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KEGUEAR MEETIXOS
i MASON'S, KNIGHT TE>II’LARS, ODD FEL
LOWS AND SONS OF TEMPER A NOE,
RELI> IN THE CITY Oi' MACON.
MASONS.
jri'id L >1 "i of Georgia for ISG3, October 2feht.
H,.-on Lodire, No. 5, first and third Monday nights in each
mouth.
Constantine Chapter, No. 4, second and fourth Monday
nights in eachreonth.
Islington Council, No. 6, fourth -Monday night In eaeh
month.
•> Omer’s Encampment. Knights Templar, No. 2. Meetings
every first Tuesday n'ght in each mouth.
ODD FELLOWS.
Grin.! Lodge, fir«t Wednesday in June.
Sr .ad Encampment, Tuesday previous. '
franklin Lodge, No. 2, every Thursday evening.
L ed Brother*, No. 5, every Tuesday evening,
lit -a Union Encampment, No. 2, second and fourth Mon
day evenings iu each month.
80S8 OF TEMPERANCE.
Grand Division, fourth Wednesday in October, annually.
PROFESSIONAL 0 ARDS.
CITI.VESIMOU.NK & ANBLEV,
kTTORNiEYB AT LAW,
KNOXVILLE AND FORT VALLEY, GA.
G P. CULVKRIIOUSE, F. A. ANBLEY,
Knoxville, Ga. Fort Valley, Ga.
tttSi-’KMy • __
JL. If* WHITTLE,
ITTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, OKORQIA.
liGC' next to CONCERT HALL,over Payne’* Drug Store
I An. 6, [4l-ly.l
I TIIO.HAS 11. CABANISS,
ITTORNEY AT LAW,
I Forsjytli, G&.
RriLL attend promptly to all business entrusted to his
care in theCountiesof Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Crawford,
I Pike, Spalding and Upson. [may 12 ’s3]
f it oval.
BIUUI. has removed his Law Office to Cherry street
• ap*U\rs of baildincr next below B. A. Wise’s furnish-
LntDM. H* will attend the Courts as heretofore.
Fmm, Oct. I,lß*l. oct 9—ts
HOTELS^
granite hall.
I ffOl'LD respectfully Inform my OLD FRIENDS and
1 ITRON’S, that since the fire. I have obtained the Rooms
NEXT ABOVE the “Granite Hall,” and over
-is:,re of R. P. McEvov and Messrs. Bostick A Lamar,
h vl have opened, and will be pleased to see my iriends
mi l ustoiaera, and will do my best for their comfort and
rSiure. Very Respectfully,
my i BENJ. K. DENSE.
BROWNHOUSE^
Opposite the Passenger Depot,
Macon, Ga.J
THE undersigned take charge of this establishment
* cm the Ist November, 1862.
■ >i— GEORGE B. WELSH & CO.
hi STUBBLEFIELD HOUSE
“Like the Phoenix from, its Ashes.”
B PH \T targe, new and elegant House, recently erected
HI ou the ruins of my old establishment, Mulberry street,
Ga., is now open for the reception and accommde-
H ! cf Boarders and transient guests.
! ‘:e il has been newly furnished throughout, ia the
I and the Proprietor will endeavor to make it a
FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
I “ Ufttion !* eligible, a little below the M-thodlst and
■•'■ftlie Presbyterian Church, and near the Banks and
of business.
■ with the House is a large
I Livery and Sale Stable,
■’''' Grovers and others can find accommodations for
■b-ntock.
| patronage of his old friends and of tbe traveling
a ijeoerally, is respectfully solicited.
■ * M. STUBBLEFIELD.
W ashington Hall
S STiLL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
BABSEENE, Proprietor.
December, 18(11.
