 1 <• d ' in bn-inesa I warmly th .nk mv many friends, and t tarne-tly Solicit tbe con iuua'ice of ’h sain * for my 1 Su <e-’a’ f a au i friends, BEID, ' H \DBGURN A CO. Vm respn tf’dly, ma 4tl [SJ H- S KNCII _ A. R MORRILL & CO., 69 A. i>larise. Street, . NASHVILLE TENNESSEE, I>U VI.KItS IS All Kinds cf Government Property, Bl v and steut., 1 j I'JRASS. Ccpper. irwn, Portable -tram an I Sa v Mill 1) Eu.Jous. Wagons. Ambulances. B acksmiths’ and Ut peiKi rs To da, <Ol Jage, t .antation Bulls Ac 1 ma 4—3m[ ] • LUMSDEN, HUDSON & HICKEY, 14 B oail Street, (near tile River,) ; NA- VILLE PENNE .-EE DEAhFHS IW Hides. Oil*, Tallow, U«»tllior 9 Sho*- Find- I » «e, Furq !skiu», v» o .1 e c ' marl— GCETTENGER -ft PHILLIPS, 2M M Mirkel Strre . Near St Cliarles Uptel, | NA<BVILL I ■ NNI SSEE, DE A I.KKS * .W w FURNITURE, MATTRESSES, LOOKING GLASSES AC. j m .r4—-hi'faj J. LUM'DSN & CO., O South Ma Ret Sireet, Nashville ennessee. OKAI.EHS IV Hides Ol’s. Leather. F.ridings- and CURRIERS TOqjSs m»ir4—3m[ ] . A W. p. PHILLIPS, Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Worker, 3'4 College Street, I Near Firemen's Hall N"o. S 3, ; NAsHVIt Li r LNXE><EE, j Steamboat and DieJJUry Work attended to with I dispatch. w» 4 3m[B] M. MOXHOE, 105 B oad Street, NASHVILLEIENNE'SEE, M.'»l>F»CT<'IlBK OF Wagons, Transfers and Drays, Dt »er In nto'i rivnns, spokks aXdfklloes. marl— S<[6] R. J. JENKINS & CO., (fine essor r<»T. Wei's,) Wholesale :in<t Retail Druggists, No 3!4 MABKKT NTKBKT, NASHVILLETENNESSEE, Sign of the Man and Mortar. 4>“Solv agents Lr the Seeds g own Uy Lan dreth & Son. ward— 3m[B] WOOD & SIMPSON. Boiler Makers and Sheet Iron Workers, Cor. FKONT ANDBUOAD ,THKKTS, N IIVII.L'-: T)K-E<SEE. WK mnnnftcVi « tuorder a I kin sos Portal*.e and Stall -!i try Hollo s. with promptness a d in the beet st vie. Hep-*" log, both hi the City and < onntry, promptly attended to: mail—Bm[B] NOTI-H I NOTICE • NO PICE! I SIGn OF niT dlul FLAG ! <><»<> woM’rn of GOODS, To be closed out iu FIFTEEN DAYS! Calicoes at 20 cents. NOW 1H YOUR UIIANCK for BARGAINS DeEaines at I JO cents. Goo >s gfri n nwR5. G*» early and .' ric ’ fir you selves. SIGN OF THE RED FLAG All guilds at. losh than New Yi.rk Oust. INTENDIN’} to c oee <>ur <>u xt’rivive stock by the 2(Hh o Ma>ch,w otter it for 15 day ■ less lb in New Y 1 k n Mt. t alt in, exa nine und bu mill*fl »' LI..BERMAN BH'/R , Sign * t the Larue Bed Flag. mar 2 Im M lutehah ttr e> near AlalßiniM COX cfc HILL., Have now In Store and for >alct 'f /ITA ,H,X B Vlrginh To'ac. 0, varioub grades, I w / 100 rosrt Fine <nt ol»<rc'> 60 b.-h Cro.v’s O d It nrbon Wh sky, 2> bbl* I'onch Vid B nrb >n Whisky, 25 blew R >b *rtson <!oii»>v Whisky, to bblrt Gibson’s XX Hvc Whisky, 10 bbl*. Glb-on’- XXX Hye Whisky. 1- hbi,, Gibson’s XXXX Rye W.nsky, 10 bl. -. G l. nu’s 0 .1 Nectar liy.» Whisky, (1840.) •iO casks Cognn • Ara .dies, 5 c.iakh .laiiiai'.a Rum, 1H bh s N ’v En land Klim, 10 bbls. Old Pj t Win% 10 Ob's. Old M t*>ria 'Vine, 10 LbL. Ohl 9h rry Wine, 100 b ;xe« Champagne Wine, ‘Mum,’ ‘Cabinet,’ Ac. 4i) CHsos Cl <r t Wine 100 < aaes ass rt'*d Liquors, 20 casks Porter, 2ocaaxs .e, 10 packiiK'*« Ho land Gin, 100 b x<*rt HN-orto i t 'andy, 50 box* ■ Oyster*. 