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HELD IN THE CITY OF MACON.
MASONS*
Grand Lodge of Georgia for 1863, October 28th.
Macon Lodge, No. 6, first and third Monday nights in
each month.
Comtaatine Chapter, No. 4, second Monday night in each
month:
iy tuh'.ngton Council, No. C, fourth Monday night in each
month.
9*.. Omar’s Encampment, Knights Templar, No. 2, Meet-
Jr js every fir=it Tuesday night In each month.
ODD FELLOWS,
Grand Lodge, first Wednesday in June.
Grand Encampment, Tuesday previous,
Franklin Lodge, No. 2, every Thursday evening,
united Brothers,No. 5, every Tuesday evening.
Macon Union Encampment, No. 2, second and fourth
Monday'evenings In each month.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS*
CILVERHOLSE and: AKSLEV,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
KNOXVILLE AND FORT VALLEY, GA.
6 P GULVERHOUSFJ, F. A. ANSLEY,
Knoxville, G&, Fort Valfey, Ca«
'•'* ■'
L. !¥. WHITTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, GEORGIA.
/I J 1 OF, next to CONCERT HALL, over Payne't Drug Store
lab. 6, [4l-ly.)
THOMAS B. CABANISS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
For»ytli, O-a.
TtTILL, attend promptly to all business entrusted to his
W care in theOountiesof Monroe,Bibb, Butts, Crawford,
Pike, Spalding and Upson. [may 18 ’sß]
WOOD’S
PHOTOGRAPHIC
PALACE OF AST!
PROBABLY the largest and beet appointed Estab-
X HShment in the South, If notin the United States. Is
one of the most popular and Interesting places of resort in
llaeon, and is daily thronged with crowds of dsllghted visi
ters. The
Collection. of Pictures
is very large, embracing every style known to the ort, from
the smallest Ambrotype to the life-sir.* Portrait. Wood is
determined, regurdless of labor or expense, that his GAL
LERY shall continue to be the
Headquarters of Fine Arts in the South.
Employing permanently the beat talent t 0 be procured to
color his Photogrophs, in every tru e t,o nature, and
perfect satisfaction la guaranteed ju every'instance. A
»arge collection of the celebrities of the day on exhibition,
to which has just been added a splendid Picture of the
Prince of Wales and suit, Blondin, Judge Douglas, and
•thers too numerous to mention, but which the public are
respectfully invited to call and examine. As Wood uses
Qoue but the best materials In his business, persons in want
«fa good Picture will find It to their advantage to patron
it* this establishment, as Pictures can be had here at prices
low as elsewhere and of superior style. Ambrotypes,
Daguerreotypes and Plain Photographs of every stae at low
PHoes, Call and see S. L. WOOD,
Washington Block, nearly opposite the
jictsi Lanier House, Macon, Ga.
THE GEORGIA
*£03112 INSURANCE COMPANY,
COLUMBUS, GEO.
CuABTEBED CAPITAL - - $260,000
puikjtom.
W. H. Youngs
O rVI * sab l r * J. G. Strej par,
£• C.Cod7, J.P. kihtrL
W. H. Hughes,
aa©* T. Bozeman, James Eonlß,
L. T. Downing.
n -_ _ JNO. MoGOUGH, President.
>viLi,cox, Secretary.
A ® s * IPes dwellings, stores, merchandise, cotton and othei
odu.ee, and all kinds of Insurable property, against loss
" a ? a^e re ‘ Applications received and policies is
/n • JOSEPH M. BOARD.MAN,
E Agent for Macon and vicinity.
BROW IN It OUSE
STABLES.
HORSES, BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES
xc-RNISHED at bhort notice.
GEO - B. welsh,
Psoeattnaa.
f'KE pEf>pGl4- AC4DKMIT
FOR THE BLIND.