'ALUABLE PLANTATION
FOR SALE.
subscriber offers for sale his desirable plantation
■ Auntedinthe 15th district of Bumter county,aud about
horn Americus. lv contains Eighteen Hundred
i ‘ s f 6^? -n hundred of which is cleared, and in a good
c < cultivation It is undoubtedly as good a plantation
, " “re Is In Bumter county. A good dwelling house,negro
aud screw, and all other necessary out buildings
‘•'/^ r *^ M »urfow P W > % K?u Aitr - 11 ad j° ins ** rich
<•! of T. M . Parlew, W. T. Adams, and others. Th<> Dloee
* seen at any time.-- ine piace
'sons wishing to purchase will either call on me » the
Nation, or address me at Americas, Sumter countt
L 25 40-ts A. J. fiOHUTCHIN.
MILITARY BOOICST
i XEw supply of Hardie’s Tactics, Scott’s Tactics,
“ Cooper’s Tactics, Caralry Tactics, and Mahon’s Trea
", field Fortification, for saie at
HO A ROMAN’S
<fe Jones,
VM E the recent fire, have located p§arly opposite
# ld starfd on Cotton Avenue, where they are pre-
It " »uppiy an customers with
>, Lard, Flour. Cora, Ac., Ac.,
BUSINESS CARDS.
r.Hos. Hisumi.l, - - - - -- ■
HARDEfvIAN & SPARKS,
ARK-HOUSE
AND
Merchants.
SHa MACON, OA.. jfe
5 tl,. liutr.l patronaie Sraitfoll
"WI'M
COATES & WOOLFOLK.
ii COTTON FACTORS.
Ware ftou*e ©» Tliiid Street.
W l entVmrt l Id t I T ! U .i K ' Ve pfo i' ;pt * r »«Uion to busmen
inStorc. ÜBt
D. C. HOBOKINS &, SON,
CFtivas r.v usd jUHcracTSjtkiw
C - XJ IST m ,
RIFLES, 9
PISTOLS,
TACKLES.
And Sporting Apparatus.if
or bvaav paaotiMioji,
a PEW DOORS BELOW TH
Lanier House,
__Jan. I, ' ts
Ikon works,
MACOH, A.
T. C . N‘l 8 1J E r r ,
HAVIV l(» removed liis FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
WORKS to the Hue oi the Kail Road near ibe Macon
* Western Shops, he 1* now prspaced * n■ ufacturc all
kinds of
MACHINERY AND CASTINGS,
ALSO
Steam Engines & Boilers,
On terms as favorable as uoy Establishment either North or
South. (mai Ifi) T. C. NISBET.
JOHX PCBOFiBLD, % 40t‘aP4 SOBCmtD
Schofield. & Bro.,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
MACON, tEOKUU.
WE are prepared to Manufacture SU-atu Exist’mea.
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, MILL and GIN GEAR
ING, SUGAR MILLS,
BRASS AND IRON CASTINGS
Os every description IlCOft IS A11.,1 NO and VKIS
ANOAHS. Having the most complete assortment of
Iron Railing in the State, which for elegance, neatness,du
rability and design, cannot be surpassed, and arc suitable
for the fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery I.«tß, Public-Squares,
Church I'entea and Balconies.
Persons dt of purefhiVibr.g wi:: .to well 11
give a call, as we are determined to older as good bargains
as any Northern Establishment.
Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose Ilill
Cemetery, and as. various private realdesrccs In this city,
jan I—ISGI
». B. AMOS.t. PAN'L. UGON. S. H. LEER
AMOSS, LICON &, CO.
WHO I.ESALB
GROCERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WHITEHALL ST., ATLANTA, GA.
WANTS
1 AA AA A BUSHEI.S OF CORN,
L * 25 000 bushels of MEAL, to fill orders
from Cherokee Georgia. Sacks furnished to order when
accompanied b.v the money.
Ollier* Produce,
Such as COTTON, PEAS, GROUND PEAS, BACON, LARD,
RICE, SUGAR, SYRUP, TOBACCO, IRON, LEATHER, LI
QUORS, Ac., Ac.,received and sold on commission. Con
signments respectfully solicited. fob 11-tire*
F. If. BURGHARD,
WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, AND DEALER IN PANCY
WARES, DIAMONDS AND PRECIOUS STONES, IN
GENERAL, ARTICLES OF VERTU, AND MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS, CUTLERY, FINEST IMPOST.
