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|;V S. ROSE X CO.
. journal & Messenger
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the r> guUr dur( wui be Osk Dull am
, mi ori*S on i-Mss, for the first inscr
, C► ri ••>e -ch sui[u*nt insertion. All
- uoi >i>ec:tleJ *s tu lime, *.ll be jmbliAbed
ii i;*rnte<l ceortiinjtly. A liberal discount
l4tf wu i advertise b> llte year.
ul VK rts usu, will be charge ! at
. . -t* ,f candidate* for office, to be paid for at
” . !e< when inser'ed.
, ma le with county officers, Drutr
n . r. >1 ‘reliant*, and others, who may wish t>
I contrae'a.
, , ;l >e taoES.by Executors, Administrator*
s. Ate required by law to be advertised in a
... i ,rty ‘lays previous to the day of sale.
.. a .*t Iteid on the first Tuesday in the month,
rs of ten in the forenoon and three iu the
lt the Court house in the county in whioh the
,* situated.
,v ,tu PitoeKHTT must be advertised in like
- f.rtv davs.
| lgi ■:•. iso Ostwioa* of an Estate must be
7: \j fjrtv days.
it application will be made to the Ordinary for
Lei i and Negroes, must be published weekly lor
r.rl. tiers of Administrations, thirty days ; for
> ii administration, monthly, six months ; for
I , from Guardianship, weekly, forty ua;t
PoatCMiSisa or Uoktuauk, monthly, four
<.r estahlishing lost papers, f..r the full space ol
for compelling titles from executors or ad
where a bond has been given by the deceased
. e e of three m >nth*.
- L-ueri iiMriisw to g. ROSE A CO.
anil Busiueas
• ciXAL isd DmiSESS Cw will be inserted under
at the following rates, vix :
--e lines, per annum, ............>.f 5 M
...ven lines, do 10 00
t lines, do 1* 0
feelve lines, do ....... IS IW
jH ...'tisemeuts of this class will be admitted, utiles
advance, nor for a less term than twelve months
;rnt* of over twelve lines will be charged eao mat*.
Li - . .ruts not paid for in advance will be charged at
. --ilsr rate*.
KH MEETINGS
u KNIGHT TEMPLARS, ODD FEL
,VVS AND SONS OF TEMPER W’CE,
lIELI> IS THE CITY OF MACON.
MASONS.
r of Georgia for ISA*, October 31st.
; X>. 5, first and third Monday nights in each
. Chapter, No. 4, second Monday night in each
u C tncil. No. 6, fourth Monday night in each
I Ki • unotn-nt. Knights Templar, No. 2, Mettingi
■y rirst Tuesday right in each month.
ODD FELLOWS.
L..|;e, first Wednesday n June.
I y a npra- nt, Tuesdsy previous.
. Ue, No. 2, every Thursday evening,
,t v ers. No. 5, every Tuesday evening.
> rincampment. No. 2, second and fourth Mon*
opiniiilN in each month.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
fourth Wednesday in October, .nnnally.
t’AK IfH .
t i EPLi> a cASAfliam
jtorneysat law,
FOKSYTH. A.
rsctice law in the counties of Monroe, Bibb, Dp
;l \~r r Spalding, Uenry and Butt#. Mr. CabanUs
la nd constant attention to the collection nud ,
,ie!iu
OHO. A. CABANIBS.
*riy of Athens, Ga. 6-ly.
.. 1111A>II A TI, Jr.
attorney at law,
TI ICON* If A.
I •tillCK f,n Cotton Aveuue over the Raptisi >k
Ii Ii *:u formerly occupied by Ur. Green.
•a. U. € 0014,
I attgrney at law,
MACON, GEORGIA.
PFH'K nth Speer A Hunter, over Bostick t Store.
I U ftb. 2>, ltsfil—y
LA U Alt 4.01115,
attorney at law,
MACON, GEORGIA,
| il l'll E i Mulberry street, over the Store of A. M
I ij ~ . a Cos., iu B >ardinau’s Waslungtou Block.
, t iii li.bli, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon,
. ;ti. Worth, and Sumter. ivb 21-jr
LAW cAtTO.
I _• US. COOK, ROBINSON A MONTFORT,
I itfll L yractice L.aw in the counties of Taylor, Macon,
1 if :i l. tluoiy, Suailer, Marion, Schley, and in such
Ii i r s in the State as their husiuess will authorise.
iTutlii'Lai Ogieihnrpe.
~ PHILIP COOK,
W. H. RuBINeOS,
. ... Siv-tf T. W. MONTFORT.
IA\IEK A AM>EBN,
gTORNEYS at law,
?i ICON, OA.
J TICK ji the Counties of the Macon Circuit, and iL
I . r Cj..ues of Sumter, Monroe aud Jones; also In ln
. • irts at Savannah. „ , .
[apr 21 ’ss-ly]
t I L\ I, It HOI SK A A.YSLE4 ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
KNOXVILLE AND FORT VALLEY, UA.
i t. CCLYEKHOUBC, F. A. ANSLKY,
Knoxville, Ga. Yort \ aJ.ey, Ga.
jctn-M-1y _
I*. WHTTU.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
f- -rt to CONCERT HALL,over Payne’s Dm, Btor
*■, [4l-ly.]
i hohas u. cabaxiss*
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
F'orsytli, G-a.
