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BY S. BOSE & CO.
I , * lieargia Jiiraal A. Monger
- I everj .V mwirnij! t%i s*l per anm.m.
t * charge will l*c One li.u ak
. ***a*n <>b la.'-', lor (lie tir*t ia*er
’ii r*l*'v Cn'i'! f>*r 3biHe<4uent insertion. Ail
.. as t<> iim, vil] imt pubiielied
, ihi ch*rjecJ eeorlii)(lv. \ lil, c rl djscuunt
’ , i11 th >se wli- *ilrertie* by ilie year.
v k. ‘.jriCßs o wvit* ria usm, will be charge*) al
raiedi * be a inser'ni.
r , irr.arena -at* niwae with county officers, Drug
. , .miweti. vlerciiwuti. un.l other*, who tuay *l*l. to
.uite-1 i.-ootrac**
Lvsossh ‘•euiiOM,by Executors, Administrators
, ~ . i *n->, are required by law to he advertised in a
_ .iette, forty days previous to the day of Sale.
lies mast he he! I on the drst Tuesday in the month,
hoars of ten in the forenoon and three iu the
’ Hi, at the Court house in the county in which the
is - iuated.
PiasoSAL Puarwrr must l>e advertised in like
\ ; i to Dsbtoks asd Oriditous of an Estate must he
tint application will he made to the Ordinary for
- -ti Land and Negroes, must be published weekly lor
. • for Letters of Administrations, thirty days; for
-• i-i from A.lministration, monthly, six montlis; for
- iu from Guardianship, weekly, forty days
for K< /RkO'.'>.vvs of MoßiOagk, monthly, four
for estahlishins lost papers, for the full space of
mths; for coui|eelling titles frutn executors or ad
raters where a bond has been given by the deceased,
space of three ;l* inths
Letters addressed to S ROSE k CO.
‘rofesiioual a;i<l itnsiuess ‘li*h.
uoxal AXfi licsiXRSA o*mm will be inserted unites
id. at the following rates, vis :
. re i>rv ■‘.per annum, ♦ 5 M
- ven lines, do 10 MO
1 r. lines, do 12 0
reive lines, do 15 M I
dvertiseineats of this class will he admitted, antes |
- r in idvsnce.nor fora less term than twelve months.
• r - ■ .cuts of over twelve line* will be charged pa<> rata.
- meats not paid for in Advance wiU be charged at
K IbCiU I* A K M K hITI N (IS
t masons, knight templars, odd FEL
LOW'S and sons of temperance,
MALT) TS THE CITT OP MACOJI.
MASONS.
1 I. t-e of Georgia for 1860, Octol*r 81st.
■ I. i.lge. No. 5, first and thirJ Monday nighu in each
•,e Chapter, No. 4, second Monday night in each
,_r,.n Council, No. 6, fourtli Monday night In each
- Encampment. Knights Templar, So. 2, Meetings
~ c ry first Tuesday n gt.t in each month.
ODD FELLOWS.
i .1 I. !ge, first Wednesday in June.
( l Eh impmeut, Tuesday previous.
, , ; Lodge, No. 2, every Thursday evening.
• • Itr ithers. No. 5, every Tuesday evening.
T Encampment, No. 8, second and fourth Mon
,Uv evenings in each month.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE,
i 3 . cob, fourth Wednesday in October, annually.
11l IIIWIS ITMTSTT ■ ~'"r~~~***T*“
riiOf tiSSION AL UMMS.
PLLI'LIiS &CABASISB,
JTORNEYS AT LAW,
FMKSVTII, LA.
ILL practice law In the counties of Monroe, Bibb, Dp
t> ~ Pike, riualdins, llenry and ButU. Mr.Cabaniss
r Min t and constant attention to the collection and
debts and claiait.
. t . U ji GEO. A. CABANiaS.
,ric- ■)• of Athens, Ga. C-ly.
J. BBARHAI, Jr.
attorney at law,
.41 it ON, SA.
.vym f.; on Cotton Avenue over the Wsptisl >k
\ I- r t,om formerly occupied by Or. Green.
iiTk. (OOk,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
iFFif E with Speer A Hanter, over Bust: k's Store.
v Feb. M, la6t —y
LAI \U L OUIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
M VLON, GEORGIA,
/ifFli K on Mulberry street, over Urn Store of A. M
I F ti i .- . r.ir A Cos., in BoarUui.il’* Washington Block.
, eUI Uibb, Crawford, Uooly, Houston, Macon.
I# . .. .V rth, and suurer. ftb 2t-y
LAW CARI>.
COOK, ROBINSON k MONTFORT,
‘.i'll.Li .. u. tice Law in the counties ot Taylor, Macon,
.1 ti m, Uooly, suiuter, Marion, Schley, and in such
•er . i.,cs in tlie State as their business will authorise.
JfMf f iCKni Oglelliorpe.
PHILIP COt)K,
W. H. ROBINSON,
.me* ’6o—tf T. W. MONTYORT.
LAAIER A ABBEBMIR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
41ACON, 6.1.
) UCTIC* in the Counties of the Macon Circuit, and il
L .- Counties of Sumter, Monroe and Jones; also in th
• C -ru at Savannah. _
[apr 21 ’SS-ljr]
t ( LU KIfUlMi A; ASSLEI,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
KNOXVILLE AND FORT VALLEY, GA.
