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Jonnuil Mtmmm r. | _ «a iiV S. UOSK & CO. ~, wjurgia Journal & Messenger <fvery vv.«dn^«Jay morning at *2 50 per annual I . s„a, mat 'ae f« rfuiar charge will he Os* DouiE jo-t. II csmui) WQKDS. OR less, for the Hratinaer- M 4 „i i-*rs Ousts for each subsaqneut insertion. Ail 1 '. not specihod as to time, will be published »• jr oi l sad -barged accordingly. A liberal discount 1 j : , iijse vrliu advertise by the year. *■ . si - v>riCß* of dvrs fss usts, will be rhargtd at sual rate*. 1 ,:sr-< of candidates for oflW, to be paid for at ’ ~i rates, when Inserted. ", f4 l snaugeineats made with county officers, Drug v _uoaeers, Merchant?, and others, who may wish to t\’ limited conlrac*s c L, f Lta’D axu N’kqhors by Bxeoutors, Administrators i'V; irdiaus, are required by law to be advertised in a * . nn, .rty days previous to the day of 3aie. ..-lies mast be held on the first Tuesday In the month, , , (! i tv; hours of ten ia the forenoon and three in the .•• -iuvoi t *1 the Court hou.-e in the county in which the * ‘. rfv is situated. f O mo.*ui PttijMUtfi iAuut be advertised in Hitt ! ier, forty days. l \ t;cTo DaSTORA axd Creditor's of rq Estate must be ‘hils'isJ forty days. . that application will be mada to the Ordinary for f , t' <ell Land and Negroes, mast be published weekly for two months. CiT4 :urn for Letters of Adail«i*trations, thirty days; for , . u from Administration, monthly, six month*; for jj.. jsiin- from Guardianship, weekly, forty days \ - tjr Porf.O’.oaimo of MoRTGahK, monthly, four fir establishing lost papeis, for the full space of ti*i; for compelling titles fr.-m executors or ad r -trat 7jra where a bond has been given by the deceased, •ii*full space cf three re vnths. 0“ Letters addressed to ?. ROSE & 00. and Jflnsiii* I ** Hen* PiijFEisiosti. /.to Bosuess tUana will be Inserted under V j.J, at the following rates, vis ; f.,r Thres lines, par annum,..? 5 GO. ** Seven lines, d0.... 10 00 • l Tea lines, do 12 00 a Twelve line*, do 15 00 , iJrcrtisemenfcs of this class will be admitted, unies s • ; 0 r in advance, nor far a lea* term than twelve months , r enls of over twelve lines will be charged erg ea.t*. piveriisanients not paid for In advance will be charged at tP regular rates. 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