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J \y; tI'ARREW. - - - Kditor. j
Friiia) Iterniiu. April 21,1864.
Pcaff oh Ibe frill? i pics of 1776.
liie jfplfimea mot In Convention in 1776 and
fe.n-i pieigufl 'okeir ii\ o.i, thrir fortunes ami tkcir
®acred honor” each t*> ihe.Mhav to support the
principles of the Declaration of Independence,-?-..
fi Congress was provided for invested with powers
to '•pr'lvida for, toe common defence, promote the
getmtftl welfare and eecdre the blp&si&g- of liberty
to themseivea and posterity.” Though one colony
might have had the right to have abandonded its
confederates and sought term? of peace *n its own
way, none can doubt that this seceding colony
would have violated its plighted faith and honor
unless the compact had been first broken on the
part of the others. The consequence was that no
•operate action was taken in dictating terms of
peace, but the Confederation carried on a success,
ful war and obtained a honorable peace at its close
by establishing a government of the United States.
Vr e are glad to see that Gov- Brown sets himself
right on this question in a letter written to Gen.
Colston. See what he says on the separate State
action advocated by tbs He!den party in North
Carolina -
But while these are believed to be the views of
a vast majority of tbe people of Georgia a? to the
course proper to be pursued by the Confederate
Government, neither her people at home, her gal
lant troops in the* field who have so tong borne
- the privations and the hardships of the camp, nor
her government, has any intention to ignore the
Confederacy or to open negotiations as u separate
State. Georgia entered into the revolution with
her Confederate sisters, and she will standby them
to the last, and will never agree to any >erm3 of
settlement which do not meet the approbation and
secure the independence of all the States, poinding
the border States which choose to cast their lot
with the Confederacy and hare its fortune for
weal or woe.
The motto inscribed upon Georgia's proud ban
ner should be; Perpetual separation from the rot
ter. and corrupt Government of the United States
tko maintainunce of the sovereignty of the States
and the indepondence of the Confederate States,
with a faithful observance by that Government of
all its obligations to respect the rights and liber
ties of the people of tho States. Georgia was
among the first to take up arms to maintain those
principles, tnd she will be the last 1o lay down her
arms till they are established. She wont into the
revolution a sovereign State, to battle for indepen -
dence, and her glorious troops will stand side by
side with their comrade 3 from other States, till she
comes out of it a sovereign State, confederated
with sovereign sister States. She will have no
Dictator, no King, no Emperor, no Mazier.
# Rev, Dr. Harrison's Lecture.
Rev. Dr. Harrison entertained h large audi
ence at Temperance Hall with an admirable
address on Tuesday evening, on Miscegena
tion. The proceeds of the leetuyo ($269,00,)
Were distributed to indigent soldiers’ families.
The speaker has most perfect cord rol nfawell
balauced mind, and on this occasion (as on
all others when it has been our good fortune
to hear him) he threw a flood of light and
learning on his subject, Hi3 delivery i ; agree
able, and language unexceptionable, using the
precise words to convey his thoughts, and
when an idea is once advanced, his audience
feel that it cannot be improved in diction
His style is so easy, pure and natural that
his ideas appear to flow spontaneously and
without effort or previous study ; but when
his discourse is taken as a whole, it shows
method, profound research and great learning.
In diction, method, style and ienruing. Dr,
Harrison is an admirable speaker.
His l«ctvn?e auggw**.* to vi- ■an inew, willcft af
fords a wide field for usefulness in our city.
Lst the Mechanics’ Union, which is doing so
muoh good in distributing charities among
th® indigent families of the craft, invite Dr.
Harrison, Dr- Marshall, Dr, Higgins. Dr
Hawks, Rev. Mr, Key, Rev, Mr. Devotie and
others to deliver a series of lectures weekly
before them at Temperance Hall and appro
priate the proceeds to indigent detailed sol
diers and their families, and Indigent mechan
ics, and their families, or such other useful
charitable objects aS the Union may suggest.
Let the leading objects of these lectures be
connected in some way with the dignity of la
bor and the encourgement of ths mechanical
arts of the South, showing their incalculable
power in a nation. We have seen one of the
gentleman named, and he argrees to deliver
the first lecture in the series on the subject
stated, and doubtless the Union can get tbe
other gentlemen nani^d.
We hope the city pres? will lend its influ
ence to this noble work. We give the follow •
inn abstract of Dr. Harrison’s, lecture which
will be concluded to-morrow :
ABSTjs CT nr LiTTURE O , MIOIOEVATiOV.
