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THE WEEKLY GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 30, 61.
THE PECULIARITIES OF GENIUS.
Genius has never been known to manifest it
self in a plain ordinary manner; but, on the
contrary, its peculiarities are m.cked and 'a-
rious. In proof of this, hear what the Marietta
AJvi eate has to say of a “nice young man,
who has been hoi* nobbing around that beauti
ful city:
,T. W. Hobbs left the Kenncsaw House, on
Saturday last, without paying his bill. Hobbs,
while in Marietta, called at several private rcsi-
denccs, offering to give lessons to young ladies
in painting and engraving, and when left alone
in parlors, pocketed articles that he found ly
ing round loose. He claims to hail from Hunts
ville, Ala , but is without doubt a A ankce.—
He is a young man, .of medium size and hemht,
light hair and blue eyes, talks freely, plays
euchre welt, smokes cigars and drinks whisky.
It is well for all to be on their guard and watch
ful of all strangers who go from house to house
on anv pretence whatsoever. All such should
be taken up as suspicious characters.
Now, our people have suffered to some extent
by these euchre players, and if we are not
sharp enough to detect rascality, we can eurc-
ly profit by the experience of others, and in so
doing we learn that this Fame gentleman, above
{alluded to, is in this city. Wo warn our citi
zens to be on the look out for stragglers.
r\ ;... - * THE WEATHER - .
Has been quite warm for a few days past and
vegetation has advanced with astonishing ra
pidity. The pleasant spring-like shower of
I last evening was about the first intimation that
wo have had of spring weather.
tST Election returns come in slowly. We
learn from a friend that Vienna polled Cl votes
of which Col. Hunter got 58, and Capt. Grit-
fin S. • "
Correspondence Macon Daily Telegraph.
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM PARIS.
The Corfedtrate States in the Ascendant-The
■' Chakizstj?^ March 5F ' symjmfhies of France xcith vs.
Dear Telegraph :-A* a Georgian I am a Wc arc indebted to a friend for the tranb a-
good deal mortified at the contrast between lion of (he subjoined letter from F. ^dlardet
_ . I A. _ A1 manAH i n V air \ APk" 1J lllTlCr
Charleston and Savannah, in respect to busi-
The Constitution which we published a few
days ago was only the one which was reported
to the Convention. Knowing this to be an im
portant matter to our citizens, we present it in
this morning’s issue, as adopted, in a correct
form. •
EDITORIAL VISIT.
: - We had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Sneed of
the Savannah Republican at oiir office yester
day-. ’ The abil.ty with which lb® Republican
. has been conducted for years past, clearly euti-
‘;tles him to the recreation which ho is seeking
in pur city. «
ness. Savannah is selling a few more groce
ries than ordinary, but Charleston is overrun
ning with trade in all departments. I reached
here last night and finding every body on the
train was pushing for the Mills House, I made
for the Charleston Hotel to atoll a creed.
After some negotiations, I was fortunate in
securing a pallet in a small room in me fourth
story already appointed as the dom:.tory of four
others. Owing to tho absence cf all regula
tions to the contrary, it was three o’clock in
the morning before the last of my co-tenants
laid himself away, and repose for any of the
rest was possible. Up to the lafe ; t moment of
consciousness, how*evcr, the jobbing houses in
the vicinity on Met ting and Ilayne Streets,
were noisy with the hamrneringof the packers,
and in early morning tho sidewalks all around
were completely filled with boxes of goods
marked for their various points of destination in
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
The trade of Charleston has.spnmg up' by
magic under the genial influences of sectional
independence, and an almost illimitable future
seems opening to her business men. 1 i'.e ex
perience of the past few weeks has.demonstrat
ed that the “ Union” operated as an incubus up
on her prosperity, and, relieved of that weight,
every interest will revive at once. Real estate
ought to go op a hundred per cent this spring,
and it would hardly be at Macon, prices.even
then. Tho proprietors of one of the largest
stores in town, in a fancy locality, told ine.his
lot (sixty by two hundred and forty odd feet)
cost $2500 1 and a corner lot at that. Such
niece nf ernnndJn would have brought
THE PATRIOTISM-OF OUR CITY.
It will be seen by reference to Col. Washing
ton’s letter in another column, that some mis- ’
understanding has existed among our citizens
■ relative to tho disbursement of funds which
have been' furnished far the purpose of equip
ping Volunteer companies, which are shortly to
leave this city. The “Independent Volunteers’.’
have been getting the lido’s share, and as wc
profess to have some pride in the boys who art-
going to defend our “good homes,* it is neces
sary that the citizens should know the facts as
they exist, and proceed to tins work of furnish
ing immediately, is the company’s stay is brier.
Upwards of one thousand men will be in this
city early next week, as Macon has been selec
ted as the place of rendezvous for the Georgia
■fGOoti easiTyi l had no ideatown property, in
Charleston had ever been held so-lightly.—
There’s a wonderful margin for improvement^
and I wish we had a square mile or two for a
practical test of the effected secession on Charles
ton town property.
And this brings inc back to Savannah, again.
It was one of the worst licks which ever hap
pened to that town, having nothing to sell this
spring, Charleston will'get so far the start that
it will take years for Savannah to catch up ;
whereas, I am of opinion that Savannah has tho
better locality of the two lor trade. But site has
little capital invested in a regular mercantile bu
siness. A seven by nine office—with a desk
in a glass box, and a fourteen year old lad at it
few sample baskets with the bottoms out,
nnd a pile of dirty cotton samples, represent
the capital of Savannah in trade. It won’t do!
She must Make up. mm C- .
Charleston, March 27th, 1861.
