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>]Vht$ and Southern States’ Rights.
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,;, s day Morning, March 19,1861.
Tfce Pmuuw CauHtilim.
We publish to-day the permanent Constitution
of the Southern Confederacy. We have not had
an opportunity to examine it thoroughly, but from
what vve^ have s*en, it appears to us, it is just
I about what we wanted. No doubt some will iind
■ atilt, and we do not believe that an Arch angel
cmd write a Constitution that would please
ev. ry body. But under all of the circumstances
with which they were surrounded we think the
Southern Congress have done well, and deserve
the thanks of the whole country.
t W e are happy to inform our readers, that
-f r. Kidd has opened a Book Bindery irr this city.
Wo hope our citizens will extend to hits a liberal
patronage. The ladies can have tbeir sheet Music
bound at short notice. Si nd in jour work. See
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hor the Federal Union.
The next Clerrrmr—“Words fill; spoken.”
Messrs Editors :—I observe in the laat Federal
Union a communication from “ThomasC. Trice”
suggesting the unanimous re-election of Gov.
row’n, for another term—and I address you these
tew lines to say “Amen,” to this proposition, for
it is “words fitly spoken.”
Besides the reasons assigned by Mr. Trice, there
•re others why Gov. Brown ought to be the next
candidate for Governor without any opposition
whatever, that he did not name.
1 hat Governor Brown has made a most accept
able Governor and is exceedingly popular with
the uiassses of the people of Georgia, none will de
ny. Indeed, I have never known a Governor for
his 1st and ‘id terms of office who has been so pop
ular. He has not only in peace times shown bnu-
‘•elt the man for the place, and one whose watch
fulness and atiention to the financial interests of
the State, has been of immense benefit to the
Slat, but since we have commenced our Revolu
tion, lie has shown himself, by bis admirable fore
sight and promptness, the man for the times ! ltv
bis admirable move in taking Fort Pulaski, he has
not only saved his State an immense deal of mon
ey in making preparations to beat out the Federal
troops that might have been placed in the Fort,
had it not been taken possession of by him: but
bis example being followed by other Southern
States, the Southern Confederacy has also been
saved an immense deal of money, for we now hare
what we icould hare hail to negotiate for or taken,
had it not been for this admirable move of Gov.
Brown. Had the Governors of South Carolina and
Florida, in the first instance, pursued his course,
Forts “Sumter" and "Pickens” would not have
been :n the possession of Federal troops,
and hundreds of thousands of dollais, would have
been saved those States or the Southern Confed
eracy, in preparations to re-take said Forts. But.
this is not all. I will predict, that, even at this
moment, there is not one State in our whole Con
federacy that is so well prepared for war as is
Georgia Gov. Brown and ins most able and en
President Lincoln's Inaugural Message.—The
transfer of the rein* of government from the out
going to the incoming Administration, is accom
panied w ith a leclaration on the part of the latter
principles and policy which it propose* to
the basis of its official action. Ordinarily
of the
make the basis of its official action. Ordinarily
this would not be deemed a matterof vital mo
menl; but in the present distracted state of thf
country this announcement is regarded
turning point of our national destiny
■wtwato sf Hr. RatR—aa.
EX-PRK8IDENT BUCHANAN !N BALTI
MORE.
Baltimore, March 6, 1861
Ex-President Buchanan left here th.is morning
for home, escorted by the Baltimore City Guards
The turnout was very fine.
the ! RECEPTION OF MR BUCHANAN AT LAX-
CASTER.
Our .Vit Gsrrrnsr.
i. our last issue we published a comtnunica
.pm Mr. Thus. Trice of Pike county, re com-
n g that the people of Georgia, without dis-
; n of parly, re-elect Gov. Brown for the next
v ,a-s. In our present issue onr readers will
; another communication signed “A Georgian”,
. ,. same subject and taking similar views. It
t hem customary in Georgia to elect a Gov-
r m ,,re than twice in succession, but there is
...r in the Constitution against it, and in
other Mates Governors have been elected for
ml successive terms. We do not know wketh-
Bruwn would consent to run again or not,
: he would, we believe it would be weli to
-rt him, for in these troublesome times, it is
• to have a man at the helm who has been
; an ! in whom the people have confidence.
«p believe a large majority of the people
iidsooner trust Gov. Brown another term than
. the risk of a new tnan.
„ position of the border <tlnvr (Mates
is I be Northern Confederacy.
a proud, high minded people, nothing can
ire humiliating, and d-grading than the pr>
, which those Slaveholding .States which still
to the Northern Confederacy, sustain before
■ orlJ. Ostensibly, they ate a portion of a ergelic Adjutant General Wav.vk have not been
Vi e publish the Inaugural in this day’s issue, I LakcasTxk. P» , March 6, 1861.
ai.d are sure that we have never given to our rea- , Mr. Bunliauan was received this afternoon bv a
u- is an udu-ial document up it which the mingled | large concourse of people. There was a fine dis-
Lopes atm fe us of tlm people rested w ith deeper i ploy of military,and the civil and militmy proc-es-
tnterest. W hile we desire all to read and to re- j sion was several squares in length. Tfie arrival
fleet upon its language to weigh its doctrines : of the special traiuj was greeted by a national
and estimate at their true value its principles—we salute and the ringing of bells. Mr. Buchanan
are compelled to avow our belief that it will fail j was accompanied by Miss liariett Lane, Miss
to accomplish that great wish of every patriotic , lit tty Parker, the Mayor and City Councils, the
heurt—the restoration of peace and harmouy and firemen, Fencibies and Jackson Rifles,and a large
j.ic, but they had no voice in selecting their
They liavo a nominal representation in
,ti inal couucils, but have no more power to
. or control national legislation, than the
idle within the past few mouths, but, if I am not
incorrectly informed, have bi-en at work, day and
night, in preparing the State for defence, or war—
and this day, I venture to say, Georgia is bettor
prepared either for a defensive or offensive war,
■ if Canada have to control the legislation ! than any other State in the two Confederacies.
, “ 15nt.au. The Representatives of the
■r slave States, are compelled to set in Con-
.. an 1 witness the passage of high tariffs and
r j.urely sectional measures, devised and exe-
• lor the express purpose of fleecing them and
• money into the pockets of their oppressors,
if they attempt to arrest this sectional legis
,n bv appeals to the justice or magoamity of
\ irthtru brethren, they are met by scoffs and
and by a call for the previous question ;
, th- ir complaints are continually sloped by
voice of a sectional majority. No people can
. retain, even their self respect, under such
, [instances They have a name to live, but
- ilea! They have the name, withont any of
v r or privileges ol freemen. They are
. 1, with the privilege of a representai iou in
Northern Confederacy, but in reality, have no
i iwor there, than the inhabitants of the
-e Mauds. Can the once proud eons of Vir
. i. Maryland and Kentucky, long submit to
1 .-gradation ? W T e think not; blit if they
:iiey will soon loose all of their former spirit
nanh md how their proud necks to the abo-
.-, yoke. and their children will become serfs to
abolition task masters.
How lire Ihr .Vlighfy fnllrn.
It has always brtn tl.e boast of the Uni-
s, that their government was founded up-
W’ith matters and things thus going on, why a
changed?—why eren the suggestion of a changel
There is no cause in the world, save the old cus
tom of only electing a Governor for two terms.—
There is nothing, either in the Constitution ot the
State, or in any law. to prevent the people fiom
electing a Governor more than twice, but as it has
not been rustomaiy heretofore, to do suc-li a thing,
those who do not look farther than the past cus
tom, are disposed to think of come other person
for Governor. But “old things hote passed airay,’’
nud “new ones are upon us.” We have not only
thrown oft' the old Government, but we have com
menced a new one. And the Constitution of
that new one (the Constitution of tue Confederate
8ta.es) not only do not prohibit the continuance
in office for a long period of good and faithful
Public officers, but it actually extends the term of
office of the President of the Republic to six
years, and provides that other public otfie.-rs (save
the Cabinet and Foreign Appointments) shall not
be removed from office at alt, if apt for good cause!