Ull.l. attend promptly to all business entrusted to his
It m theCountiesof Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Crawford,
j •Pike, Spaldiag and Upson. [may 12 Ssj
JOEL K. GRIFFIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
VPILL practice in the Counties of Macon and the ad-
M run* Circuit*. Also inihe counties of the M est and
- *‘. cst Georgia, accessible by Kail Read.
fcP” Particular personal attention given to collecting.
AT ■>■* ■- with O. A. Lochrane, Bajuour’s Buildiag, 20
;feb I*- W —w-ll
Bcnovn.
1> 111 1,1. h*s remove.! his La* Office to Cherry street
U. .j, . air, of building next below B. A. Wise s furnish,
-e. H: will attend the Court* a* heretofore. 2
** -a, Oct 1,1981. , ZZIZL
dentists,
°Sce in Wasliifigton itlock, Macon, Ga.
SI.ECTRiCITY USED IN KXTRACTING TKKTII.
\f DON %■.!>'* Tooth Paste > wa TANARUS
i with tiie finest style of TKKTH, also
- i|, Gold and Silver Plate and Wire
- Fixtures, Ac., also with any kind ol Instrument* oi
**)* on short notice. ocl 18
irect importation
(_ liinn^
—and—
(rLASS WAE]'-.
Missswffirsasssatsig
! din a few day*. There are some of the paekjft.
sold, any in want, can, by ordering,have the® ship
Vuv* wTothJr iol shipped from Liverpool ISthofJuly
* h I shall look for in three or four weeks. Send in tin
1 am now receiving a
LAiiOE STOCK OF
t'iass-Ware, Tunblere, (sublets, &c.,
FOK WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
ft ’> fIiMIAN KI.ASVWAKE,
1’ iiiia Dinner and Tea Seti*s Ac., A r
,9 r. p. McKVOV.
The Harden Express Cos.
WILL PASS GOODS AT THE
<n*toia Hoiim‘ at Savannah,
AND FORWARD THEM
!>-■ or Freight Train, as parties may prefer, only
_ l '( >(5 for our trouble the Custom Hour Fees.for passing
M forwarding. For further information concerning'the
* ‘ *, apply to M. 0. MCDONALD, Agent.
**oa, March 20,1941.
ftcorgk SoCTyuftl ggft MtmtnpK,
BUSINESS CARDS.
fi<W.StUUi|l < is, O. O. *PAHC.
rIARDEfjAAN & SPARKS,
WAKE-HOUSE
1 AND
Commirsion Merchants.
MACON, OA„
\iT l LI. give prompt attention to the selling and storing
vr of Cotton, and to the filling of orders for plantation
vnd family supplies. With manr year* experience and
with their best erf .rts to serve their friends, they hope to
have a <:oilinuance of the liberal patronage heretofore
extended to them Überal advance; made when required.
August loth I<4o. (ly.)
JOBN SCnoriKLD, euHli SCHOFIKF.iI
Scliotielci & 13r*0.,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
♦l.kf ONI, GKUHGU.
iV r E are prepared 10 Manufacture Meuiu iinsihea.
It UIKCLLAR SAW MILL,', MILL and GIN G EAR
ING, rI'GAK MILL3,
BUAsM AN I) I lit >N C ASTINGS
O! e v tr y and. <-cnption IKON K ULIM. and V 1C it -
Having the most complete assortment ol
Iron Hailing in tile State, which for elegance, neatness, du
ability and design, cannot be surpassed, and are suitable
:or the fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery L-ta, Public Squares,
Church Fences and Balconies.
Persons desirous of purchasing Railings will do Weil to
give a call, as we are determined to offer as good bargains
is any Northern Kstablishment.
sdßf” Specimens of our Work car. be seen at Rose Hill
Cemetery, and at various private residences iu this city,
jsn l-lSfil
IRON WORKS,
MACON, GEORGIA.
T. C. N I S 15 E r V ,
H tVMU removed hi* FOUNDRY AND MACHINF i
WOKK3 to the line of the Hail Road near the Macon
A Western S*bops, he is now prepared to manufacture ail
kinds of
MACHINERY AND CASTINGS,
Steam Engines & Boilers,
On terms as favorable as anv Kstablishment either North or
goutli. (mar iß> T. C. NUiBKT.
A. DI QUEEN,
MACON, GEOHGIA.
If IMIAt FI ltl.it of It’ roil g h I Iron
AI RAILING ol every description, and tor ail purposes,
Plain and Ornamental, frsm the lightest Scroll IroD, up to
the heaviest Railing used. Having an endless variety ol
New and Original Designs, purchasers cannot fail to lie suit
ed.
Being entirely of Wrought Iron, their strength cannot be
questioned, and for beauty they cannot be surpassed any
where. All kinds of Fancy Iron Work made to order. Par
ticular attention given to making all kinds of
Geometrical Stair Railings.
Jlfg - Specimens of the work can be seen at the Residences
ofT. O. Holt, L. F W. Andreas and W. J. MoElroy, Ksqrs.
Also at Rose Hill Cemetery.
July 13 16-ts
< orrugatfri WlMgfet Iron and \\ In
KailiUK*
(Setvred hy Letter* Patent.)