Dear Ttuniuni:—Thera is nothing new hr
important about Charleston.' The Convention
begins the second day of its adjourned session
this morning. ' A resolution to withhold sup
plies and mail facilities from Major Anderson
was proposed yesterday, nnd to-day it has‘ a
goodf uiany advocates. " The people are getting,
wonderfully impatient about Fort Sumpter, and
all tho young men arc indignant that there’s
going to be no fight. Tho fact is,' they have
drilled so much, and worn nndress uniforms so
MONDAY MORNING, AITt.IL 18, 11861’.
troops, previous to their departure for their ](mg that U;ey ^ ., spiiing f or * fight’
final -destination. j You axe aware by telegram that one Lamon,
A little effort on the part of each person will . & Uw partner a Lincoln, got here last Sunday
bo sufficient to defray the expenses.. Let it be i Qn & special mission from the Administration to
done. • - . Major Anderson.* I have not read the papers
.. -,~Ll j, nt. . nn-ivc t and cannot say, therefore, whether the fact has
COMING EVENTS CAST 1 HEIR SHADOWS ^ ^ JJ pub ^ ^ |t # / a fnct tbat j*.
It 4s <io little degS^atisfaction that all j mar entered, his name on the Charleston Hotel
true then will feel, at the lair prospects which Register as from iyrfftntn, and betrayed^ while
nro shadowed forth in this morning’s issue.— I here, the most nervous apprehensions for Ins
We of course refer to the fut ure policy which ! personal safety. This ruse so amused the peo-
LboLt to be inaugurated towards our country j pie, that the boys at tho Hotel took a great dc-
7TL. Rowers of Europe. M. Gallairdet, light in adding to hV, frare by
z it»
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E". c00 „ r y *<* **», to to consid-l in oil probability the order for evacuation woul J
tnanaco 10 tint South! but. .to n,delay
doubtcdly intended to protect the commerce of rou wui wonuer ■>
those nations trera the trade-destroying block -
of this step, after it has apparently been long
determined upon at Washington. The gossip
££££ 7o.iloa uo^Xib >— -I* * »• **■ “ •£ “•
.... . . [ responsibility upon Anderson. Lamar brought
Lincolns At mms ra ion. •' feare to evacuate,but Anderson wants orders.
Mil ITARY - • , J which the administration do not like tc give.
W^__ Volunteers' Capt Robert A. If so, this is a contemptible quibbling on the
Smith were out yesterday’evening,' and elicited ; part of tho Washington authorities.
Smith, were outy«tm^ t I took a lock at the floating battery this
to the French paper in New-York,
des Etats Unis.”
Mr. Gaillardet was for a long time editor of
“ the Currier des Etats Unis,” and removed
from New York to Paris a few years ago, and is
a man of eminenet abilities.
His letter coupled with late declarations of
tho Moniteur, must fill our people with the rea
sonable hope that the Government of the On-
federate States will be recognised by France.
Paris, March 1st, 1861.
The French Government has made, or allow
ed to bo made, on the day before yesterday in
the “ Moniteur,” a declaration, very important
respecting the American crisis. It has called
attention Uf the new tariff now under discus
sion by the representatives-of the Northern
States—“a tariff Which is not very faithful to
tho ideas of liberty,” says the official journal,
“when"it has r.ot on its face the interests of
the South, a country essential’y agricultural
and attached to free trade.” This attack on
the policy of the American party is justified by
some explanatory words “of its retrograde re
form which has been badly received in England,
and will be no better relished in France.” The
Moniteur thinks to be able “to rely, that should
a reconciliation between the States be effected,
which is not yet despaired of) tho abolishing of
this tariff will be one clause of the measure.’’
“If the Union is not re-established,” it adds,
“ the programme of free trade proclaimed by
the South, will open to agriculture and to our
industry new sources of profit and great ad
vantages.” It would be impossible to ahow in
a clearer though indirect manner, that the new
Confederacy will be recognized, and accepted
as a rutauttroircr the lie grvemjy tnoTtonh to
its pretended principles of liberty. The lesson
is deserved. France saw with sincere and uni
versal regret, discord to start in the bosom of
a Confederacy, which is in part her work, and
whose power added to her interests. Her wish
es .were then in favor of a reconcilution and of
the maintenance of the-Union. The Emperor,
Napoleon, had clearly expressed this wish to Mr.
Falknrr, and he has abstained from doing orsay-
ing anything which could encourage the separa
tion of the South,in spite of the advantages which
this last promised to the commerce of Europe
in general, and to that of France in particular.
But to-day the secession from tho Union is an
accomplished fact, and at the time when the
Confederate-States of the South are eager to
open their ports to foreign industry, the North
closes hers to it One lowers its tariff) tho oth
er- 'raises theirs. The slave States show them
selves progressive, -the free States retrograde.
The American people, always so positive will
find out that Europe will be a little like them
selves and will go where their interests call.—
The Southern Confederacy has morally disarm
ed Europe in prohibiting the slave trade. But
five free ports remain to us in America. The
republicans of the North should heed the above,
if they have still the time. As tho Moniteur
tells them, tho new tariff should bo one of the
first sacrifices to their reconciliation with the
South, if not, Europe will end by seeing a hap
py event in the secession which she had first
deplored, and it will be not only her right, but
her duty, to recognize the independence of the
netr Confederacy. Meanwhile, the “Courrier
of Havre” states that the French custom houses
are authorized not to make any objection to
any irregularities in form which may exist in
the clearances of freight, coming in American
vessels from the Southern States, when.there
exists no doubt of the clearance.
Electin Returns.—A correspondent informs
us that the result in Crawford County, is as
follows: Col. Hunter, 212; Capt Griffin, 21.
THE RECRUITING SERVICE.
Capt Patton and Lieut Atkinson will start
on a professional tour through South Western
Georgia this week, for the purpose of enlisting
all, who are patriotically inclined, into the ser
vice of the Sou them Confederacy. We cheer
fully recommend these officers to the attention
of our numerous friends: and we will guarantee
that any kindness extended towards them, will
be thankfully received and cheerfully recipro
cated on tiie first opportunity.
much praise from the citizens. Their present
proficiency is almost’ faultless, and the drill
passed off as successfully as usual.