The framers of this constitution have no donbt
learned Irom experience, in our past government,
that gov rninents always suifi-r when it gives up
and turn out experienced, and tried and good ofli-
cers, and put iu others unexperienced or incapa
ble, merely because of party service, or good tact
in trading or bartering for offices; and it seems
that they have tried to prevent such a state of
things in future, by incorporating into the Con
stitution a provision declaring against the turning
out a good and faithful officer without go.-d cause,
aseigued iu writing. Then, with such high testi
mony as to the propriety ol ‘‘letting well enrugh
alone," why should there be any diversity of optn-
r> affections of the people. How often have *‘ >n as . 10 running Gov. Brown, without opposi-
, . i _ _ f | tion, for the next term, if he will consent to serve.
boasted, that their rulers needed no array of I • ’ „ . - , - , x
_ . .. I 1 see no reason for a diversity ot opinion, and I
don’t think theie will be any—and I think Mr
Trice’s proposition will be adopted by nine-tenths
of the people of Geoigia if Gov Brown will con
sent to serve the State again for the next two
years.
There is another important reason why all par
lies or ail true patriots in Georgia, should, at this
iimt, unite in re-eltcting Gov. Brown, if lie will
conseut to it. and it is this: We are now enibark-
tai interests of another section. He has j ed in the formation of a new government. All old
'party lines have been obliterated. We may o'
r s to protect them from the people. How
. have the people of these once United States.
‘ honest pride dwelt upon the fact that every
years they could change their rulers without
h.-lp. and without tha dangerous interference
■ single soldier. But now tliiugs are sadly
mg-J A I’resideut has been selected by one
• .u of the country, because be was hostile to
; elected for the avowed purpose of making
; on the cherished institutions of nearly one
f the people. He was elected against the
"s. and in despile of the remonstrances of the
ole of fifteen States. lie has been forced upon
people by a concurrence of circumstances,
n there were a million majority of the voters
post J to him. In nearly one half the States he
: not obtain a single electoral vote. The elec-
. .if such a man, under such circumstances, it
- : reseen and predicted would bi fatal to the
and prosperity of the nation. How soon
-.11 of these fearful predictions been realized
same flash of electricity that conveyed the
's..f the triumph of Lincoln and his abolition
• ‘i.op.es, gave a fatal shock to the whole polit.
an i financial system of the nation. The news
result of the election on the 6th of Novetn-
' was felt with chilling effect through every
■ e and fiber ol the nation. The rule of StaUa-
:• and Philosophers has given place, to that
mvliog hypocrites and ranting mountebanks.
Presidentelect, dare not trust himself among
--"pie, but seeks the protection of mercenary
h-rs, and lakes the oath ot office under the pro-
•"ii of loaded cannon and fixed bayonets. The
1 .States, from the very highest pinnacle of
- in four short months, has become the pity
i contempt of the world. These are some of
• bitter fruits of Northern fanaticism.
be gri-nl mistake of Grarrnl Mcott—His
position turned—A fire in the rear.
■ Scott fearing that Washington City would
' n by an army from the South, made all of
• mi itiry demonstrations to resist an attact
"1 tli.it quarter But whilst he stood by bis bat-
J , "ailing the approach of an army of seced
s he was suddenly surptised by an army of of-
- hunters from the North and West, who open-
fir- in the rear of his position. Notwithstand
ing.! G?n. Scott’s precaution, this swarm of
* and Vandals from the North and West took
ity by storm, carpet bag in band, they fore ed
r way into every nook and corner of the place
-eseigned Old Abe and his keepers, demand-
: flii-e. The public offices swarmed with them,
i.ke the locust of Egypt, they even found
way into the bed chambers and the knead
r troughs of the inhabitants. Never before
• Washington was a City, has there been such
avalancL of long, lean, hungry looking Y'ahoos
icmanding office. Old Abe and Seward, it is
-i, had to lock themselves up to avoid them.
A Patriotic I-ndr.
h. tl, up crises through which a people pass in
■r i-'.ruggles for liberty, the ladiea have over
m noted fur their patriotic principles and acts,
' w “ll their self sacrificing disposition. Many
may not have war. If we have war, we are all
one—and in the same boat—and will have to live
or die, sink or swim together; therefore, we should
all be one peoph, or as nearly so as possible. If
we have no war, for a time at 1< ast we shall have
some trouble, and have to make som j sacrifices in
bringing our new government into a permanent
and fixed condiiou—and we shall be fortunate
if treaties are made and become operative, &c.,
ami we go on freely and unembarrassed, as usual,
within the next two or three years. Therefore, in
such times as these, we should have as iittle par
ty, or party feeling, or party scheming, as possi
ble Now while Gov. Brown may have a few en
emies, (and who is it that lias them not?) or a few
who do not like some, or several things, he has
done in the post—still, so far as I can discover,
with all parties he seems to give general satisfac
twn. T.iere is no party arrayed against him, mid
from present appearances, it is not likely there
would be any arrayed against him for another
term. Then, as he is now in office, and doing
well, and going on lo the satisfaction of everybody
to keep down party tee ing, audjsquabbles over the
office of Governor, until our government is more
firmly established, would it not be belter lo tied linn
without any nomination or without regard to paity
for another term! I clearly think tins would be
our best course—and 1 therefore trust that, as
suggested by Mr. Trice, the people, without re
gard to party, will assemble this spring or summer
and make known their feelings, and believing
they will adopt the suggestion above alluded to,
I hope we ghail beall one peaple this year, so far
as our next Governor is concerned—and so far
‘ all s well.” A GEORGIAN.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP ARABIA.
Liverpool Cotton Market.—The sales during the
week reached 63,40(1 bales, of which speculators
look 25,000 and exporters 11,000 bales. The mar
ket closed slightly above last week's quotations.
Sale; on Friday 6,000 bales The market was dull.
Sales on Saturday 10,000 bales, ot which specula
tors and exporters took 5,000 bales. Hewitt says
the market was firmer, and that the Canada’s
news imparted more tone. The market closed
advancing. The following were the authorised
quotations:
Fair Orleans 7jd. | Mid. Uplands 05d.
Montgomery, March 16.—The {Congress ad-
jcurneu to-night, to meet again on the second
Monday in May.
Gen. Stanford’* V.ctler.
Milledgevillo, March 7, 1861.
Sill: It is known to your honorable body, that
on the day after my appointment as Commission
er to Texas. I set out for the City of Austin, the
Capital of that State Upon my arrival at that
point, I found its Convention in session, and forth
with proceeded to make known the object of my
mission. I am happy to inform you, that body of
enlightened statesmen, and patriots cordially en
dorsed the late action of Georgia, and their people
not less cordial in their approval of her course,
have in the last few days, followed her example
and wilh almost one voice proclaimed for South
ern independence, and the establishment of a
Southern Confederacy. Although, their determi-
i.pie»
f heroism among the fair sex have oc notion in this respect, from its public notoriety
during the late revolution to inspire the
«'U of the sterner sex. One of the most noted
’-"se occurred in a village of middle Georgia
''»en South Carolina acceded, a merchant of the
r, p‘ spoken of declared that he would never
’ fiase another dollars worth of goods in Char-
' ,n . on account of the secession of the Palmetto
4t * Living in the same village wilh this mer-
- a lady who is a South Carolinian by birth
bon bearing of the threat of the merchant, she
"lined to give him tit for tat, by withdrawing
P*’roiiajje from him. She is a lady of wealth
-tanding iu the community in which she
' and her patronage and that of her family
pfction are worth something. One day her
'” l1 took the pass-book of her mistress to pur-
,om thing which tha latter wanted. The
^ ,-I coul.j no t be found anywhere else except
Hereof the merchant hostile to Carolina.