VD M I It A U L Y adapted for enclosing Public
Grounds, Cemeteries, Balconies, Cottages, Ac. Sheep
and Ox Hurdle Parent Wire, Sacking Bedsteads, with every
variety of Folding Iron Bedsteads and Iron Furniture.—
Patent Wire Coal .'*creens. Ore, Sand and Gravel Screens,
Wire Netting for Mosquito,Bheep, Poultry ami other pur
poses. Wire Summer Houses, Fancy Wire Work in great
variety for gardens, Ac. M. WALKER A SONS,
Mancacturers, No. 5=15 Market, N. E. Cor fith St., Phiia-
Iclphia. (oct 24 ly)
NEW FIRM.
L. P. STRONG & SONS.
IF.WIS V. STKfIVG ten-
A ders hisgrateftil thank* _
or the liberal patronage 7y
tended to him for thelast
wenty seven years.and re- V
ectfuliy annonccesthat he rv
> associated with him in *rs C' • ‘4r. y ‘ . V’ -
e further prosecution ol --
he business, iiis two sons, i'’
eIDGAK P STRONG ands. 1 Jnrf
-OUKKSTER W. .STRONG. *- b
inder the name, firm and
style of L P. FT KONG A
tONS, and will continue to
■seep on band and offer, a large and Meet assortment of
Kwolv, Mio‘w and l.t i iilli< > r
>f ail kinds, and Findings for Country manufacturer*. He
espectfuily asks for the new firm, a continuance o the lib
ral ‘avor extended to the old.
Macon, January 2, IsAft. 41-y
XEILI\ A HUNT,
W
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRUG&ISTS.
MACON, GEORGIA.
feb 29-’60 —j
O. C. HODGKINS &. SON,
pe ti.itkj 4 ta tan ntstrrtoTEßKßs or
g-ukts,
4IFLEB, t
TACXLKS.
And Sporting App&nttui fti
or it set pasoairTtoa,
V FEW DOORS BKLOWTHE
Lanier House,
Jan. 1,1800. U
Hoots and Shoes.
VT tlo sign f **e
ItIO BOOT.
to, 3, Colton AvV,
oiroeiTF. V,
WASHINGTON BLOCK, Tj
MACON, GA.
The subscriber* would re- _
urn their thanks lor the f,.’ .J
very liberal and long con
tinned patronage extended ** M ‘** i ***’
to them, and wouhl most re
•pectfully solicit a continu
mcr of the same. We have now in store a large asssort
oeut of
BOOTS AND SHOW,
tly of own manufacture, to which weekly additions
will be III* le f ail the different styles and pattenrsjusually
ailed fir in shoe store, and would invite those wishing to
ourchass to rail and examine our stock, as we are prepared
o sell as low as any house in the city or State.
oct *7 MIX A KIRTLAND.
J. .1 )oLOACILJ<],
DEALVR 19
CAItKI AG Ks a lit! ROCKAVVAYS,
BUGGIES, HARSFSS & WHIPS,
•Braltleboro 15 11 gis
(USDS BY ASA BILL**.)
rruuks, Valises and Buggy l uibrelias,
NEXT DOOR to THE BAPTIST CHORCII.
The above article* sold now for cxsh. and all purchaser*
nvite I to examine my stock whether Uiey buy or not.
7th, lß#f.
Rrmb, Mail -50i ii. i*i
, _ it |{i; 1; J,s Pikes Magnolia Whisky.
L | O To Birrels K >cit opening Hum.
75 Barrels Phelps Kye Gin.
15(> Boxer Tobacco—various grades.
115 Boxes Ci?ar*.
850 Barrels Flour.
100 Tierces Leaf Lard.
TS,fKM H. Clear Sides.
lO.'HK) H. Hams.
10,000 H. Shoulders.
15 Hhds. Molasses.
SO Barrels Syrup
s*i Sacks Itio Coffee.
75 Barrels Sugar.
10 Hhds. Sugar.
For .ale at raaaonable price, for
juoe 5
MACON, GKOUGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1861.
OKI hOODS, CIAnOW, 4ic.
DRY GOODS.
G. BOSTICK,
Has on hand a Superior Stock of
Ylrrinoa, Del.altt)*, Boiii/lii*. Alpacas,
and a large assortment of
STAPLE GOODS,
which he is offering fer sale on reasonable teims for Cash,
sep IS A. G. BOSTICK.
Military (iroocls.
* AAA yards key jeans,
3,(100 YARDS GKO KG IV KKR3KYS,
40 GROSS MILITARY BUTTONS,
BLUE SvTTISKTr,
HICKORY CLOTH.
HICKORY’ SHIRTS,
FLANNEL DRAWERS,
MILITARY OVERCOATS.
Uniforms made for Companies at Miurl Notice,
The above ill be sold at SMALL PROFITS, snd for cash,
sep 11 E. WINSHIP.
LOOK! LOOK!!
U E J> ! BEAI> I I
WILLI AN T. 1 ITCff,
FOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS
W'ill sell his extensive stock of
Cls O T 111 NG !
- FOR—
Mon ancl YoutLo,
AT NEW YORK COST!
Macon, 3ept. 4,1861.
MUCHANT IA11.01!ING!