ED AND AMERICAN WATCHES, TIME
PIECES, CLOCKS, CHRONOMETERS,
CHIROGRAPHIC IMPLEMENTS,
&C,, &G.,
Cherry St, Macon, Second door below the Telegraph
Printing House.
mHAN KFUL for past fa vors .remind*
X the public that all the most fashionable,
elegant and desirable goods in thlsiine will
continue to be found ar this elegant smud -Jagg
In the greatest variety.
No troubleto show Goode. feb 2fi-’6O-y
Drugs Find Medicines
AT ELLIS’ DRUG STORE,
Corner Cherry Street and Cotton Avenue.
JUST received, a frp»h supply of Drugs .and Medicines,
Perfumery, Paints and Varnish Brushes, Superior Coal
Oil, Oauiphene, Alcohol and Potash, Jay no’s, Ayres’.
Wright’s, Moffai’s, and Strong’s Pills ; Hembohlt’s Extract
of Buohu, Sanford’s Liver Invlgorator, Mrs. Winslow’s
Soothing Syrup, Degrnth’s Electric Oil, Mustang Liniment,
Indian Cholagogue, Jayne’s, McLean’s, and Fahnestock’r
Vermifuge; Selzer Aperient and Citrate of Magnesia, war
ranted genuine.
june 20 18-‘t>o W. g. ELLIS, Agent.
Change of Programme.
W. J. M’ELROY & GO.
HAVF. removed to the New Building ob 4th street
Bear the Guard House. We continue to manufacture
Swords, Sucre#, Bowie Knives, Spent, and general bras;
work, Parmer*’ Tools, 4c.
ALSO FOE SALE,
Tin and Japan Ware.
Sale Room up-stair* on second foor.
We will be pieased to see our friends rd<l customers, and
serve tkem so far as we can.
ff. J. MoELftOY,
job* 1* A. RPYNOLDB.
For Bale Clieap.
CARRIAGES, ROCKAWAYS & BIGGIES,
HARNESS AND WHIPS.
Brattleboro 13n£fsie.*»
(Man* Bi A6A MiU.SE.)
next door to tub baptist church.
i* n 1 Ififig J. DeLOACIIE^
Important IST otice.
r HE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY
n . B a *U Week l.y da J’ Express ou the Cen
tral Rail Road, leaving Macon on Tue*daya,Thursdays and
Saturdays, at 10 o’clock, a M. Freight received and for
warded to all stations on the Road. Freight on aoodi to
b« prepaid in every case. No advance on previous rate*.
Uao6B, £«., I«pt, 11th, 19ll!
MACON, 080 KOI A, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1,180. T.
! The Speculator.
* From it Htrmon on • ‘ XaiionaTJUct'.U L" l V
! 'Joseph C. Btyle» y If. D.
j Oh : the speculator : Uie ’He
can dwell upon the sad eoudiiicn of his
j Ajourury, and me gltd eonsr-crafiou of his
| fellows, and yet the very first thought of
high sculed love of country shall uever
! re#c . h . hl * “jod—the very first Ming .»»
(sacrifice for liberty shall never touch his
l citizen, he is a to the
! V ? r y tirst of sympatliy with a pat
none people struggling for their rights.—
Equally wrong with Lis feliow-ciii/A-ne, he
has never Celt the verv fir-t stirrings <£ vir
| l “ on f /esisranee to grovious oppression.—
I les . m the very bosom of this greet na
tion, whose masses all absorbed and boiling
over with an intense concern for puhlic
honor and safety which indignantly scorn*
every paivate consideration—there S taud«
the speculator, all dead to the fate of bis
country absolutely struggling for life, but
all intent, nor simply upon making bis for
tune which can be reached only by steadily
augmenting his country’s perilous extremi
i ties.