10 boxes assorted Pickles, 50 cuß?eJ4 h<»x«M Sardines 200 doz. rtiackltrz, 50 raddys Green and Bl ick Tess, Ac. mar 3 tin J. J.. WINTER # | c. w WISTKR. Montgotnory, • ’ | 1 ate of A 'lanta. J. K.. WINTER & CO.. Wholesale Grocers, Forwarding, Commission Merchants, 97 Commerce Street, Montgomery. Ala. . | Goods sent to ns. either lor For*Hiding or ou Con ■ignnv nt. will receive our persona’ attention. nuir4—3m W U ‘IMb A J. BOBEMT. W. F. R 'BERT SIMS, ROBERT & CO.. Wholesale Grocery, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Fruuklin Building, Alabama Street, In Store and to Arrives fl Bushel*) Corn, JLfl Jefl Fv )* " ,(| u rt Bushels Oats, 550 Bujlic’.h Cotton Seed, 50 ch *J-trt Tea 50 bugs Coffee, 60 doz Weeding Haos, 2 '0 lib's. F our, 96 bbl 4 ug*r. . 5 bbls > 8 Almonds. 5 hbh Pecan Nut', 50 kits Extra *‘e a Mackerel. 1000 Reaiat Wrapping Paper, Axes, Spades. Shove’s, Blac-’smith Bellows. Vicoi*. Anvils, Nails, llor-o and Mule Shoes, Ra-ps‘ Fil-s, Stocks and Dies, &c., •’C. Rope, Plow Linra, Traci* Chains. < Tongu • Chains. Fifth Cha ns* S‘«y Chains. Log Chains. Stretchers, Ac., Ac. Powder, Shot, Tobacco, Soap, . Popper, Spire, Crvam 1 artar. Soda, Ginger Starch, &c. RAGS WAKTJEI>. SIMS. ROBERT A CO., Wholesale Grocers »nd Coinmisron Merchant. Franklin Bui filing, m*r3—3m w Alabama street. E STKADMAM. j. R. SIMNOM. L. I’. TRO J! AB, JR. STEADMAN, CL, GENERA L COMMISSION MERCHANTS, AXD WHOLESALE DKAI.EHH IN Groceries ttiicl Norcross’ hui ding, c r- Whitehall and Marietta Streets, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, mart—3m Onion Setts. 1 O Hb la * On inn Sett*, j Ist receive .’ y ' 1U feb27-tf * HAGANfcC). | * Bbls Potatoesju.t received by I\J U feb2L-t f 11 AG .4 N A CO. j W Bblrt. Hoiui iy in store and lor sa'e bv feb2T ts . H AG IN A CO. WBbla. Butter thia day received by ieu27 ts O ■: Bl».a Onious f r sale by ieb-7 ts lIAGANACO. Hi Bb a. App ea on ha id aud for -ale hy iU;eb27tf HVGANACO *) Engli-ti Diary Chee eor aftl« bv Zt) fewK-tf u.mxN&co. NAILS? - K g »)y * t -ii ftjing N..HH. j.u3-tl W. KETCHAM. BREAD “CORN. ~i S v Ks Whit.- Bread <’■ tn. lUU i“U ” w KETCHAM. NEGRO CEOTII. i yards colored N gro Cloth. LUI ft f j 113 I’ W. KETCHAM. Fine Bose wood Piano. 1 Octaves, round cornTS, pani.e od, '‘earl Keys w4g l d hh n< w lor sale low. Apply t*> ts HAWKINS A WILLY. j M P CALDWELL’ W. C. HOLLAND. Caldwell & ISollasid, i FAM ILY « ROCERS, Broad Street, (front of the Wagon Yard) ; A I’U IMTA, GKOAGIA, KEEP constantly on hand a good assortment of Fauily Suip.ies ad Country I rodiv e Ca I aud rtee us. febl2 Im Lard I Lard I /■J/h frlmc Leaf Ltrd,for sale ow by O"’ GEO W PArtROTT. K. LEWIS. H. D. yiTCU. LEWIS & FITCH, M4VUFACTI RKRS OF Silver and Wooden Show Ca«<»s, DKSLCKS IN FRENCH & AMERICAN GLASS, I AND I'Ooking Glasses of all nlzcs« . Main Street b t ween fourth aud II illitt.Northside, 1 LOUHVILLK, KY. ( SAMUEL WRAY, agent, nar2-3m Atlanta* Ga. j For non-ri tentinn nr incontinence of u ine, 1 ritation 1 I iiiiat'oii or ulcerution of tlio bind lor. nr kid 11 ye, 1 I iHes “f ire prostrate glands, atone n t ie bladder, i - Hua. gr.« <*l m* ricA d (st lep >9it aid ill disease• ue bind ler. kidneys mi I dro|*H c >1 swellings, . 