E. WINSIIIP
IS now prepared with a first class cutter, good Tailors and
a LARUE STOCK OF PIECE GOODS, to furnish any
thing in the
CLOTHING LINE
At short notice, and in the very best style. (apr 3
N. s. PRUDDEN & CO.,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED
TRAVELIKG DRESS GOODS,
GREY FLANNELS,
SMALL FIGURED PRINTS,
HICKORY SHIRTINGS,
MUSQUITO NETTINGS,
STRIPED SWISS,
CHECKED CAMBRICS,
HCH’P. & BORDERED II’DKFS, |
IRISH LINENS,
SlllßT BOSOMS,
EMBROIDERIES,
And many other articles much needed at this time. We
cannot buy Goods new without the money, and earnestly
request those indebted to us, to pay.
july 10 N- 8. PRUDDEN & CO. j
NEW GOODS./g
NEW CT OO 13 9.1 c/3
NEW GOODS.!®
NEW GOODS. ] 0
FREE OF DUTY. W
FREE OF DUTY.jS
FREE OF DTJTY.f “
FREE OF DUTY.\2I
RO?S A COLEMAN beg leave to announce to the citizens
of Macon and the surrounding country that thev have
j ist IMPORTED FREE OF DUTY front the Uuited States,
the largest stock of new, desirable goods,that has ever been
exhibited by one house in the State of Georgia. Very many
of their goods were bought at such EXTREME low prices
ttiat ME ROM ANTS would do well to call and examine them.
This entire stock was “Bona fide” purchased before the Ist
of March, and therefore saves to the buyer twenty-four per
cent.
tyf* Call and see for yourselves.
KOBS A COLEMAN,
apr 3 At their “ Bazaar of Fashion.”
IM<M. I^ol.
Spring Clothing,
IVIIOLESA LI! AA D RETA It.
If/.VS/f#/*
Ist now receiving one of the largest stocks of CLOTHING |
ever brought to th‘t place. They were bought cheap ,
and will be sold cheap.
Cash Buyers
can find bargains. Merchants will do well to examine this i
stock before purchasing. apr 8 |
IsOW FOB CASH !
Linen CJoats
Os Ol K OWN iHAN Ftcn BE.
Linen Pants and V est,s
or Ol’B OWX JIANUriCTUUK.
MARSEILLES VESTS
or ora own manufacture.
ALPACCA COATS
OF OCR OWR MANUFACTURE.
DRESS FROCk COATS,
BLACK DOE SKIN PANTS,
FANCY CASS MERE PANTS,
A VABIKTT OF
Ha O E 2f €?
OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE,
BOW for CABII.
CHAS. II- BAIRD,
Telegraph Printing Building.
September 11,1861.
Notice to Builders and Jobbers.
LUMBER FOR SALE.
subscriber would inform his friends an*l the public
L in general, that he ha* the largest and best lot of
SKA§O!ED PINE LIMBER
ever exhibited in Mi Idle Georgia, consisting of Scantling
of all sizes and commonly used iu house building ; quartered
and bustured tlooring, weiherboaiding, ceiling, and all
other kinds suitable for building.
My Mill is near the Central R lilroad, and wi I deliver at
the road on accommodating terms. Ap.v person wishing to
u.irclnse, address me at Irwinton, and I will spnd horse
and buggy to meet the day train at Mclntyre’s, and convey
them to the rail free of charge. .......
.•ep’.. 35,18G1. —ts O- B. BLRNEV.
A ciiuiHT lor CapfttalMi.
MACON GRIST MILL for SALE.
OWING to the insufficiency of our capital, and the
pressure of other engagements, we are anxious to dis
prseof the Macon Grist Mill, to a satisfactory purchaser.
The Mill is now in complete running order—will grind IT
bushel* a day. and cannot fail to make a handsome prof,
if well managed, in the hands of a person with sufficie i
capital to carry it on properly. The most satisfactory in
fo-mabon u this, and other subjects connected with th
business can be obtained at the * nn
sep zo
PITi -STATION HKOOANB. —Now in
store the best assortment of Negro Shoes, we
have ever offered In this Market. Men’s double soled peg
b i. c k and russetts ; do. heavy single eoled blaok
S:™uT.!i... ‘"-“JOJ. u
which we •! l *** ** U *
, net I|
Lot . Brown's liiatiunral Add ’*•
/Senators amt tut Ives: In res
ponse to tiie call made upon me at the ballot
box, by the people of our State, I appear be
fore you for the purpose of taking the oath
prescribed by the constitution, and entering
upon the discharge of my duties as the Exe
cutive of Georgia for a third term.
Mindful of Uie fact that this is a compli
ment which has not been paid, by the peo
ple, to any other citizen of the State within
the last half century, l can assure you in the
utmost candor that [ feci most sincerely and
profoundly impressed, with the weight of the
responsibility, and the obligation which it
imposes.
low changed are all things around us
since 1 lirst stood upon this platform, and
addressed your predecessors, prior to assu
m.ng the obligation which invested me with
the power, and imposed upon me the onerous
duties of the Executive office.
Then the bright sun of peace from a com
mon centre, scattered its divergent rays, in
to the remotest parts of the vast territory,
which was embraced within the limits of the
United States. Now the dark clouds of war
hang around us, martial music is heard in
our midst, and the din of battle and clangor
of arms resound in the distance —Then the
flag of t.Le Union which waved over us, was
not ouly considered emblematic of pow
er, but of J ustiee, Truth, Equality among
the States. Now that flag, no longer the
ensign of republican liberty, is only the em
blem of despotism, and waves over dungeons,
and chains, anu death, where those born to
freedom, languish, wi*h no redress
the wrongs inflicted at the tyrant’s will.—
Such are the mutations of time, and such
ihe instability of human affairs.