Miserable man! How could he escape
; the all pervading, generous patriotism of tbe
; day, and incarcerate his soul iu such a ceil
| ot enormous degradation! The process is.
i simple. HLs avaricious heart discovered
! tnat iu our country, the regular supply of
| D^*chan table commodities which always
' kee I ,s down the price, was cut off by the
war, while the consumption of the same was
as steady and undiminished as ever. Con
sequently u steadily increasing demand must
as steadily augment the price. Let him
then monopolize a large portion of neccssa- 1
ry goods at their present value and hold j
over; erelong he must receive one, two,
five, tcu hundred per cent, upon his inooev, >
and ultimately make his fortune. Just !
tlien> the man authored his heart, bis wh ie !
heart. This eri-is of his country ! What a
Dick ut time for accumulation I How soon
must become a man of fortune, of enor
inuus fortune! And oh the luxuries, find
the power, and the pride, and the fame, and
the rest of magnificent possessions ! ! Ove t
and over again lie turns the absorbing sub
jcrt iu his thoughts iu every new and more
enchanting lights—until he has churned up
au egregious gearing of the bowels after fib
thy Inert. Nothing else does he see, or feel,
or live for. Forthwith he betakes himseil '
to his work with enormous greed. But
Kay ! If there are no there are
many moral obstacles, to the success of his
ofcLerjffiri-,0. A -Ln<tt. *>/' rlx cnr>'u.>s pitCCipiCS
encircle that coveted fortune on every hand,
which not only forbid accumulation under
the cireuinstauces, but every one of which
must be violated, crushed and cast aside be- j
tore he can reach his object. What will he
do ? Behold that great, hungry shark of the
ocean ! In the wake of the great ship he .
has scented the flesh and blood of the bait,
and have it he will. He reaches the bul
lock’s head, but teeth, bones and horns ar* j
in his way. What cares he ? Unchecked for ;
au instant he opens his.prodigious jaws and
down go teeth, bones, homes and all. So I
exactly with our great land shark. The !
shining bait before him he will seize and 1
nothing, shall prevent him. But see! Seif
respect and social standing and decency—
they all lie in bis way. If either of them !
survives, that fortune is not bis. Nay ! he
cannot commence his boarding. Mark the
speculator! He halts not au instant, but
forthwith extends his varocious mouth and
crushes and devours them all, and drives
on his fell pursuit. More formidable bind
ranees spring up to embarass bis progress.— |
Honesty, and patriotism, and private sub
sistence, and public power, and. national
prosperity confront him and frown upon Lis
infamous attempt. Even these do not daunt
his greedy covetousness for a moment. One ;
and all he promptly assails, and wounds and
throws aside. Wretched man ! his fearful
work of crushing human weal an?P heaven’s
law magnifies upon him at every move.—
Nothing now short of the most audacious
and inhuman spirit, can nerve him to anoth- j
er step. For if the fraternity which he leads ;
are still deternined to press on their scheme j
of unprincipled, heartless, reckiess acquisi- !
tion—ever rising prices, and ever falling
and failing currency must, ere long embar
rass every fiscal measure of the legislator, j
cripple every wheel of the Government, cut j
off supplies from every uational agent, en-I
feeble every movement of the army, con-'
vulse to masses which dread anxiety about |
their daily bread, crowd the mansions of the j
rich with the cries of the famishing poor, !
and wake up the darkest apprehensions
touching the ultimate issues of the country’s
struggle. But what of all this’ it is noth
ing, nothing to the speculator. His whole
heart i? immovably fixed. He sees nothing,
feels nothing aside from his all glori us pur
pose—be and his must wallow in wealth it
his country goes to the wall. On, therefore,
ihe presses his nefarious work. On too come
the terrible responsibilities of the workman.
For the day approaches when it would seem
i that his atrocious operation, by necessary
! consequence, must utlimately cast our be-
I loved country under the iron heel of the
i despot, auu liberty and hope and all be
| crushed out forever.