J ti, ts
ne servant purchased it, and bad had it
•’is 2 ^ The lady upon se eing the merchanta
far : nwon *>er bock, cut it out, and aent tbe cash
‘ Hlnde. Shortly after another servant, by
!-i-i n "" Stl ' te ’ re P Pate ^ t ^ le errpr of the first. A
the lime t * 1e patriotic and apnnky lady cut
°, Jt f 'j" le of, * le enemy of Southern independence
a,;-book, and give order to the servant*
ur the future will not be misunderstood.
UtJ. j’‘/ ne * ^ Hughes, formerly a member of
bom Missuori, died laat week.
must have already reached you through different
channels, yet 1 have considered it proper iu the
conclusion of my embassy, formally to report tbe
fact to your honorable body.
From the evidence which that nrb’.e and spirited
race of men have thus given of tlit*ir loyally and
drvotion to Southern rights, I feel that I jp.y but
ajust tribute to their courage and patriotism, in
saying, that the people of Texas, having upon ma
ture and thorough deliberation adopted this meas-
me as a last resort to protect llitir interests and
institutions Irom Noitliern encroachment and
usurpation, and to vindicate their character and
honor from the ignominious imputation of abject
submission to wanton outrage and insult, will
aland by their act, “at every hazard and to the last
extremity.”
In my admiration of their conduct, / cannot but
eontrast their noble altitude with the humiliating sup
plicating posture of otuers vainly begging upon their
knees Os a gracious boon what as freeuteu and iquuls
they should demand as a right with arms in their
hands.
Upon the occasion of this most welcome and
valued accession to our cause, 1 may be permitted
in common with yourselves to hail the Lone 8tar
as one of the Southern Constellation, making
now our number seven. Like tbe seven of the
Heavens, may they revolve harmoniously in their
orbit. Unlike tbe fabled Pleiades of antiquity,
may no one of tbeir number shoot madly from its
sphere, and be lost forever.
1 have the honor to be with great consideration,
Your most ob't. serv’t.
J. W A 8ANFORD.
Hon. Geo. W. Crawford, President Georgia
Convention, Savannah.
union between all the States. The President puts
forth earnest professions of love for the Union,
and places justly and properly much stress upon
his duty to pres-rve it and execute the laws. But
he commits the practical error of setting up the
tloarv ol an unbroken l.'nion, against the stubborn
fact of a divided aud dissevered one. He proceeds
upon this false assumption—false in practical fact
however correct in mere theoretical reasoning—to
8peak of enforcing the laws and collecting the rev
enue in all the States—a measure which, in the ex
isting relations of the seceded States to the Union,
is nothing less than a proclamation of war.
The principal points iu the message are the fol
lowing:— 1. That legally there is no light of seces
sion, and therefore the withdrawal of the States
now comprising the Southern Confederacy, is
without authority and void. 2. The Union being
theoretically unbroken, it is tbe duty of the Presi
dent to execute the laws iu all' the thirty-four
States. 3. No war need ensue unless the people
of the seceded States resist the execution of these
laws; and no force will be used on the part of th<
Government, except to hold and possess the pub
lie property and to collect the revenue in all the
States. 4 In communities where the popular
voice is so strong that residents will not accept
the Federal offices, they will remain vacant
We apprehend that tin* President, b-lore be
shall have long been in office, will discover that
there is an essential difference between the work-
in.-out of a problem iu theory, and carrying the
conclusion to which it leads, into practical effect.
H= will discover that while the positions which
he lias enunciated, were sound enough as exposi
tions of Executive duty so long as the Union re
mained intact, the case is essentially different,
now that a separation has tak' n place. He will
find, as a question of fact, that in attempting to
arry out his policy, lie will have to encounter an
organized, earnest and determined resistance,
Irom a large and powerful portion of the late Un
ion, and that jurisdiction, so easily disposed of iu
theory in the Inaugural Address, is in fact to bo
determined only by force. The case then is resol
ved into the simple, practical, aud yet momentous
qustion, Will the government of the United
istaies attempt, by lorce, to retake tbe Forts, to
collect the revenue, and to exercise jurisdiction in
the territory covered by the “Confederate
States ?’’ ll the reply is in the affirmative, w e are
on the eve of a disastrous, bloody and desolating
war.
We have not deemed it necessary to discuss the
minor points of tbe message, it is sufficient to
look at the great issues involved iu tbe Presi
dent’s declaration of principles on the great ques-
thuis now before the country, and to await the re
sult, if he shall attempt to carry these principles
into practical execution. We do not believe he
has adequately considered the difficulties which
ihe Government has to encounter, or that he lias
any clear conception of the disastrous and over
whelming ruin in which a literal carrying out of
his policy will involve the country. He cannot
have lolly apprehended the evils which will bt
entailed upon the people by a war between two
such powerlul forces as will be opposed to each
othei; it the difference between tlie North aud the
auuth are to be decided by force of arms.
Of the remedies proposed by the President for
tbe difficulties in which they are involved, it is
scarcely necessary lo speak. 1 hey are of a char
acter so dilatory involving so much delay, and
affording so little hope of au auspicious result, that
wo regard them as no remedies at all. The best
that he offers us—and in tins be is treading in the
path indicated by Mr. Seward and other party
leaders in the Senate—is a National Couveuliou,
one, two, or three years hence, to revise the Cou
stilutiou. Even this poor relief is offered grudg
ingly aud hesitatingly, with the declaration that
no wrong has been done, and no injustices suf
fered in oue section, at the hands of the other,and
the inference is left to be draw n from the lan
guage of the Message, that there are no wrongs
to be righted—no just complaints to be listened
delegation from the country. On the procession
reaching Gentle square an immense crowd was
found to be collected.
Mr Preston then, on behalf of the Baltimore
City Guards, handed Mr Buchauan over to Mayor
Sanderson, who welcomed ■. im.
Mr Buchanan responded substantially as fol
lows :—
Old Neighbors, Friends and Fellow Citizens :— I
have no; language to express the feelings which
swell my heart on this occasion, but I do most
cordially thank you for this demonstration of per
sona! kindness to an old man who comes back to
you, ere long, to lay his bones at rest with your
fathers. And here let me say, that having visited
almost every climate under the sun, my heart was
ever turned to Lancaster as the spot where 1
w ould wish to live, to die, and to be buried
Wh»-n yet a young man, in far remote Russia
my heart was still with your fathers, my friends
and neighbors, in good old Lancaster, ami although
I have always been true to you, I have not be.ii
half so true to you as you have to me. Your fa
thers took me up w hen a young man and foster
ed and cherished me through many long years
All these have passed away, and I stand before
yon to-day as a mail living in the second geuer-
ration. I feel, with all my heart, though intli
midst of posterity these sons are manifesting the
same kindness winch tbeir fathers would have done
had they lived to this day Generations of mor
tal men rise, sink and are forgotten; but the kind
ness of the past generation to tne, now so couspic
nous in their sons can never be forgotten. I come
home to pass the remainder of my days among you
as a good citizen, a faithful friend and adviser lo
those who need advice, and a benefactor to the
widows aud tbe fartiierless. (LouJ applause.)