INDEPENDENT VOLUNTEERS.
Tho Independent Volunteers, Capt Ader-
hold marched up from their encampment on the
Fair Grounds and drilled through the principal
streets. This is the first appearance of this
gallant corps in their new uniform, and their
appearance was highly spoken of as a soldierly
looking body of men. As they arc under
marching orders and will leave for the wars next
week, wo were pleased to see so creditable a
turn out, and without indulging in too much
expectation, wo will venture Ute assertion that
the Macon boys, when called upon, will give a
good account of themselves in the hazardous
game of seeking “the bubble reputation at the
cannon’s mouth.”
BOILER EXPLOSION.
Tketoiler at Drew’s Steam Saw Mill oxplo-
djd elect 2 o'clock yesterday evening. -M r-
Drew’s mill is situated cn the lire of the South-
Western Rail Read, five miles telow SmithvilI c’
and was considered to be one of the bdst mills
in the country. Fortunately, no lives were
lost. The explosion is supposed to havepr o-
cccdcd from some defect in tho boiler.
morning, and upon the whole, I am glad they
arc not going to have use for it. I believe An
derson’s Columbiads would have hurt the boys
behind it
Found Dr. Roddy here. The Dr., is a Charles
tonian by birth, widedy known, and in that ca
pacity, at well as a member of the Georgia Con
vention, made application through divers in
fluenzal channels, for a pass to inspect the for
tifications. Hckindly included me in his ap
plication for a permit, and I felt confident of
enjoying tho benefit of a pass up to an hour ago
—but the answer has conic from the Com.-nis
sary jGcneral—*seo you darned first.” So
there’s an end to tho business. So many Nor
thern visitors havo been hero “bobbin’ round,”
that Gen. Beauregard has issued, peremptory
orders to suppress all permits. • -.
J/rzp.—On the subject of revenue for the
Confederate Slates, I am credibly informed that
Collector Boston, in Savannah, is willing to en
ter into bond to turn out three million dollars
to the Treasury the first year. Charleston is,
with equal confidence, counted for five millions
—New Orleans for seven and Mobile for three.
There you have abundance of money.' * *
Charleston harbor is well stocked with ship
ping nnd it is odd to see the Confederate flag
flying from tho Northern roasts. C.
Tor the Tck"ro]iti.
Mr. Editor:—I have just read a piece in
yonr paper, signed Joe Brown. It tells Us that
five per cent, has to be paid for Gold and Silver
to pay dut es. The people have had to stand
three* to four ■per, cent, exchange on thepriccof
goods, and pow they have to stand five per cent,
premium on Gold and Silver. So it is we la
boring men are plucked and swindled.
Lost fall the cry was the Bnnks must be al
lowed to suspend, to move the crop. Well, the
crop is moved, and millions of dollars in specie
„. lo sit.liver lo this country to buy it. And
there never w. s as much bpecic on this side of
tho Atlantic before, as there Is now. And yet
the merohaijts have to pay five per cent, pre-
THE BROWN INFANTRY.
The citizens of Macon are not probably
aware that this gallant Company, under Capt
vice of tho Confederate States, and will march
to Pensacola in a few days; and while large
contributions have been made by the citizens
to another Company who will leave at the same
tinia No assistance has been rendered to the
Brown Infantry. -
Prompt action is new necessary, and notice is
hereby given, that contributions in money or
otherwise, will be received for the benefit of
said Company by the undersigned.
Let there be no unjust discriminations,
against the gallant men who compose the
Brown Infantry, fiy i equest,
J. H. R. WASHINGTON. '
March 2D, 1861. , ■
CORRESPONDENCE.
Macon, March 27th, 1861.
Csn Geo. A. Smith, “Brown’s Infantry.”
Sir :—The “Macon Volunteers” highly ap-
appreciating the patriotism of the gallant corps
under your command in tendering theirserviccs
to the Confederate States, beg leave to present
the sum of $206 for the use of the “Brown’s
Infantry.” Respectfully yours,
R. A SMITH.
Commanding M. V.
. ..- j- Macon, March 27th, 1861.
Capt. R. A. Smith, “Macon Volunteers.”
Sir;—Yours enclosing $203 is received, for
which, allow me in behalf of the “Brown’s In
fantry,” to tender our sincere thanks to tho
“Macon Volunteers.” This act of generosity
on your part will long be remembered—nay,
will not be forgot.
Each of us tender to the “Macon Volunteers”
our best wishes, hoping that your future may
be onward and prosperous; we beg leave to as
sure you that we thoroughly appreciate your
present act of kindness. \
Very respectfully yours,
- GEO. A. SMITH,.
Capt “Brown's Infantry.”
THE FUTURE—SEWARD’S REMEDY.
There are floats enough apparent on the sur
face, to indicate the current of affairs with a
tolerable degree of certainty.
Mr. Seward's idea is peace first, last and all
the time. War will noi'uniy bo fatal to every
thing be desires and aspires to, just now—to-
wit: reconstruction and the glory of a pacilica--
tor; but consign him to a fathomless abyss of
historical infamy as the man who fired the
great temple of American Republicanism with
the torch of the irrepressible conflict—or, the
miserable political blunderer who wrecked his
craft in a stupid and ignorant misjudgment of
navigation. The future rises up before him
like the ghost of Banquo, and hence he cries
out that the liberality and self-sacrifices which
were necessary to form the Union, must’ pale
before the magnificent Spirit of concession which
the North is going to ahow to preseree it! This
adroit attempt to make a virtue of the dire ne
cessity for the abandonment of his entire polit
ical antecedents and a reversal of his life-long
policy, is the mere trick of tho politician, and
tho off-spring of vtfry inadequate views of the
mischief tils reckless career lias acnicvcd in
both sections. His scheme of “magnificent
concessions” will fail in the North, and is too
late for the South. Mr. Seward is not the' first
or the last political incendiary who will find it
easier to apply the torch and feed tho flames of
civil discord than to extinguish them. But this
is a digression.