P. CLLt HRIIOUSE, F. A. ASSLEY,
Knoxville, Ga. hurt Valley, Ga.
L. V. WHITTLE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MAUON, OhOH^/A.
rICK next to CONCERT HALL,over Payne’* Dra* Store
1..5, £4l—ly.)
11IO.HA8 B. CABAAISS,
attorney at law,
Forsytli, G-a.
.l T II.r, attend promptly to all business entrusted to hi*
m cart in the Counties oi Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Crawford,
-■*. H ue, Spal ling and Upaon. tmay 18 ’5>J
JOEL R.GRIFFIN,
attorney at law,
MACON, GEORGIA.
WILL practice in the Countie, of Macon and the ad
” , ng Circuit*. Alao in the counties of the Meat and
!-W e st Georgia, accessible by Rail Road.
d*~ Particular personal attention given to collecting.
dT Oiiicc with 0 A Lochrane, Damour’e Building, 2d
feb 22-’6—4a-tf
REMOVAL.
Hill LI. h§ removed hi Law Office to Cherry street i
• a;, siaira of building neat below B A. Wise’s furnish
- r*. U; Will attend the Courts as heretofore.
iU.Odt-l.lMl. oct-U !
Sp. H’DOXALD Ac VASI GIESE-1.
dentists,
f 'Bre in Wusbiuglon Block, V,neon,
CLECTBiCrtr USED IN EXTRACTING TEKTU.
\|( DIINiLD’S Tooth Paste always
” n hand and for sale. Dentists cau be
id with the finest style of TEETH,
i Poll, Got 1 and Silver Plate and Wire, * I I <
fixtures, Ac., also with any kind of Instruments or
.--r*ls on short notice oct IS
rHOMST h< oi k DEPOSITORT.
Cash, or no Trade.
(\ l nie to sell for Cash only ; but onr good friends
f / *tm t„ forget and ask FOR CREDIT, but we must stop
* r 'H THF DATE.
*” ko.w Committee have instructed me to sell for CASH
a. and the rule will be graiCTLT .tbiweb w. Dear
’ ( don’t ask u* to depart from it. We wi’l sell you oor
,, ’ r Cash on good terms; bat to sell and charge Li
- lersin the land. WE CANNOT DO IT.
~.‘.•*l ■Wk of SCHOOL, K ELIO IOCS and WIBCELLA
i, Hgi)KS always on hand, STATIONERY, BLANK
** o w p o n can n .
J. W. BUUKU,Agent.
*3,000 lisa, of Baron.
I J JST received 7 s,two pound* of chotee Bacon—ensom
ha a * t *•“ *•*■. as the Mock is going off rapidly.
AH HER A TRIO,
(Bcotflift Inurtifll ani) itlcsseiujcr.
BUSINESS CAKUS.
{ Wt o. o. SriKXt
j HAROEMAN & SPARKS.
WARE-HOUSE
AND
Commission Merchants.
MAOON, GA..
VITII.L giv- prompt attention to the selling and storing
! ■ of Cotton, and to the filling of orders for plantation
| wii family supplies. With nimy years experience and
with their best eff .rts to serve their friends, they hope to
•have a eouliouaaec of the liberal patronage heretofore
I -xtende lto th-m Liberal advances made when required
j August 15th 1>,40. (ly.)
| lOHS SCHOrHELD, JhsDCA SCHOFIkFP
I Hcliolielcl & Jii'o.,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
Macon, geougia.
\\ T I- * r *‘ prepared to Manufacture vicain Engines.
* V Cnice:.Al; SAW MILLS, MILL and GIN gear
ing, SUGAR MILLS,
liKA-Sft AND IKON CASTINGS
01 ever) description IRON HA ILING and VF.lt
iNOAHiii Having the most complete assortment of
iron Railing in the State, aiiieh for elegance, neatness du-
I ability anu design, cannot lie surpassed, and are suitable
.or the fronts of Da tilings, Cemetery L- is, Public Sip. a res,
dhurch Fences and Balconies.
Persons desirous of per charing Railings will do well to
| ,'ive a call, as we are determined to offer as good bargains
| as any Northern Establishment.
i , Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rote Hill I
i Cemetery, and at various private residences in this city,
jan I-ISGI
IKON WORKS,
TIACO.f, GEORGIA.
T. c:. X I S It ET,
HAVYIG removed his FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
WORKS to the line of the Rail Road near the Macon
A Western Shops, he is now prepared to manufacture ail
kinds of
MACHINERY AND CASTINGS,
Steam Engines & Boilers,
t)n terms as favorable as any F-tai>lithment either North or
South. (mar IS) T. C. NIBBF.T.
A. M QUSEN.
MACON - , GEORGIA.
\f ANI FAITCUBB of Wrought Iron
■VI RAILING of every description, and for all purposes.
Plain and Ornamental, frtn the lightest Scroll Iron, up to
the heaviest Railing used. Having an endless variety ol
New and Original Design.', purchasers cannot fail to be suit
ed.
Being entirely of Wrought Iron, their strength cannot be
questioned,and for beauty they cannot be surpassed any
where. AH kinds of Fancy Iron Work made to order. Par
ticular attenticn given to makiDg all kinds of
Geometrical Stair Bailings.
Specimens of the work can be seen at the Residences
of T. 0. Holt, L. F W. Andrews and W. J. McEiroy, Esqrs.