All my political aspirations Lave departed, all I
have done during a somewhat protracted public
life has passed into history. If I have done
ought to offend a single citizen I now sincerely
ask Ins pardon. I close by repeating a sentiment
dear to my heart:—God grunt that the constitution
arid Union shall be perpetual, and continue asbield
and protection to ourselves aud our children
forever.
Mr. Buchanan retired amid enthusiastic ap
plause. lie then resumed liis carriage, aud was
escorted to Wheatland.
Correspondence of the Richmond Bispafch."
The rtraumoi Capital of (be Cobfcderate
Slates.
Already the future permanent Capital for the
new Confederacy is being discussed. Every man
has his place, and 1 have mine Columbia is
spoken of—it being the Athens of the .‘Oulli. hav
ing much wealth, plenty of space, and, for ihe
most part, regarded as healthy. I do not very
much like Columbia ; for, unless I am mistaken,
it is a very damp place—a dampness from fresh
water—aud much out of the way. Atlanta (Ga.)
is urged by tbe citizens of that place. Atlanta is
central, it is true, and healthy ; hut those streets,
and that mud, and that population. Macon, Ga ,
is also spoken of, but for mercy’s sake, unless we
are like “8liedraek, Mt sliack and Abeduego,”
don’t think of it—fur. without doubt, it is the hot
test place this side of Vesuvius. Huntsville, al
so, is named : but that won’t do—not quite ‘sound
on the goose ’
Montgomery, Ala , Ah. now I am balked.—
Montgomery is one of tbe most delightful iulaud
cities in the South. Situated on tlie Atacama
river—high and rolling, dry and healthy, and
“beautiful for situation” with the hills round
about it. with a population of as cultivated aud MOVEMENT Oh GOV ERNMENT STEAMER...
Supposed Suicide.—A young maa named 3. C.
Taylor, a native of Virginia, and employed—in
w hat capacity we did not learu—in the Georgia
Navy, was found, at tbe City Hotel, Toes
day last, in a condition which warranted the aus
pieion that he bad takeu opium, or some othei
deadly poison. lie was carried to the Hospital
w here he died on the day following. An inquoat
has not yet been held.—Sit. Hep.
From Texas—NurrcwUrr mf Perl Brewe.
New Orleans, March 15.—The Galveston C't-
ri/han, of the llth, says that the surrender of Foit
Brown lias been agreed upon upon, quietly, be
tween the Texas Commissioners and Capt Hill
The Xcws says that the Fort will be given up as
soon as ihe transportation can be tound for tbe
troops atatioued there. The Texas troops at Bra
zos are represented as fortifying the Island to
make it impregnable.
FROM VVA8HIGTON.
Washington, March 15.—Tbe five steamers
which eft New York, aud reported as coming
South wilh reinforcements, were to convey the
Federal troops from Texas. (!)
The effect of the President’s policy upon the
slave Slat, s lyhich have not yet sec.ded, remains
to be seen, if tbes.-could all continue in the
Union, animated by the spirit which once existed,
aud cooperating vigorously with the tree Slates,
the- preponderance of force w ould be decidedly
against the new Southern Confederacy. But if.
as seems probable, Y’irginia and other border
States shalljoiu those already out of tbe Union,
ihe two powers will be more nearly equalized, and
tbe struggle which must eusue, under the policy
indicated by the President, will be protracted and
fearful.
YVliat a sprctacle do we contemplate 7 Three
months ago, Congress assembled for public btisi
ness, and the eyes of the country turned to that
body in the hope that some plan of relief would
he devis. d and offered to the country. Two
months later a Conference of Commissioners from
a majority of the States was covened, in the hope
that the counsels of nn-n selected as peace makers,
rht. produce auspicious results Boih have
adjourned without any beneficial action, and the
now Administration, representing the sectional
party of the North, which succeeded in achieving
a victory at the last election, is installed, in the
face of the most alarming evidence that the Gov
ernment cannot be administered upon the basis of
that party platform, without producing speedy
and final dissolution,
\\ e will not enlarge. Others may see more
cheering omens-, and we hope with a more cor
lect vision than ouis. We await the develop
ment of the policy now inaugurated, with the
deepest concern for the future of on* country.
Time, to which the President refers with so much
emphasis, will settle the question—if not in the
manner he anticipates, nevertheless effectually
md irrrevocably.—Journal of Commerce.
Employment for Female*.—In England the
question ol employment lor the poorer classes ot
women and girls has of late caused much discus
sion in political as well as in social circles. I lie
rapid increase ol po| ulation, notwithstanding the
title of emigration, has reduced the value of labor
until it is impossible for many beads of families to
feed aud clothe their children, to say nothing of
educating them, without calling on tbe children
for tbeir services, almost, before they have
atrengt" or inteligence to render them. Thus a
competition virtually arises between members of
the same family, still further reducing the gross
earnings It is thus, too, that young girls are con
strained to engage iu occupations uusuited to their
strength and taste, and by such indiscriminate
and uncongenial employments, are brought into
unfavorable assoi iations. Formerly many of
them found employment in weaving, knitting,
sewing embroadery. &c., but they have been to
-ome extent driven from these and other familiar
fields by the introduction of machinery and the
encroach ments of the other sex. Tt is said that in
England 3ft,000young men, able bodied, and ca
pable of bearing arms, are housed up in lace, rib
bon and milinery stores, displaying those delicate
goods with becoming affectation, while thousands
of women are suffering around them In France
it is different. Tbe fioO.OdO soldi rs in the Empe
ror s army cause a vacancy in civil pursuits, and
consequently we find that females are admitted
into trades wherein other countries their presence
thought inadmissible. They swarm in the mar
kets aud on tbe streets, and thousands of them are
established alongthe throughfares of Paris and
other cities. But the moral effects do not speak
well for ibis latitude of employments. In Switz
erland women are largely engaged in the manu
facture of w atches; a delicate species of mechanism
for which they s cm well adapted.
In this country, where the fathers and brothers
are unusually able to secure work at fair prices,
the female members of the family have less occa
sion to seek employment. Probab.y much the
larger number employed here on wages nra to be
found on the light shoe work, and iu the cotton
factories of New England States. In the large
cities niauy are employed iu book binderies and
print coloring establishments. Among tbe more
cultivated, teaching and authorship have long
been favorite employments. Female authorship
has never taken a high tank, partly perhaps be
cause woiks of an enduring kind, requiring labo
rious research, have scld in been attempted by fe
males. In this connection may be mentioned a
class of literature which is undergoing tresb de
velopment in England, and for which woman is
particularly fitted. She lives in the present. Her
sentiment cluster around the fireside. She ob
serves thousands of facts in every-dsy life which
are worthy of preservation, and from which impor
tant principles may be deduced, tendiug to pro
mote not merely pliysicial comfort, but social re
finement. Florence Nightingale lias set an exam
ple in his work. Olliers are following. Recently
a hook addressed to the mothers and wives of la
boiing men, has been issued by a "doctor s wife
wbic-u has received much coinmendatian. W orks
of this character would be far more useful, and
confer a more lasting reputation, than most of tbe
present light literature of this country. Whatever
tends to throw more attraction about home, or4o
make it the seat of higher and purer influnces,
must be a blessing. If tbe race lost the first para
dise through woman, is it not fitting to welcome
her services in attempting to build up a second!
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
Washington, March 15—Senate.—In the Sen
ate to-day Mr. Douglas, in this great speech,
showed that the Government had no law or power
to collect the revenue in tbe South, except by cap
turing all tbe forts in the seceded States, which
would require SSU.CfW men and an annual expen
diture of $316,lMMU)0ft; besides an army of 30,Old'
men to protect Washington City- It is understood
that these estimates were furnished to Mr. Doug
las by Gen. Scott.