The present war has added at least tko
words to the vocabulary of the English lan
guage—word? -likely to be incorporated into j
the tongue and to "survive the war, viz: ]
detdJte and raise eg •nation. The first of these, j
awkward ns it looks in print, i? a legitimate j
word, derived, regularly from the'Greek verb
*kid*dzo h which mssrir to scatter, dissipate,
disperse We find thr word -hedadzo used
prei.;,ely j cnr.e ~t a defr.it, rout of an
army in Jx&ek ant hors. For example,
Herodotus. reterritf« ’to the debated-soldiers
of the lonian*, after Uu tail at riarflio, says :
Those who e?« <ype*t .from the battle wore
dispersed e. skedaddled) throughout the
citiesf Her. Terp. 102. So also, I’hoeyai
des, 4, 56: ,v :! A garrison which offered resist
ance about Oolyrta and Aphrodisio, though it
terrified by an attack the Mattered (i, e. the
skedaddled) crowd of light armed «tddkus. yet
retreated again,fre Again, dc-: crihir.g tfie
'Sticking of a city, he says: fi thy. rest of the
mr.ltit'.tdc spread (i c. skedaddled) in all diiße
turn alike.' 1, Ll 2. Thus the word, being of
good parentage, and expressing the idea very
forcibly, is destined to live.
The second word nuseeyenmwn is a com
“pound of tho Lntiti s ?rb misceo to'mingle, and
a race—-hence. -the word moans tbe
mingling of races. The word emciccmatkn.
hitherto used, properly refers to the mining cf
metals, and is specifically applied to the gath
ering of gold dust by forming an amalgam
v» rth quicksilver. the doctrine of m .roe a-?io
tic-:. ns propounded at the North is «imply the
union of the white and negro races upon the
supposition that the qualities in which tbe
whites are deficient will be supplied by the
negroes, and Abhorrent a? this ’
I '■ *-’•:© may,.appear io viu time has . erne
- bar. u gravely advof**c'yljg irvir.;-;- states'- j
‘’u-n. a..thcrs_. and people of innueace at the j
f 41 lC r ®A»«d to practice the cense- !
’ei- l * t0 f cw * Ai=ation can scarcely be con- !
d< RF " the nt *te bosslble result will be the ‘
extinction ot tbe olerk race flnf > r . . he i
...» race, and the moral ’
iocial > iDa meGtai debasement of Hie while '
The population cf the world has been ui- I
7ided by Blumenback into five classes, ov
*
I
rAces : The Caucasian. Mongolian, American.
(Indian) Malay. Etbiopie or African. Os;
these there are torn two pure race's: tbe Cau
casian and the African. Examined in the
light of science, the Caucasian race stajtd?
first in mental and moral endowments. &n<i i
the African is tbe lowest in tbe scale. Dr. j
Morton, a distinguished ethnologist derter
mined tho capacity of the skulls ot these fDe
races, lie filled the skull with white pepper
seed, and ascertained the capaciti - ' of the Af
rican to be 78 cubic inches ; the American
Indian 30 in.; the Malay, 81 .; the Mongolian,
83 ; the Caucasian, 87. Thus, there is a dif
ference of no less than 9 cubic inches between
the capacity of the ’African skull and that ot
the Caucasian. The inferiority ot the Alri
can, demonstrated by science, is fuller proven
hv the history of the race. Nowhere has the
Negro prospered out of a state of servitude.
Barbarism or slavery ia the alternative—if he
i? rescued from barbarism, be mnst be reduced
to slavery—if he is released trom slavery lie
relapse? into barbarism.
It is true, that the negro he? not al
ways prospered in a state of slavery. Hu
mane masters and proper treatment are ■neces
sary for the possible development of
tbe Afric&n race. Asa proof of this, we re
fer to the statistics of several nations. Great
Britain, for example, imported into her West
India Islands no less than 1,700,000 negroes
from Africa, during the period of 178 years,
the duration of slavery in those Islands. At
the expiration ©f that period, when emanci
pation took- place, there were but 060.000 ne
groes remaining in the British West Indies!
Thus, allowing no increase whatever, during
ITS years, British slaveholders destroyed
1,040,000 negroes by their inhumanity! If
the inerese of these negroes had been one
half as great as those in these Confederate
States, there were not lta?. than 8.000,000 of
negroes destroyed by tho British system of
slavery! Nor is the picture more_cheering in
Brazil, the only empiw* besides our own, where
African slavery exists, except Cuba. Brazil,
in 1330 it is estimated, had not less than ;
2,000.000 of slaves: she imported from 1830
to 1867, not less than 50,000 annually from
Africa, yet at that period. 1857, the number
of slaves in Brazil amounted to only 2,600,000,
being an increase of about 30 per cent, in 27
years, whilst there wa? an accession of not
less than 1,300,000 slaves from Africa. We
cannot account for this absolute decrease by
supposing that the negroes are manumitted,
for-in 1830 there were 380,000 free negroes, and
in 1857, only 1,120 000, a legitimate increase
only There can be nr. question, however,
that the policy of the Brazilian government
tends to ultimate abolition, and in this fact is
found the chief cause of the decrease of negro
population. Wherever the negro can readily
procure hisfreedom, or is elevated to social equal
ity kith the white race. the laws of nature doom
his Mice to extinction.
Thus, in Brazil, the negro buys his freedom
readily, and when free is socially the equal of
the white man. Any office, civil or .military’-,
in the gift of the crown is open to bun. This
fact accounts for the diminution of thft race,
and now that the slave-trade is suppressed in
Brasil, the logic of statistics demonstrates the
approach of negro annihilation in the Empire.
Jamaica, one of the West India Islands, had
311,000 negroes emancipated in 1833—in
1844, roars afterward, the census
showed but 293,000 negroes on the Island.