To resume. Mr. Seward, as we are told by
some who have had access to him, has literally
no other idea or remedy to propose.than time!
Telegrams say he is shortly to come out in a
quasi response to the application ot the Confed
erate States for recognition. In * this he will
insist that no power under the Constitution ex
ists to alienate the States, and an appeal must
be had to fundamental authority. He will
therefore propose a Convention of the States
with plenary power over the whole subject-
matter of rights and remedies. Such a Conven
tion can scarcely be assembled in less than
eighteen months, and here will be full scope
for the mollifying effect of time upon both sec
tions—for tho North to concede and abate her
sectionalism and the South to relent in her pur
posed independence. But if negotiation-fails
to restore tho Union under the stars and stripes,
then, as a last resort, the Convention shall ac
quiesce in inevitable necessity and provide for
a peaceful and final separation.
Meanwhile, peace is to be preserved by such
concessions of jurisdiction upon the part of the
United States government as the • Confederate
States may insist upon peremptorily as the con
ditions of peace. • These will be yielded slow
ly, reluctantly, as the necessities arise "which
extort them, and with equal reference to the
aggressive and war-like elements of republican
ism in the North, and tho minatory attitude
of the Confederate States—the Administration
assuming the difficult and delicate task of wi.h-
holding and conceding so as to prevent actual
collision of arms, or so destructive an emeute
as shall paralyze its influence in the North. It
is needless to say that such a policy will in-
tVR.MORY BROWN’S LIGHT INFANTRY.
Macon, Ga., March 20, 1861.
At a meeting of this company, held on the
evening of the 29th inst, the following resig
nation was presented:
Macon, March 25th, 1861.
To the Officers and Members of Brown's In
fantry.
Gentlemen:—You will please accept my re
signation asa member ofyourhonorable corps.
Yours respectfully,
JAMES P. SIMS.
Whereupon the following preamble and reso
lution was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, this corps was organized for the
purpose of going into service, and every mem
ber before jo.ning was informed that this was
the object of its formation, therefore be it
Besotted, That the resignation of Lieut. J.
P. Sims be accepted, but his right, as a mem
ber, to resign bo not recognized by this corps,
and that a committee of three be appointed by
the Chair to wait upon him and demand his.
commission.
The Chair appointed as that committee, Pri
vates Holt, Wagnon and Small.
The following resignation was also presented:
Macon, March 25th, 1861.' - *
Gentlemen:—You will please accept this as
my'resignation from your Company.
Respectfully, GEO. W. SIMS.
' Upon motion, it- was resolved that the right
of the applicant be denied, as his name has
been enrolled at the seat of Government, and
the company are now under marching orders.
An election to fill the vacancy occasioned - by
the resignation of Lieyt. Sims, was ordered to
take place ten days from this date.
A communication was received from Dr.
Griggs, of this city, proffering his professional
services free of charge, to the families of the
members of the corps who shall remain in the
city. • . _
A communication was also received from T.
B. Elfe, Esq., Master Machincst of the South-
Western R. R. Col, stating that Workmen who
have quit the employ of the South-Western R.
R. and other Rail Roads to join this company,
shall have the preference of place in- his work
shop upon their return. - - - ’i *
Botli communications were received by the
company in the.spirit they were proffered, and
both gentlemen will accept the thanks of each
member of the company. •
It was ordered that the' proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Telegraph, Citizen,
.Messenger and Cotton Plant.*
The meeting then adjourned.
GEO. A. SMITH, Chairman.
C; E. Carnes, Sec’y pro-tern.
Cjje Georgia Celegrap!
MEGOIST,
WEDNESDAY MORNING APRIL 3, ’61.
A Confidential Clerk.—A merchant of New
York, who had become badly involved, conclu
d#d to co :vey real estate and stocks to one of
his clerks who had solicited liis daughter’s
hand in marriage some months before, and
whose suit he had then indignantly refused.—
His resolution having been taken, he “explained
matters” to the astonished clerk, who readily
fell in with his employer’s plans. The proper
ty was soon transferred; the merchant failed,
“losing everything but his honor";" and the
clerk immediately sold the real estate and stock,
for what cash he could get, and fled to Cuba,
leaving the merchant to mourn over the deprav
ity of human nature.
RATIFYING Tn« CONSTITUTION.
After all the “holy horror” which has been
expressed by Nortlcrn journals, in behalf oi
“the people” at the South, at the enormities
which were perpetrating by the leaders; it is
refreshing to know, that we will have an op
portunity of showing our sympathisers that,
our “yoke is easy, the burden is light,” by rat
ifying our new Constitution by such ftn over
whelming vote that the scales may be removed
from their eyes far enough, to enable thorn,
good souls, to cease mourning for a people
who have imposed upon Ureroselvo* this dis?-'*-
sing calamity.' How very hind in these dis
interested people to be so much exercised about
the grievances, (T) at the South. Cnlcula-"
lions of the oxpense of the new government*
but notone word of ihe bankruptcy of the ..id,
meet us io every journal. Why, all this so
licitude ? Is it not better to let us wend our
own way to destruction I t f . . .,
TT ■ , T; ... R . »nd Bank roiorm, the issue in onfall election : "^"hat . Gcnnan chemist has discovered
Union Vote in Arkansas.—Tho Little KOcK . CJlIO!sBAGS. a method by which he produces sterling silver
Gazette furnishes the vote in the lalo torn IIoi , ; . on County, March *28. | at a cost of about seventy-five cents per oz.,and
in that State. The Union vote ,— 1 that a company is foiroing to work the disvova-
5 #Ce *7 <n 17, ?s V ^^l^eSMOffidnOtSn uenry Failure in Ohio.—The failure of i ry on a profitable scalo. The appliances re-
Gazctto Fays that probably .0,000 did not turn , ¥ exten-iv.distillers at Sidney, , quired are certain, chemical preparations and
I *W« ««• •—»** I *»“*“* •‘rMssSvmn
Prairie Chickens at Washington.—The as
tonished hackmcn in Washington say the Re
publicans arc singular chaps, for they are all
walkers. They walk lo tho White House, they
walk to the Capitol, they walk to the Navy
Yard, they walk to Georgetown, they walk the
evenuc all day, and then walk to a ball; and
Mr. Seward’s diplomatic abilities to the utter
most.