Fire nml Terrible I.om* of Life.
A Family of Seven Persons Burned to
Death.
This morning, about 6 o'clock, a terrible and
disastrous fire occurred at tbe Corner of 40th street
and Broadway, involving t lie death of a family of
seven persons. The building in which the fire
occurred w as a two story and basement frame oue,
aud was occupied as a dwelling bouse by two fam
ilies.
Mr. Henry J. YVood, with bis family, occupied
the upper floors, and another family tbe rooms on
the lower floor. This morning Mr. Wood and liis
servant girl went down stairs to the basement to
light a fire and prepare for breakfast aud when
they discovered the building to be on fire.
Mr. Wood immediately rushed up stairs to
alarm his wife and children, who were fast asleep,
but lie never returned, tbe smoke and flames
sweeping up the stairs with such violence that es
cape was rendered impossible.
Mr. Wood’s family consisted of his w ife—Isabel-
a—two sons, Henry and John, aud three daugh
ters, all of whom, with himself, perished together.
It is pretty evident tiiat Mr. Wood did not have an
opportunity of awaikiug tbe inmates of tbe bouse,
•lse they could have jumped from the windows,
which were quite low. and have saved their lives.
He was no doubt suffocated before be reached
them.
The wind was blowing a gale at the time, and
as the building was composed of tbe lightest most
combustible matt-rial, the destruction was com
plete. The persons on the lower floor all escaped
Two of them were, how ever, burned about tbe
face and hands
The origin of the fire is not known, hut there is
a suspicion that it was caused by some fiendish
incendiary. Fire Marshal Baker will immediately
institute an investigation.
The bodies of the victims were recovered, but
w ere so badly burned and charred us to be un
recognizable. They were removed to the 20th
Ward station^house, to await the Coroner’s in
quest.
The servant girl of Mr. Wood, who weut with
him to light the lire, escaped uninjured.
“Cozzens’ Wina Press,” for February, has an
able article on rbe “rights of the citizen,” iu
which the ioilowing passage occurs :
What is the cause of this great commotion
among the sleong governments 7 There is among
them all nut one citizen. At the head of each and
every one is a potential aud single sovereign
The rest of the millions of every degree, are siinply
subjects. Compared with them, we are, indeed,
a weak government. We acknowledge that there
is not federal authority enough to coerce a single
refractory Slate into obedience. And yet, by mu
tual consent, we have maintained !awr and order
for three quarters of a century within our burders,
during which time all monarchism* have been in
turn excoriated by the bloody flux of international
diseases. And has our time come to abandon the
tried and honored experiment which for so many
years lias made the very name of an American
citizen respected amoug all nations 7 Has our
time come to substitute the law offorce for the
law of fraternal kindness 7 Is the government to
be upheld by a standing army 7 are States and
citizens to be coeiced into a Union at the will of a
majority f Y'aiu delusion ! To people as inde
pendent as our own, the thre t of coercion will in
spire no terrors, much as it may engender hatred
and a more determined resistance. “You cannot,”
says the Rev. Sydney Smith, “exort friendship
with a cocked pistol!” Let us apply the in-xim to
our own affairs. Let us not, for a moment be
led away by the insolent declamation of that,
class, who. for some inscrutable design of Provi
dence, are now permitted to stand in high places
of the nation, once filled by patriots and statesmen.
No .' The greatest act of the drama remains to be
performed. The people div sion of this great na
tion into a double confederacy; a separation with
out the aid of artillery, infantry, cavalry; a divi
sion w ithout, the fulfilment of the apocalyptic vis
ion which Webster imagined will indeed be a
spectacle unexampled in moral grandeur, such as
the world has never seen before. And such, we
confidently predict, will be the end of this conflict
of opinion. This Republic, thank God ! is uot yet
in tbe throes of moral dissolution. We are yet a
homegenerous people, bound to each other by the
strongest ties, and united yet by a common faith
in a common Constitution. If we split into two,
nay, into twenty confederacies, tbe h. reditary
fascia of civil liberty is powerful enough to bind
us all iu one. E pluribus unum.
CHILLS AND FEVER! CHILLS AND FE
VER!!—One of the greatest remedies that has ever
been laid before the public for Fever and Ague, and
which have received the highest encomiums from the
press and the people, is DR. J. HOSTETTERS CEL
EBRATED BITTERS. Who would endure the tor
tures arising Irom this terrible disease, when it pan be
*o easily cured l Who would endure sleepless nights,
burning fevers and icy chills alternately, when a rem-
dv can be obtained for a mere trifle! And yet how
many families linger out a painful existence under this
deadly blight, and nothing hut gulp down quiuinc.
until it becomes as common as daily meals, aud yet
(licv are not relieved. None but the foolish and week
would hesitate to procure these valuable Bitters, and
save themselves intense agony.
Sold by all druggists.
For sale by GRIEVE A CLARK, and IIERTY A
HALL. 40 4t.
Northern Espionage in the South—Southern I’ol
it utters.—The Police Marshal of Baltimore has
written a letter to Superintendent Kennedy, of
the New Y’ork Police, asking if it is true tjiat
New York detectives have been employed iD Bal
timore with regard to the “plot” against Mr. Lin
coln, or in any other cases. Superintendent Ken
nedy replies:
I have had officers occasionally in your city, as
I have had in olhers further South, even Charles
ton, ever since these secession troubles began to
show form. I presume iu this I am not much
anead of our Southern friends ; not a few of tbe
journeys hove keen undertaken while attending
the movements of persons who were in tbis city
and excited our suspicions while here. But no
officer of mine has reparted to me tbe actual exist
ence of any band "organized for the purpose of
assassinating the President elect.” Although in
the prosecution of their duty they may have deem
ed it advisable to associate themselves with the
bodies denominated “Southern Y’olunteers”
wherever they tound them, they have not report
ed to me that even these bodies bad resolved on
assassination Of course I regard them dangerous
organizations, and have not failed in obtaining
every infoimation in my power to tbeir locality,
numbers, means of support, members, officers and
movements.
On some proximate day these points of intelli
gence may become valuable.
Since YVednesday of ast week, up to Tuesday
of tbis week, 327. of these men have left yoor city
in squads for service at tbe South, aud I am ad
vised that about 200 more will leave during the
present week. It has not appeared to me neces
sary to stop this movement, else I should have no
tified yon of it before. The parties are represent
ed to me as being desperados of the worst kind,
and whose departure from any community ta the
only good act they cau perform.
refined men and women as is to be found on this
green earth, and if my choice is not the choice.
then I go iu tor Montgomery, and Montgomery
will be the Capital ot the Southern Republic.
‘•Which is your choice?” you begin to ask
There is the rub. My choice i* just the right
place—no mistake in that—and I think you will
agree with me before I leave you “Well, what
place is it?” you ask, impatiently. Well. I will
tell yon. it is Charleston. It is due to her. Nev
er would these seven Cotton Slates have been
from under tbe tyrauical ruie of the North, if it.
had uot been for Charleston. But, you ask, “is
it healthy?’' Healthy 7 Look to the statistics,
and you will find fin Hall’s Journal of Hialth, 1
think,) that its bill of mortality is the smallest,
except two of any city on the Continent of Amer
ica. and only third or fourth of any known to tin-
world. Except ouo; in about throe years we uev
er have yellow fever, and that is not always of a
virulent kind. “19 it pleasant in summer 7” No
city in America is more so. The sea breezes pre
vail through summer, and altogether it is the
most delightful summer city that I know of.
