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J. KNOWXBB and S. BOSK.
EDITORS UfD PROPRIETORS-
fcx th* K-pafcU.'*r
Georgia Slate ('ufivtuiiou.
SaVansaH, March 7, IS*}.
Tiki# hoHv rubied, as per pail of the Provi
dent, Hon G W. Crawford, at Masonic Hall, in
tbi’ vitf to-day at noon. There were about two
hundred and sixty members in attendance. Some
ol'the most prominent are Kill absent at Mont
gomery, a portion of whom, 1 understand, will,
however, return and take their seats on Monday.
Such men as Toombs, Stephens, Hill, Cobb, Bar
tow ke., though we mis* them here, can, perhaps,
serve our neteig mtatrttd right * better in the Con
gress of the CoNncrtm Sritts. The Conven
tion was opened with an appropriate and impres
sive praver, by the Rev. Mr. Caldwell, of Trinity
(*.•>, Church of this city.
The Journal of the last day’s sitting in Milledge
viCe was read and confirmed.
Mr. Hood ottered a resolution in relation to the
oath of the President and members ot the Con
vention. The oath is, to support the Provisional
Constitution of the Confederate States,
Mr. B. supported the resolution. When ibis
body assembled at Milledgeville, it was not nec
easary to take the oaih to support the C. S.
Constitution, but he thought, as since that time a
Government had been formed, it had become
necessary.
M>\ Robinson of Macon, wished to till the
permanent constitution was adopted, and Mr.
Fouche saw no necessity for swearing at all; he
was opposed to it in the abstract. Besides, this
was a Convention of the sovereign people, and 1
above all constitutions.
Mr. Hood’s resolution was put and lost by a |
very large majority.
Mr. Smith, of DeKulb, moved a resolution that
Dr. Hoyle, of said county, be allowed to take his
seat as a member, he having been elected in the
place of the Hon. Charles Murphy, a delegate from
DeKalb, who died during the session ot the Con
vetutOQ in MilUdgeville, never having taken his
seat.
The resolution wa* read, taken up and nnani- 1
juouslv adopted.
Mr. Safioid ot Morgan, off. red a resolution in
relation to distributing to member* equally, the
10,000 copies ot the address of the Committee oi
Seventeen. It was taken up sad adopted.
Mr It am J ton—A resolution authorising the
Governor in furnish, free oi cbarg an) location
it. Georgia which might be selected as the capital
of the Confederate States of America, union was
loat.
Mr. Garvin presented a minority report In rela
tion to the reduction or members ot the Legisla
ture. I tie Senate to consist ol forty tne inhere,
tour trout each of ten Districts, iuto which the
State shall be divided, and the House of oue hun
dred and tbirty-two members. The whole ques
lioo to be subroil ted to the people for ratifies lion
ft was moved, but lost, that o") copies of said
report be printed.
Mr. Shropshire moved, with the convent of Mr.
Garvia, that the two reports be recommitted be
fore the adjournment, aod again reported to the
Convention. Adopted.
Mr. Bell, of Forsyth, moved a resolution that
the people of Georgia, by Convention, heartily
approve the election of Messrs. Davis and Ste
phens, to the Presidency and Vice Presidency ol
the Confederate States. Adopted.
Mr. Crawford, of Greene, moved that a copy
of the same be transmitted to the Congress at
Montgomery, which was adopted.
Mr. Johnson of Clayton, offered a resolution,
which was adopted, that seaa on the floor of the
Hail be tendered to representatives of the Press,
wad that the Messenger prepare the same for their
accommodation. [Thanks Col, we owe you one,
for some of ui, at least, not not bring musical or
engaged to entertain the Convention in that way,
while in session, prefer downstair* to that delight
ful locality intended lor orchestras.]
Mr. Tatum offered a resolution that Dr. Uovle,
if DeKitlb, be allowed to sign the Ordinance of
Secession, which was taken up and adopted.
The President iiated that he had received sev
eral communications from some of the States, one
of which was from the Governor of New York, iu
relation to the resolution of the Convention, ap
proving the ?ouf*e of Gov. Brown, iu taking Fort
Paisaki, which was —short. Two from the Gov
ernors of Maryl&od and Alabama, and two from
Commissioners to this State from the States ol
Delaware and Kentucky.
These several commonicalions were rend end
laid unyi the fable U)r fG Tt. *
aod Kentucky would make common cause with the
seceded States.
0q mouon, then, the Convention adjourned to
meet to-morrow, at 11 o’clock, A. M.
Was Dt.rar.TKtST, .
AojrTa.vT GrxKßtt’s Omen,
BsAiytß, March 1, 1801. |
The following order is published for the infor
mation of the Army :
Was Department, March 1, ltsOl.
By the direction of the Pkmidc.nt of the United
States it ie ordered that Brigadier General David
£. Twiggs be and is hereby dismissed from the
Army of the United States, for hia treachery to the I
Sag of his country in having surrendered, on the |
18th of February, 1861, on the demand of the!
authorities of Texas, the military post and othet j
property of the United States in his department!
and under his charge. i
J. HOLT, Secretary of War.
By order of the Sncretarv or War.
8. COOPER, Adjutant General, j
1 hr Capital.
The Montgomery of tho Charles
ton Mercury writes
A house h been rented here for the President
at an enormonx rent. Kit whether Montgomery
wiii becotee the permanent acaf oi government i*
uroblrui.rie_ HunmlQe, ori tbe an.)
Mctnphie lUiliuad, would be a poo l location, lint
lor the abominable Union wniwuent ihai jiicuil*
there, and makes it more like Teune®-ee than Ala
bdina. The hlsdiug of .Soadiei u men Nasi.ri!!,*,
in 1350, b j a mob ia tbe can neither be!
forgotten or overlooked in *e!ecilug a mi ol gov*
*-rr meat. I>r the Cotton State* a locality soul 1
•*f the mountain range would be most ap[woprutt<..
Macon, Georgia, ia snggested a* a good place.—
But !ti,H4 reran S.