Also at Rose Hill Cemetery,
jnly 13 16-ts
Corrugated W rolight Iron and U ire
Railing.
(Sscured by letters Pat-ent.)
VI) 41 I K A It I. X adapted for enclosing Public
Grounds, Cemeteries, Balconies, Cottages, Ac. Sheep
and Ox Hurdle Pa ent Wire, Sacking Bedsteads, with every
variety of Folding Bedsteads and Iron Furniture.—
Patent Wire Coal Screens, Ore, Sand and Gravel Screens,
Wire Netting for Musquito, Sheep, Poultry and other pur
poses. Wire Summer Houses, Fancy Wire Work in great
variety for gardens. Ac. M. WALKER A SONS.
Manuacturers. No. 585 Market, S.E. Cor 6th St., Phita
lelphia. (oct 24-ly)
NEW FIRM.
1,. V. STRONG & SONS.
I” EWIS P. STRONG ten-
A iier* hisgrateful thanks
or the liberal patronage
tended to him for the last A ‘
weuty seven years, and re- , - A
ectfully announces that he rv
* associated with him in /I vfc-JH/fv
e further prosecution ol \ ‘r--a.'\
he business, his two sons, sy.
EDGAR P. STRONG and
-'ORRENTER W. STROML a*.
inder the name, firm and
,tv!e of L P. STRONG A
U)NB,and will continue to
teep on hand and offer, a large and Select assortment of
Boots Miopa and Leather
>? all kinds, and Findings for Country manufacturers. He
respectfully asks for the new firm, a continuance o the lib
■rai ‘avor extended to the old.
Macon, January 2. Infill 41-y
ZEI LIN A II l \T,
WHOLESALE AND DETAIL
DRUGGISTS.
MACON, GEORGIA.
feb 29-’6o—y
D C. HODGKINS &, SON,
DKALKK9 19 AND HiN L T ACTKRhRS OP
C3r TJ 3NT S,
2IFLEB. , .
TACKLES
And Sporting Apparatus and/ jJ*
or bvut DuscaiprioK, \ ‘C
PEW POORS RRi.nw THE
Lanier House,
Jan. 1.1540. tf_
13oots and. Slioes.
VX lire Men of llte
UIG BOOT. m
Vo. 3, l otion AV,
opposrrg i/
WASHINGTON BLOCK, gßv^-X^/t
The subscriber* would re
’.urn their thanks for the -Jf C.3^gW’* t
very liberal and long con- ‘ : w v
tinued patronage extended
to them.and would most re
pectfully solicit a pontinn
.nce of the same. We have now in store a large assort
ment of
HOOTS A V I> SHOES,
tly of own ni inufacture, to which weekly additions
will lie male f all the different styies and patteur*juually
called fjr in shoe store, and would invite these wishing to
purchase to call and examine our stock, as we are prepared
,ii sell as loir as any house in the city nr Plate,
oct 6-y MIX ft KIKTLANO.
A. DeLOACHE,
l>KXLtlt IS
(A KUlUilis mid IKMKAWAVS
BUGGIES, HARNESS & WHIPS.
llriilllcMMiro BHggies
(MAP* BV ASA XIU.Kk )
t runks. Valises aud l mfcrellas,
NEXT DOOR TO THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
The above articles s< Id now for cash, snd ah purchasers
nvite I to examine my stock ahellier they buy or not.
August 7th, Mil.
llacuti. Hay tfOili. |h6l.
I a a IIIIIRP.IA Pike* Magnolia Whisky.
X. 4 D *5 Birrels Rock opening Rum.
75 Barrels Phelps Rye Gin.
ISO Boxes Tobacco—various grades.
115 Rexes Cigars.
tOO Barrels Flour.
100 Tierces Leaf Lard.
TS.tkPt H. Clear Sides.
lu.ikJO H Hams.
| It),OOP H Fhoulders.
15 Hhda Molasses.
! 80 Barrel* Syrup
50 Sacks Rio Coffee.
75 Barrels sugar.
i ;tft Hhds. Sugar. .
I *** for APHkR AYRES.
.MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 18GL
DRV GOODS, CLOTHING. Ac.
DRY GOODS.
A. Gr. BOSTICK,
Has on hand a Superior Stock of
Yit-riiio*, DcLaltus, Alpacas,
and a large assortment of
STAPLE GOO DS,
which he is offering fer sale on rrasonahle teims for Cash,
sep 1 S A. G. BOSTICK.
(roods.
r. (WW\ VARUS GHBY JUANS,
3,<iiio yards Georgia kerseys,
40 GROSS MILITARY BUT TONS,
BLUE SaTTINETT.
HICKORY t’.LOTH.
HICKOnV SHIRTS.
FLANNEL DRAWERS,
MILITARY U\ E[’.COATS
Uniforms made for Companies at Slutrt Notice,
The above will be sold at SMALL PROFITS, and for cash.
sei> 11 E WINS!!IP.
MERCHANT TAILORING!
K. WINS 1111 *
I S now prepared with a first class cutter, good Tailors and
a LARGE SI’OOK OF PIECE GOODS, to furnish any
thing in the
CLOTHING LINE
At short notice, and in the very best style. (apr3
8. P HUD DEN k CO.,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED
TBAYKLING DRESS GOODS,
GREY FLANNELS,
SMALL FIGURED PRINTS,
HICKORY SHIRTINGS,
MUSQUITO NETTINGS,
STRIPED SWISS,
CHECKED CAMBRICS,
HCH’D. A BORDERED II’DKFS,
IRISH LINENS,
SHIRT BOSOMS,
EMBROIDERIES,
And many other articles much needed at this time. We
cannot buv Goods now without the money, and earnestly
request those indebted to us, to pay.
july 10 N. S. PRCDDES & CO.