From a small beginning the Government
of the United States, resting upon the broad
and deep foundations laid foi it, by the im
mortal heroes and patriots of 1776, had
grown to be a power of the lirst magnitude,
challenging the admiration, and comman
ding the respect, of all the nations of the
earth. The South ever loyal to the consti
tution, and ever mindful of the obligations
which it imposed, was ready to sacriiice all,
except her equality, and her honor, to main
tain the integrity of the splendid Govern
mental structure, of which she formed a
most magnificent part.
But unfortunately for the peace of the
world, the restless fanaticism, canting hypo
criey, and insatiable avarice, of a majority
of the people of the Northern States, had
caused them to determine on the subjuga
tion of the South, and that her equality ■
should cease to exist, though the accomplish
ment of the dt s gn might involve the destruc- |
tiou of the fondest hopes all true patriots, and ,
friends of republican freedom.
Prompted onward iu their mad career by ;
lust for power, and love of plunder, the poo- i
pie of that part of tiie Union, found iu the j
triumph of a great sectional party, the means
of carrying into execution, their long cher
ished design, of taking the Government into
their own hands, selecting our rulers for u.s,
over our united opposition, and dictating to
us the laws by which in future we should be
governed. Thus the alternative was dis
tinctly tendered to u.s, and we were left to
choose, between the position of subjugated |
provinces, yielding obedience to unrestrained :
power ; or of sovereign states disdaining sub- i
mission to the encroachments of tyranny, ov |
the mandates of any superior. Satisfied of j
the justice of our own cause, we choose the j
latter alternative, and appealing to the God ;
of battles for the rectitude of our intentions, I
and 1 trust humbly and fervently invoking ,
If is aid and protection in the mighty con- ;
test, we have risked our lives, our fortunes,
arid our sacred honor, upon the stout hearts, :
strong arms’ and indomitable courage of our
gallant and glorious troops in the field.
Since the commencement of the revolu
tion we have labored under great disadvan
tages, against superior numbers, and vastly |
superior military resources and preparations, j
Our enemy had had at his command not on
ly the regular army of the United States,
but her navy, and much the larger portion i
of her military stores. Our ports have been
blockaded by ships built with our own mon
ey. The rights of private property have
been disregarded, and most wanton cruelty
inflicted upon helpless unoffending women
and children. Under all these hardships
and disadvantages, Heaven has continued to
smile propitiously upon us, and has crawned
our efforts on the most important fields of
conflict with the most triumphant and victo
rious results; for which we have abundant
reason to exclaim, in the language of the
iuspiied man, “Thauks be toGod who givetli
us the victory !”
How long this unnatural war may last, or
what may be our privations or sufferings be
fore its termination, is only known to Him
who rules the hosts of Heaven as well as the
armies of earth. I fear that the people of
the United States, North and South, had be
come too forgetful of the Great Source
whence we derived all our prosperity as a
nation, and all our blessings as individuals.
The Ruler of the Universe may have deter
mined that the pride of both sections of the
old Union shall be humbled, and that they
shall be punished during this strife for na
tional wickedness iu high places as well as
for individuals transgressions. He may have
determined that the new 7 Republic shall be
baptized in blood before it rises to its
majestic proportions as one of the great pow
ers of the earth.
However this may be, enough is revealed,
that none can doubt, that the separation be
tween the two sectious is final and perpetual,
and that the independence of the Confeder
ate States must soon be acknowledged by
ali the civilized nations of the earth.
It will be my chief pride as an individual,
and my highest ambition as an Executive
officer, to aid, with all the power I possess,
all the resources at my command, and all
the mental and physical energies of my life,
in the accomplishment of this grand and glo*
rious result. That the establishment of our
independence is the object nearest the heart
of each and every one of you, and in this
utterance, that I only echo back the unani
mous sentiment of the noble constituency
who sent you here, I cannot for a moment
doubt.
Let us then lay aside all past differences
upon minor questions —ns brethren confer
freely together, and as a band of patriots,
bury in one common grave every personal
aspiration, and every feeling of ambition,
pride, or jealously which may tend to hin
der united and harmonious action, for the
[ defence of our beloved old State, the triumph
f. of our glorious arms, and the independence
i of that glad constellation of Southern Con-
federate States, in which Georgia shines as
o ie of the most biilliaut stars.
But, the soil of our own beloved Georgia
is now threatened by the invader, whose
powerful fleet hovers near her shores, and
menaces her commercial metropolis. This
-tate of things calls not only for prompt
action, but for the highest degree of liberali
ty, prudence, wisdom and firmness, on the
part of her stateinen, and the most splendid
exibitions of intrepid valor and heroism on
the part of her people. Let ns meet the in
vasion like men, and with a firm reliance
upon Almighty aid, we cannot don! t that
our efforts will be crowned with ultimate
success.
Were we disposed to yield, it is now too
late to calculate the cost of submission. He
would but feebly enumerate the results of
our subjugation, who would remind us that
it would fasten upon us the entire expense
of the war—load our industry and that of
our posterity for generations to come with
burdens and taxation too grievous to be
borne—subject us to military despotism, and
compel us to maintain standing armies quar
tered among us, to insult us whili their in
solence, while they riveted more seculty the
chains of our bondage—deprive us of our
self- r espe.ct, and break our spirits with the
crashing weight our degradation.