Gw. Tw iCui.-~T(w toilowing are the orders of
Gwb. Twigg* to the forces under his command re
lative to tbe evacuation of the Federal uiUlitarv
posts iii Texas:
HkADQCAanubt, Decasi mi st, Texas,
San Antonio, Feb. 18, 1801. )
The State of Texas bating demanded, through
ha Commissioners, the delivery of the Mil lit ary
posts and public property within the limit* of this
cc-rnroand, and tbe Commanding General desiring
to avoid even the possibility of a collision lie tween !
the Federal ami State troop*, the posts will be!
evacuated by their gun Dons, and these will take
up, so soon as the necessary preparations can be
made, the line of march oat of Texas, by way of
the coast —marching out with their arm>. (the
light batteries with their guns.) clothing, and camp
uad Garrison equipage, quartermaster’; stores, Sbb
Gsten-**, wvedicat, hospital <u*re j , and such wmwim
of transportation nf every kind as may be noceu
*ry for an efficient and orderly movement of the
troops, prepared for an efficiently aod orderly
attack or defence against aggressions from wriv
source. The troop, will • arry with them provis
ions as far as tho coast. By order of
Hrcvet-Maj. Gen. Twians.
r— £5?“ A writer in the Country Gentleman, says:
Were I about to leave to a son a large sum of
money and desire licit he should heroiue a Rule
nouled, narrow minded, hard-hearted creature, with
contracted view* ol every thing but money, I would
say to him, heed my parting advice—never dn
aught with your tnearu, hut to keep it breeding in
the same line, and that with as much rapidity a*
possiole. Keep it at • high a rate nf interest as
pomibks—live cheap, spend nothing that you ran
m avoid; harbor no foolish scruples in usoney mat
ter* ; they are enemies in money circles, and above
all keep an eye single to securities ; trust not with
out double-hack or gilt-edged security. 1f be faith
fully followed the admonition he could hardly fail
to become a groveling minded, mean-sou led, insin
cere, heartless rich man—despised, and justly so,
for the want of every generous and manly trait,
deserving nor commanding any respect except
what li-tie deference Is paid to wealth bv the obse
quious base o*cr.
But the chief end and a T m of life is not money.
•jive me neither poverty nor riches’"—rather let
me bask amidst the works of nature, amidst the
green fields, the ripening harvests, the lowing
herds, and the playful lambs, cheered by the mustc
of tbe warbling songsters, and hum of the insect*,
tbe murmur ii.g of the forest winds, and the ripliug
of the meandering brook. These are the delighu
continually surroutidrlug tbe tanner {!• t* R^V
it *U vmt* u MomtU *•.
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TffS FHITID $ JATIS SENA
Dues not seem to command, at present, anj 1
very large amount of respect from the looker* on.’
The greatest disorder characterised tho close of
the session. TVe extract from the proceeding* of
Saturday and Sunday:
Oa the 2nd, the special order iieing the Peace
Convention prepositons, was taken up
Mr. Lake resumed hi* remarks speaking against
ibe propoei.ton*. anj defended him*elf against the
speech ol the Senator from Tennessee, (Mr. John
*on.) He referred to the withdrawal of aeveral
ot ilie Mates, and declared that Virginia would
•also go if nothing was done, and join the great
Southern Confederacy. He aho argued at °otne
length in favor of the right of secession.
Mr. Prater made a report from the Conference
t’-ommimee on the civil hill, and the report was
agreed to.
Mr. Lax* continued, commenting severely on
that portion of Mr. Johnson’s speech advocating ,
coercion as a settlement for the present difficulties |
of the country. He (Lane,) was in favor of a,
peaceable settlement. He claimed that the Repub
lican party would not let the slave States go;
into the Territories with their property. The Re-’
publican party will not let the Southern States
•tay in the l nion, nor yet allow them to go out of
it. Mr. Lane spoke for nearly three hour®.
Mr. Jouv*ok, of Tennessee, thou rose to speak.
Mr. Hhjllß wished to knoa - if it war. the inten
tion nf the Senator to put off action on tbe great
questions before the country, If he choo**- to do
*o, it was in the power of any Senator to put off
action until it was ioo late.
Mr. Jonssos said lie would only occupy a short
time. He then proceeded to reply to Mr. Lane,
lie said he had been attarked bv tho*e who favor
disunion. Personalities towards him had been
indulged in, but he (Johnson) fell himself above
personalities. As Mr. Johnson proceeded he was
applauded ly the galleries, when the Chaiiman,
Mr. Polk, ordered the gentlemen's gallery on the
right to be cleared.
Mr. Docolas moved Urn: the rule be suspended.
Som. debate look place on the motion, when
Mr. f.vxr. said that he hoped the gentlemen in
| the gallery would Iw* permitted to remain and ap
plaud as much a* they pleased. It did not make
vnv dillercnre to him, for he was standing up for
right.
Mr. Hat * said that those in the galleries were
I probably new comers, lad got their ideas of
! the ?enste from tiie uowspa[er.i. lie thought
; they had better be excused.
The discussion continued for nearly an hour,
and several motions were made and withdrawn,
until at las? Mr. Douglas withdrew his motion, it
nemtr considered out of ordr-r.
Thf I'h.iir tin'll suspended the older to clear
the gallery, and
kI. JyH SSO.N proceeded with hi* speech* fie
-aid he might talk about treason ;i the fathers of
‘he country had talked about it. The Constitu
tion defines treason a* levying war against the
government and aiding those who do so. Show
him (Johnson j those who make war on the gov
ernment and lire on its vessels, and he would show
you a traitor. If lu* wa* President of the United
States he would have all -ueh arrested, and if
tried and convicted by the Ktermtl God lie would
have them hung. AG. Johnson then referred to
■he action of Tennessee in regard to seceawioa.—
It seemed iu ii the Senator from Oregon had not i
heard tbe news. Mr. Johnson referred to the
votes on the resolutions of lust ses.-iou when the ■
Senator from Oregon voted against tlic resolution 1
T bwt it was accessary to protect slavery. But that
was before a Presidential election ; now it id after j
such an election. Six State* have gone out of the !
L nion, but the people have not passed an ordin
ance ol secession. Conservative men have been
overpowered and u->urp;i;on has triumphed. The
stars and stripea ire changed, and the Palmetto,
the Pelican and the Rattlesnake run up iu their ;
place. Mr. Johnson clo*ed with an eloquent ap- ;
peal for the dag of the l nion, expressing the
hope that it might ever wave over the land of the
free, and declaring that Tennessee would ever re
main in the Union.
Applause broke out in the galleries when Mr.!
Johnson cloed.
The Chair orilered the galleries to lc cleared.
A few hisses followed, wheu the whole crowd
rose and burst out with most tumult non- apptan-*,
bellowing and shouting, and culminating ia three
rousing cheers lor the Inion, causing the greatest
excitement.
The Chair ordered the Sergeimt-ai-Arms to ar
rest any one causing a disturbance.
Mr. Kixxrnr asked that the doors be locked.
After a little time ail the galleries were cleared,
the door* locked, and the Senate proceeded in
thier busines*.
Mr. Urittexpkn moved that when the Seuate
adjourn, to adjourn to meet to-morrow, even
Mr. Tni-Mec/A suggested that they adjourn to
seven o’clock Sunday evening.
Mr. Kiev said in relation to the disturbances he
hoped the Senate would do somethin'’- to prevent
sueh crowds in the galleries.