Thus there was a decrease of 18,000 in ten
years, and six years after the census of 1844.
the idleness, filth, and diesipltion. of the ne
groes exposed them to the ravages of cholera
and small-pox,, and upwards of 40,000 perish
ed ia a single season—more than one-tenth of
the whole population! In New York city,
by the census of 1850, (here were 13,800 free
negroes-—in 1860, the census showed only
10,800—-a decrease of 23 per cent, in 10years,
In 40 years the negro population of New York,
not swelled by accessions from abroad will be
extinguished !
This is the history of every attempt at eleva
ting the negro to the blessings of freedom.
By nature improvident, with a small brain, no
inventive genius, no administrative ability, if
he be not a dependent in the family of his
master, he dwindles away, and is finally swal
lowed up by the operation of causes which
neither the white nor the black man can resist,
because they are the laws of nature,
M e have, however, a notable instance of the
experiment of negro freedom and capacity for
self-government, in the history of IJayti, that j
magmiioent Island of tne v\ esc Indies, which
In fruitfulness is exro]Je4 by no portion of Hip
earth There the favorite, g.sheme oi thr Ab
olition is ts has been carried out, au.J with-what
resu its Y Tire stem logic- of figures must here,
too. bear testimony \n the folly of mart, and ;
the madness vrhi.li urt - nme? to subvert the
established order of naturae laws. and sul.*- |
stmiie rhe chimeras of erafr.p'd brains in their
•sb c ad \> hat {in' s been the result of ne^Toin
dependence in Hayt’i? In 1790, the French
portion of this inland then called St. Domingo,
had a population 0f590.000- after 70 years of
practical iudeponder.ra, and do years acknow
ledged freedom, the population is estimated at
550,000 —a n_ i nor ease of about 9 per cent, for
70 years, or \ of 1 per cent, per annum
whereaa the inoueaac of the negro ra<v*. a* ihe
South dm iny the same rime lias been OOCr per
cent., or more than 3 per cent, per an mum !
The export!? m flayii in 1797 were valued at
$.2 ;,o*ly,o**o~in 1957, after 90 years of aegro
liberty, they were on rely $5,000,000 ! In other
ww'ii?, the esport? in 1 797, wore $54.00 per
hfisxd—-in .1957, oniy rrlQ per head I
The experuaen t of negro Republicanism has
been tried in Liberia for 30 years past
hc.l what ims b~en the result? Jiurinjythat
period continual accessions "have been juaae
to the population; and yet there are r.ct so
many nogross resident in Liberia at the last
report, as the Colonization Society has sent
there by over one thousand! Os a single
cargo, consisting of 150 persons sent out in
ISf O. there were only r.ir>° persons alive two I
years afterward i Yankee management, by !
the wholesale murder, practised whenever i
they tare obtained possession of our country.. j
is deenuag the negro to annihilation
Eut cur negro-loving abolitionists at the j
North propose to remedy This evil by 'mitceg- i
?* £C ” Happily .we have an illustration at
tana tc show the iogic of figures applied to
this subject also The census of New York
city in 1850 showed that 22 per cent, of the !
colored population were mulattoes. In 1860,
29 per cent, were mulattoes, yet there were j
t&utr mulattoes in 1860 than in 1850! That j
Ltc say. miscegenation” destroys the black j
race, and does not increase the mongrel breed i j
4. _ ~V. I
Why is tlim? Because God and flfctflfe or
laincd it so. More than four thousand years ,
igo lbs Almighty declared by the mouth ot
Soah that Canaan >!mul«l be the .serro.-t of j
servant? i. e, the shtce of his brethren. The
descent of the African negro is plainly traced
to Gasman, the son of Ham. They were ex
pelled from the land of Canaan by Joshua,
and migrated south-westward to
To we have the testimony of
the Scriptures, Herodotus, Josephus, Philo
Judaeus, and others, in Africa they are in
bondage to one another. Asa race, they have
nfl language—no history—no government.
Barbarism is their normal estate—slavery
t moral, iutelli < tual and physical
perfection.
With this degraded, inferior race the Yan
kees propose to mingle tbe pure blood of the
Caucasian. The Caucasian has a language,
a history, and a government. Take our own
language as an example, for the pedigree of
languages is the pedigree of races. By suc
cessive steps we ascend from modern English
to Anglo-Saxon, thence to the Teutonic
tongues —the Gothic, parent of all. Here we
find a large family of cognate tongues: Ger
man. Dutch. Danish. Swedish, Polish. From
.the Gothic we ascend to the Sclavonic, thence
to the Scythian, or Tartar languages. Here
we find a marked similarity with the Hebrew,
and as we trace the history of language we
trace also the history of the Caucasian race.
From America to England, thence to Germa
ny, thence to t he shores of the Black Sea. and
finally to Armenia, on one of whose moun
tain?, Ararat, the ark of Noah, rested, and
there Japliei established his family. If we
return to the. period of the Norman conquest,
1066 A. IX. we have the Norman French in
fused into Anglo-Saxon. Frbm the French
we descend to the Latin, thence to the Greek,
from the Greek to the Phrcnician, and thence
to the Hebrew again. Now, to this Caucasian,
or Japhetic race, God has given the dominion
of the world. -God shall enlarge Japhctf
say? the. inspired patriarch, -and he shall
dwell in the tents of,Shorn, v i. e. he shall be
i tbe lawgiver and ruler of Shorn. How re
markably has this prophecy been fulfilled!