The reader will noto that here is a programme
for at least two years ahead, and its practical
effect upon the Confederate States will depend
in a degree upon the policy of our own gov
ernment We doubt not that our indepen
dence will be substantially acquiesced in long
before it is acknowledged under Mr. Seward’s
programme. The harbor fortifications will be
given up—the idea of a blockade, and the col
lection of duties abandoned. With these sub
stantial conditions of nationality and a recog
nition for purposes of trade and interchange
with Francj and England, we can quietly await
the developmcntof Mr. Seward’s remedy. The
Confederate States will claim and accept no
representation in the Convention of States of
tbe.Umon; and, under the benign influences of
a cheap and paternal government and low du
ties, time will daily strengthen our organization
in tho hearts of the people I In the North, on
the other lutnd, with a people —*■
the diro cffiieu of party antagonisrt— ultra class
legislation- — governmental bankruptcy—trade
derangements of all kinds—a general and dis
astrous property depreciation, time will prove
a fearful test, and she will come out of the or
deal prostrated and demoralized in every func-
,10 Let us try Seward’s remedy of Time !
WESTERN SHIPMENTS.
The Louisville Courier of (Jiu 26Ui says:
Among the shipment on the Atlantic, to day,
arc some $20,000 worth of provisions bought
by Mr. Wood, of the firm of Young, Wood &
Gardner, Eufaula, Alai They go on the At
lantic to New Orleans, from thence by steamer
to Apalachicola, and then up the Chattahoo-
chee on another boat to Eufaula. This ship-
roent included 150 casks of bacon, 100 barrels
of whisky, 1200 bushels of corn, 120 barrels of
pork, and 250 barrels of flour.
The above is an evidence of the short-sighted
policy which our “internal improvement” sys
tem is inaugurating for tho benefit of Georgia
roads in this portion of the State. The above
shipment is only ono case in point, and of it
self would not he much; *but we were told
while at Eufaula by tho best business houses
in the city; that they certainly,would adopt
this plan, viz: Shipment by New Orleans, rath
er than pay, what they call, an extra tax. The
business of Eufaula is large, and when men
.. PITY THE POOR SLAVES.
-We would commend the following communi
cation (addressed by astarving white man to a
New York Judge) to the careful consideration of
those persons who doubt the existence of suf
fering at the North. Is it not strange that the
sympathies of the abolitionists are not Fome-
times aroused in behalf of their own poof white
slaves f - .
“City Prison, March 11,1801.
“-Gentlemen—I have been.arrfcsted on two
charges of petty larceny, of robbing two stage
drivers—^ne of one dollar, and the other.of 70
cents. ‘ Now, gentlemen, I- would like to state
to you under what circumstances I was induced
to commit the acts which I did. I have three
children and a wife at home. The day before I
stole this money, I had nothing’to eat-r-neith-
er had my family; my children were crying
for bread. My landlord told me I would have to
clear out if I could not pay my rent. I went
out to look lor something to do, to earn some
money to buy bread for my .family. I could
find no employment, and then 1 did not know
what to do with myself I was at the time in
Avenue A. There came a stage along, and I
got up and robbed the driver ; I then got off,
and got on the next stage, and robbed that al
so. I then went home, and got something to
«.» for uiy family. - Ocntlemen, I know I havo
done wrong in the sight of the law, but I did
not think of that then. I thought of my chil
dren, who were hungry at home. I do not
write to you to blindfold your eyes in this case,
but I write to you in behalf of my lamily, who are
left destitute now, without means of support, and
I hope that you will be as lenient in my case as
possible. I know it lays in your power te give
me a long sentence, but I pray to God that you
will not, but give me the shortest time you can,
for my health is in a bad condition at present
If you would but send me to the city prison for
a short term,. I promise you, one and all, that
you will never catch me in such a scrape again
as Ibng - as f live; for when my time is out, l
will ship in the navy, and then iny wife can
draw my pay, for I am sick of being in the city
of New York, andT will be glad, when my time
is out, so that I tin leave it and get away from
bad company, for my mind is i ow made up to
that effect—to lead a different life. I have an-
aged father, who would jump for joy to see his
only son redeemed from sin, and I pray to God
that He may keep me lrom vice and sin hereaf
ter. Nqw, gentlemen, I have told you the plain
truth, and I hope you will hear to it and deal
with me as light as possiblo.
OPEN TO THOMASVILLE.
The Thomasvillc Reporter of Saturday takes
pleasure in announcing that the contractor is
now laying the iron of the Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad within the corporate limits ofTliomas-
ville. The cars are expected to make regular
trips from this place to Savannah early in next
month.
STAY LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
It is stated that in the Superior Court of Put
nam county, last week, Judge Harris decided
the stay law to be unconstitutional.—Sac. lie-
publican.
. We anticipated “nothing shorter” from the
good sense and legal ability of Judge Harris.
MILITARY. > .
2 he First Installment of the "Moral necessi
ty."—TJie “Quitman Guards!’ first, on the
Ground.—The volunteer companies came pour
ing into town last night by the different rail
roads, and the scene was warlike and animat
ing beyond description. With the accessions
which the companies already here will receive
this morning, the- number of men under Com
mand will be over one thousand. The alacrity*
with which the volunteer companies through
out the State have responded to Gov. Brown’s
requisition for troops needs no comment. In
deed, the ranks were filled up so quickly that
many were refused, as each company is .limited
to eighty men.