Mr. Klx.vtbv said, he hoped, and would more,
• bat lor the rcsidoe of the se.-hon the gallery
door* should be locked. He thought the disturb
ance of to-day was the greatest insult ever offered
to the Senate, and that it was like a market house
mob.
The Senate took a recess until 7 o’clock, Sunday
evening, when toe scenes of disorder were re
newed, insomuch that Mr. Douglas declared they
were legislating under the serveilance of a mob.
The Cal after the flat*.
The Richmond Dctpaitih say*: “The town is all
ago” over a most amusing caricature of Lincoln
and the Seceding States, in which the former i*
represented a* a ferocious looking cat, with one
paw on the llat unfortunate rat, Virginia, while
Uw rest rtf her s:-ters are scampering for dear life,
couth i arnUna len-i* the race, Mississippi and
Georgia are next, Alabama and Florida are going
neck and neck, Uien-coutes l<ouDiaiia ; whilst Texas
has barely .-K-aped the right paw of Gkiualkin,
j hich nearly toochfi the tail of the fugitive prey!
fn orif* rorurr h a rat fytvtg on the ft it of ft I*
to-Msli, with iu a.I off, the I nite! Staler Asig waving
over iio. and bcoeatb, the **Tie ('nion
wwt <0)1 shall be preserved.” Virginia I* held
Itiriy iii ilie cat’s sinister mw, wliiNt out of his
room h coiiicb the words: “Nothing is going wrong.
Nothing really hurl- uuyboitv. Nobody is suffering
anything.” and ihe unhappy victim consoles himself
wiib the excUimtiou, “We emi go out on the Ith
of July as w ell a* the 4th of March.” This capital
prodoeiioii is, we unilentrand, the production of an
acoiriplisiit-d young lady of our city, who give* line
promise ol success as an artDb”
1 kt Fowifion ol % irainia.
It now appears that had a vote been taken in
the Pea--e t'orilerence ou tbe propositions adopt
ed OS a whole, the vote of Virginia would have
been recorded In their htvor. Judge Brocken
borough, though objecting to some special point®,
was willing to Tote !or the propositions as an en
tire plan. The point was raised, that after adopt
ing the different section*, a vote should be taken
on the whole; but ex-President Tyler decided
adversely, and thus the vote of Virginia was pre
■ vented from being cast in their favor.
Virginia must. Iks very easily satisfied.
I.onbiana Male < onieiiihin,
Ni.w Ori.eaws, March B.—The Convention, to
: lay, in secret session, transferred to the Confed
ierwte Stan** five hundred and thirty-six thousand
dollars, the sum of collection from custom? at this
port, and of bullion in the mint at this city.
AlHliaiutt Mule l outnitioii.
MoNT-owniv, Ala., March t*.—ln the Stale
convention to day, an ordinance was adopted,
iransferring military operations to the Provisional
Goverunienet, together with the arms and muni
tions of war, acquired from the United States Gov
ernment, acquired by the recent seizure of Gov
ernment property. It al*o transfers the authority
, over the forts and arsenals to the Confederacy.
Norili ff'nroliDa Com vent in • Flection.
lUlcigm, V. C., March 9.—The. State has voted
agniost holding a Convention by about 1,000 ma
jority. The members elected are two to one for
Union.
Pure Tits.—John Mitchell deliver* himself a*
Pllows in his last letter from Pari* to the Chirle®-
on Mercury. John ha evidently been unable to
arrange inafters to his satisfaction :
On the whole, I would beg most earnestly to im
press* upon you the conviction that in I'.urope gen
erally, but in Rngland particularly, you have no
chance, no Iv-nt no pretension to be
considered as Christian men, or perhaps a* huni in
being*, except the cotton field alone. But for that, j
and the interests hanging upon that, you would be ‘
hurred from the face ol the earth, and erased from
creation by the indignant voice of an out raged
nineteenth century ! It falls to you—it devolves i
upon you—especially, you Southern men of Ameti i
c*, to bring back men’* minn* to the manly and
sveightlorwarddaysofold—days when there were
no poor houses, and wheu fathers and mothers did
at *trt*|lq thyjr children (or Uic sake of t]* bqrifl
solution.
| MoNfnoVFßv, March 11.—The Permanent Con
stitution was adopted on Saturday night, in secret
session. Secrecy having been removed, I send
ton the following synopsis of its main new fea
* urea:
No person of foreign birth not a citizen of the
Confederate States, shall be allowed to vote for
UiT officer, civil or political. Slate or Federal.
I ndcr the first census, South Carolina shall be
entitled to five liepresenialivcs in Congress, Geor
gia to ten, Alabama niue, Florida two, Miisitiuppi
; ‘even, Louisiana six, and Texas six—and each
I State to two Senators.
The State legislatures inay impeach Judicial or
Federal officers resident or acting in said State by
i two-lbiid* vote of both branches of the l>egi*-
’ lature.
Congress may grant seat* on the lioor ol either
House to the principal officer of each Executive
Department, with privileges of discussing the inra
’ sure* of hi* Department.
i The representation of three-fifths of the slave
I population in the elections is continued.
Congress is not allowed, through the imposition
i of duties, i. tester any branch ot industry.
The foreign slave trade is prohibited.
Congress is prohibited from making appropria
(ions, unless by a vote ot two thirds of both
Houses, except an appropriation be asked by the
head ol some of the Department* or by th® l’re-
Mdvnt.
No extra compensation eliali be allowed to any
contractor, officer, or agent, after a contract has
been made and service rendered.
Every law, or resolution having the force of law,
shall relate to but one subject, which shall be ex
pressed in the title.
The tenure of the office of President and A iee
President shall he for six year*.
The principal officers of the Executive Depart
ment*, and of the diplomatic service, shad be
removable at the pleasure of the President. Other
civil officers shall he removable whenever their
services shall become unnecessary, or for other
good causes, but the causes and the reasons for the
. removal must be repotted to the Senate. Praeti
: cally. no captious removal shall be tolerated.
Other states are to be admitted into the Confed
j eraev by a vote of two-thirds of both Houses.
The Confederacy may acquire territory ; and
slavery shall W acknowledged and protected by
! Congress, and by the Territorial Governments.
AN hen lire Stat.-s ratify this Constitution it shall
be established lor the said States; and, until rali
: tied, the Provisional Constitution shall continue in
! force, not extending, however, beyond one year.
Nothing of ■'pocial interett was transacted lo
usy.
Duties.
We have received iuforin-t ion, says the Augus
ta relative to the requirements’
‘of (lie Custom House, as will be u-efttl to our bus
, iuess community at this time, when there are many
: at st lu-- to know’ “what to do, and when to do it,'’
Ito aec r<* the prompt receipt of goods.