Sooner than submit to this, let the last
man in the Confederacy die nobly at the
point of the bayonet, and let our wives and
our children, and all the property we pos
sess, perish together on one common luner
al pile ; and let the winds that pass over our
graves, and chant our funeral dirge, tell to
other generations in other climes, that we
lived freemen, and wc died freemen.
From the Memphis Appeal.
T(m‘ Polity of oiii* PliuiteiN in tli-t
Future.
The great misfortune of the South, during
her contaminating affiliation with the North,
has been an absolute dependence upon that
section for many of the necessaries of life.
The planters of the South, in other words,
have been “cotton crazy” to such an extent
as to strain all their energies and resources
iu the culture of that one staple, with the
expectation of buying wheat, corn and other
cereal products from the North, a farthing or
two cheaper than they could be raised by
themselves. The present war, and the hap
py result of our political and commercial
independence, must now inaugurate anew
era, and our planters will do well to make
arrangements in the future looking to an
order of things corresponding to the emer
gencies that will soon confront them. They
must prepare to furnish the country abun
dantly with all the substantial elements of
food that our people will need, without cal
culating any fancied loss that they may pos
sibly incur by the cessation of Hostilities or
the breaking of blockades.
To achieve this end, they must first fix
upon a positive determination not to plant
more than a third or even a fourth of a cot
ton crop for the coming year, if they do not
even limit the amount to as much as will be
required only for domestic consumption.—
Should the blockade of our coasts continue
undisturbed until next spring, we will find
ourselves with a full crop already on hand,
commanding excellent prices, say an average
of from twenty to twenty-five cents per
pound, in foreign markets, so soon as ship
ments can be made. Another full crop for
18f>‘2, or even the prospect of it, would re
duce the price of the staple, according to the
plainest principles of political economy, at
least one third, and the planters would thus
get a great deal less for both crops than they
would for one, besides being pressed, per
haps, with a want of meat, breadstuff’s, and
necessaries of life. However this may he,
the planters are the mainstay of the Confed
eracy, and it is upon them that its credit—
we may say its very existence—depends in
the prosecution of this war. We cannot
tell, in any possible way, how long before we
will be able to conquer a peace, but all agree
that prudence and wisdom dictate prepara
tions for a long conflict. It remains for the
planting interest to direct their energies to
wards this purpose, and it will speedily bs
time to commence,
No better beginning can be made than by
sowing an abundance of wheat and rye, this
fall, iu such quantities as to insure the cheap
ness of those products the coining year, with
out receiving a bushel of either from the
North. Then a heavy crop us corn can be
put in next spring—let it be heavier by half
than that of the season just past. This
done, and we can raise our own beef cattle
and hogs without the fear of future scarcity.
The State of Texas can furnish the former
in numbers sufficiently large for raising pur
poses, and Kentucky, South Missouri and
Tennessee the latter. Provided corn is
abundant we need have no apprehensions of
pork being scarce, for the statistics of the
Union show that the slave States produced
two-thirds of the hog crop of the whole
country, or about twenty out of thirty mil
liou head. With Louisiana to raise our su
gar aud molasses, and South Catolina our
rice, we will be placed upon a footing more
exclusively independent than any other na
tion on the wide face of the earth.
There are some objections that are urged
against the adoption of this policy, which are
more apparent upon proper consideration
than otherwise. One of them is adverted to
by our cotemporary of the New Orlecns Bee
bs follows:
“Some persons may object to the plan
that the cotton planter cannot pay his debts
if he does not make cotton; but this argu
ment is more specious than solid, for it is
clear that the same result must follow if the
planter cannot sell his cotton. Now if he is
unable to dispose of it, of what possible use
is it to cultivate the plant; and in fact, if the
present crop of cotton is to remain unsold,
iiow is the planter to make a crop for 1802,
without provisions to nourish his slaves, or
money to purchase them? Let him, then,
instead of wasting his energies unprofitably
in the effort to raise a second crop of cotton,
direct them to the cultivation ot bread and
meat, and lie will find that this pursuit will
not only enure to his own interest, but to that
of his creditors. Supply the essentials of
life first—secure bread and meat, and with
the surplus labor make an article which oth
ers will purchase when they will not or can
not buy your produce, and in this way your
labor will not be lost. ’
We rgree with the Bee in the opinion that
if the present state of things shall exist at
the seed planting time next spring it will be
a waste of time and toil to engage in the cul
tivation of cotton. This is rendered so pal
pable by the most cursory examination, that
it is idle to prolong the argument for its de
monstration,
L'itluu PlaiitciV Coiivciitiou.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 12th, 18H1.
The Annual meeting of the Cotton Plan
ters’ Convention met to-day, at 10 o’clock,
A. M., in the Council Chamber, New City
Hall, Colonel Howell Cobb, presiding.
The meeting was not largely attended by
reason of the distracted state of the country,
caused by the unnatural and cruel war which
is upon us, and especially the recent invasion
of our coast by the great Lincoln Armada,
and the present menacing attitude which it
has assumed towards Savannah, the commer
cial metropolis ot the Empire State of the
South.