'[From the Memnlm Appeal.!
Where Will (He Blow Fall f
We regret very much to see the persis
tent effort ot' a large portion of' the press,
and particularly our lliehmond eotempo
raries, in endeavoring to create the im
pression that all the attention of the Fed
eral commander in chief, and the whole
of the military energies and resources, of !
the Federal Government, are to he em
ployed in an attempt to overthrow the
Confederate during the coming
campaign. Public expectation “ has, by
the representations that have been made,
become directed almost wholly to the sit
uation in Virginia, and if we thought the
attention of our authorities was as exclu
sively given in the same way, fears as to
the safety of our armies at other points
would be justifiable. We hope this is not
the ease, yet cannot but regret the prom
inence that is given to the movements in
Virginia.
We admit the capture of Richmond is
ardently desired'by the Lincoln govern
ment. It is a part of the history of the
struggle that no less than seven different
attempts to accomplish its downfall have
been i rust rated*--that seven pet generals
have been successfully retired in disgrace
in consequence of the failure of movements
under their direction—that hundreds of
millions in money has been spent, and that
the hones of more than a hundred thous
and Federal soldiers, who have fallen be
fore our gallant armies, are bleaching on
the hills and in the valleys between the
Potomac and the north bank of the James.
All this is line, but as great efforts have I
been expended in other directions, and j
we may reasonably expect, nay, it is mor
ally certain, they will be again.
! Whether a defeat of our army in the
j .East. is regarded by Lincoln as of more
} importance than that of any other of our
i armies, or whether he would estimate the
capture of Richmond as of greater moment
than a dismemberment of the Confedera
cy by a successful advance from the Fed
eral position on the* Tennessee, it is use
less to speculate. Grant has the choosing
and he will select that point where the
least preparation is made to receive him.
Or, he may mass an immense force East
and West, and make simultaneous moves.
I The option is with him, and we cannot
i have it otherwise.
The capture of Richmond would prove
| of greater importance to our enemies in a
political point of view, than in any other
sense. With our capital in their posses
sion we would find additional influences
brought to bear against us abroad. Rut
as a material loss, its fall would in no man
ner compare with the disadvantages which
would result from a defeat of Gen. John
ston, and the occupation of Georgia that
would follow. The first point is near our
1 boundary lines; the second is our great
center. To lose the one would be as the
| loss of n limb: should wc be driven from
I the other, it will be a terrible blow at our
j most vital point. This we must admit,
i and our enemy knows it.
What, then, are we justified in antici
pating, uud to what extent will it be pru
dent to either not strengthen, or weaken,
other points, to render our arms invulner
able in Virginia?
We have noted carefully the statements
i as to the movements of troops in the West.
made by the journals of the Northwest
; that have so frequently fallen into our
bauds. These have from time to time I
■ developed the concentration of quite large '
: numbers of troops at ihe camps of in
| struetion in the different States during
the winter. They have also betrayed,
occasionally of late, to the careful obser
ver, the movements of these troops. The
going home and returning of re-enlisted
veterans has also been chronicled. All
these items we have put toget her in making !
up our opinion. And, in addition, it is |
well known io all that Grant’s enormous j
army of the Mississippi has been with- j
drawn from that section to the Tennessee ;
line That ail of these—'the new troops '
from the camps of instruction, the re en
listed veterans of ihe Western Federal
armies, ana the remains of Roseeraas’
Tennessee, and Grant’s Mississippi armies
—are now in Middle Tennessee, garrison-)
ing the various cities and towns and hold-,
mg positions on the river .from Loudon to
Florence, but all within supporting dis
tance, and where they can be easily con- i
centrated, we have no doubt, We repeat !
we have carefuUy scanned the Northwest
tern journals with reference to this matter
mil our opportunities have been great,
find we cannot withdraw our attention from ;
what we believe to be important facts, for
the purpose of giving it entirely to the po- j
sition of affairs in Virginia.
Entertaining these views we cannot j
avoid regretting to see attention so par
ticularly directed to one point. A con- '
centration of our entire means of defense j
is not necessary, at any place threatened
to repel the foe. We must have the
lighting material, if properly distributed,
to meet him successfully wherever lie ;
may choose to advance. And this wc
would have so disposed of. Instead of
concentrating our detached forces almost
wholy at one point, wc would prefer to
see all our great armies strengthened, so j
that whenever and wherever the blow is
struck we shall be ready to meet it. Wc
would ask, thcreiorc that our authorities
do not lose sight of everything else
through a desire to save the* capital,
which in our opinion, we can better af
ford to lose than other points just as
seriously threatened, and call upon our
c-otemporaries to glance over the whole
military situation. A little more diver
sity of general attention can at least
work no harm.
lEELSORAFEIS.
Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in tho year
1803, by J. S, Thrashkr, in the Clerk's ofliee of
the District Court es the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Dalton. April 21st. — The Louisville Jour
nal of the 17th received.
l’adubah 14th. —At one o'clock to-day, the
enemy approached in considerable force and
drove in our pickets. A general rush was
made for the boats.
(fen. Buford sent in a flag of truce request
ing tho removal of the women and children
from tie town within one hour, Three reg
iments under Buford opened on them. After
a short time, the enemy were withdrawn. —
j The gunboats took an active part. At five
o’clock, firing ceased. A strong party sent
out, reported Buford falling back on Lovelaee
ville. One rebel officer and citizen name Uar-
I rod. were killed. Forrest was not with his
j troops, the main force being encamped at
| Natchez bottoms, near Boliver, Term. The
j enemy seems moving part of his force towards
Tennessee River .Several gunboats are re-
:oriiioitering.
Cairo, loth.—The steamer Baker, from
Paducah, last evening reports that at 3 o'clock
P. 31., the rebels, eight hundred strong, ap
peared and seal in a flag again, demanding
the surrender of the Port. Col. Mitchell, with
the 54th Illinois and other troops, were march
ing out to meet them when she left.
New Vohk, 16th—Rates of gold certificates
stopped by order of the Secretary of the Treas
ury. Gold closed at ITB£.
Cairo, 16th—The steamer Swallow, from
Paducah,,at 8 o'clock km night reports all
quiet. No fighting when she left. The third
and seventh Ky. rebel regiments are overnm
ing Western Kentucky with impunity. The
inhabitants are in constant suspense, not
knowing what hour they may be attacked.—
Moaby. came near capturing a train carrying
Gen. Grant to Bristow Station on the 15th.
Andy Johnson and Brownlow had another
Union meeting at Knoxville on the lOih, in
which resolutions were passed endorsing the
Administration and denouncing the copper
heads of (lie late convention.
I »
[Special to the Mobile Register.]
Alocsta, April 19. —The special correspondence
of the Chronicle <fc Sentinel, dated Floyd county,
Vu A pril 14th. says : *
The Federals have evacuated Mount Sterling,
Ky., and are fortifying Camp Dick Robinson, Gar
rard county, Ky., also the north side of the Ken
tucky river, near Hickman bridge.
Two regiments of Federals are at Louisa, thirty
miles from Ohio river, demoralized.
A small Yankee gunboat loaded jvith supplies
was captured a few days since.
Later from Europe.
By the arrival of the steamship Vir
ginia at this port, yesterday, we have
three days later news from Europe—to
March 30. The steamship City of Xew
Vork, which arrived off Queenstown on
the 29th, struck on Daunfc’s Rock when
i rounding Cork Head, and the latest de«
I spate lies report that stie will prove a
i complete wreck. Caribaldi was expected
at Southampton on the 2nd of April, and
i great preparations had been made to re*
ecivc him. The Queen of England has
officially announced her intention to hold
! a court at Buckingham Palace, April 6th,
!at which Her Majesty will deceive the
; principle members of the Diplomatic
I Corps; and a second court on the 18 th
of April, to which a limited number of
distinguished persons will be invited.
Political affairs in England during the
Parliamentary recess were quite unim
portant. The allies had made an attempt
to take the fortified position of Duppel
storm, but were repulsed after five hours,
, fighting. The Danish loss was one hun
dred killed and wounded.
It was stated that the Conference on
the Danish question would begin in Lon»
don-on the 12tli of April. It was stated
that on the ground of difficulties which
have arisen as to the presumptive success
si‘*n to the Austrian throne, the Areliduke
Maxiltiillian has 'deferred the reception
ot the Mexican notables who were deputed
to request his acceptance of the Mexican
Crown.
Sr: WAR'D WANTS MORE EMIGRANT'S
—Secretary Seward lias addressed a let
ter to Mr. Washburn, Chairman oi the
House Select Committee on Emigration,
recommending the passage of a law to
encourage emigration. -
He proposes to advance to indigent
emigrant., sufficient money to cover the
expense of the ocean transit, and sends
to the committee a draft of a bill to tarry
out the plan. The bill prov.des lor the j
appointment of a commissioner of Emi
gration, with three clerks, and pledges j
the labor of the emigrant lor the i
ment of the same. S
It also authorizes a reduction of the j
tonnage duties upon emigrant ships, and \
requires but one year for the n&turaliza- I
tion of emigrants. This bill will be re
ported to the House by Mr. (irione!!, of
lowa. f j
CITY MATTERS, j
T. 1 JACKSON, Local Editor. i
Southern lateraby Messexgeb.—l' «* iVe
received the April number of this valuable
periodical. We see that !i. It. llowison com
mences his second volume of the hisfofy ot
the War in this number. Table of ecutc-ins
show many other interesting subjects.
Yankee Pmsoxi'its. —-M e understand that live
or six hundred Yankee prisoners taken by General i
Forrest out YYest passed through Columbus M ed
nesdav evening for Andersonvilfe, Ga.