We leaf iij that ail good* imported via. Savan
nah or Chat lesion, must be regulaily entered at
; the Custom Mouse, even if purchased before the
tirbt day ol March : and to pa?* them through the
Cu-toui llou.-e free of duty —in accordance with
the law making “free gooda” of such as were pur
chased prior to March Ist., and actually laden for
I importation before March IMh—an Invoice of the
[ goods, with the value, accompanied by an affidavit
j from the consignor or owner, particularly deacrib
f ing the trunks, numbers, Ac., of the case or cases
■ in which the good* so invoiced are packed, the
I time they were (!>ona fide) purchased, (prior to
March Ist.) and that they were on board ship be
fore March Uth, must oe deposited with the Col
lector, through an agent, or in person, to whom
the Collector will issue a permit for the goods to
i be forwarded.
Our friend, Mr. Plant, Superintendent of the
Express, inform* * that he lias secured the ser
vice* of an experienced Custom House Broker for
their business, and we would recommend our mer
chants to call upon Mr. Plant for any aid or infor
mation they may require.
All goods purchased on and after March Ist will
be subject to the duties levied under the United
’ State* Tariff ot !8. r i7. Tc pass through the Cus
tom House, the owner must furnish t.|ie Collector
with invoice® accompanied by hi* oath that he is
the owner; when, if the price® in ihe invoice are
the correct value in the port from which the
good* were ship|>ed, they will be passed, on pay
ment of the duties in gold or silver.
The owner should be represented bv a'* agent
at the port of entry or delivery, (unless present in
. person,) to facilitate the forwarding ol his goods.
Our business men will, no doubt, find it incon
i venient at first to comply with I lie many rules and
regulations of the revenue service, but we know
they will cheerfully acquiesce in. pdCOfltoif with.
AA HAT Daniel Wrh-trr thought, nf <le*frovll!g
the l nion, with a view to it* “reconstruction,”
tnay be leAroed from the following sentiment con
tained in hia address on tbe character of Washing
ton :
“ AS'ho shall reconstruct the fabric of a demol
ished Government? AVho shall rear again the
. well-proportioned columns of constitutional liber
i t.y ? AVho shall frame together the skilful archi
tecture which unites national sovereignty with
•State rights, individual security, and public pros
perity? No; if these columns fall, they will be
raiseo not again. Icke the Coliseum and the Par
thenon, they will be drstined to a mounful, a mel
ancholy immortality. Bitterer tears, however, will
llow over them than were ever shed over the toon
• unients of Roman or Grecian art; for they will be
the remarks of a more glorious edifice than Greece
or Borne ever saw, the edifice of constitutional
1 American liberty
II nett iHriew.
On Saturday night, a? we learn, a burglar effect
ed an entrance iuto the house of Dr. Schley, near
this city, and by mean* of false keys opened a secre
tary in which Dr. li. Pierce, general agent of the
Georgia M. K. Conference, and absent on the
hua'mesA oi hia ugeocy, lim<l depo-itod about *1 in,
collected by bint for other persons. H iving secur
el this* auti other booty, the burglar was interrupt
ed in his exploration by a lady of the house, who
had been aroused by some noise that he had made
and con I ron led him with a gun in her hand. This
. so alarmed him that he beat a precipitate retreat,
dropping tbe niouey and other articles that he had
! collected. He had a dark lantern arid other bur-
I glar’a tools. Ihe rare presence of mind and reso
j lution of the lady defeated bis plans.
On Tuesday night ‘lie store of Mr. Jkiiky Tkrry,
corner of Oglethorpe and Randolph streets was
; entered through the back door by a burglar and
robbed of about 813 u worth of groceries and other
good* and a small amount of money in tho drawer.
There are unquestionably expert and daring rogues
plving their occupation in the city, and too good
a look out cannot be kept.—tW. Kmjuirtr.
’■'lie Fla”.
Oa Monday the 4th inst., at half-past S o’clock
p. m., the Flag of the Confederate States of Amer
ica was Hung to the breeze from the capito! of Ala
bama at Montgomery, and was received by a salute
from canuun and by tho clieer3 of assembled thous
and*. The Montgomery Adctrlisev thus describes
it: “The Flag of the Confederate States was the
’ work of thej committee appointed by Congre-s,
none of the designs sent by individual* as models
having been thought suitable. It consist of three
j bars of red and white. The upper red, middle
white, lower red. The lower bar extends the
whole width of the Hag, and just above it, next to
■ the stall’ in the npper left hand corner of the llag,
is a blue Union with seven stars in a circle. The
I design is simple, easily recognized, ami sufficiently
distinct from the old Gridiron. Long may it wave
over a Iree, prosperous and united people.”
i Macon A AVehtkhn Railroad.—The correspond
ent of the Augusta Dispatch, writing from Atlanta,
except* I lie above road in his compliments, as
regards reduction of fare, on soldiers going from
this place to Savannah and Augusta. We are
happy to learn that Mr. A. L. Tvler, Superintend
ent of this Road, has given to Uaptain AA’allace, a
j ticket authorising him to carry his recruits over
: the Road upon the same terms other roads con
necting at Atlanta do. The same courtesy will
no doubt bo extended to other recruiting officer*.
! Atlanta. Intelligencer.
Fate or Ehitors.—Some twenty-eight or thirty
years ago Horatio King, the present Postmaster
General, and Hannibal Hamlin, tho present Vice
President, were engaged in publishing a weekly
newspaper in the small and obscure village of Pa
ris, on the Little Androscoggin River, away down
in Maine.
Notiiinu AA’rono. —Mr. I.incoin says there is
nothing going wrong, and there is nobody hurt.
Will the six hundred thousand mechanics and
laborers at the North who are now out of employ
ment, please s'and up and give their evidence ?
Rich me,ad Whip.
Commissioner to France. — Tbe New Orleans
Commercial Bulletin understand* that Judge P.
A. Rost, of that State, has been appointed by
President Davis, and confirmed by Congress, as
Coamissiour from thu Sum to
MACON, GEORGIA : j
Wednesday, March 13, 1861*
C OTTON M %1C K FT.
Receipts have been light lor a lew days past, as
planter* are busily engaged in preparing lor a ft.- ■
ture crop; in doing which, it is hoped, they will
weigh well the experience ol tire past year, be
tween what the? had to acII, and what they had lo
bay —Cotton vs. Corn— aud where iluir means
went to make their purchases.
The sale* of Cotton have been at about the same
prices as tho*e of last week —generally Irom 9 10
\fV ot*.
FIRE
AVe regret to state that the Livery Stables of
Messrs. Sptikxk Adderhold, Dearth* Brown IIou?e
were burned on Monday night, consuming nine
horse?, corn, fodder, harness, Ac. with the hooks
of the concern. It is supposed, it w?as purposely
fired by some malicious person.