After the usual privilege being extended
for membership, Geo. Slappy, Joseph Tooke,
Elijah Butts, ahd Col. Benj. Jordan, had
their names enrolled.
The Chairman read his Annual Commu
nication, and closed by requesting the Sec
retary to read before the Convention a Bank
Charter of the “Cotton Planters’ Bank of
Georgia,” both of which documents were
referred, to be reported on this afternoon, to
the following committee: Isaac West, Avner
Burnam, Joseph Tooke, Elijah Butts, George
Slappy.
Adjourned to meet at 2 o’clock P. M.
Afternoon Session.
The Convention met pursuant to adjourn
ment..
The committee’s report was then called
for, when they presented the following:
The Committee, to whom was referred the
President’s Annual Communication and Bauk
Charter, beg leave to make the following
report:
They have read and analyzed it, and cor
dially endorse and approve the views therein
expressed, in relation to the state of the
country, aud the Agricultural interests in
particular —except so much of the communi
cation as is suggestive of aid and relief to
planters and others, from the Confederate
Government, by asking the Government to
issue Bonds and Treasury notes, and thereby
create a currency adapted to present financial
emergencies. The committee doubt the ex
pediency and practicability of such measures
of relief under present circumstances. The
efforts to arouse planters to the protection
of their iuterest have, by the Convention,
been long aud faithfully, would that we could
say —successfully, urged Had planters heed
ed the voice of the Convention, instead of
having their iuterest ignored, they might
now even be in a condition to demand aud
enforce the recognition of their rights. But
hitherto they have been supine aud indiffer
ent. As the difficulties with which we have
hail to contend heretofore are to be greatly
augmented, may we not indulge the hope
that planters generally will arouse to the fact
aud determine that their interests shall at
least have fair play.
The committee submit the following reso
lutions :
Ist, Resolved, That we adopt the senti
ments aud .views—with the above specified
exception, of the President’s Annual Com
munication, and recommend them to the
consideration of the people at large.
2d, That the defensive position assumed
by our Government, in prosecuting the war
has our approbation aud concurrence.
2d, That in any intercourse hereafter to
be adopted between the Confederate Govern
ment and the “United States,” a discrimin
ating duty of 20 per cent, be levied on pro
ductions of the said United States greater
than that levied on the productions of other
nations.
4th, That we disapprove of the plan of
advance on cotton, as publisned by Mr. Hiram
Roberts, President of the Mechanics’ Saving
Loan Association, of Savannah, and we ap
prove of the suggestion made in one of the
Columbus papers, of advancing 7 cts. per lb.
ou cotton, requiring nothing more than law
ful interest.
sth, That the Chair appoint a committee
of live to urge before the Legislature now in
session, the passage of the charter of the
“Cotton Planters’ Bank of the State of
Georgia.”
6th, That the practice of speculation which
is to be seen everywhere, at this time, calls
for and has the full measure of our unquali
fied disapprobation. We trust that these
flagrant evils will be remedied by proper
and timely Legislative enactments.
7th, That the Stay law should, in cur
opinion, be re-enacted and continued in force
as long as the reasons for its original adop
tion may continue to exist.
Bth, That cotton planters be recommended
and advised that, should the war continue and
the present crop remain in their hands, un
disposed of, not to plant cotton next Spring
beyond the extent of home consumption. —
xidopted.
Mr. Isaac West moved that the committee
appointed to go to Milledgevillc, to solicit
the passage of the Bank Charter, be author
ized to fill out the blanks and do all other
matters necessary to properly present the
document before the Legislature.
Resolution by Mr. Moses “West:
Resolved, That this Convention adjourn
to meet in Americus, on the 2d Tuesday in
May next.
The Convention then adjourned pursuant
to the above resolution, to meet in Americus,
on the 2d Tuesday in May next..
HOWELL COBB, President.
S. 11. J. Sistrunk, Secretary.
Speculators and Extortioners. —We,
for the last time, give warning to those men
who are asking exorbitant prices for articles
of prime necessity. The people are determ
ined not to stand it. We are opposed to
mob law ; and all other law not in accordance
with the laws made by the authorised repre
sentatives of the people. But men, women
and children must have bread ami meat aud
clotliimr, and if those who have these articles
to sell will not take a fair and remunerative
price for them, they must take the conse
quences. A word to the wise is sufficient.
Cadence is a virtue, but an empty stomach
aud a shivering back, cannot exercise this
noble virtue.— Federal Union.
The Fort LaFayette Prisoners Tak
en to Boston. — Boston, A ov. I.—The State
of Mniue brought eight hundred prisoners,
including those captured at Hatteras.—
About sixty are invalids, mostly typhoid
cases. Col. Diminock, in command of Port
Warren, did not expect so large a number,
and quarters were ouly in readiness for two
hundred.
A large portion remained on board during
the night, but will be landed and provided
for during the afteruoom
VOLUME XXXIX—NO 3.5.
From tlie Richmond Dispatch.
IloiKli'o raniiiaiuiiiiis aisil
the KiMiii.
The season for active military operations
has so near closed that wo can now estimate
the results of the tirst year’s struggle be
tween the North and South. If we take us
the standard ot comparison what the aggres
sive section proposed at the outset and have
endeavored to accomplish, the case is dear
that its campaign has been a complete fail
ure The North was to have overrun the
South in two months; it was to have taken.