And docs the speculator's personal aecaie
ration of this most horrid catastrophe exer
cise no relaling influence upon his enormous
greed, the tenacious grasp of soul ? Andean
he stand fht dibolical thought ol personal
elevation upou his country’s downfall l And
can he calmly look upon all the degradation
and distress of Northern subjugation suffer
ed through following generations by South
ern men. women and ohiidren, and /eel no
11 then ting portion ? Fed indeed! Thi.s
man H paw ietding. Jn the spiritual world,
is whu Known that cherished covetousness
: made a veiy monster of him. It has
I *.i!ed out ill the humanities of his heart,
j J looked up every sensibility of his soul
| -ii the luctre ot anticipated affluence. De
j upon it, that mau has heard the music*
j I the voice of *he great seducer—“ Only
j p t ike ot th s f:rbidden fruit and you shall
j b’* <w The iaferaal 9: ell holds him.
i i that graniis estate, worlds ot satisfaction,
i >OO3 (*t honor, uud never, never ceasing
; rest ever ceasing rest ever flash before him.
*,ho only work;
1 * broad boundaries ot that iuimsginary
fortune. Alt else to him is unreal. An
angry t»od is a picture \ a gasping country
is a dream ; biased character, a disgraced
family, coming retribution, ail, all to him
arc hurmie?-f>.
I here i« uo need of darkness which thc
soal ol the accomplished speculator is not
primed aud charged to accomplish. Thar
miserable mao ! At such a time as this !
les, at such a time as this, he can feed and
l .atten upon the ta>ked sinews ol the govern i
meat, upon the struggling liberties of the j
people, upou the .scanty wages of rhesoldier, 1
upon the failing mortals of the poor, upon
the solace ot to# aiek, th*- wounded,
the bereaved, and feel no/hitttf. He can
pon lei &U the brutal, crushing cruelties of
Northern subjugation, and *1 well upon all
tba swelling, bur.-tiag, maddening enduran
cos, eiuluratu.es oi the Southern captive,
nod yet Jeel nothing . The spirit of the
South ; that most beautiful genial, admira
ble element of uu 1 ’ national heritage—that
Southe’ii spirit, so brave, generous, proud
*vud indcpendtnt—he can look forth intj
the future and see that spirit, by most un
holy persecution, crushed out of the people
and lying a cold corpse over all these hills
and ▼alloys where once it lived so vigorous 1
and happy an existence; yes, and feci noth. |
rag. Oh, yes ! That fellow man ! He can
gaze upon ill this heart rendering specta-!
c.a and feel nothing, nothing but the solen- !
of that fortune he sucks out of the last
drop • f h',3 coiintiy’a blood. The love of
money— oh : tae io* eof money ! Wellsairh
scripture, if ,s the root of all evil. Look out
speculator ! Yet a iitrle while and that love
of money shall pi?rce thee through with
many jorrows a.nd drown thy soul in perdi
tion and destruction !
RoGIIh IJ l^traordiußiy.
We heartyesWday of a robbery on the
Central Kailfcfea; veanewrray n rgtrr
that is fully ul to the rascally spirit of the
nine*. It appears that, a gentleman from
Scriven county was settling for a supper at
the Brown House, wheu a young man stand
ing by observed hat he had a considerable
amount of mo ey on his person. He srou
commenced conversation with the stranger,
ascertained that he was to take the Central
R broad ears that night, and expressed great
8:, 'Siaction, as he was goiDg that way him
sei* lie became very cozy with his new
and unweary acquaintance, went aboard the
cars with him, and they took seats together.
They chatted merily along until the cars
ha i passed Grisvvoldville, when the young
ru*u proposed to go to the hinder car, where
ho had left his carpet bag with a friend, and
rake a dring of liquor. The Scriven county
m&o, being ( ‘a little dry,” readily consented.
The two passed out of the car, whilst thp
train was goiug at full speed, and on reaeh
ind the platfoim, and closing the door, they
were joined by a third party. The two
without warning took violent hold of the
stranger, evidently by preconcert, and dash
ed him from the train. The two rogues
theu quietly returned to their seats in the
car. On reaching Gordon, they left,
train, and footed back six miles to their vic
tim, whom they found tying at the font of
the embankment, with a ghastly wound
across the face, his thigh broken, and whol
ly unable to cller any resistance. They
went to work and robbed him of his pocket
book, containing $1,600, his papers, knife,
tobacco, and indeed everything except his
clothing. The scoundrels th?n decamped,
leaving him to bis fate. Next day he was
discovered ? and taken to Gordon, where
medical assistance was called in and his
family sent for.—Ndc. Rep. , 21.