Stii.l in Lick.— A little MG* of about 13 sum- j
mers, (and we suppose about an equal number ol
winters) upon whose sweet > becks the first veruiil
tints of Spring have painted their liveliest hues,
presented to us yesterday a tobacco bag of elabo
rate workmanship, and ot tin most artistic pattern
and •’latest agony.’’ And how considerate, too,
We found within this magic receptacle a consid
erable quantity of the real aromatic- "Killioki
niek” ready for use. Notwithstanding the forebo
dings indulged in by a contemporary as to the
hopelessness of our casein a certain direction : and
the absence of Those eloquent powers oi descrip
tion which flow so gracefully from the pen of
another, when alluding to the “softer sex, we
can’t help regarding such luck as a lav ora ble omen,
and as an indication that we have not entirely
been given up to “hardness of heart and repvobaey
of mind/’ May the fair donor’s path in litc be
strewn with roses—may she dream of angele, and
live on music and love. And when the last great
transition comes may she pass into the Elysium
above as gently and natiAalfy as sinks the God of
Day behind the Western hill.-. There, Anna,
that’s the best we can do tor you just at this time!
Attention Planters. — AH persons who have
any bacon to sell or exchange are referred to the
advertisement of Judge MeKcndree wh4 te pro
pared to give sheetings, oanuburg.-* yarns, and
for bacon.
Thf. Reception ot G ; e<»rce Thompson, -tie... j
Thompson, the English Abolitionist, delivered a :
lecture in the. hull of the Yankee House of Repre
sentatives to a dense audience, including Lincoln,
Chase, and many members of bo»h branches ,t
Congress, and not a tew women. A baud of music
was in attendance.
Vice President. Hamlin introduced tho lecturer,
who at the. commencement, of l»is remarks einpbat
ically donied and challenged proof that he had
ever said that the dissolution of the Union must
he constantly kept in view ; <m the oontrary he
had always been its steadfast friend. - Hi* expres
sion. “thank God, the hour of compromise is past,”
was enthusiastically applauded uni cheered, ss
was also bis allusion i<> whai he charactenred ’ the
bandit of man-.dealer. l at Richmond, calling them- ;
selves the - Confederate Government, who promise
themselves ultimate .-in eess, and the fait recogni
tion of their principle.'' throughout the civilized
world.”
The wish and prayer of every pbilHuGnopm
he said, was : ‘’God speed the \,.rth who wc-re
with the President, and against the serpents—-the
Copperheads—and all whom they would banish
from the land.” This and the mention ot ib.- name
of old John Brown wove greatly applauded. He
quoted from President Lincoln’s speeches/ deliv
ered six yeats ago,saying that he would not ex
change these scnlimeuts tor all that hu lbcta writ
ten by Edward Burke.
After the close of the lecture, Thompson re
ceived (lie congratulations of a large number of
distinguished gentleman, among whom wu no
ticed particularly Senator John-on, ot Maryland.
History Repeating Itsei.f.— History is
repeating itself in more ways than one, and
our Confederate notes and the ‘‘greenbacks' ’
of our enemies seems to be following in the
wake- of the old Continental :< ourreney ” i\ T 8
find the following in an exchange :
The Old Continental Money. — li may be
interesting to the reader to see how the old
Continental or Revolutionary war money de
preciated. A NVw York paper says ;
The first issue was made in 1776. The de
predation began in three years afterwards
and went on as follows :
March, 1778, $1 in coin was worth $1,75
in paper.
September, 1778. Si in coin was worth $lO
in paper.
March, 1770, $1 in coin was worth $lO in
paper.
September. 1716, Si in coin was worth SIB
in paper.
March, 1780, $1 in coin wa? worth S4O in j
paper. j
December, 1780. SI in coin was worfh SIOO
in paper.
May, 1780, $1 in coin was worth ssooin
paper.
Not long after these days, the holders of j
government money paid $20,000 for a ham, j
and SIO,OOO for a half a pound of tea.
Another R.hd.— The Rome Corn ier of. Sal -
urday stares that a party, some four or five
hundred Federal troops, visited Chatiuuva
county last Tuesday. The* tame by way ot
Lafayette and went down info Broom Town
valley where they arrested Mr, Nelson Allman,
but, it is rumored, released him again. The
Courier knAw nothing further of th. it d.:,in ’
or objects.
Interesting to ruriuerii,
The following evtnnd limn * ir<• u;«Xe. i : -
sued from the Bureau «.f ».'ons<rij7liun, dated
March IT, ISficontains useful information toag
ricuUnri-u* having a ltss number than tifieer*
hands:
Xrhedvle <•/ T> r.iii
When there are two or more farm.* eouiigiuiiis.
or within live miles of each other, measuriog trmn
the homesteads, having on e:uh lhr ..»• move
bands, amounting in th.' aggregate i>. lifn-.n
hauds ; or where one person ha has i •.*.. ... more
plantations within five miles ofeaeli other, having
an aggregate of fifteen or more hands, ihere mat
he detailed one person at> overseer or manager of
the two or more 'farms: provided there is on
neither of the farms a while maie aduh, u*. • a red hv
the enrolling officer and the temporary board ca
pable of uiacagipg the farms with a reaenna d-‘ tt- >
ficaey. not liable to military duty. and p- ..v: s t
the person detailed was. on the lir-i .i ; ,v .to
ary, ISf.t, either owner, manager ..»• 0.. <-*. r. *
siding on one of tile fa tills : and piwided. the ■
owner- of said farms shall exti uie :> joint andV>v- |
eral bond, on the terms prescribe.] for the owners j
of fifteen hands, except that .-ugh persons shall j
not bo allowed the privilege of e.,-.rimutation pro- *
vided in the Ith article of the zt'ih section of ihe i
aet recited, (Feb, 17, 186 TANARUS.)