Richmond, Nashville, New Orleans, and
dozen other cities; and its armies were to
have wintered in our seats of wealth, luxury
and fashion. In no part of this brilliant
and luxurious programme have they suc
ceeded. They have not a single city of
any size in the South; nor do they hold a
single county of the whole Confederacy in
undisturbed possession, except where the
inhabitants themselves, by their own disloy
al agency secured them possession. It is a
remarkable fact, developed at the close of a
campaign iu which the North have put forth
its most strenuous exertions, that they hold
no portion of the Southern territory except
such as was virtually surrendered to them
by disloyal Southern people. In every other
respect but in reference to this striking fact,
the campaign has been a complete failure.-
Whenever they have attempted to penetrate
our country in force, they have been driven
back with ruin and slaughter. Nowhere,
where the people have in mass opposed them,
have they been able to establish themselves
upon a firm footing.
This great fact cannot fail to have its
proper effect upon the public opinion of thu
world. Four hundred millions of dollars
have been expended; from three to four
hundred thousand troops brought into tho
field; eight months of strenuous campaign
ing has been performed; and the grand re
sult is. the possession of a half-Yaokecfied
and exposed portion of Virginia; of a part
of Kentucky voluntarily surrendered to them
by the treachery of a set of disgraced poli
ticians and timid property holders; and of
those regions of Missouri where the “ Uniou”
sentiment was strong enough to prevent thu
military organization of thu true Southern
people. They have conquered nothing.—
They hold no part of our soil, except that
which our people surrendered into their
hands. They have won no victories. They
have gained no glory or renown. They
came into proud of their strength,
and confident of their powers, expecting to
frighten us by their mere approach. They
go out of the campaigu smarting under re
peated defeats, the laughing-stock of tho
world, and feeling in then hearts their utter
inferiority to us in all the qualities of war
riors. •
Jhe worst spent four hundred millions
that ever slipped out of a public treasury,
have been the millions which the North ha*
paid for eight months of campaigning, which
has resulted in nothing but in teaching them
that their volunteers are cowards, and can
not be trusted in the field. It reminds us
of the vast pains and expense which Xerxes,
Darius, and those Eastern counnaoders of
the myriads, were at, to learn experimentally
the same sad truth of their armies. A na
tion may have wealth in its exchequer, arms
in its arsenals, supplies in unbounded profu
sion, and it may have troops by the million,
and yet, unless those men have the trut>
pluck of warriors, and be capable of fight
ing bravely in the field, these grand appur
tenances of military power are but, as sound
ing brass and a tinkling cymbal. They can
effect no more iu the field, against brave
men, than a Chinese army with a hundred
thousand gongs against a brigade of British
regulars.
The North have brought a concourse
of men into the field. They have expended
an ocean of money. They have planned
stupendous campaigns. They proposed to
accomplish long triumphant marches; tout- .
terly subjugate eleven sovereign States; to
take possession of wealthy and luxuriant,
cities; to apportion vast lauded properties
among their troops; to set several million.*
of negroes free and to establish the Federal
<internment throughout the old Union iu
such impregnable strength, that nothing
could shake it, and noue dispute its suprem
ecy, forever more. They proposed to do all
this in a very few months. A man in their
midst who had hinted a doubt of its accom
plishment in less than four mouths from the
date of Lincoln’s call for 73 regiments, would
have been instantly bastiled in Fort Lafay
ette. But nothing of this splendid pro
gramme has been accomplished. Their mon
ey is gone, the prestige of their troops lost,
and footing is obtained nowhere in the South,
except where treachery and deception have
accomplished for them what their valor could
not. Nay, they have lost ground; for
whereas they felt secure of Kentucky, that
State, after hard fighting, is sure now to bo
ours; and whereas they thought they had
effectually overrun Missouri, they find the
indomitable spirit of that people unconquer
able, and that they have suffered their sever
est reverses in the very State which they
thought most surely their own.
The South, on the other hand, commenced
the campaign, proposing nothing but self de
fence, and that defence she has successfully
made. At the outset of a war for which
she was not prepared, and which she did not
expect, she was incapable of undertaking of
fensive warfare. She planted herself upon
the defensive; and she has succeeded in
whipping the North and baffling all their
grand designs. She has inspired her sol
diers with her prestige of victory, and will,
in another campaign, be ready to avail her
self of this prestige, and of her more per
fect state of preparation, to make her adver
saries feel her power with a vengeance.—
They are already aware that we are their
masters; and iu another campaign we will
assert that ebaraetcr upon them with a strong
hand.
“ Sweet Besty.” —Everybody will recol
lect Davy Crockett’s celebrated rifle, which
he termed “Sweet Betsy,” and which was in
his hands, such a terrible enemy to redskins
and “ other varments.” Yesterday we were
shown this veritable weapen, and its aj pear
ance denotes its power and we had almost said,
its ancient fame, covered as it is with the rust
of years. It. is over five feet and a half in
length, the wood of the stock, as is usual
with old fashioned rifles, extending the whole
length of the barrel. ‘I he ball will Weigh
about 40 to the pound. It is now in pos
session of Mr. N. C. David, of this city, who
purchased it in Gibson couuty, in this State,
where its merits have been treasured in the
traditionary lore of the hunters of that
tiua, —J kwphia