FINHfS next term of this Institution commences on the
A first day of September. Blind persons and such as
for want of sufficient sight, cannot be educated in the ordi-’
nary schools, of good health any sound mind, between the
ages of 8 and 25, are proper subjects to become pupils.—
The indigent of this State are received free of charge for
beard and tuition. The course of instruction embraces all
the branches of a common English Education, with music
and some branches of handicraft’ The Institution is well
supplied with all the facilities of instruction and with ample
accomodations for a large school. Information in regard
to the existence of blind youths In this State is earnestly
jojicited and also applications for their admission to tho
Institution. Address W. D. WILLIAMS,
10 —ts Principal, Macon, Ga.
On Consignment.
4>SO RlCißgftftl»i»6Tara t» c rt tdN o »
BUSINESS CARDS.
rHOB.HARDKMAX.3R
* O. O. SFARKr
HARDEMAN & SPARKS,
WARE-HOUSE
AND
Commission Merchants.
MACON. OA„ |j|^
WILL give prompt attention to the selling and storing
of Cotton, and to the filling of orders for plantation
and family supplies. With many years experience and
with their best efforts to serve their friends, they hope to
have a continuance of the liberal patronage heretofore
extended to them. Liberal advances made when required.
August 15th 1860. (ly.)
D. C. HODGKINS &. SON,
DKALSR3 IN AND MAN VT ACTS*JRR ON
Gr TJX sr s f
alFLla, f
4 rxw DOORB BELOW
Jan. 1,1860. ts
IRO IST WORKS,
MACON, GEORGIA.
T. O. NISBET,
HAVNIG removed his FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
WORKS to the line of the Rail Road near the Macon
St Western Shops, he la now prepared to manufacture all
kinds of
MACHINERY AND CASTINGS,
* ALSO
Steam Engines & Boilers,
On terms as favorable as any Establishment either North or
South, (.mar 18) T. C. NIBBET.
JQ2N SCHOfinUJ, iOSSPA SCKO72BLD
Bclxofield & Bro.,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
MACON, GEORGIA.
WE are prepared to Manufacture Steam Katrines,
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, MILL and GIN GEAR
ING, SUGAR MILLS.
BRASS AND IRON CASTINGS
Os every description IRON RAILING and VER
ANDAHS. Having the most complete assortment of
Iron Railing In the State, which for elegance, neatness,du
rability and design, cannot be surpassed, and are suitable
for the fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery Lets, Public Squares,
Church Fences and Balconies.
Persons desirous of purchasing Railings will do well to
give a call, as we are determined to offer as good bargains
as any Northern Establishment.
Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose Rill
Cemetery, and at various private residences in this city,
jan 1-1861
Change of Programme.
W. J. nt bLRGY A CO.
HAVE removed to the New Bolldlng a* 4th street
near the Guard House. We contlaoe to manufacture
Swords, Sabre*, Bowie Knives, Spurs, and general brass
work, Farmers’ Tools, Ac.
ALSO FOE SALK,
Tin and Japan Ware.
Sale Room up-staifs on Becond floor.
We will be pleased to see our friends and customers, and
serve them so far as we can.
W. J. MoELKOY,
june IS A. RFYNOLDB.
». B. AMOS*. das’l. ugoh. b. h. lbek.
AMOSS, LICON & CO.
WHOLESALE
GROCERS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WHITEHALL ST., ATLANTA, GA.
WANTS
1 AA AAA BUSHELS OF COHN,
25,000 bushels of MEAL, to fill orders
from Cherokee Georgia. Sacks furnished to order when
accompanied by the money.
Other Produce,
Such as COTTON, PEAS, GROUND PEAS, BACON, LARD,
RICE, SUGAR, SYRUP, TOBACCO, IRON, LEATHER, LI
QUORB, Ac., Ac., received and sold on commission. Con
signments respectfully solicited. feb 11-6m*
STARCH MANUFACTORY,
LYNCHBURG, VA.
THE subscribers have established, and have now. in
successful operation, a '
Starch Manufactory,
In the city of Lynchburg, where they are now manufactur
ing a fine article of PURE WHITE STARCH, and are pre
pared to fill orders for any quantity. We are determined
to manufacture a superior article, having every facility
and good material, and sell to wholesale dealers at a price
which will enable them to realixe a hands' me profit. We
earnestly solicit the patronage of the Southern and Westetn
States, as we shall keep a large supply constantly on hand,
and ready for shipping. Cash order* respectfully solicited,
and promptly attended to.