NEW GOODS./g
3ST E W GO O DS.I y
NEW GOODS.F
>T E W GOODB.]
\ Q
FREE OF DUTY. j r
FREE OF DUTY./
FREE OF DUTY./ ~
frff of duty.\^
RO?S X COLE >I.AX beg leave to announce to thecitisens
■ of Macon and the surrounding country that they have
just IMPORTED FREE OF DUTY from the United States,
the large-t stock of new, desirable good*,that has ever been
exhibited by orie house in the State of Georgia. Very many
of their ei.els were bought at such EXTREME low prices
that MERCHANTS 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.
pr Call and see for yourselves.
ROSg A COLEMAN,
apr 3 At their “ Bazaar of Fashion.”
isoi. ism.
Sprincv Clothing,
WHOLESALE AW E> II i: TA I V*.
k. iri.iMui*
IN now receiving one of the largest stocks of CLOTHING
. ever brought to th's place. They were bought cheap
and will be sold cheap.
Cash Buyers
can find bargains. Merchants will do well to examine this
stock before purchasing. apr 8
LOW FOR CASH I
IjineiL Coats^
OF OFIt OWN 7I.4NTFFAC I I RE.
Linen. Fants and Y r ests
OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE.
MARSEILLES VESTS
OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE.
ALPACCA COATS
OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE.
DRESS FROCK COATS,
BLACK HUE SKIN PANTS,
FANCY CASSMERK PANTS,
A VARIKTY OF
cn c r ? : v-~ f r3 ‘-.r?
” UF| rJ-J{ ey ‘x./ J.
OF m-R OWN MASt-FACTURK,
now FOR CASH.
CHAS. KC. BAIRD,
Trlujrajih Printing Building.
September 11,1 NCd.
Notice to Builders and Jobbers-
LUMBER FOR SALE.
m||fj subscriber would Inform his friends and the public
A. in general, that he has the largest and best lot of
SEASONED FIXE LUMBER
ever exhibited in Mi Idle Georgia, consisting of Scantling
of all sizes and commonly used in house building ; quartered
and hustured Uooring, wetherboaiding, ceiling, and all
other kinds suitable for building.
Mv Mill is near the Central Railroad, and wbl deliver at
the road on accommodating terms. Any person wishing to
purchase, address me at Irwinton, and I will send horse
and buggy to meet the day train at Mclntyre’s, and convey
them to the mdl free of charge. m;RVFV
Fept. 25, INftl. —ts *■ B Kl
A CliiiiitT for Capitali*t.
MA( 0N GRIST MlLLfoii SALE.
(kWINIJ to the insufficiency of our capital, and the
* pressure of other engagements, we are anxious to dis
posed the Macon Grist Mill, to a satisfactory purchaser.
The Mill is now in complete running order —will grind IT
bushels a day. and cannot fail to make a handsome pro!!',
if well managed, in the hands of a person with sunicle.i
capital to carry it on properly. The most satisfactory in
formation on this, and other subjects connected with th
business, can be obtained at the Mill.
ep9(t *7- BOIFKUILLKT A 00.
Medical Oollegeof Georgia,
AT AUGUSTA.
r |t)l1’ thirtieth session of this Institution, will open on
X MONDAY, the 4th November next.
Anatomy, H. F. CAMPBELL, M. D.
Forgery, L A IHGAF k. I).
Chemkstry, JOSEPH JONEB M. D.
Materia Medica and Therapeutics. I P. GARVIN, M. D.
Institute aud Practice, L. I) FORD, M. D.
Physiology H. V. M. MlLl.kß, M. D.
Obstetrics, J. A. E\ K. M. 1).
Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics, ROBERT CAMPBELL,
M D.
W. H. DOUGHTY, M. D.,Clinical Lecturer at City Hoa
* p B FIMMONB, M. D., Prosector to Anatomy.
H W. D. FORD, M D . Demonstrator of Anatomy.
Lectures, (roil course,) $705.
Matriculation Fee, $5 . .
The CoUege building has been thoroughly renovated, and
many additions made to former facilities for Instruction.
g*|> lb 26- *• * • Uean.
PXANTAXIOIV Bn4NS.-No*in
storethe best assortment of Negro Shoes, we
hare ever offered in this Market. Men’s double aoled peg
and nailed black and ruasetU; do. heavy singlt eoled black
do ruaaetu; do. boya and youths black aad wiidMl •>*
vhleh w#araaaUlßvafa. MIX I EUTLftN#.
i act •-
Presideiit’s Message.
To the ’uiHjreas of the ( oitjuteedte Stxtea:
‘i’lie fi*w weeks wliieli have elapsed since
your adjournment has brought us so near the
close of the year, (hat we are now able to
sum up its general results. The retrospect
is such as should till the hearts of our peo
ple with gratitude to Providence for his kiud
interposition iu their behalf. Abuudant
yields have rewarded the labor of the agri
culturist, whiLt the manufacturing industry
of the Confederate States was never so pros
perous as now. The necessities of the times
have called into existence new branches of
manufactures, and given a fresh impulse to
the activity of those heretofore in operation.