Our Firemen ns usual, did their duty, exeep',
that they occasionally wasted some water on tbe
crowd, which could have been better applied else
where.
TEE PERMANENT CONSTITUTION,
It will be seen, ha* been adopted—a synopsis
of which we give from the Augusta Sentinel. —
With its general provisions, we are decidedly
pleased. AVe have no time for lengthened com
ment, to-day.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
AA’e are gratified to learn that Messrs. Oarhart &
Brother, well known in thia community, will soon
resume business in this city. Sre their card.
The poetic adveriisetneni of Mr. Kein is a gem
which the ladies will appreciate these prosy times.
Messrs. 7. -ilin A Hunt, it wid be seen, are not
unobservant of the ills to which llesli i* heir.
The planter and farmer will please take notice
that anything ami everything he want* in (he
way of Agricultural Implement*, can be had at
Nathan Weed’s.
Mr. T. (.’. Nisbet Is in fn!l blast at hi* new estab
lishment and merits the mo*t liberal patronage.
TO OUR PATRONS
Our grateful acknowledgements are hereby ten
dered to our many and valued patron*, who have
stood by tlit’ “GW <<'eor<)bi Journal and Meaxen
per,” “through evil as well as good report.” We
are happy to assure our advertising friends, es
peciilly, that we are having regular accessions to
our subscription list—one of the largest and best
in Middle Georgia—and hope they will continue
to avail themselves of it to make themselves
known to the trading public.
AA'e intend, so soon as the times get settled, to
make some improvements in the general aspect of
our Journal.
Will not those of our patrons who are largely
in arrenrs, aid us to carry out our wishes and de
signs ?
GOOD NEWS
By reference to late dispatches from Washing
ton, it will be seen tbe prospects of peace are
more cheering. This will carry joy and gladness
into every patriot heart. I.et every man, woman
and child, in every portion of out once united
and happy land, devoutly and earnestly labor for
a peaceful solution of our present unhappy politi,
cal difference*, and whether we shall again he
re-united or separately work out our allotted desti
ny, Heaven will smile propitiously upon us, and
make us a great, and prosperous people. With
peace we may anticipate plenty. With war, crime
poverty, wretchedness, weeping and lamentation
all over the land. AA’e hail, then, with heartfelt
satisfaction every peaceful omen.
THE STATE CONVENTION.
Agreeably to the call of the President, assem
bled in Savannah on Thursday last. Several
consideration. We are gVa.r'to “b’lfse'/Vl’
friends oT legislative reduction are early pressing
the passage of an ordinance for this purpose.—
We have strong hopes that they will be successful.
If there were legislative reasons formerly why
our General Assembly should be numerically di
minished, there are now, euperadded to these,
economic considerations of a weighty character,
under our present changed political relation*.—
The voice of the people, almost unanimously, de
mands the change. We trust there will be no
hesitancy on the part of their servant* to obey
their will.
THE SLAVE TRADE.
AA r e believe a very large majority of tbe people
of this Confederacy will approve the action of their
deputies on this subject. Rut it i* urged by some,
that the traffic in slaves with those States upon
our borders which still continue in the United
Stales should also be inhibited by Constitutional
provision or Congressional legislation. To this
we are opposed. It will be remembered that not
many yeare ago, Georgia and perhaps other cot
ton States, prohibited by law the Introduction of
m-groes for Sale Horn other States. These acts,
so far us our own Suite was concerned, we deem
ed in harmony with sound political economy and
public safety. We should be glad to see them
restored. But whilst the prohibition of this traffic
nia} be wise and expedient in resrard to Georgia,
it might prove detrimental to the prosperity of her
younger sisters, whose agricultural resources are
yet comparatively undeveloped. Each State
ought to know best her own interest and to be
permitted, unxestricted by Federal interposition,
to determine the character of her own internal
policy.
it ha.* been suggested that the slave trade with
the border States should be prohibited as a retal
iatory measure, for their refusal to join the seced
ed State*. TMf, we humbly conceive, would be
unwise and unjudt. It certainly would be unwise
f - 0 aggravate the animosities which we regret to
believe already existj between the cotton and
border States. Are we strong enough and secure
enough to dispeuse with their friendship and sym
pathy ?
But it would be unjust. Hid the Cotton State*
proposed a Convention of all the slave holding
States, previous to their withdrawal from the Un
ion, we believe they could have united upon some
plan by which their rights would have been secure
in the I'nion ; or failing in this, they would have
rtired from it iu a body’. AA’e believe Congress
would have regarded the unanimous demand for
new Constitutional guarantees from all the slave
holding States. A revolution, however, was pre
cipitated upon the country without consulting the
border Stateu, and In disregard of| their remon
strances; this, too, under the official avowal that
it was designed to “drag them out of the Union.”
But it is too late now to recall the past or to re
trieve the consequences of precipitate action.—
By a judicious policy, we tnay yet secure the sym
pathy and good will of our border brethren, per
haps their ultimate affiliation and hearty co-opera
tion. Looking at the events and developments
of the last few days—the animus of the Black
Republican leaders—we believe nothing but the
exercise of a genOrous forbearance and the exhi
bition of a fraternal apirit, is requisite to bring to
our fellowship and aid all the slaveholding States.
We have received the March Dumber of the
Fchctic Magazine from the publishers, W. 11.
Bidwcll, of New York. It is adorned by a like
ness of Lord John Russell, a spirited, but of course
imaginary picture of Sheak9peare’s trial, before
Sir Thomas Lucy for deer-stealing. The
are well selected, as usual. The one entitled
*'TU Constable of the Tower” ia a terrible atiac]?
oatha character of U?nrv VIII, of (iloglantL
SIX 2C&GI&3 On 7 ~ t IJfeUGtfe&l.