W, J. BETTERTON 4 CO.,
feb 4-6m* Lynchburg, Ya.
bTh. WRIjOLEy,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Balaton’s Granite Bange,
(Next Door to Express Office,)
MACON, GEORGIA.
od y
VARIETIES! VARIETIES!
SERVICE and SERGEANTS’ SWORDS and BELTS oi
our own manufacture, at reduced prices. A carefu |
comparison is respectfully solicited. :
GHlt Laces and Braids, |
i/BUMS, “Confederate make,”
GILT BUTTONS, large and smaii,
GAUNTLETS, per “ Bermuda,”
3,000 KNOTTING NEEDLES,
6,000 CIGARS,
55 doz 2 and 8 WOOL CARDS;
A Small Lot of Envelopes*
PLATING CARDS, Ac., in Job Lots,
OIL ENAMELED CLOTH, a smalt lot for sale low
to close consignment*.
oca STOCK OF
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c.,
is quite full and will be offered at low price*.
department of our busl
neas is at present in charge of Mr. E. Mxdbskmbt.
W*" l receive anything at all good* sold
of in settlement es notes or accounts. *
-J. JOHNSTON A CO.
iJTEBL and (Jertnan Silver Spectacles
0 Convex and Colored Glass, Railroad Spectacles and
«OMtea- A large lapplj for retail trade last received by
*- JOHNSTON # 00.
MACON. GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 15,186 ii.
The Policy of Invasion*
Siace the entrance of our armies into the
territory of the enemy, the policy of such a
measure has been the theme of anxious dis
cussion in numerous circles. It has been
objected by come that the removal of our
armies so far from their base of operations,
must greatly increase their danger of being
cut off, as well as exposure to the oth
er hazards of war. The absence of the ar
my too, it has Seen urged, leaves our own
country camparativaly unprotected,and liable
to such raids as hive recently been made in
Virginia and North Carolina. Besides mil
itary, there are moral considerations, which
in the judgement of some, reffidfer the invas
ion policy undesirable. By such a course,
it is said we should unite and exasperate
our enemies, we infuse new life into a de
clining cause, we supply a pretext which
will be immediately seized upon for replen
ishing ranks, whioh, but for such stimulus,
could hardly have been filled, and we arrest
utterly all the efforts of the peace fnakers.
In addition, it is said that we profess to be
acting solely in self defence, and that the
invasion of States in no way connected with
the Confederacy, must be held to be incon
sistent with the political creed whioh we
have utterly urged by the opponents of the
invasive policy.
In answer to such objections it may be
said that the entrance of our armies upon
the country of the enemy became a military
necessity. For more than six months Gen.
Lee has been receiving the attack of the
enemy at Fredericksburg. Though worsted
in sundry minor engagements, and over
whelmingly defeated in two great battles,
the Yankees showed no sign of relinquish
ing the assault Their first thought after a
defeat was to prepare for another assault.—
Their works and general arrangements all
indicated a determination to repeat their
blows at Fredericksburg as often as they
were repulsed. With their vast resources
they could better afford to continue their as
saults then we could afford to wait for their
reception. It became absolutely necessary
to relieve the country from their presence.
To effect this, Gee. Lee must attack them
either in their entrenched heights opposite
to Fredericksburg, or be must make a move
ment which will compel them to give him
battle on fair ground. He has chosen the
latter course. By a masterly disposition of
his forces he compelled Hooker to evacuate
his camp when the latter was yet distressed
with the consequences of a recent defeat.—
Before the enemy recrv* 1 \- t Sr z 1 1 a uouft>
a*Li! n*iich Lee's change of movement has
occasioned, he finds to his dismay that the
army which had been so long and so patient
ly acting on the defensive has turned assail
ant, and unfurls his flag in the enemy’s
country. Asa military movement the re
sult, up to the present time, it least vindi
cates the wisdom of Lee’s course.