The means of the Confederate States for
manufacturing the necessaries and comforts
of life within themselves, increase as the
conflict continues, and we are gradually be
coming independent of the rest of the world,
for tlie supply of such military stores and
munitions as are indispensable for war.
The operations of the a my, soon to be
partially interrupted by the approaching
winter, have afforded a protection of tlie
country and shed a lustre upon its arms
through the trying vicissitudes of more than
one arduous campaign, and c-ntitle our brave
volunteers to our praise and our gratitude,
from its commencement up to the present
period, the war lias hpen constantly enlarg- ;
ing its proportions and expanding its boun
daries, so as to include new fields. The con
flict now extends from the shores of the
Chesapeake to the confines of Missouri and
Arizona. Yet, sudden calls from the remot
est points for military aid, have been met
with promptness enough not only to avert
disaster in the face of superior numbers, but
also to roll back the tide of invasion from
the borders. When the war commenced,
the enemy were possessed of certain stratc
getic points and strong places within the
Confederate States; they greatly exceeded
in numbers, in available resmrccs. and in
the supplies necessary for war—military es
tablish meats had long been organized and
were complete. The navy, and for the most
part the army, once common to both, were
in their possession. To meet this, we had
to create not only an army in the face of
war itself, but also the military establish
ments necessary to evuip and place it in the
field. It ought, indeed, to be a subject of
gratulatiou that the spirit of the volunteers
and the patriotism of the people, enabled
us under Providence to grapple successfully
with these difficulties.
A succession of glorious victories at Beth
el, Bull Bun, Manassas, Springfield, Lexing
ton, Leesburg, and Belmont, has checked
I the wicked invasion which greed of gain and
the unhallowed lust of power brought upon
I our soil, and has proved that numbers cease
to avail when directed against a people fight
ing for a sacred right of self-government
and tin’ privileges of freemen. After more
thaneleven monthsof war they have not only
failed to extend their occupancy of our soil,
but new .States and Territories have been
added to our Confederacy; while, instead
of their threatened march of conquest, they
have been driven to assume the defensive;
and upon a fa.r comparison between the two
belligerents as to men, military means, and
a financial condition, the Confederate States
are relatively much stronger now than when
the struggle commenced.
Since your adjournment the people of
Missouri have conducted the war, in the
face of almost unparalelled difficulties, with
a spirit and success alike worthy of them
selves and of the great cause in which they
are struggling. Since that time Kentucky,
too, has become the theatre of active hostili
ties. The Federal forces have not only re
fused to acknowledge her right to neutrality
in the war, hut have invaded her for the
purpose of attacking the Confederate States.
Outrages of the most despotic charactei have
been perpetrated upon her people. Some
of her most eminent citizens have been
seized and borne away to languish in foreign
prisons, without knowing who were their
accusers or the specific charges made against
them; while others have been forced to
abandon their homes, families and property,
and seeking a refuge in distant lands. —
Finding that the Confederate States were
about to be invaded through Kentucky, aud
that her people, after being deceived into a
mistaken security, were unarmed and in dan
ger of being subjugated by tlie Federal
forces, our armies were marched into that
iState to repel the enemy and prevent their
occupation of certain stragetic points which
would have given them great advantages in
the contest —a step which was justified, not
only by the necessities of self-defence on the
part of the Confederate States, but also by
a desire to aid the people of Kentucky. It
was never intended by the Confederate Gov
ernment to conquer or coerce the people of
that State; but on the contrary, it was de
clared by our Generals that they would with
draw their troops if the Federal Govern
ment would do likewise. Proclamation was
also made of the desire to respect the neu
trality of Kentucky, and the intention to
abide by the wishes of her people as soon as
they were free to express their opinions.—
These declarations were approved by me,
and I should regard it as one of the best ef
fects of the march of our troops into Ken
tucky, if it should cud in giving to her peo
ple liberty of choice aud a free opportunity
to decide their own destiny according to their
own will.
The army has been chiefly instrumental
in prosecuting the great contest in which we
are engaged, and the navy has also been ef
fective in full proportion to its means. The
naval officers, deprived to a great extent of
an opportunity k to make their professional
skill available at sea, have served with com
mendable zeal and gallantry on shore and
upon inland waters, the detail of which will
be found in the reports of the Secretaries of
the Navy and War.
In the transportations of the mails many
difficulties have arisen which will be found
fully developed in the report of the Post
master General. The absorption of the or
dinary means of transportation for tlie move
ment of troops and military supplies, the in
sufficiency of the rolling stock of railroads
for the accumulation of business resulting
both from military operations and the ob
struction of water communication by the
preseuce of the enemy’s fleet, the failure and
even refusal of contractors to comply with
the terms of their agreements, the diflicul
ties inherent in inaugurating so vast and
complicated a system as that which requires
postal facilities for every town aud village
in a territory so extended as ours, have all
[combined to impedo the best directed efforts
of the Postmaster General, whose aeal ? in-
dustry and ability have been taxed to the
utmost extent. Some of those difficulties
can only be overcome hy time, an improved
condition of tlie country, and by the resto
ration of peace; but others may be reme
died by legislation, and your attention is
invited to the recommendation contained in
the report of the head of that department.