Then we have everything here for the accommo
dation of the Government—tbe finest market iu
the South—convenient to the ocean—near t<
Cuba, Boston, New York. Philadelphia—imme
diateiy on the great highway that will be from
New Orleans east, and sufficiently central for any
purpose ; and more than all, there is not a people
on earth more highly polished than the peopl.-
of Charleston. Yet I confess I had rather have
Washington city than any, and if you and Mary
land wiilcoine along and getiuio good company,
we will have Washington any how. in ill fiance of
“fuss and feathers.” V1RGINUS
Chief Justice Taney.—It is reported that
during the delivery of Lincoln’s Inaugural.
“Judge Taney seemed very much agitated, ami
his hands shook very perceptibly with emotion"
as he administered the oath. We do not w onder
at this. When he heard Lincoln expressly repu
diate the solemn decision of the Supreme Court,
he no doubt felt that it was the precursor of civil
war, and the downfall of onr glorious system of
government. Aye, more, it was a distinct decla
ration that so far as lie (Lincoln) was concerned,
be should revolutionize the government and over
throw the Constitution, by (daring a false con
st,- action upon it. Well may the venerable Chief
Justice have trembled with emotion, when the
man who in one breath repudiated the Constitu
tion as it has been handed down to us by the fath
ers, in the next, swore to support it!
f Day Book.
Valle of an Explanation —A certaiu king,
it is said, sent to another king, saying, “Send me
a blue pig with a black tail, or else ” The
other, in high dudgeon at the presumed insult,
replied, “I have not got one, and if I had "
On which weighty cause they went to war for many
years. After a satiety of glories and miseries, they
finally bethought them that, as their armies and re
sources were exhausted and their kingdoms
mutually laid waste, it might be well enough to
consult about the preliminaries of peace; but be
fore this could be concluded, a diplomatic explana
tion was first needed of the insulting language
which bad formed tbe ground of the quarrel —
What could you mean," asked the second king
to the first, “by saying, ‘end tne a blue pig with
a black tail!, or else ?’” “Why," said the other,
I meant a blue pig with a black tail, or else
some other color But,’ retorted he, “what could
yon mean by saying ‘I have not got, one. and if I
had ?’” “Why, of course, if I had I should
have sent it;” an explanation which was enthely
satisfactory, and peace was concluded accordingly.
A New Hybrid Fruit—S. McDowel, of
Franklin Ohio, thus describes a fruit lately brought
into use in that part of the State:
An entirely new species of fruit lias sprung up
among ns, wli’.ch seems to unite the characteris
tics of both the wild plum of our woods and tbe
red nectarine peach, and all that is known of its
orgins is the following: A gentleman near
Franklin, in his garden, planted some stones ot
the red nectarine peach, which, on germinating
and throwing out their leaves, one among them
was discovered to be of .singular formation, and
like nothing else tbe gentleman had seen. lie
let it grow,and when transplanting liis nectarines
leli it standing in his garden, where it has fruited
for the last three years, the fruit being of a fiery-
red color, the size Of the nectarine, aud nearly
round in form, and of a most delicious taste, the
pulp being soft, juicy and rich, aud to my taste,
snperior to any of the plum family. Its proprietor
referred it to myself for a name, and I at once saw
from the peculiarities of the tree and fruit that it
was a hybrid, which owed its orgin to a wild plum
and nectatine peach, but could not venture to pub
lish my opinion until I saw that the nectarine and
plum had been hybridized by Dr. Wylie, of
Charleston, S C.. lie having exhibited the fruit
at the fair in South Carolina, and taken a premium
as a reward of bis success. This is a new fruit
of exquisite beauty and fine taste, ripening in
September, and thus far lias been free from the
curculio punctures—a thing which cannot be said
of our gages, except where bogs run about the
trees The tree inclines to run to top, with clean,
smoth branches, free from spurs. A leaf I send
herewith, also a short one from I lie wild plum, that
Jou may see that ils length occupies that middle
spaeewe would suppose it ought, between the
foliage of its parents.—Farmer.
New Y'ork, March 15.—The Mohawk, Supply,
and Empire City, sailed to day. Tbe steamship
Coatzacoalcos has beeu chartered by the Govern
ment.
The Liacslu Dodge.
AIR— Yankee Doodle.
Uncle Abe had gone to bed—
The night was dark aud rainy—
A laurellt-d night-cap on his bead,
Way down in Peuusylvauy.
tfrain—^.anky Lincoln came to town,
In night and wind aud rain, sir,
Wrapped in a military cloak,
Upon a special train, sir.
And there he lay, just six foot four,
Nor apprehending danger,
When Kernel Sumner ope’d the door,
Aud ushered in a stranger
Lanky Lincoln,Ac.
The stranger winked one of his eyes,
Says he “I'm a travTuT prophet!
I come to give some good advice,
I hope you will not scoffit.
Lanky Lincoln, Ac.
“Jeff Davis lie has sot a trap,
And if it don't miscarry.
Instead of goiu’ to Uucie Sam
He'll send you to Old Harry.
Lanky Lincoln. Ac.
“Upon to-morrow's train he's put
A bomb shell and torpedo.
Likewise assassius,eight or ten,
As many as you need—oh !
Lanky Lincoln, Ac.
“Besides lie's tied upon the track
A roarin’ bull of Basham,
And when the train runs over bim,
My eye! won’t there be smashiu’.
Lanky Lincoln, Ac.
“And then they’ve got some cannon there
Ami'll blaze away like thunder
Aud spile your whole tea party, and
Likewise your lot of pluuder.”
Lanky Lincoln, Ac.
The stranger ceased, the stranger sloped,
And uo spoke Mr. Judd, sir,
“The Slave Power’s after you. CHd Abe,
They mean to have yoni blood, sir!”
Lanky Lincoln, Ac.
The Ivurnel Sumner up and spoke,
The tears run from his eye, sir,
“Take a soldier’s advice.” said Ins,
“1 think you’d better tty, sir!”
Lanky Lincoln, Ac,
They went and got a special train
At midnight’s solemn hour,
And in a cloak and Scotch plaid shawl,
He dodged from tbe Slave Power.
Lanky Lincoln, Ac.
Thus Abe dodged into Washington,
For his inauguration.
In h military cloak and shawl,
Becoming to his station.
Lanky L ncoia, Ac,
Now, when the Wide Awakes go South,
(I nuke you no assertion,)
I only ask, it Lincoln leads
The army ot Coercion 7
Lanky Lincoln, Ac.
Will he bring Judd and Sumner too,
(I a-k tor information,)
And come upon a special train,
Aud whip a Southern Nation 7
Lauky Lincoln Ac.
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS—STRONG PROBA
BILITIES OF PEACE.
Washington Match . 16.—It is reliably stated
here that the Southern Confederacy Commiaah-n-
ers, Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford esttrtain tl*
strongest hopes of preserving peaceful relation*
between the two Governments. It is believed
that the diplomatic course of the Commission* rs
has been wise and judii-ions. throughout tbeir in*
tercours.- with th*- Administration here.
GROCERIES!
VBXfBV * B&Ol
(•PFdSITE TBE HIM.EBCEftl.LE HOTEL,)
O FFERS FOR 8AI E LOW FOR CASH,
1200 Bushels of Corn,
100 “ • Oats,
75 bbla , of Refined Sugars,
50 bags of Java and Rio coffee,
100 bbls. ot Family Flour,
30,000 lbs of Bacon sides and Shoulders,
10,000 lbs Leaf Lard,
20 hbds. of New Crop Molasses,
lull boxes of Adamautine Candles,
100 Cases of Boots and Shoes, (at cost,)
Crockery and Glass Ware,
Tuba, Buckets, and Brooms,
Butter and Cheese.