It is most true, that we are not going to
have any War at Fort Pickens; but Gov.
Brown is so curious, (for instance, the ships.)
that no merely intends to create a “moral ne
cessity” for the evacuation of Fort Pickens a la
Sumter.'
The Quitman Guards, of Forsyth; under
comm?nd of Capt. Pinckard, took our citizens
and volunteer companies by surprise, as they
came on special train early yesterday evening,
and slipped into town as quietly as if their in
tentions were “peace on earth and good will to
men,” and riot tho extermination of the Lin
coln rats which-infcstFort Pickens. .For this
slyness they failed to receive (he attention
which our companies were determined to give
them ; but, as an offset to thia, they have se
cured the most eligible place to camp in the
whole enclosure, which will, no doubt, amply
compensate them for the omission of a formal
reception. Capt. Aderhold, with a detachmant
of his company, on hearing the drum of .the
Guards, hastened with commendable zeal and
escorted them to their present quarters. The
Guards number eighty men, and are all from
Monroe'county, with one exception.
The train containing the Gate City Guards,
Etowah Infantry, Ringgold Infantry and the
Newnan Guards, was considerably behind time,
so much so, that the crowd in waiting were im
patient
We speak more fully of the Quitman Gnards,
because they were on the ground early. The
i of the funds—but tiicn, wo are free to confess*
total ignorance o ’ banking and finance.
It is, however, the apparent failure of the
banks to respond in the slightest degree to tha
; liberality of the people which agreed to change
j tho character of their obiigafifeu from sight to
| a \ ear alter da.e, by a faithful co -pliancc with
the terms of the extension—it is, on the other
hand, the sharp, hard-bargain policy which has
never in an instance neglected to profit to the
full by the depreciation consequent upon the
failure to ccnply with the condition of the ex-
tension, which has sickened the original friends
of the suspension measure and made them
blush for their own short-sightedness. The
public have leaned lessons which it will take
yeara of enlightened and liberal bank policy to
obliterate. A beginning of better deeds might
be a heaity falling in with the recommendation
of Mr. Memminger.
MR. TOOMBS ON WAR.
_ '-The Washington, Wilkes Co. Independent
says that Secret a ry-Toombs spdka in that place
last Wednesday. In the course cf his remarks,
the speaker said he thought the chances were
better Tor peace than wr, and-gaYe reasons
conclusive and convincing.
men, and look precisely like men who can dem
onstrate to Roderick Dhu Greeley the unpalat
able fact that, "however much he may be in
doubt as to the existence of his Government,
wc have got one here, and willing hands to de
fend it. The Philosopher said a few days ago
oVinous.
A statement of the public debt of the United
Slates signed F. Bigger, Register, has a suspi-
cious look and ominous sound. Bigger makes
the “demd total” $74,985,299,28, and Bigger
knows it* will soon bo bigger. With receipts
into the Treasury from all sotfrees $606,000 per
week, a deficit is threatened which may be dan
gerous to Old Abe’s supply of the favorite “II-
linoy Twist,” and the celebrated Flatboat Brand
of corn spirits.
COERdON BY THE JOB.
A. J. Owen, Box No. 1,475, New York Post
Office, proposes to undertake the Job of recap
turing ail the Forts and restoring- the entire
public property in the seceding States, lor the
sum of $7,655,000 in gold and silver of the
United States coin, upon the simple conditions
that the Government shall furnish boats and
munitions of war to “twenty thousand live
Yankees,” and have soldiers in readiness to oc
cupy all the places os fast as he takes them. In
the absence of regular trade," we have been
looking for some offer to “suppress revolution”
on speculation, but the Washington Cabinet
should not close with the first one. Wait for
lower bids. There’ll be competition.
The Cotton News—Our Eat Getting Safe.
We call the attention of our friend Gen. Be-
thune, of the Comer Stone to the cotton news.
On the 19th March last, he predicted that in
less than sixty days, in spite of the short crop,
the wicked tariff will reduce the price of cotton
one cent a pound and probably two. Cotton
in Macon was then 10^ and now it is 12J.—
There’s two cents the other way, General, al
ready, and if it rises to fifteen before .your six
ty days arc out, our only emotion will be a deep
and unfeigned regret that there’s so little of it
to be sold. The duty of oae-.eighth of a coat
per pound is just one-sixteenth of the actual in
crease of the price since the General’s predic-
. , ... , , • ,* ,- v- tion, and we see what a bagatelle it is whether
other companies are splendid looking bodies of . ’ „ , ,
it come out of the producer or the consumer;
but we have no doubt that the export duty will
practically enter into the price and be paid by
the buyer.
a iiifim
VtPur iiuiiibtc servanr,
“Jeremiah Cook."
[IV. Y. Police Gazette.
The Cabinet Council—A Fragmont-
Read Skiddles’ parody, and confess that
that he was really sick at the humiliating I Siiaksfeaue “slid lives, or at least one to the
thought of giving up Fort Sumter. What will tragic manner and manor born :
be his-condition When he hears of this other
wing cf the “moral necessity ¥" - Lookout for
some complimentary epithets, four or five col
umns of editorial frothings—and in the end,
Fort Pickens is ours. So mote it be.
Companies already arrived are as follows:
Quitman Guards, of Forsyth, Capt Pinkard.
Newnan .Guards, of Newnan, Capt Hanvey.
Southern Guards, of Columbus,' Capt Wil.
kins.
Etowah Infantry, of Etowah, Capt Larrey.
SoulfcernTndependents, of Bainbridge, Capt *
Evans.
Ringgold Infantry, ofRinggold, Capt Spray,
berfy.
Gate City Guards, of Atlanta, Capt. Ezzard.