Nor do we believe the moral obligations
which we have heard urged against his poli
cy will, when weighed, be found very solid.
We believe the peace party L rsally stronger
to-day than it ever was. Certainly those por
tions of the North which have been invaded,
and which, for experience of war, know now
something of its evills, the humani
ty of our Generals, these have been com
paratively light,) will not object to a settle
ment which delivers them ffetr such calami
ties as they have recently guttered. Amid
the din and tumult of actual strife, the
voioe of peace may not be heard; but it is
still speaking, and must ere long be heard
with emphatic power.
Nor do we conceive taat|n transferring
the war into or any other
Northern States, our Goverr is depart
ing from the defensive policy which it has
constantly prescribed for itself. We are
not seeking any ocoupancy C the soil of
our enemy, nor are we proposing any con
quest of the country. Out whole aim in
the step now taken is the protection of our
own homes. We are ready at any moment
to make peace, and to withdraw every sol
dier from the territory of the enemy. We
are striking him only for the purpose of
compelling him to withhold his blows from
us. Let him sheathe his sword, and the
war is at an end.
The Two luvatione—A Contrast.
The New York World thus draws the
contrast between the Yanket invasion at the
South; and the Confederate invasion at the
North:
The organs of the administration are be
ginning to discover that the miserable
scoundrels who devote themselves to burn
ing defenceless towns and robbing non-com
battants at the South, are cursing the cause
which they are paid to serve. The man
must be blind indeed who does not see that
the contrast which these villainies establish
between our own invasion of the Bouth and
tho rebel invassion of the North, is one of
the most effective blows that have yet been
struck by the administration at the hopes
of the Union. It is childish to attempt to
parry this blow by appealing to the destruc
tion of our ships at sea by the rebel priva
teers. The laws and useges of civilized war,
which utterly forbid the seizure of private
property on land, permit private property
to be seized at sea.
A ship belonging to private citizens is the
lawful prize of a beligerent commodore;
but a belligerent Major General.who takes
possession of the silver spoons of a private
citizen is simply a thief. The vessels which
are burned at sea by the Alabama or the
Taoony, those “chartered libertines” whom
Mr. Welles makes free of the Atlantic, are
the property, by the laws of war, of those
who burn them, and would be so adjudged
to be by the courts if carried into a neutral
port. But it would be hard to find any
court which would confirm the right of a
cavalry Colonel to chop up silver salvers
wit Li an axe in order to cram them into his
holsters, or which could convey to a negro
corporal the lee simple of the houses whieh
he burns over the heads of women and chil
dren by the order of his white faced but
black hearted commander.
\V hen we fiud General Lee retaliating
upon the farmers 0* Pennsylvania all that
Hunter has inflicted upon the planters of
Georgia and Carolina; when rapine and ar
sou set up iu the captured towns of the
Neath the »&me infernal carnival to whioh
they have been invited in the South, then,
and not till then, we may call upon the
world to witness that the officers and soldiers
of the slaveholder's rebellion are really as
reckless of humanity and of decency as the
officers and soldiers of liberty and the Un
ion I In the mean time, it is the solemn
duty of every man who respects himself aud
his country, its present houorand its future
fame, to protest with all the power that
God has given him against a cource of poli
cy which saps the foundation of our hopes,
and makes our very name a “hissing and a
reproach" among the nations.
The Administration on Johnston*
The Richmond Sentinel, the organ of the
Administration, says:
“From Vicksburgt he new* is calculated
to increase our solicitude. Grant has not
retired as we had hoped he would; nor has
Gen. Johnston struck 'his blow yet. We
cannot for a moment think of Vicksburg's
falling without an effort on the part of
Johnston to relieve it. The enemy say he
has less than twenty thousand men—for
with that force he would strike. We are
sure he has means more than twenty thous
and men, and we believe he will strike
Doubtless he is surrounded with many dis
advantages. But this.has been the fate of
all our Generals in every great battle of the
war.