A Northern Opinion. — The Chicago
Times asserts that if within the next month
General Grant should capture the whole
Confederate force at Vicksburg, Gen. Ros
eneranz should annihilate the army of Bragg,
Gen. Hooker should march into Richmond,
aod Gens. Hunter and Foster should cap
ture Charleston and Havannah, these united
victories would prove but the beginning of
a more desperate war than we have yet
known. If the same teims were ofiereded to
the South after these successes are now of
b red, she would reject them as contemptu
ously as she now does. Tin armies which
had won the victories would be required to
maintain them.
Yankee Faithlessness. — A southern
gentlemen, writing to the Richmond Kxam
iner from st Loun, pays:
Our friends iu St. Louis think our gov
ernment has beer, too loose and indiscrimin
ate in the exchange of prisoners. The ene
my has not observed the terms of the cartel,
and the prisoners that have been exchanged
have, in many instances, immediately taken
up arms again. A federal officer who has
just resigned, says that Gen. Grant com
pelled uearlv every man of the Federal
army who was paroled at Murfreesboro aud
Vicksburg to go into the ranks again, with
our any regard whatever to bis parole. The
story is firmly believed in Bt* Louis-
GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE.
ExlcinvE Department, )
Milledgeviiie, March 25th, 1?&L j
To tft< .Senate and 2iW<t r of F-prrtentmhvs .-
1 h*ye felt it my duty to ooavenc you tt
«Q tarliorday than that'fixed for yonr meet
ing, whfn you fiUjourDrd,
la the of a revolution of sueh va«t
magnitude as that in which engaged,
the constan: ch&ugc in the 1 v
which we are surrounded, niint frequently
influence our actions, and develop sufficient
reasons lor a change ot our opinion,*, or cur
policy. In December last we pa«-te*i an act
prohibiting the cultivation of more than tLree
acre-* ot cotton to the hand this vear, which
viitualiv legalises and invites it* production
tG that extent. lam now fully if
the quamifcy of land mentioned in that act,
is plan led in Georgia and c*. h of the other
cottnu .States, the result will he, our subju
gatioQ by hunger, and the utter ruin of the
Confederacy. Hence, I have felt it rny du
ty, before the crop is planted, to call* you
[ together, aod recommend the passage of an
| act that will make it hiebiv penal for any j
| one to cultivate exceeding one-fourth of an 1
.acre to the land, ilie enemy ha* overrun,!
and now holds a large parr ~.f the most pro
due live hinds ia the Coufedwiwy. As our
iimim are circumscribed and contracted,
many of the loyal people of the sections in
the po,-session ol the eueinv retire to the
interior, and the number ot person* to be
■ ted from ihe products ol the lands in
our possession is great!} increased, while the I
area of productive lauds from which the i
support must come, ia almost daily dimiu-!
fished. Most of the white laborers of tho
country are uow in the army, and new levies
are constantly being made from those who j
remain. As these enter the military service >,
our fields are ielt uncultivated, while the'
women and children are still in our midst, •
aud must, be supported The result is, that
the country and the army arc niaiolv de
pendent upou slave labor for support. At
the present prices of all the necessaries of
life, it is impossible for the women and
children to support themselves. In my
opinion, it will take every acre of land, and
every slave h productive labor which we can
command this year, to make our necessary
support; and be who employs any’ portion
of his lands and labor, iu the production of'
Gotten, tobacco, or any other products th*at •
will not sustain life, to that extent endan
gers the success of our cause. The present
pr ices of cotton rnako the temptation to plant
it very strong, and the planter will quiet hia
i j rcticct;or, - UU. 111 C XOffM-
luture has authorized him to plaut three
acres to the hand, and will plant his best
land, place all his uianuie upou i*, and mako
it the object ot his special care and atten
tion. There is now cotton enough in the
Confederacy to clothe our people for several
years, and there is no reason why we should
plaut more than is actually necessary to keep
seed. It may be said that the planter can make
more money out of cotton than grain and veg
etables. This is very questionable. But if we
admit that he can make double as much,
this is no reason why he should be permit- j
ted t-j-do it, if by so doing he hazards ’he !