Where details are allowed to persona having less i
than fifteen, and five or more than five hands, they ■
-halt enter into like obligation as pre»i rifced for
the owners of fifteen or more hands, except tbat ; j
lor each hand less than fifteen down to five, there j
shall he supplied five pounds of meat inns : each ■
ut lour teen hands, ninety-five; thirteen hands, 1
ninety ; twelve hands, eighty-five : six hands, fifty j
five j five hands, fifty pounds, :
Where details are allowed to persons having levs
than five hands, they shall enter into like obli ra
tions to sell all their Turpin* provisions to iLe f.-t-v
--emment.
The Times’ New Orleans letter rays that the
rebel steamer Clifton, in attempting to ran tbs
blockade at Sabine Par?, on th 21 r with c. large
cargo of cotton, got aground and was burned by
die rebel?.
UNDERSIGNED isprepared to mi aii orders
Q-XjUB
of a superior quality. All orders ma-t be a .Id re-red
to the undersigned "wifblthc money eneioied. utiles?
ordered by Express, when orders will be filled ana
.hipped with <t ZOP . KO W3KIi 09.
p to
lam uml-.cuaml } iV t],«* (sovernment
’*'v I'Xi’lfA \(J M
Minting*. Cotton >finis,
SO6AR AND OSNASURQS FDR
Bacon Side-,,
VlA.tiS 4A 1» SHOI
for supplying tho Aimy.
■IVY J. McKENDURE,
apl 18 2m Agent.
FOR PILLOW S COMMAND.
ItE AD(>l ’ARTEfits CAVALRY. \
.Northern Di tiiii Alabama.;
Lieut Entrcne Gordon i nutlx.rived to raise a
Company ol Cavalry, to be ~i:■teiwd to Brig Gen
Pillow ,s coffuffiuiil. lit? may rcoriko i ors»ins under
18 and over 13, or any other- not 01-. it, t ttieonscrip
tion. The company, when rowed. will In- paid,
armed and equipped as other <'av.iivy in the Con’
federate service.
By order of Rite Gcu IMLI.tiM
Jxo C Birch, A- A G.
1 am now absent from the Army <d .Northern Yir
ginia. by authority nt the Secretary of War l.u ific
purpose of raising Company. All persons 1,.
tween the astos of 17 and 18 and 45 and <>n,
ted to join this command, provided they ai t* nieu c-t
good moral habits.
It is earnestly desired that those of us who a.?, >
eiftte ourselves together in this company may a s am
return to our homes with our morals unimpaired
Any person desiring to join can d>- ?e by reporting
to any enrolling or-i- er who is autlonised to gram
furloughs until the ih day' of May, at which time
they will report to me at office Dost Commandam at
Columbus, tin., ini the purpose ~i’ organizing and
electing' officer.-.
EUGENE 0 GORDON,
april 21—-lw Lieut I* .1 O/, < oliunhus, Ga.
Xa, wm:o-]£iT,
StJW&SOft TO IMBltfETr TO.,
Cos, <ie,' *v Broad and W t//;v St
maxi:facte her of
Superior (audles and Lard Oil.
ANO IJEALEP. IK
GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE,
05X AHI RGs, .ShectiiiMS. Yarns, etc., exchanged
for Bacon; Laid. Potatoes, etc.
Tallow an«l liuuswitx WunfeJ
It is hoped ifi.-il the libeiiit course whi. fi -,vut be
adopted w ill seen re a ••ctirruii - paUvnage.
nptil/p ■•lm
SUNDRIES! SUNDRIISII
T7INE LINEN FLAYING CARPS-,
1- KNITTING NEEDLES,
FINE STARCH, cheap by the- box,
* LA ii I; E T,') TO F ADM ANA OP,
FEIY HANDSOME MARSEILLES TEST
PATTERNS,
1 GENTS’ BEST LINEN COLLARS,
BALL SEWING THREAP.
.LOT OR ASSORTJ;i, ;;POOL COTTiLS,
GUN POWDER, SHOT AND CA i.
VERY" FINE CIIEYVINu TO it A, c«b
Call for thixr and ot her good : ,:h.e:«r> at
u. It. STAN FOB D'to.
apt in. No. x Hrou-1 Sticet.
iiiyiiß viii,
TTNDER authority of tho Aet of the C.mtcdci
I ate a is. ,of an Act lately pcsssd
by the legislature of Georgia, Books of .Subscrip
tion to the Stock of the “Georgia Voluntc-er Navy
Company/' arc now open at the office off. p
Bloom, in .Macon, Go., and io which 3ub=i ripri;,ci
are invited.