An interesting and important debate occurred
:h the Uuited Stales Senate on Wednesday. On a
motion to print, the usual number of copies of the
Breswleni’s Inaugural, Mr. Cllngtuan attacked the
Address as a proclamation of war against the se
ceding States. Mr. Douglas replied, dissenting
from the conclusions of the North Carolina Sena
tor. Though the Inaugural was not as explicit on
some points as he desired, he (Mr. D. ) had come
to the conclusion that it “was a peace rather than
a war message.'* Mr. D. then entered upon an
analysis to maintain this view of the Inaugural.—
We have only spaee tor the closing remarks of the
Senator, which are as follows :
This brought him to the construction of another
clause —the most important of all and the key to
the entire policy ; but he was rejoiced when he
read it. lie invited attention to it as showing
conclusively that the President is pledged to a
policy which looks to a peaceful solution of our
difficulties, and against all others. He says: “The
course here indicated, will be followed, unless
current events and experience shall show a modi
fication, or change to be proper, and in every
case and exigency, mv best discretion will be
exercised according to circumstances actually ex
isting, and with a vipw anil a hope for a peaceful
solution of the national troubles, and the restora
tion of fraternal sympathies and affections."—
In other words, the President says if the collec
tion of the revenue will lead to a peaceful solu
tion, then it will be collected. If the abandon
ment of the collection will have that effect, then it
will be abandoned. So of the forts and arsenals in
the seceding States. He will recapture or not re
capture them, and will reinforce or not reinforce
Forts Sumler and Pickens. He is pledged in
either place to a peaceful policy and to acting
with this view. If this is not the true construc
tion, why was there not inserted a pledge to use
coercion, tefake the torts, recapture the arsenals,
collect the revenue and enforce the laws, unless
there was attached to each one a condition 011
which the pledge was to be cat tied out ‘i Hut the
pledge is only to do it in order to a peaceful solu
tion, and for no other cause.
When it is known that Mr. D. had an interview
with Mr. L. before his inaugural, that he not only
attended the inauguration ball, but danced with
| Mrs. Lincoln, the friends of peace will be relieved
by the above exposition of President Lincoln’s
views and feelings.
M Principle*.
Time, the test of .ill things, says the Augusta
N. ntinel , stamps truth upon another of the prin
ciples tot which the old Whig party was condemned
and vilified. Tiie Missouri Compromise, the re
peal of which the Whigs opposed, and for regret
ting which Mr. Fillmore was defeated, has beeu
•auctioned again by some of the very men active
in piocuring its repeal. They are now willing to
acknowledge that Mr. Fillmore’s assertion was true
that the repeal has proved a “ Pandora’s box,” lull
ot evil to the country. We fear that the box has
remained open so long that not even hope remains.
The destruction of that compromise has done its
work of evil, and there is little hope that its res
toration, proposed by the Peace Congress, will re
pdrthe calamity. It is always easier and more
pojular to destroy than to reconstruct.
A tariff for revenue with incidental protection,
was another Whig principle. The Democracy of
the North have, by their acts, fully recognized the
justice and expediency of such a measure, and in
our new Confederacy we have adopted precisely
such a taiiff. True, “ free trade” has still its ad
mirers here, but we seem to be just as far from it
as we were thirty years ago —the necessities of trie
Confederacy will always stand in the way. £o far
from having free trade, trade is more shackled
than ever—we have not only import but export
duties, and we have likewi-e the dictum of our
Premier, Mr. Toombs, that any reduction of the
IT. States taiiff would be “ unwise in the last de
gree.” A sound paper currency, national and cur
rent every where in the country, was another
Whig principle. North and South, ali parties have
given up the idea of an exclusively metallic cur
rency, and propose now to issue government
promises to pay in email sums, such as may serve
al currency in many transap*taa The nnlv /UK
——*•• img lJeuiocratie and the old Whig
‘<* ‘!>“• ‘to rap money is not based OH
specie, nor on demand convertible into coin. The
cry of “ hard money” is no more heard in the land,
unless the words signify that money is a great deal
harder to get.
Tho Fiflmi yi liliou l oan.
There can be no sort, of objection to this act,
of our Government, says the Augusta Constitu
te ohftlixt. If ilie money is needed to put the
wheels in motion, tlu-re are thousands with open
hands who stand ready to take such share as their
circumstances will permit.
In this first loan ol the “Confederate States,”
the greatest difficulty will be in its distribution.—
\\ o would like to see it apportioned out pro rnta
in the States, according to their population, and
subdivided in 9iieh sums that all ntav have a small
share. \\ o think that, thus issued and distributed
in the form of Treasury notes of denominations
from fifty to one thousand dollars each, they
would answer more purposes than one. The
wants of the State would be supplied, and anew
circulation to the extent of the loan be introduc
ed, which would have the advantage over all
others, inasmuch as it would appreciate every day
in possession of the holder; at the same time it
would form a safe medium of exchange between
the different and distant sections of the country.
Tbe Treasury note system is a good one, par
ticularly in extended lines of country. All know
the authority by which they are put forth. They
are the issues and representatives of the State, and
their security gives them great advantages over
the common paper currency, which, as too inanv
of us know, too often vanishes in value “like the
baseless fabric of a vision,” and leaves on/ 1, “a
wreck behind.”
A Severe Affliction.
Elsewhere in this paper says the Columbus En
quire, may be found an obituary notice of Mrs.
Virginia A. Scott, who died in Alabama on the
3d inst. She was the daughter of Major John 11.
Howurd of this vicinity, and the death of one so
loved and gifted, in the morning of life, was a
most afflictive bereavement to her relatives and
friends. But soon, alas! was it to be followed by
still another mournful dispensation. On Tuesday
uiglit, the sth iust., her mother, Mrs. J. 11. How
ard, died at the residence of Major 11., thus quick
ly following her lamented daughter to the tomb,
and adding to the weight of anguish that already
crushed the hearts and hopes of the sorrowing
family. Mrs Howard’s death was no doubt hasten
ed by grief for the death of her daughter. She
was an estimable lady, who*e less will be severely
felt by a large circle of relatives, friends and ac
quaintances. The afflicted family have the sympa
th'es of this entire community.
A Rkconi imatiox.— The Augusta Chroniele
says, and we participate heartily in the sentiment:
It affords us considerable gratification to be able
to announce to our readers, on the authority of
the Montgomery correspondent of the Gate City
Guardian, that the most friendly and cordial per
sonal relations have been restored between Vice
President Stephens and the Hon. It. 11. Hill. Wo
are truly glad of it and know the fact, will send a
thrill of joy to the friends of both these eminent
gentlemen. Our beloved country has need of
such men, and we rejoice to think that, their ser
vices are together offered to the land of their na
tivity, and that no old personal bitterness can now
stand in the way of concerted setion.
As (he United States are given the sobriquet of
Uncle Sam, a Republican paper proposes to call
the Confederate States, “Cousin Sambo.” “We
always thought the Republicans were in some Wav
related to Sambo.— k'jre/tonge.
If Sambo i & bright he will diaowii Republican
kin.
1 THE *TaM AND fTftlfE#.
The Augusta Sentinel thus jubilates Over oar
new national flag:
Then, by all means, we rejoice still in the Stars
and Stripes. They are justly as much ours as thev
are the property of the old Union, for under them
our commerce has sought all seas, and our soldiers
and sailors have encountered vietorously all dan
gers. Up with them then, and may they wave
proudly and triumphantly forever, in their new
arrangement, over a great, prosperous, happy and
contented people,-
To all w hich we say, Amen !
THE COMMONWEALTH.”