1 Use llkimd up's Fluid Im hot IH’cnu. ( J. 11. WILI. Y. * K A. A.. To, I J. H. WILLY & CO., . DOTTON COMMISSION MBRCIIANTS, Marietta Street, ATLANTA.- GEORGIA, Will receive »nd Bell COTTON, or whip it tn New York, or other markets, aa tbe owners may deaire, ' and make : L'.BERAL CASH ADYAHCES, > on nil COTTON intruded to them. qreat complaint having been made by ownerw, of unreitHonable charges, and lohb«h in weight oil Cotton heretofore shipped to New York, ’ the ad.erti«er*» respectfully request per. jiodm desirous to avail o ‘the New York Market, to call and nee ncctrnntH of sales from the New York house repre . sented by us. fetifl— ts 1 B HAWKISH. H. WILLY > HAWKINS & WILLY, Marietta Street, Atlanta Georgia, SKLL A'D buy on c COMMISSION every description of Country Produce, AND MERCHANDIZE. AND GIVE 9 Prompt Attention ~ a To all business intrusted to them. feb6*-il ' "baak’checks oi irt you. JN sums to suit purchaser*, at Current Bank at<m, r -Roly J. H WILL 400. February 8,1866—ts n- —. Old Rye Whisky. lT 17 BARRELS, three years old. made in Ffoydcnunty, J ( Virgini , mid Juat from thr hands of the tu aniao • turwra. ih« ae wishing a good artic e <ff Whiaky, are in vit d toca I and examine this for. For *ale by tbe bar* rel or k ’g. bv the manufacturers ngnn'B. Feb 13, 1866-ts HAWKINS & WILLY. FOK CHILLS AMD FLVER I Use tlie Uefst ! HURLEY’S AGUE TONIC I, Never Falls—A'watH to lie Depended Upon—Nothing more Keiiable than Hurley's Tonic. ITT ILL cure Ague and Fever, Chills and Fever, Inter- W mittent Fever. Dumb Ague Every person who has tried Hut ley’s ionic speaks iu the highest terms of it. As a curative gent i* is unsurpassed, an l'imrt, certain t»nn quinine No bid results from using HUR . 1 .EVMTONIC. Everybody should uee HURLEY 8 AGUE b TONIC. Send your ordein to HURLEY, RU'H LE A CO , Pr prietors, Ivouisville, Ky. HURLEY’S STOMACH BITTEHS, FOR Debility, Loss of Appetite. Weakness. Indiges tion or Dyspepsia, want ot a<*Hon on the Liver, Dis ordered Stomi ch there ate no bitters ih <t can compare with these in removing these distr a«*ing compl 4nts« For H..le or can be had at any Drug -lore in 'he United States or from th* proprietors, LioAsviHe, Ky , corner Seventh and Green Streets, to whom all orders should be a dressed. * HURLEY’S SARSAPARILLA. THE gr at Blood Purifier; as a Spring and Summer Medicine, stand unrivaled remov. a all impurities from tbe blood, aud giv s heath and h to me system. HURLEY, RULLLK A < O , Proprietors. Hurley’s Popular Worm Candy. AS tl is is • eally a for Worms, and the best and mo*t palp > table f »rm to give to ch id r en. it is no surprising chat it a nst taking Lite place of all other preparations for worms—it being tasteless, any child will take it. ORIENTAL PEARL DROPS. FOR BeHutif* Ing the* omplezlon, effectually removes Tan, i rerk ra, Blotihea, and idving the skin an ele c. gant smoo bneaw not enaPy attained by any olher. Its use among *he ladies of fashion in the East, giv* a it a i character for eflloacv which at once ate mps it aa in- I finitely auperiut for the 10l et of any lady. INK! INK! INK! SEATON’S ChemicaJ Writing Fluid la becoming world renowned for its' superhr qua ity. Ilav ng been ; introduced only »b mt six y are it has become the