If we had declined battle whenever the
odds were against us, we would never have
fought a battle. Johnston must at least
try and show that the fault was not his;
that victory was not in reach of an effort.—
If Vicksburg falls without a blow from him,
his reputation, were it ten times what it is,
would not survive it. It would be impossi
ble to imagine Jackson, were he alive, set
ting by inactive while his gallant sere threw
v : :L ; by and by day/
and starved into capitulation; and Jack
son s example and his great success have
taught our people to attaoh great value to
daring and activity, and to place large calcu
lation on such qualities. On the other
hand, the sleeping fox catches no poultry.
Let Johnston bestir himself.'*
The foregoing, if designed as a reflection
on Gen. Johnston (and it seems to be so,)
wo think is ungenerous and unjust. We
profess to have some knowledge, derived
from responsible aud intelligent sources,
that at least satisfies us of the military sa
gacity and wisdom of that General’s move
ments ; in other words, of his “ masterly in
activity” if inactivity there be in his move
ments. We regret, therefore, to see such
a reflection cast on him by one of the me
tropolitan organs of Richmond— -par excel
lence, now set down as the organ of the Ad
ministration —an Administration that we as
cordially support in its measures, generally,
as any other journal in the Confederacy.
In this instance, however, we do think
the Richmond Sentinel has “oe'r stepped"
proper bounds. We are satisfied that Joe
Johnston is “the right man in the right
place," and it will take more than the Sen
tinel ha 9 written to convince ui or the coun
try to the contrary.— Atlanta Intelligencer.
Yankee Tbic* with the Telegraph.
—The interruption to our telegraphic com
munication with the West, in the past week
which wt attributed to atmosphere pheno
mena, it turns out were the work of Yankee
emissaries. An examination of the line day
before yesterday led to the discovery that
the line had been cut between Lenoir's and
Loudon, and a strip of leather inserted be
tween the cut ends, thus entirely preventing
the transmission of messages. A dark lan
tern, some copper wire, a hook attached to
pole, and other paraphenolia used by the
daring emissary were fouud near the spot,
showing that he had been frightened while
engaged in the work, and had decamped in
some haste. He evidently had a packet
instrument with him, and endeavored after
the fashion of Morgan’* operator to get in
formation from the wires of government
secrets; but this was flustrated by the sa
gacity and vigilance of the operator in this
city. Abraham’s understrappers will have
to get up very early in the morning to de
ceive such intelligent telegraphers as Messrs.
Brown and Dodge.-— 'Knoxville Register 4th.
Recipe fob Making Worcester Sauce.
—Mrs. Dr. Gage, of Union District, sent
to the State Agricultural Society of South
Carolina, in 1858, the following recipe for
making Worcester Sauce, which is said to
be excellent:
Take one gallon of ripe tomatoes, wash
and simmer them in three quarts of water,
boil it half dowD and strain through aseive.
When all is drained, add two table spoon
fuls of ginger, two of mace, two of whole
blaok pepper, two of salt, one of cloves, one
of cayenne; let them simmer in the juice
until reduced to one quart, pour in half a
pint of best vinegar, then pour the whole
through a hair seive, bottle in half pint
bottles, cork down, tightly seal, and keep
in a cool place.
VOLUME XLI-NO. 17
Inferior Geucral of quarienuaY
ler*.
An advertisement acquaints the pub! ~
with the fact that Lieut. Col. McLean ha.
been aasigued to the general duties of in
spection of the Quartermasters’ Department*
in the various commands of the servic*
throughout the army. He will immediate
ly upon the duties of his office, aud make
his report of inspection to the office 01 the
Adjutant General, through the Quarterma*
ter General. This is to be done in accot
dance with the command of the Set* re tar'
of War.
The appointment is one of so much impor
tance that the marvel is it was not made
until the war had been in progress more
than two years—time enough for the busi
ness ot most of the Quartermasters to be
come hopelessly confused. It is fair to pre
sume that the appointment would never
have been made had there not been a pro *
ing necessity for it. The outside world has
loug been of the impression that the thor
ough inspection of Quartermasters’ account*,
from the highest to the lowest, would re
veal many leakages, couutless inaccuracies,
possibly a little corruption. At last tLo
authorities have surrendered to the force of
a similar impression.