The condition of the Treasury will doubt
less be a subject of anxious enquiry on your
part. lam happy to say that the financial
system already adopted has worked well so
far, and promises good results to the future.
Io the extent that Treasury notes may be
issued, the government is enabled to borrow
money without interest, and thus facilitate
the conduct of the war. This extent is
measured by the portion of the field of cir
culation which these notes can be made to
occupy. The proportion of the field thus
occupied depends again upon the amount of
debts for which they are receivable; and
when dues not only to the Confederate and
State Governments, but also to corporations
and individuals are payable iu this medium,
a large amount of it may be circulated at par.
There is every reason to believe that the
Confederate Treasury note is fast becoming
such a medium. The provision that these
notes shall be convertible into Confedera e
stock bearing eight per cent, interest at the
pleasure of the holder, insures them against
a depreciation below the value of that stock,
and no considerable fall iu that value need
be feared, so long as the interest shall be
punctually paid. The punctual payment of
thi interest has been secured by the Act
passed by you at the last session, imposing
such a rate of taxation as must provide suffi
cient means for that purpose.
For the successful prosecution of this war,
it is indispensable that the means of trans
porting troops and military supplies be fnr
nishcrl as far as possible in such manner as
not tc interrupt the commercial intercourse
between our people, nor plac-q a check on
their productive energies. To this end the
means of transportation from one section of
our country to the other must be carefully
guarded and improved, and this should be
the object of anxious care on the part of State
and Confederate Governments, so far as they
may have power over the subject. AVc have
already two maiu systems of through trans
portatiou from the North to the South: one
from Richmond along the seaboard, the
other through Western Virginia to New
Orleans. A third might be secured by com
pleting a link of about 40 miles between
Danville, in Virginia, and Grccnsborough,
in North Carolina. The construction of this
comparatively short line would give us a
through route from North to South in the
interior of the Confederate States, and give
us access to a population and to military re
sources from which we are now in a great
measurc'debai red. We should increase great
ly the safety and capacity of our means for ,
transporting men and military supplies. If j
the construction of this road should, in the j
judgment of Congress, as it is in mine, be!
indispensable for the most successful prose
cution of the war, the action of flu* Govern
ment will not be lestraincd by the Consti
tutional objection which would attach to a
work for commercial purposes, and attention
is invited to the practicability of securing its
early completion, by giving the needful aid
to the company organized for its construction
and administration.
If we husband our means and make a ju
dicious use of our resources, it would be
difficult to fix a limit to the period during
which we could conduct a war against the
adversary whom we now encounter. The
very efforts which lie makes to isolate and
invade, must exhaust his means, whilst they
serve to complete the circle and diversify
the productions of our industrial system. —
The reconstruction which he seeks to effect
by arms, becomes daily more and more pal
pably impossible. Not only do the causes :
which induced us to separate still exists in
full force, but they have been strengthened;
and whatever doubt may have lingered iu
the minds of any, has been completely dis
pelled by subsequent events. It, iustead of
being a dissolution of a league, it were in
deed a rebellion in which we are engaged,
we might fiud ample vindication for the
course we might have adopted in the scenes
which are now being enacted in the United
States. Our people look with contemptuous
astonishment on those with whom they had
been so recently associated. They shrink
with aversion from the bare idea of renewing
such a connection, when they see a President
making war without the assent of Congress
—when they behold officers threatened, be
cause they maintain the writ of habeas corpus
so sacred to freemen—when they see justice
and law trampled under the armed heel of
military authority, and upright men and in
nocent women dragged to distant dungeons
upon the mere edict of a despot—when they
find all this tolerated and applauded by a
people who had been in full enjoyment of
freedom but a few months ago, they believe
that there must be some radical incompati
bility between such a people and themselves.
With such a people we may bo content to
live at peace, but the separation is final;
and for the independence we have asserted,
we will accept no alternative. The nature
of the hostilities which they have waged
against us, must be characterized as barbar
ous wherever it is understood. They have
bombarded undefended villages without giv
ing notice to women and children to enable
them to escape, and in one instance selected
the night as the period when they might
surprise them most effectually whilst asleep
and unsuspicious of danger. Arson and ra
pine, the destruction of private houses and
property, autl injuries of the most wanton
character, even upon non-combatauts, have
marked their forays along our borders aud
upou our territory.
Although we ought to have been admon
ished by these things that they were disposed
to make war upon us in the most cruel and
relentless spirit, yet we were not prepared
to see them fit out a large naval expedition
with confessed purpose, not only of plunder,
but to incite a servile insurrection in our
midst. If they convert their soldiers into
incendiaries and involve us in a species of
war which claims non-combatants, women
and children as its victims, they must expect
to be treated as outlaws and enemies of man
kind. There are certain rights of humanity
which are entitled to respect even in war. —
He who refuses to regard them, forfeits his
claims, if captured, to be considered as a
prisoner of war, but must expect to be dealt
with as an offender against all law, humau
and divine. Rut not content with violating
our rights under the law of nations, at home,
they have extended these injuries la us
in other jurisdictions. The distinguished
gentlemen, whom, with your approval at the
last session, I commissioned to represent the
Confederacy at certain foreign Courts, have
been recently'.seized by thi captain of a
United States ship-of-war, on board of a
British steamer, on their voyage from the
neutral Spanish port of Havana to England.