No. 1 A 2 Markers], Also Pickled Shad,
Tobacco, and Cigars,
White Lead, and Oil,
Camphene and B Fluid,
Nails, Trace Chains, and Hoes,
Liquors of ail kinds, and in any quantity, with
many other articles, but we have not time to enu
merate them now.
March 19, 1861. 43 is tf.
BOOK-BINDING.
The Subscriber is now pre
pared to do Book-X lad
ing, in ail of its brauchea.
Old Books rebound, Ac.
MUSIC bound in the best style. Blank Bdoks
Manufactnred to order. Prompt attention will bn
given to all work entrusted to me.
8 J. KIDD.
Bindery is gsalkcra Federal t'slss 6Hn.
Miliedgeville, March 19th. 1861. 43
TOWN LOTS FOR SALE.
^^LL the unoccupied lands belong-
Despairs of Virginia.—Tbe Southerners are
quitting Washington in crowds. “Zed,” the
sprightly VV asliiugton correspondent of the Rich
mond Dispatch, who have done yeomen service in
the cause of the South announces that he too is
“going to go,” and, despairing of the Old Domin
ion, in his piquant way he takes his leave of the
City of Magnificent Distance :
Detained a night longer than I expected, sup
pose you accept a farewell letter, by way of help
ing me to pass tbe time—for the town is lone
some exceedingly, like the iuside of a college in
vacation.
Some Virginians here have been much wrought
rip by the news from Lynchburg. Pelt! when
the dead arise, Virginia will move. She is not
going to get the “kick too much," which is “the
hope of liberty.” Lincoln threatens war because
he knows his hands are tied. War is uot the
thing we ought to fear. Peace is our destruction
war our salvation.
Aud now, weary of work, and satisfied that no
power on earth, short of the insane folly of her
enemies can save her from dishonor, your corres
pondent puts his worn pen into the thick crusted
inkstaud. there to remain—a painful monument
of unavailing labor. When Katie, the only pretty
maid, out or a dozen, we have had this winter,
comes in, he will point to the pen and the ink-
stand, and say to her as thesea-sick Frenchman
said to the steward when he asked him if he wan
ted his boots cleaned—“Sare, you may take zem;
I shall rant zem uairy more.”
Zf.d.
The Shoe l acier) .
We stated a few days ago that we understood
that it was not a contemplation to establish a boot
and shoe factory near th s city. We have since
learned that the enterprising gentleman who has
the object iu view is our fellow-citizens, Mr. J
W. Burch. He contemplates establishing a tan
nery and shoe factory, about five miles from the
city.
The Evening Dsspatch, of yesterday also an
nounces that His Honor, Mayor Bi.MMIET, will
soon establish a boot and shoe factory in this city,
and has engaged rooms over Mr. T. S. Metcalf's
office, on McIntosh street, for flic purpose Both
enterprises Lave our best wishes for their suc
cess.
Six-Fingered Family —A Belgian family, from
time immemural, has presented instances of six-
fingered children of each generation; and singu
larly enough, while the boys have bnt five fingers,
as most people, every girl born in the family pre
sents that strange phenomenon of six fingers on
each baud,and six foes on each foot. Iu all ca
ses the suppiimeutsry finger or toe is a twin of the
little one, of a perfect shape, and acts quiet inde
pendently of the others. The hands aud feet are
very elegantly shaped, and no oue would notice at
fiist the strange peculiarity.
The young lady examined by Dr Broca, far
from being ashamed of her dozen of fingers, cis-
played them with no little degree of pride, for they
are delicate, slender, tampering decidedly pretty,
fcjbe has gloves made exptessly tor her, and as she
is an excellent musician, she has invented a finger
ing of her own. by w hich she cau produce affects
wl.icb other pianists with ordinary bands, could
never resize. They keep fondly in that singu
lar family, the portrait ot one of the ancestors of
that young lady, painted by no less a master than
the glorious Rubens. The artist baa faithfully
diawu and painted the handsome and phenome
nal bands, with six fingers, of his model.—Ex
change.
ELECTION IN VIRGINIA.
Petersburg. V*., Mareh 15 —This city has giv
en a majority of ono hundred and seventeen for
secession. In February, it gave six hundred and
twelve for Union.
The Washington correspondent of the Phila
delphia Press says—
•‘Mr. Douglas called upon Mr. Lincoln on Wed
nesday night at Willard’s Hotel, aud told him
that he sought an interview at the risk ot being
misunderstood, but that the critical condition of
tbe country required every friend of the Union to
lay aside partisan feeling and personal delicacy.
He had just learned that theie was imminent dan
ger that tbe Peace Conference would dissolve
without agreeing upon any basis of adjustment.
In that event he apprehended that the Border
States might resolve promptly to secede from the
Union, before any plan could be matured for re
ft-rring the matters in dispute to the people of the
several S ates. A fearful responsibility would
rest- upon the President elect if the Union wdfre
dissolved under his administration, nnless ho did
everything in liis power to save the country from
such a catastrophe That Mr Lincoln store
could not save it. He implored him to speak to
his lriends in the Conference, aud save tbe coon
try. Mr. Douglas did not desire Mr. Lincoln to
explain his views then to him, but to speak
promptly and unequivocally to his friends.—
Twenty-fear hours more and it might be too late.
He reminded Mr. Lincoln that he bad children as
well as Mr. Douglas, and implored him ‘in God’s
name, to act the patriot, and to save to our cbil
■ tren a country to live in.’ Mr. Douglas said to
Mr. Lincoln that he was now, as heretoford, his
political opponent, aud expected to oppose the po
litical measuresof bisadiuiiiisirration. but assur
ed him that no partisan advantage should be
taken, or political capital manufactured, out ot an
a.-t of patriotism which would preserve the Union
of these 8tates. Mr Douglas added that he had
now performed his duty, aud asked Mr. Lincoln
to perform Ins.”
JfA fXA il lAH XJBJ #
In this city o . Thursday evening, 14th inst, by
Rev. H. J. Adams, Mr. Adolphus Bayne, to
Miss Mary Jenkins.
ing to the incorporation of Irwin-
lou will be sold by an order of the
Council of said Town on the first
Tuesday fa MAY' next, at the Court
Honwahor of said Town. Terms made known on
the dmf ut sal*.
E. F HUGHS, Mars.
March, 13th, 1861.43 tf.
GEORGIA, Bulloch county.
W HEREAS, John Goodman Ex’r. of the es
tate ot Nathan J Jone and admsnistrator
on the estate of Josialt R Jones, late of said coun
ty, applies to me for letters of dismission fiom
said executorship and administration.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors ot said deceas
ed, to show cause, if any they have, why letter* of
dismission should not be granted the applicant at
the October Term of tbis Court. Given ander my
hand, this 14th March 1861. (Mb) 43 nt6m
WILLIAM LEE, Sr., Ord’y.
Executors Sale.
A GREEABLE to an order of the Court of Or
dinary of Bulloch county, will be sold in the
town of Statesboro, yn the first Tuesday in MAY'
next, within the legal hours of sale, one Lot of
Land, containing Five Acres, more or less, bound
ed by Wm. Williams, and Wm. M. Eason, it beiDg
the late residence of Aaron Merritt deceased, asd
sold for a division amoug the legatees of said estate.
Terms on sale day
GEO. W. MERRITT,
SAMUEL L MuNE, Exr’a.