very existence of the States. What will his
money, or his cotton, or his slaves, or his
lauds, be worth to him, if we are subjugated,
aud the civil and religious liberties of himself
and his posterity are destroyed ?
As the war is now prosecuted by th? Lin- 1
coin government for the avowed pmpose of i
abolishing slavery, no class of our people
has so much at stake as onr slaveholders,
who are generally our chief planters. They j
are dependent upon our white laborers in 1
the field of battle, for the protection of their
property ; and iu turn, this army of white i
laborers and their families are dependent
upon the »lave owners for a support while
thus 4 eDgaged. The obligation h mutual
and reciprocal, and neither party has the ;
right to disregard it
The conduct of our planters last year was
most patriotic and praiseworthy, and ha«
saved our cause for the present, but the
temptations held out to the avaricious vr?
much greater this year, owing to the high
prices of cotton in tho market; and I con
sider legislation absolutely necessary to re
strain those who would hazard all for gain.
As it is now time to commence planting, I
invoke your early attention to this question,
in my opinion second in importance .te do
other that is likely to acme under your con
sideration. At the present time, money will
not buy bread, in a large section of our own
State, at any reasonable price. This is
caused, partly, by the severe drought of last
summer, but it is probably owing in a great
er degree to the fact, that the lauds in that
section of the State are cultivated almost
entirely by white labor, and most of that
labor being now in the army, the lands lie
idle, aud the women and children ure desti
tute of bread. But for the large surplus in
the cotton region, eceues of suffering must
ensue, which would be appaliag to contem
plate, and which must demoralize, if not
disband, that part of the army, where the
husbands aud fathers of the sufferers stands
aa a bulwark between us and the enemy.
Let not tho people of the cottou sections of
the State, where there is labor to cultivate
all the laaaa risk the chauces of similar, or
worse, distress another year, lest consequen
ces ensue which may coat them not only
their cotton crops, but all that they have,
and all that they may expect to have in fu
ture. We can never be conquered by the
arms of the enemy. We may be by hunger,
if we neglect to husband all the resources
for the supply of provisions which kind
Providence has placed within our reach.—
Attempt to conceal it as we may, the fact is
VOLUME XLI-NO. 2
undt-uial ;e, * hat the grvat que*tiou in this
revolution now * question 0 f bread. Tee
army muit be led and their families at home
support ,or f be sun of li will soon
! 1 *? ‘ J * rk *«“ «<* blood, «nd tbe row. of
lwea. m will t- l,. rrT ,. r bu.ho.l tu the i.-
ienco ot despotism.
rnr law against distilleries
.1, F !P < ''^ ooe,:l! -i>!ii>wo tint tho law against
I.l* “T of « r " iß i«** 7pi.ii!
needs amendments. From information reoeie.
edtrom different pirt » of the State, T am sat.
1,-H.d that a Urge portion oftWtatocr-r
moat of the dried fruit, and, J
quantity of tbe in tie Stat j, have
een and are being distilled. Under f■».
. Unce ot distilling these articles, it is tuv»
?* ?d that quantifies of corn are being use i
r distillers, who keep their door#
nud refuso to admit visitors who might t»s’
tdy against them. I a other section?, i* ia
they are ruoning their stills, in open
violation of the law, tad no one hat-she
nerve to withstand and proecute them To
arrest those eviij, I recomeni that the law
. *° rh * n r*d as to make it higly penal dur*
in» tht- war, lor any one, in audition to the
prohibition, to distill potatoes, dried
Iruit or ittoW*, without a licence. And
th.it every perwnn who keeps hi« dfatillc; 7
locked hud refuses to admit visitor?, day or
night, when adumion in aeked shall be he]
prinmf'inr guilty of* violation of the kw.