The State Charter k a’liberal one, and the Con
federate Government otters to afford every facility
ir. it? power, in the way „i funds ‘and exchange*,
to further the objects of tho Company.
The Books of ."nhscription will be closed on
Monday, tbe 25th instant, ui.lcaa th* ;tork be
sooner taken.
Capital $1,900.01)0 • Shares SSOO eac h.
L N. YYHITTLE.
YV. B. JOHNPTDN
i T. R. BLOOM,
f* Comraissioneis, Mr,con, ijj.
j Books will remain open for ten days
S Subscriptions received by J ,\[ Civile Agent,
t at hi3 office in Columbus, G;.,
I apl IS M
City ! City Taits!
I T MAY be found for a few days at the store ot H.
. J I'nddiebrook, where parties interested will pleass
j call and make returns ot property taxed by the city
1 M. M. MOORE,
| a PI if: 2w City Clerk.
W 4 4TEIK
[ \ GOOD FIELD HAND for the balance of thi^
1 ./"l. year. Apply at
apllfltf THIS OFFICE.
Vinegur, Viin*pr,
BY .he barrel ° r Angle gallon, also a lot of
i m Measines and empty Ofnabnrgs ,d a , j-<
D. R. STANFORD & CO.
np] Ifi lw
Spffial
Hr.AoqrMMrr-’ Gkorcia ’Rrsravr,
Aluion. A prill.
■ General Order?, No. 4.
I. i.ompanie: composing the Reserve Force o
Georgia as soon as organized attho Ir.iolling Head
oui.i. i.t of each Congressional liisti;, i, will imnie
dj-iteh rendezrou.- at the following point-, with a
vie** organization iur.. i.' giimnt -and brig
ades Iho>v eoinpunit- organized at Alaeon, Col
umbus, Albany and Griffin, will rendezvous at Ma-
Ouii. and i.-pori directly lo the o Headquarters.—
Those or-. iii7ed at Atlanta, Cavtorsville, Athens
and iJaine.-viUe, will rendezvous at Atlanta, and
report to Brie. Gem-ial L. I. ifn-tieH. Tho=e „r
v.'.oi/ed at Savanu.ih and A.i-u-ti, will rendezvou
a! Savannah, and report f.. Bri<r. ti n. 11. R. Jack-
Don.
11. Companie- or;;:inized and ivbieh have nm ru
poned ut the lleadouaetors of tin: DLsii iet Enroll
rig offie. !-• will r.-j.oii diteellj and inartnediaiely at
p-.ii!l- iiid.eali'd. m-'oii-iHi'ifi to ih<- ivs.|*ectiie I'uli'
, r rc dona! fii-'triels in nlii.-ti they hrive been oe -fln
" ‘ “• •
ill. li;t t 1 - jitimi v. ill o,- furiii-lied by ]’.. ; (phii
i.-iToasler-, ut..)! ilu* appittraiion of conjUiiiidintr
olficei'ji ol ••ompaiii.',- aiid every IV.eijiiy nilifie ex
leinled io oxpedit. tlu-iMuoral ofthe eompanie l
poiiitsiodieateii as tin- earl* oryat-i 'ati-.n “f the
ior.- i- dec-roed'd great impp.ianor-.
If . t lid. is and tn-i ru-tinsv: fori he 1 >.: i! -a "* '*l3
(• iel-l Otii.-.-rs, a : ,euuire*! bv 1 „iii be i :uid ’.t'
dim lime.
By Coioid.,nd f>i
M *..;. G; v iKC-V'ET.L
R* If i T. e. n.
April I V- hd.
• _ _ _
%VAvri;s*>
I W -IXT to hire one hundred N KGlu* babeief
1 Ten -Vt(lies Teams, -1 *.r ti o«m-' rm b. »’.-t un
Yoke ot i ixen to get and haul Timber f.o th-' R-Jo
road Brid-e, over the - Tomhiybee ri ei . near
mopolis.
I also want to employ fifteen. 'firpenter ..an
isai or negroe? for the same work. . ~ *
I wifi ±£? liberal price - and luiiiiT, ratiocs
quarters for the men.
Address me at id snyi elir. Air. rare ct Msi
.Vlemvrether Kn—r >, rr _ _ -
\*. ?. T. itiuti
Ai'tf.r,!. i .davns.i
uyi l". cil Vt A. ixii
j S !n» ri**;i ke r s usi'S -i.i.iiSli i
*rOO -
i T nr fcav^J^^ced t Ui.
I 1 m«.utM.woUi| f; . rfcr; fcr lhe :alße<
“‘Xh r dnsie i'fi eet, a *tew door? above C- j i
i HARKIBON-Bl'liElfi ACG. j
u o'.C ll ]e UC e—Msi F- W. Dilated.
K. ffisler. Missiscippian and Auf usta Ccr
sr&onali:f: copy or.c month and -cud tills a
to this cm>?e
mnr 3d ts •
for Jiidp o i l > rolEii<*‘
We aie authorized to announce GFoT.i>£ * •
present incnmbeiit • ifir i c-elcction
to the oiSee of Probate Judge co ' au
Ala. Election Ist Monday in May.
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