Tho Floyd Rifles, Capt Hardeman, and the
Macon Volunteers, Capt Smith, turned out
with full ranks, and escorted the companies to-
their quarters.
The Macon Guards will receive the Southern
Rights Guard, of Perry, this morning at the.
depot.
P. S.—The Walker Light Infantry and Ogle
thorpe Light Infantry, of Augusta, arrived in
this city last night on 11 o’clock Train, all safe.
One thousand • years ago the Chinese built
suspension bridges of more than four hundred
feet span.
Pride is ft vice not only dreadfully mischiev
ous in human society, bat perhap's, of all oth
ers, it is the most insuperable bar to real inward
Improvement
Grown TFiscr.—When we fancy that we have
grown wiser, It is oniy, in many Instances, that
new prejudices have displaced old ones.
Sensuality.—If sensuality were happiness,
beasts were happier than men; but human hap
piness is lodged in the soul, notin the flesh.
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but
one who fears to do wrong. He has a thous
and who has overcome that one.
“ First boy, state what were the dark ages of
the world.” Boy. hesitates. “Next, Master
Jones, can you tell me.what the dark, ages
were?’—“The ages before gas was invented.”
Men are always pleased to entertain the worst
opinion of their neighbors. The world will
never believe a man to be unfortunate, or a suf
ferer, so long as it is possible to insist that he
is a scoumjrel.
An Trish veterinary student, when under ex
amination was asked what he would recom-
incud if there was a horse brought to him with
a particular disease. “Och l.by the powers,”
was the answer, “ I’d rcco.inmend the owner to
get ridof him immediately."
Miss Smith asked “ the pleasure of Captain
Jones’-S company to tea.” At the timeapnoint
cd the captain, being in command of the —Rifle
wilfully throw away such an amount of trade,
and the ouglu certainly to have some way of re-
numerating those who havo to suffer l>y their
obstinacy* By this diversion of trade from its
natural channels, the M-icon & Western and r . w . , ,
South-Western Roads will have to suffer, when Corps made bis appearance with the whole oi
in reality they havo had nu.hand in driving a hls Compinj m par.i e rcss.
remunerative carrying trade from their vdry
doors- Will not the powers that be, look to
these corporations which have done so much
towards developing the resources of tho State?
walk home and take another walk after they
«<- I gTSSSjrSSSOSuei I jaagiSwi
them ot their goo,Is. M bat is the remedy for ^ One of tl„ se I State Conference at
this wretched state of tb ngs? I answer, let |
A Border State Conference.—We see that
project to get up a a Border
, *»<. f*r “• **?« >»*»'"• 0“ » f ^ IIZ sens rf
i prairie chickens, they say, can walk down anj to suspcct that tlm objec* of
the pro pic re-elect Joe Brown, and get a right j hack in Washington,
kind of Legislature. Make Bank cx., munitions , "
Producing Silver by AnnnciAi.3rE.ANS.—It
wc arc inuncen io suspect | M
this movement is to prepare the way for a Mid
dle Confederacy. If this be so, we beg leave
to be excused from endorsing the movement.—
Nashville Union & American-
Little Enough,—Miss Ellen Smiih, of Bos
ton, Mass.,’ has just recovered §1,000 of Fran
cis Clemcntson, for breach of promise of mar
riage, after twenty years’courtship.-Only $200
a year for waiting so long.
A young profligate fellow, seeing an aged
hermit go by him barefoot, “Father,” says he,
you arc in a very miserable condition If there
71 a ” **TrilO Qnn ’’ siiitl the
but what is thy condition if there
hermit, 1
be?”
lie who feels his own deficiencie
charitable nian for his own sake.
will be a
One never regrets doing a polite ora, kind
thing, no matter How it is received.
Happiness must arise from our own temper
and actions, and not immediately from any ex
ternal conditions.
There are some human tongues which have
two sides, like that of certain quadrupeds
smooth, the other very rough.
As we grow older it is with hearts as with
heads of hair—it is not easy to distinguish
the true from the false.
MEMMIXGER’S APPEAL TO THE BANKS.
appeal to the suspended Banks to redeem such
of their notes as may be presented for subscrip
tion to the five million loan. It is a small
thing to ask, but inasmuch as the granting of
it will hinge upon .the liberality of the least
liberal—as probably none will consent unlcss-
all come -into the- measure, we are not san
guine of a favorable response.
The Georgia Banks, this winter, have stopped
the mouths of their friends, and filled their
minds with profound mortification. These
Banks were released from the obligation to re
deem their notes on demand upon (as it Would
appear) a very easy and simple condition; and
by accepting suspension under the act they
equitably bound themselves to carry out that
condition in good faith'. The condition of sus
pension was that they should furniskNorthern
exchange at one per cent “
* What are now the facts which stare us in the
face, after tho Banks have, by the suspension
Act been enabled to turn the Cotton crop o
■Georgia into Northern Exchange, -without the
slightest risk, and with great- pecuniary profit
to themselves ?. As for Exchange, which of
them has offered a dime for sale ? They have
nevcr.had any. Where should they get it It
has been procurable oiily of brokers at 2J and
3 J per cent.
Of course; thepr they have collected their
maturing cotton bills in specie, and their vaults
From the Nashville Patriot.
THE CABINET COUNCIL—A FRAGMENT.
BY skiddzzs.
Lincoln—itohis; asleep in a reeling ahaw—afterapasst
As springs up asddentf.)
Give me another Scotch cap! wrap mo in astillUr; cloak!
Have mercy, Jcfl. Davis I Soft—I oid but dream.
{Loud tncclixp isJUard st Us door.)
Who knocks thus loudly ?
. Sewabd—^{without) Tis I my Lord ; the Wbi'.eHoute
cock
Thrice hath crow’d since the day hath broke.
(Enter Seicurd, C/iasr. Bates. Ltuir.C'amtronand HVte.)