Os Inspector McLean's qualifications we
have tio means of judging. If he has never
been a member of a Congressional invest 1
gating committee, and is wholly ignorant of
the peculiar waste employed by courts m&i
tial, there is ground to hope that his labors
may be entirely unsuccessful We tru:
that he will not be too rigid. Some allow
ance must be made for tempering opportu
nities and fur early unfamiliarity with ac
counts. It would be a great triumph it
we could flaunt in the face of the peculating
Yankees the ascertained fact that every
Quartermaster in the Confederate army is
immaculate. Fortunately for the reputa
tion of this branch of the service, the adver
tisement preceeds Inspector McLean Mc-
Lean. Much may be done in a short time
by a judicious system of erasures and inter
polations, with an occasional, but not too
frequent, indulgence in the soul refreshing
and concience,invigorating process of refund
ing. A word to the wise.— Rich. Whig
I*o, the Poor Negro I
A letter from a soldier who was at the
Port Hudson fight gives the follows about
the fate of the negroes there : >
’ The negroes were ( j Wem. ;i
f ranks; that they fired away at the grim
but desert breastworks with unsurpassed
valor, and in a word filled the breasts of
the Yankee officers with hope and exulta
tion. But when they were close enough for
our Confederates to distinguish their com
plexions, and the bullets began to win/,
aboil#their woolly heads, they hastily flam
themselves flat upon the ground, from which
position neither force nor entreaties could
raise them.
At this moment, a Louisiana and Arkan
sas regiment, excited to an ungovernable
pitch by the spectacle of their slaves m
arms for their subjugation, burst from their
entrenchments, and with savage cries of
“no quarter for the niggers ! the black flag
is raised !" ran forward to the attack.
In vain the black rascals fell upon their
knees and begged for mercy ; they were
slain where they knelt, and out of a full
regiment of nine hundred most valuable
field hands, but two hundred survived to
tell the tale.
The deserters say that next day, Bank.*’
“native Louisiana” regiments did not come
forward to reveille, but the hills and plains
from Port Hudson down for miles and miles
below Baton Rouge were thronged with
flying darkies, speechless with fright and
evincing an unconquerably unwillingness to
return to the scene of their first trial at arm -
To make ittolatsea and Vinegar.
" A correspondent in the Mobile Ev< n
iDg News, says:
The apprehention of a scarcity of sugar
and molasses in the Confedercy, induce-*
me, before it is too late, to urge upon every
mao who cultivates as much as ten acres rs
land, to make his own molasses, at least.—
Nothing is easier or more simple than to
make molasses from the juice of the vrate
melon. Take the juice of ripe melons, and
boil it in a large pot, or kettle, the larger
the better, until it is brought to the prepet
consisteace, adding fresh juice from time to
time as it boils away. This is all that is
necessary, and this any one can do. if the
buisaness is conducted .0 a large scale, !*
simple press, similar to the old fashioned
cider press, can be made to extract the juice
from the pulp. After beiDg pressed, the
pulp should be but in a barrle and left to
ferment. Draw off the liquid produced bj
the fermentation, and it will be found to be
the best of Vinegar.”
Spy Capiured.—A letter from Shelby -
ville, Tennessee, dated the 18th instant,
has the following item :
Forrest’s forces, on Friday last went *n
pursuit of a woman to whom suspicion had
been attached. She had reached the Yan
kee pickets in front of Franklin when thej
came in sight, but on they dashed, driving
in the Yankees and capturing their “buot; f ’
She proved to be a Miss Cushman, 3 the*
tre actress, claiming relationship with thc
celebrated Charlotte, and had upon her pei
son plans and drawings of our fortification-,
and the disposition made of the latter It
is said that she was a crinoline scout foi
McClellan in Virginia, and performed valu
able services. Her fine talents are doubt
less, occupied at the present time in plan
ning an escape from Columbia, where she
under guard.