This is the title of anew and handsome daily
just commenced at Atlanta, the fir9t number of
which is on our table. J. S. Peteisou, late of the
“American,” Kditor, Samuel Grubb, publisher.—
We cordially extend the right hand of fellowship
to our friends of the “Common wealth,” and wish
them God speed. The paper is to be strictly a
news and commercial Journal, independent on all
subjects. Daily $5.00 per annum. Weekly |I.OO.
Address Samuel Grubb, Atlanta.
CLOSING SCENES.
In the United States Senate on the 4th instant,
twelve o’clock having arrived, the Vice President,
Mr. Breckinridge, called the Senate to order, and
said :
Senators—ln taking my final leave of this posi
tion I shall ask a few moments in which to tender
mv grateful acknowledgments for the resolution
declaring your approval of the manner in which I
have discharged its duties, aud to express a deep
sense of the uniform courtesy which, as presiding
officer, I have received from the members of this
body. If I have committed errors, your generous
forbearance refused to rebuke them, ami during
the whole period ol’ my services I have never ap
pealed in vain to your justice and charity. The
memory of these acts wifi be ever cherished among
the most grateful recollections of my life. For
my successor I can express no better wish than
that he may enjoy those relations of mutual
confidence which have so happily marked our in
tercourse.
Now, gentlemen of the Senate and officers of
the Senate, from whom I have received so many
kind offices accept mv gratitude and cordial wishes
for your prosperity and welfare.
Mr. Hamlin, the Vice President elect, then
stepped forward and said:
Senators—An experience of several years in this
body has taught me something ot the duties of its
presiding officer. And, with a stern, inflexible
purpose to discharge these duties faithfully, rely iug
upon the courtesy and co-operation of Senators
and invoking the aid of Divine Providence, I am
now ready to take the oath required by the Con
stitution, and eater upon the discharge of the
official duties assigned me by the confidence of a
generous people.
Vice President Hamlin then took the oath of
office prescribed by the Constitution, as follows :
“I, Hannibal Hamlin, do solemnly swear to
support the Constitution of the United States.”
Mr. Breckinridge then said—Having arrived at
the termination of this Congress, I now declare
the Senate adjourned without day.
Vice President Hamlin then took the Chair, and
the proclamation calling the extra session of the
Senate was read.
Mr. Biaciiuuau.
The Departure of Mr. Buchanan from Wash
ington took place yesterday at 3 o’clock P. M.
says the National Intelligencer of Wednesday.—
Since leaving the Executive Mansion, a little after
midday ou Monday, the Ex-President has been the
guest of Robert Ould, Esq., United States District
Attorney, from whose residence he wa3 escorted
by the Union Battalion, consisting of two compa
nies under the command of Captain Carrington,
and Captain Kelly’s company of Union Guards, and
the President's Mounted Guard, CaptainX)wen. A
large assemblage of citizens had collected at the
railroad depot to witness the Ex-President’s de
parture ; and the warm ami friendly feelings of the
people towards Mr. Buchanan were expressed by
lrequent hearty cheerings. Miss Lane accompa
nied her uncle. Since Monday morning she has
been staying with the family of Captaiu S. S. Lee,
of the United States Navy.
Itlaj. Rigbaiu’g Residence Burned.
We regret to chronicle says the Lagrange Re
porter, that the handsome residence of our respee
/ni Hiwmiuiii wj. i*. rt. xhoham, was Dmea
down ou Wednesday night. It was discoverd to
be on fire at about 9 o’clock, when the alarm was
given ; but so far advanced was the tire before
aid arrived that it/was impossible to save any thing
from the house except portions of the furniture
from the two froDt room®. The out-houses were
all saved, though with considerable damage. The
loss cannot be less than four or five thousand dol
lars.
A Union I’artt Movement.—The Washington
Star of Monday last says :—Several Democrats in
Congress {Messrs. Andrew Johnson, John Coch
rane and others; are to-day drawing up a manifes
to, to be signed by as many leaders of all parties
as w ill sign it. It is to be a pronunciamento form
ing the basis of an Union party organization.—
From what we learn, it is likelv to be a very tem
perate and moderate paper, designed to include
in the proposed party all who approve the policy
of compromise.
At the Inauguration Ball on Monday night,
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln danced with Mr. Stephen
A. Douglas. (Ild Abe, it is said, did not indulge
in the light fantastic, not having had time since he
arrived with his family iu Washington to learn the
steps.
Appointment. — We learn from the Marietta
Advocate of the Bth, that Gov. Brown has appoint
ed Cos). William Phillips, of Marietta, Brigadier
General, under the Act to raise ten thousand vol
unteers.
Thu New Government Loan.—lt is with much
pleasure and satisfaction, remarks the Montgom
ery Advertiser, that we inform our readers that
we have intelligence from a reliable source, that
a large portion of the new loan offered by the
Government of the Confederate States will be
taken by the citizens of New Orleans at par.
This confidence of our people in the securities of
this Government, contrasts quite favorably with
that of the fragmentary parts of the late United
States in the loans recently authorized bv the
Congress at \V ashiugtou. The prompt disposition
of confidence thus evinced by our people, is, how
ever, not surprising, when we consider the char
acter of the investment, and the ample means
provided for securing the payment of the princi
pal and interest.
We clip from the Washington correspondence
of the Charleston Courier of March 2d:
During the evening, Mr. and Mrs. Linelon usually
devote an hour to receiving the select company of
the second floor. The gentlemen and ladies are
presented to both. Mrs Lincoln presides with
some grace and dignity for a lady of her age, but
is by no means attractive, either in person or
manners. It is quite easy, however, to see that
she is of a more decided temperament than Old
Abe, and is by no means disposed to allow the
erviwd to impose upon his good nature. It is quite
well understood that Mr9. Abe is for compromise,
and is Southern in feeling, and quite often in sen
timent. Perhaps this may account for the expres
sion in Lincoln's speech last night, that the more
he saw Southern people the better he liked them.
There are many here who assert, on good authori
ty, that if it were not for the stiff-backed Repub
licans Lincoln would for go acceding to every right
demanded by the South.
southern Trude-tiupoi tuni to Ueri liuntf.
To W. ii. Dinsmore, President Adams Eipress
(^oinpiny:
The *'ollector* at Charleston and Savannah will
pans goods sent hy A Jams Ex press Company, if
each case is accompanied by an invoice of its con
tents, with the affidavit of the seller attached, eer
lift ing that they were honu fde purchases made
prt vicus to the first of and an affidavit that
they were put on board ship before the 4th of
IW “eh.
The Seller’s affidavit must particularly describe
thf number, mark, &c., of the case or cases in
A’ftioh the invoices cf goods are packed. Unless
■ h|s requirement is complied with, we cannot for
ward goods beyond the port of entrj.