Casixuon—IIom doth my good Lord ?
Lincoln—Indifferently well. Me thinks, good Co*,
That confection oi hommony and hog Which, as my
wont.
Late on yester eve I ate, did most woefully affect me.
Have I no leach among my councillors chosen,
M ho cun minister to a body diseased; Alas, my friends!
Bred to tbe chicane of law, what know ye of the leaps
And bounds of rebellions blood by titful fever stirred!
Bates—My Liege, as I glanced o’er the morning prints,
(In which onr glories are .dnly and at length set forth,)
Methought much praise was given to a medicament
Yclept in foreign lore--Cephalic Pills
Lincoln—Away with this nostrum—1*11 none ot hi
For know ye. I bought a box cf a barnm scarum boj.
Whom I encountered on our western train, and who
Cried—God wot I “Old Abe, buy some pills.” These
I bought and tried, but got no better fast.
Blaib—You’d scarce expect one ot my age
To speak in pnblfc on the stuge. Yet I can but think
’Tis not the confection, but the (Affection of the south
ern tier .
Which pains our Liege’s—
Lincoln— Asa I knave'. think yon so I
Snow you not, my babbling Coz, that this defection
Is all gammon ?—the crisis is bnt artificial I
Cuase—We know it well: would we could forget it;
Yet, your Excellency, I read in some fool
Southern paper—called—I know not what—
T he Mail—the Mercury—or some such absurdity.
That thcr.j is much feeling down in their unsightly
swamps.
Where Aftlc’s wrongs smell rank to Heaven.
That cry as they may, there’s nobody hurt I
Oh, how Ido despise a peevish,complaining people—
A people who know not which side their bread is but-
Misguidcd people! who would fain tear away three
stripes, . ■
Two of red aud one oi white, from our Star Spangled
Banner.
Seward—(o tefc) Long may it wave!
Welles— (aeide) O’er the land it the free!
Bates—(a-ids) And the hom: of the brave t
Lincoln—And imagine they have founded a new at-
. turn! -
Git coat I
’ And now yon fighting Colonel Davis
With his ra . ged raggamufliu crew, loudly swears
He’ll fit In this very chair, wherein we sit—
Save the mark! In -pite of Wool or Scott.
Friends, farewell! yet take somethin™ ere ye go. •
Leave me to mv—lf that I may court the drowsy gotL
Watch well the d or, that no fonl traitor enter
With machine infernal or six throated revolting pistol.
Spread yourselves, anil lose uo opportunity to tell
Th’ expectant people that all is going well;
And while reluctant, ye admit the southern feeling.
Urge and declare that ’tis marvelous consoling,
That nothing is hurting anybody. Ther , go !
Stand not on the orderof your going, but go at once.
'Seward and other stow and depart.
New Jerusalem! is th.s happiness I When erst
I dreampt of might, majesty and power; when in days
gone liy,
An humble splitter of rails, wearing but one shirt a
week: • »
Or when 11 revery, I learned in listless mood
O’crthc oar (halt, a puu I) of the slow gild Ingbroachorn,
And thought of thcpuwerfhl and rich of earth.
And envious, con rasted their gay feasts and revels
With our simple jovs, our humble shuckiugs, and pos
sum hunts.
Alabama Shad.—A friend from Wetumka
yesterday morning informed us that sbad were
being plentifully caught upon the traps in the
falls of the river.' A few hourslatcr, the driver
of the Wettimpka stage delivered into our
hands two. of this excellent species of fish—the
I ... gift of .our evcr-miudful friend Roberts of the
are now’overrunniug. They are able to respond i Spectator. Willif, you are a bricic a solid
not only to the moderate demands of Secretary j brick-without flaw or pore. May your shad,
Memminger, but they nrc only too eager to sat-j jt is beltevcnt by mnny that the largely in-
Isly every note holder who wishes specie 1 ’ihe j cr eased numbers of shad at Wetumpka is tho
answer to this yon will find in a prenuuni of j result of Messrs. Hooker and Gesncr’s labors
three to fiv e per centum for gold!. j three yMfs a-o, When they brought a large
.. . J number ol live ones front the Oconee river m
But what, then, has eonie o. '1 i ■ ‘ r # s •.r of j Georgia and .urned therft loose in the Alabama,
their one year after dale liabilities inta Ex- j • [Mo,d,joinery J/./ii
change or specie funds? If there be any other ' , _ . _ —
r , , , , , , , T o First Shipment of Cotton by thk .Main
solution then that the banks thcpisetw have _ On Taesday last, says tho Thomas-
realized 2J- to 5 perjcr.tum out of tho cieprecia- : r ju e Reporter, there was shipped the first cot-
O ■! _ * * 1! _ L! I!« ? !# n . . . 1.1-n a* ...aa! 1 . » — , ..It-, ■. rv«1 fA1 mil) I Airn M' Vi O tOll
tion of their own liabilities, it v.ai take a groat
deal sharper wits than ours to discern it.
In short, tho suspension Act which enabied
the banks to throw out their bills without risk,
and then to evade the counteracting condition
that they should sell exchange at one per cent,
ought this winter to have been worth to the
one Georgia banks about how much? and this with
out having involved them in the slightest risk
or embarrassment If it lias not been worth a
million or two, wc cannot sec what has become
ton on tins road from our town. The cotton
was made by our old friend, Kindred Braswell,
Esq., sixty lour hales in number, and purchas
ed by Messrs. Seward & 31cB:iin, consigned
to Boston & Villalonga, of Savannah. AVc ask
our Savannah friends to look at this cotton, for
the lot is done uji in home made rope and
twine, madofrom bear-grass. We are assured
by tho=e who saw it that home made rope and
twine looked, well, and it is far superior to the
rope and twine purohaaed from -abroad. Th' 5
is the lirst shipment from the incorporate limits
of Thomasville.