p in* - cip*l in us wth those who want a fine, free flowing B- , ink. and for its peimiiiency it is decidedly th» b-st ink for r cords ti at can be used. f*or counting houi 'B, bmk*» or schools. It is unequalled, and needs only to be tried to be approv' d. For wale by Druggists and Mer ch nts everywhere. BUKLhY. RtJDDLE A CO . Proprietors, corner Seventh and t«re< n St-eeta, , Louisville Kentucky. For aalo by all Druggists. m irh-Gm , Metropolitan Enterprise. GREAT CIFT SALE OF TOK ’ NEW YORK AND PROVIDENCE Jeweler’s Association, Capital... 5i,000,000. Depot, 197 Broadway. A N immense atosk of Phn oe. Watches. Jewelry, and Gi* de. ail to be sold for ONE DO’.L AR each, with-* . out regard to v«iue. aud not to be p id for till you see what you will receive. » Ht IFICAIEB, oasntsg each ar icle, and its value, ‘ a»e placed in sealel en e opei and well mtxe 1. O*-e of i thtwe envel pea will be sent by null to anv «dd on receipt of 25 c nts; five for $1; eleven foi $2; th rty for I 46; sixty five for $10; and one hundred for sls. • Ou receipt of the Certificate y«.u wi 1»■ o what you are Soing to h tve, and then it is .4 your option to pay «he oilar and take th«? rttcle or not. Purt.haters may thu* bb am a J* Id Watch. Diamond Ring, a Piano. Sew ing Machine, or my sei of Jewelry on out list, so $1; end in no case cau they get less than One D liar’s worth, ns there can be 110 blanks. Agents ate warned In every town in the country; every per-on can make $lO a day, sell ng our Cert fl* ’ cat. a in th • greatest sale of Jewelry ev»»r known . Send 26c. for a . ertificatv, which will Inf ’myou wbat you can obtain for sl. >t the same time get •u” circu lar conta ning a full Hat and partlc !* rs; aho, Teims io Agents. JAMES HUTCHINSON a (0., mai9-3m • 197 Bioadway, N. Y. (THEWINU TOBACCO. |Kf 1 Box.s Tobaco‘>. I e/H Common, F>n«* und Extra. j. 3 if W. KETCHAM. Large Maps State of Georgia. I *1 Copies Butt’s edition of 1P69, for s «l« by * I £ U WKINB A WILLY. Feb. 13, 1866—ts Kiln Dried Lumber. WE nre prepared to furnish, at sh'.rt notice, orders for the dwliv. ry of Kiln Dried Lu nt'er. by the ons or more car loads II WKINB A WILLY F binary 13, 18*6— ts For Sale. * fIIHK Lease on the Brick store adjoining the Auction I JL Ru<» " of Bomar & Plrkle. 1 Apilyto HICLL * BKLL. foblß—tf Real hatat« Ag« nts. Choice Buckwheat FlQtir. Sacks V Buckwheat Flour tor sale by •"V>.frb2o-tf HAWKINS A W]L Y. STATIONERY. A LARGE lot of Stationery, 26 per cent, lower than th** Invoice, tocloseuui consignment by febl4-tf CRACKERS! CRACKERS’ JU IST received 6 Bb’s Butter Crackers. 10 Boxes Butter Crachers at f. b22-’f GEO. W PARROTTS. suoiiivdroßAcco. 3Ciu»t*R Smoking Tobacco. i ” 3-»f W. kktchav FIsOVK. g /"X/k Barrels Flour, various brands, in store and fl \ 7 X F tut s*le on crnnmiKaion t»y feb2l -if Ma)R ISON, NALLK ft H \NBON. SNUFF ! k Lbe. Scotch and Maccobov Snuff, in store und for sale on commiaaion by kb2l-tf MORRIBON. NaLLEA IU SON. Take no mon* Unple >s'tnt and Uu.afe Itemedies for un> leaaan and dangerous diseases. Use Helml>old’s Extract and Improved Rose Wad). He muoid’a Fill’d Extract Bnoii’i •Is pleasant in taste an a o lor, 1 roe 1 rom nd Injur.oua properl ka, And mmedlatu in its ncn-" »