And, that every person who run* feta distil ♦-
n without ;i liceoee, shall b*- presumed to
R* guilty ot distilling grain, oi other article
prohibited, and the burden of proof shall
rest up<*n him to"show the contrary
Thu law should also make tbe owner ot
the distillery liable to the penalties, if hk
stills are run by any insolvent person And
it should be made the duty of the Sheriff
of the county to call to his aid all force*
necessary, and destroy any distillery which
is run iu violation ot law. aa lie would abate
uuy otner nuisance.
. urtfc ot some ot the counties, under m,
instructions, to find a person who will ake
the contract to make tho quantity of spirit
uou.-> liquors or alcohol necessary for medi
cinal uses at the prices fixed by the sUluo
Aud us it is a violation of the law, for a per
son distilling under a license, to HI for
more than the prices fixed by the statue, I
lecomeud such change as will authorize the
lowest responsible bidder to btr licensed, ut
iii'. h price as may be agreed ou uetwoen bim
aii'l me Court for the supply necessary for
the count y : the quantity rccem' nded by the
*„ W r,uU|roi IU 11,0 ks prOYUI of tho
Governor before he issues the liccuse.
i BANHEOJITATION OF PROVISIONS.
So groat is the scarcity of provisions, in
1 the Cherokee Country, that it is impossible
to subsist the soldiers’ families and the poor
much longer, without the transportation of
corn from South Western Georgia. The
I rolling stock upon the South Western, and
, the Maeon and Western Railroads, is u< c
sufficient to carry forward the corn, and to
jJo the work required by the Confederate
j Government. Surrounded by these difficul
I ties, I have thought it best to direct the
' Superintendent of fho State Hoad to put
| one of his best traias upon the roads to
! South \\ estern Georgia, for the transporta
tion of corn to supply bread to those who
must otherwise suffer. I shall be obliged
i to continue this policy till the emergency is
passed, though I may not be able to carry
! over the State Road all GovernmeD" freight
! offered as promptly as I wish. I feel it to
be my highest duty to 30 use the property
! of the State a? to prevect, if possible, suff
ering, on the part of the poor, or of the
| families of the soldiers, for want of bread.
SALARIES.
• I earnestly recommend the passage of an
act repealing act of 28th November, 1861,
j entitled “An Act to fit tbesalariei and com
pensation of certain officers therein, and for
other purposes and that reasonable sala
ries be allowed
It dow takes the whole salary of a Judge
of the Superior Courts for twelve months to
purchase fifteen barrels of flour, or fifteen
hundred pounds of bacon in the markets of
this State. The per diem pay of a Judge
whi'c on his circuit dew not nearly defray
his necessary traveling expense# Is this
right f Cun any intelligent legislator c-aim
that it is compatible with either the justice
or the diguity of a great State ?
The Constitution ot Georgia, which ri
are bound by solernu obligation to support,
says, “The Judges shall have salaries ade
quate to tbeir services fixed by law.” Are
the present salaries of Judges, or other offi
cers of the State adequate to their services ?
The question, to my mind, is too plain for
argument. I trust it is only nece-aary
again to bring it to your attention to secure
prompt action.
THE NEW CODS.
The Code of this State having gone into
operation on the first day of January last,
it is a matter of great importance that the
public officers bo supplied with copies of it,
that they and the people may have an op
portunity of learning what the law is. It ia
not in my power to supply copies to even a
considerable proportion of those who are*
eutisled to them, on account of the neglect
of Mr. John H. Seals, the printer, to com
ply with his contract. Since the contract
was entered into by him, he has represented
to the General Assembly his inability to
comply with his obligation without addition
al compensation, &Dd five thousand dollars
of of extra pay has been allowed him. He
has been paid the full amount agreed upon
by the original contract for the whole job,
and one half of the e*tr* a amount