T (Signed) H. & FLA NT.
Southern SupH | Adams’ Express Cos.
ffjv srri trijn st^tr
Mms*.*. Editors;—Our National Ship hi#
launched—“all aboard"—breakers ahead— let
one stand still to wonder how she is to meet the
crisis, but every one to his post—to his duu
none exempt from exertion from the peasant m
Nabob.
Rarely, there never was a period, in any country
when a higher degree of patriotism was required
than Rt the present time in ihe Rouihern Confed
eracy, both in making liberal donations of moner
as well as bestowing active physical exertions
the general welfare.
We would first call attention to a few remarks
on a plan for raising funds for a Southern Navy
All acknowledge that extraordinary ocrasiut/
require extraordinary efforts.
The plan we suggest is, that we, the people of
the Southern Confederacy, make a free will offer
ing for this great purpose, according to the folio*
ing scale, to be paid into the Treasury at Mont
gomery, Alabama:
1. Thai every man worth ten thousand dollars
be recommended to donate, for said purpose, one
hundred dollars, to be paid at his earliest eonren
ience.
2. Those worth less than ten thousand dollar®
be recommended to donate according to the above
ratio.
S. All those worth between ten and twenty
thousand dollars, be recommended to donate ao
cording to the same proportion.
1. those worth twenty thousand dollars, be
recommended to donate two hundred dollar s/paid
as above.
Thus continuing, in like ratio, through all grades
of wealth. If the people would generally act on
this plan, and make their responses as prompt as
possible, the Naval department could, with hut
little delay, proceed to buy up small vessels and
turn them into war ships. We mention small v P o.
sels, because we believe small vessels would be
better adapted to the defense of our sea coast and
seaport towns, than larger ones, from the fact,
that small vessels could slip into almost any of our
harbors and find safety. Certainly it would re
quire a large number of small vessels to defend
our towns; in fact, we believe that we should
never cease our exertions in that direction until
wo can display from half a dozen to a dozen of
these kind of little war ships for every important
sea port town, so that we might be able to meet
and heat off any marauding vessels that might, at
any time, be found hovering on our coast for sin
ister motives. We could, also, have a few large
vessels built at certain points. Brunswick fur
nishes, perhaps, sufficient depth of water for
launching large vessels, Ac.
The above plan, we think, recommends itself
strongly in another point of view. It would en
able us to receive our portion of that navv, to
which we have a strong claim, much sooner than
we could do otherwise.
I repeat it, and ask do we not have a strong
claim, when we and our iraradiate ancestors have
been heavily taxed, for more than seventy years,
for the purpose of build ng up the navy question":
If we cannot obtain justice by fair means, should
we not take it ?
Another cogent rea3on why we should adopt
the above plan is, that our income from excise
duties may be interrupted for a while. What
means that dark cloud in the distant east ? Will
fanatical insanity drive its possessors to their own
destruction aud to the annoyance of others?—
We w ill see.
We think all will agree with us in this fact, that
is, we should prepare for the worst.
Some may demur at first at giving so much; it
is not so much after ell—it is no more than the
Israelites gave regularly under their theocracy,
even when they had the arm of Omnipotence to
tight their battles for them. And may we not
have the same arm to fight for U 9 if we do our
duty? Let us examine: what have we at stake?
Some say about two billions of dollars, and the
itraa ur that would only be tie beginning of sor
rows.
One fact we should not overlook, thßt is, every
effort we make, either with money or otherwise,
we do as if it were a family of which we aie mem
bers, deeply interested in each others welfare, and
each others safety depends on eacn others exer
tions.
Who can stand back from his duty under such
a state of things ?
There is one great evil under which onr coustry
labors, and has labored for many years, that should
be corrected if we ever hope to prosper as a na
tion, this evil must be driven from our land, we
allude to the evil of extravagance, let this great
evil be put away, and then might we claim with
truth, the motto, “millions for defence, but not a
cent for tribute.” We repeat it, this curse, ex
: travagance, must be remedied. Look at the
i silks, the satins, the French muslins, the broad
i cloths, and other foreign fabrics of a costly char
acter, also, a thousand yankee notions, that we
have suffered forced upon us for lo! these many
years, and, for the past few years, the momentum
of increase has been awfully sad. Even many South
erners sweep their houses with Yankee brooms.—
The aggregate of the above summary can only
be told by millions. Shall we say it? Some of
the Southern ladies will wear a single dress worth
from one to two bags of cotton ; perhaps repeated
several times in the course of the year; and many
young men are equally extravagant. Os course
these may be claimed as extreme cases, vet the
examples are followed generally as ability will
allow. Reason, common sense, our exhausted
lands, the circumstance* with which we are sur
rounded, all call loudly for a remedy. We think
a remedy may be readily given, though it will re
quire much self-denial, vigorous moral courage
and practical patriotism to carry it out, yet our
remedy is simple. Let every class of society
place their veto against wearing any foreign fab
rics of any kind whatever. What we mean by
foreign, is any article manufactured beyond the
limits of our Southern Confederacy. Yea, from
the President down to the door-keeper, from the
generalissimo to the corporal, all professional men,
all ministers of the gospel, and all prominent
classes should adopt the remedy in question, and
very soon might we hope to see the balance of
trade largely in our favor, and very soon see this
a great anil flourishing Confederacy.
Ladies to the rescue, and the work will be done.
Aristipes.
President Lincoln’s Cabinet.
The following is a correct list of officers in the
Cabinet of President Lincoln :
THE NKW CABINET.
Secretary of State—Wm. H. Seward, of New
York.
Secretary of the Treasury—Salmon P. Chase, ol
Ohio.
Secretary of War—Simon Cameron, of Pennsyl
vania.
Secretary of the Navy—Gideon Wells, of Con
necticut.
Secretary of the Interior—Caleb B. Smith, of
Indiana.
Attorney General—Edward Bates, of Missouri.
Postmaster General—Montgomery Blair, of Mary
land.
The National Intelligencer says :
We are glad to announce to our readers the ar
rival in this city of the Hon. John Bell. The
preseuce among us of this eminent statesman and
sage counsellor has given great satisfaction to men
of all parties, and we learn that on his journey
hither lie was at all points on the route gu eted
by warm demonstrations of that popular respect
in which he is so justly held as well for his tried
patriotism as his ability.
Andrew Johnson Endorsing Lincoln's Inato
craJ.. — A dispatch from Washington says that a
party of New Yorkers, on the night ol he sth,
called on Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Cameron, and Hon.
Andy Johnson—the latter at the St. Cbm es Ho
tel. Mr. Johnson came oat and made an eloquent
and earnest Union Speech, endorsing the
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