They have thus claimed a general jurisdic
tion over the high seas, and entering a Brit
ish ship, sailing under its country's flag, vio
lated the rights of Kmbassey, for the most
part held sacred even amongst barbarians
by seizing our ministers whilst under the
protection and domain of a neutral nation
These gentlemen were as much under the
jurisdiction of the British Government, upon
that ship and beneath its flag, as if they had
been on its soil; and a claim on the part of
the United States to seize them in the streets
of London would have beeu as well founded
as that to apprehend them where they wore
taken. Had they been malefactors and citi
zens oven of the United States, they could
not have been arrested on a British vessel or
on British soil, unless uuder the express pro
visions of a treaty and according to the forms
therein provided for the extradition of crim
inal But |rights the most sacred seem to
have lost all respect iu their eyes. AVhen
Air. Faulkner, a former Minister of the
United States to France, commissioned be
fore the secession of A r irginia, his native
State, returned in good faith to Washington
to settle his accounts and fulfill all the obli
gations into which he had entered, he was
perfidiously arrested and imprisoned in New
York, where he now is. The unsuspecting
confidence with which he reported to his
Government was abused, and his desire to
fulfill his trust to them was used to his in
jury.
In conducting this war we have sought no
aid and proposed no alliances, offensive or
defensive, abroad. We have asked for a
recognized place in the great family of na-
tions, but in doing so we have demanded
nothing for which we did not offer a fair
equivalent. The advantages of intercourse
are mutual amongst neutral natims, and in
seeking tc establish diplomatic redations we
were only endeavoring to place that, inter
course under the regulations of public law.
Perhaps w r e bad the right, if we had chosen
to exercise it, to ask to know whether the
principle that blockades, to be binding, must,
be effectual, so solemnly announced by the
great Powers of Europe, at Paris, is to be
generally enforced or applied only to partic
ular parties. When the Confederate States,
at your last session, became a party to the
declaration re-affirming this principle of in
ternational law which has been recognized
so long by publicists and governments, we i
certainly supposed that it was to be univer-J
sally enforced. The customary law of ua-j
tions is made up of their practice rather than ;
their declarations, and if such declarations
are only to b enforced in particular in-!
stances, at, the pleasure of those who make
them, then the commerce of the world, soj
fur from being placed under the regulation
of a general law, will become subject to the!
caprice of those who execute or suspend it
at will. If such is to be the course of na-J
tions in regard to this law, it is plain that
it, will thus become a rule for the weak and
not, for the strong. Feeling that such views
must be taken by the neutral nations of the
earth, 1 have caused the evideuce to be col
lected which proves completely the utter in
efficiency of the proclaimed blockade of our
coast, and shall direct it to be laid before
such governments as shall afford us the
means of being heard.
But although we should be benefited by
the enforcement, of this law, so solemnly de
clared by the great Powers of Europe, we:
are not dependent upon that enforcement i
for the successful prosecution of the war.
As long as hostilities continue, the Confeder-!
ate States will exhibit a steadily increasing
capacity to furnish their troops with food, I
clothing and arms. If they should be forced ;
to forego many of the luxuries and some of
the comforts of life, they will at least have
the consolation of knowing that they are
thus daily becoming more and more inde
pendent of the rest of the world. If in this
process labor in the Confederate Statesshould
be gradually diverted from those great south
ern staples which have given life to so much
of the commerce of mankind, Into other
channels, so as to make them rival produ
cers, instead of profitable customers, they
will not be the only, or even the chief losers
by this change in the direction of their in
dustry. Although it is true that the cotton
supply from the Southern States could only
bo totally cut off by the subversion of our
social system, yet it is plain that a long con
tinuance of this blockade might, by diver
sion of labor and investment of capital in
other employments, so diminish the supply
as to bring ruiu upon all those interests of
foreigu count)ies which are dependent upon
that staple ; for every laborer who is diver
ted from the culture of cotton iti the South,
perhaps four times as many elsewhere who
have found subsistance in the various em
ployments growing out of its use, will be
forced also to change their occupation.—
While the war which is waged to take from
the right of self-government can ucver attain
that end. It remains to be seen how far it
may work a revolution in the industrial sys
tem of the world, which may carry suffering
to other lands as well as to our own. In the
meantime we shall continue this struggle in
humble dependence upon providence, from
whose searching scrutiny we cannot conceal
the secrets of our hearts, and to whose rule
we confidently submit our destinies. For
the rest we shall depend upon ourselves. —
Liberty is always won where there exists the
unconquerable will to be tree; and we have
reason to know the strength that is given by
a conscious sense not only of the magnitude,
but of the righteousness of our cause.
(Signed) JEFFEIISON DAVIS.
The mails.
We need someone at the head of the Con
federate Post Office department of greater
administrative ability than we have yet had.
The mails have got into such a state of dis
organization aud confusion as to be almost
utterly useless. As the greatest and almost
only benefit which the people derive from
the Geueral Government is the transmission
of mail matter, for which they are roundly
taxed, nothing gives so much dissatisfaction
as a failure to perform its duty ii that re
spect. W c hope that the Post Office Depart
ment of our Government, if it cannot per
form its duty, will be abolished, and tlje car
rying of the mail be left to the private enter
prise of responsible persons.-7.4*0/.
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VOLUME XXXIX—NO 36.
beavc Taking brlweeii Scott
and VicClcllaii.
The special correspondent, of the N. Y.