Bulloch county, March 14th 1861 (db) 43 ids
S IXTY days after dale application will be made
to the Court of Ordinary of Bulloch county,
for leave to sell all the lands belonging to the es
tate of William Little, late of said county, de
ceased.
TOLBERT LITTLE, Adm’r.
March 14th. 1861. (D B) 43 9t.
S IXTY’ days after date application will be made
to the Court of Ordinary of Bulloch county,
for leave to a 11 all the lands, and part of the
negroes, belonging to the estate of the Rev. Janies
R. Miller, late of said Comity, deceased.
AUGUSTUS B. MILLER, Adm’r.
NANCY MILLER, Admr’x.
March 14tb, 1861. (U B) 43 9t.
ATTORNEY* AT ’LAW,
ACWORTfl. COBB COUNTY, GA.,
P RACTICES in Cobb, Cass, Cherouee, Milton
Paulding, and FultOD.
—:oo:—
B-srsaxurcss.
Hon. J. W. Lewis, At.anta: Gen. A. J. Hansell,
Marietta^RoDEKTS, Coskery dfc Co . Augusta;
E. L. Litchfield, N. & G S. Avery, Ac-
wortti.
EP“Any information as to responsibility of par
ties promptly giveu^J
March 9th, 1861. 42 ly.
NOTICE.
fl^HE OFFICE of ihe Ordinary, Clerk Sup’r.
1 and Infr. i ourts aud Sheriff of Baldwin
county is kept iu Masonic Hall building up stairs,
adjoining Agency Planters’ bank.
BP. STUBBS,
Cl’k. Sup’r. and Infr. Courts.
J. HAMMOND Ord’y.
Miliedgeville, March 4th, 1861. 42 2t.
T HE SUPERIOR COURT of Baldwin County
stauda adjourned to 2d MONDAY IN MAY
next, of which all persons concerned will take no
tice and govern themselves accordingly.
By order of tbe presiding Judge.
B. P. 8TUBB8, Cl’k.
March 5, 1861. 42 2t.
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 1.
A LL persons subject to Militia duty are notified that
an election will be held on tbe 23rd day of
March, at the Court House iu the districts of 32)1,
oue captain, 321,322, 319. 318.115. and 105, for Cap-
taiu, oue 1st aud one 2nd Lieutenant.
The Justices of tbe Peace are notified to attend at
the election ol' tbe same.
J. B. FAIR,
Major of tbe 70lh and 71st Bataiions G. M.
March -Itb, 1861. . 41 tde.
‘ ej- r- aurBY
In Charleston on Tuesday the 5tb of March,
Adie E., wife of James A. Hall, aged 29 years.
With hearts too prone to earth and earthly things
we shrink from the angel of the covenant, even
when he conies to call home the weary and heavy
laden, at the end of a long, sad life, how much
more when the summons comes to our loved oue
in the morning of life, and we are called to go
again to our daily work with an aching sense of
loneliness, canying forever with us the feeling that
she can come to us uo more with her gentle mini*,
trations and loving kindness, making our lives
pleasant and our hearts glad.
"And he, whose eye
Looks pitying down on uatu^’s agony,
He in whose love the righteous calmly sleep,
Who bids us hope, forbids us not to weep !
Oh! well may those yet lingoring here deplore
The vauGhed light that cheers their path uo more!
Th’ almighty hand which many a blessingdealt
Sends its keeu airons not to be unfelt!
Yet uot tbe less o’er all tbe heart bath lost
Shall faith rejoice, where nature grieves tne moat.
Then comes her triumph! thro’ the shadowy gloom
Her star in glory rises from the tomb.
The final ordeal of tbe soul is past
Aud the pale brow is sealed in Heaven at last.
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GEORGIA, Jasper county.
'lirHEREAS.Jolm H. Ezell and William K.
Tv Powell Executors to the last will and tes
tament of Evan H. Powell deceased, makes ap
plication to me for letters of dismission from said
trust.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons interested to be and appear at my office on
the first Monday in October, next, then and there
to show cause if any they have, why letters of
dismission should not be granted the applicants in
terms ot the law.
Given under my hand and official signature at
office, this fifth day of March, 1861.
[43m6m.] M. H. HUTCHISON, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Jasper county.
W HEREAS, Ezekiel P. Fears, Guardian of
Benjamin F. Fears, lunatic, makes applica
tion to nte lor letters of dismission from said
trust.
Th se are therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons interested, to he snJ appear at my office on
the first Monday iu May next, then and them to
show cause, it any they havu, why* letters ot dis
mission should not be granted the applicant iu
terms ot the law, aud he dismissed from said
trust.
Given under ray haud and official signature at
office, this 5th day of March, 1861.
(43 nt6m ) M. H. HUTCHISON; Ord’y.
SHOES! SHOES!!
J UST received a very large lot of.
shoes, for Ladiea, and Children, to be
sold cheaper than ever beard of before.
J. ROSENFIELD.
March 2, 1861. 41 tf.
GUANO.
1 AA TONS of American Guano from Baker
J.\y\y and Jarvis’Island, South Pacific Ocean, all
ground for immediate use, put up in Bugs or Casks,
and for sale for cash—or approved credit till tbe 2tith
of Nov. next. WRIGHT & BROWN, Ag’t.
March 5tb, 1861. 41 tf.
Cora, Bacon and Meal
pOIt SALE BY
March 4,1861.
P. FAIR.
41 5t.
NOTICE.
T HE copartnership of M. D. Huson. and Broth
er, is this day dissolved by mutual consent,
in theMILLEDGEVILLE HOTEL.
M. D. HUSON,
F. A. HLSON,
Miliedgeville. March I. 1861. 4t.
T HE undersigned begs leave to inform his nu
merous fiienda, and acquaintances that tha
business will be carried on in his name.
FRANCIS A. HU80N.
Miliedgeville March 1, 1861. 41 4t.
Execulot’s Sale.
B Y virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of
Twiggs County, will be sold before Ihe Court
house door in Mariou, said County, within sale hours,
on the first Tuesday iu MAY next, the following land
to-wit:
One house and lot, lying In the town of Jefferson
ville, in said Comity, adjoining tbe lots of James L.
Harrell and otliers, belonging to the estate of A. G.
Uridger*. Sold for the purpose of division among the
legatees. Terms on tbe day of sale.
BALDWIN BKIDGER9, Ex’r.
Marion, Feb. 20tb, 1861. (t. s] 40 tds.
$1,000 REWARD.
BALDWIN INFERIOR COURT. $
In Chambers, March 11,1861. )
Ordered, That a reward of Ono Thousand Dol
lars be offered by the Court, for evidence that w ill
lead to the conviction of the inceRf|6wy or incen
diaries, who set fire to tbe Court House on the
morning ot the 24th February.
By order of the Court.
7 B.P. STUBBS, CPk.
March 14,1861. 43 3t.
For the Georgia Penitentiaiy,
1 CORDS OF TAN BARK, for which the
i 1/4/ market price will be oaid.
JAMES A. GREEN,
Principal Keeper.
Feb. 4, 1861. 38 2m.
NOTICE.
A LL persons who have made accounts wilh Joseph
Staley, which are now outstanding, are notified
that they are in our hauds for collection. Immediate
payment demanded.
„ «RA8£V E & uxGRAFFENREID, Atty a.
Feb. lltn, 1861. ay am.
Bxecutor’s STotice.
D EBTORS and CREDITORS of Archibald
C. McKinley, deceased, late of Lexington,
Oglethorpe county, are requested to pay their
debts and give notice of their claims in writing,
to tin subscriber at Miliedgeville.
W. MCKINLEY, Ex’r.
Jaxoary 22d, 1661. 37 6t.
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