IJr r, if,} telegraphs from Washington;
Gn Saturday morning, at the depot in this
city, at five oV-lock, the darkest hour before
day, in the midst of a raging storm, the le
retiringaud the incoming chieftains of the U.
S. Army bade each other an affectionate
farewell—the one, iu his age, returning his
war worn sword to the scabbard, and the
other, in his youth, unsheathing his steel
to measure strength with a desperate foe.
Gen. Scott, and staff reached the depot
half an hour before the train started. Quite
a number of citizens assembled to bid him
adieu. At a quarter before five o’clock, the
time for the train to leave, Geu. McClellan
arrived, under escort of Capt. Barker’s cav
alry squadron. The new Gencral-in-chief
was accompanied by the following members
of his staff:
Brigadier-General Marcy, Inspector Gen
eral.
Brigadier-General Sloneuian, Chief of Cav
alry.
Brigadier-General Barry, Chief of Artil
lery.
Brigadier-General Van Yiiet, Chief of
Quartermaster’s Department.
Brigadier-General Seth Williams, Adju
tant General.
Lieuteimut-Colonel Colburn, Assistant
Adjutant-General.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hudson, Assistant In
spector-General.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sweitzer, Assistant In
spector-General.
Captain Louis Pliillippe D’Orleans, Count
De Paris.
Captaiu Robert D’Orleans, Due de Char
tres.
The General and his staff all appeared
with black rubber liavelocks over their caps
and long black rubber coats, biding their
uniforms entirely. This dress was worn to
resist the pelting storm. As they entered
the depot their appearance in the dim light
reminded one of the stories of the black
knights of old. The only thing that broke
the .Glence that prevailed was the clank of
the warriors’ bidden swords and the rattle
of their spurs.
General McClellan at the head of the staff’
proceeded to an iuner room, occupied by
General Scott, and removing bis hat from
his head, bowbd before the veteran chief
whom he bad just succeeded.
General Scott, sitting, from inability to
rise, extended his hand to bis successor, and
they talked for some minutes with hands
clasped. In this position General Scott,
drawing McClellan near to him, said :
• “General, do not allow yourself to be em
barrassed by men who do not comprehend
this great question. Carry out your own
ideas, act upon your own judgement, and
you will conquer, and the Government will
be vindicated. God bless you.
The young chieftains only reply was :
“I thank you, General, and will not for
get your counsel. May you be restored to
health and live to sec your prophecy fulfill
ed. God be with you. Farewell.
Shaking hands again, General McClellan
conducted General Scott to the car, where
they parted without a word being exchanged,
General McClellan bowing gracefully and
General Scott returning it. The members
of General McClellan’s staff then shook
hands with General Scott. General McClel
lan and staff retired, and, iu the midst of a
drenching rain, mouuted their horses and
returned to quarters.
The train left the depot at precisely five
o’clock. General Scott was accompanied by
Ids own staff, the Secretary of War, the Sec
retary of the Treasury, Major General Cut
ler, Adjutant General Thomas, General Yan
Yiiet, and others.
Seizure of Sail by tli* Governor.
Executive Department, )
Milledgeville, Ga., Nov. 18th, 1801. )
Col. Jared 1. Whitaker,
Ojtnmissary General, Ac.:
Col :—I have learned that there is now
a considerable quantity of salt in the depot
of the Central Railroad at Savannah, and t
have notified Mr. Adams, the Superinten
dent of the road, that he is required to de
tain it in the depot subject to your order,
for the use of the army. You are hereby
instructed to take charge of the salt, and
give Mr. Adams your receipt for it. When
the owners present their claims you will pay
each five dollars per sack, which I consider
just compensation. As we shall need a very
considerable quantity ior public use you will
inform me of any which you may find in the
hands of speculators or traders who are sel
ling at more than five dollars per sack with
freights from Savannah added, and I will
give you directions as to the seizures neces
sary to be made. No seizures will be made
of any supplies in the hands of persons who
are selling to the people at five dollars per
sack with freights from Savannah added. I
feel that it is gross injustice to the Govern
meut and to the people to permit speculators
who have managed to get the control of ar
ticles of absolute necessity, to sell them at
the enormous prices now demanded in tho
market. The Constitution of this State
clearly provides that private property may
be taken for public use by [fdyiug just com
pensation. Under this provision, 1 feel it my
duty when any necessary article is controlled
by a few persons, who demand from the
State and her citizens unreasonable and un
just compensation for it, to authorize you to
seize in the hands of those who ask the high
est prices such supplies as may be needed
for pMir use, and pay the owners just com
pensation.
I very much regret the necessity which
must control my action in the present emer
gency, hut a sense of duty compels me to
assume the responsibility. If the constitu
ted authoiities do not interfere, but will pay
on the part of the State the high prices de
manded by uu patriotic speculators, the cost of
the supplies necessary to maintain our army
will soon swell the public debt to an enor
mous burden, and as the high prices paid by
the State will control the markets and compel
its citizens to pay as much, provisions will
be placed out of of the reach of the poor who
labor for their daily bread, and much suffer
ering and misery must be the tesult.
I shall use all the power vested in me by
the Constitution and laws of this State to
prevent these deplorable results.
Very respectfully, Ac.,
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
For a lady to sweep her carpet with em
broidered undersleeves, would be considered
, indecently dirty j but to drag the pavement
| with her skirts saeius tq he ve’§ g*utee\.