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About State press. (Macon, Ga.) 1857-18?? | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1858)
MACON, GA. Thursday, March 4, 1358. SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN NEEDLESS EXCITE MENT. The Editor of the Savannah Republican is in a high state of nervous excitement, which, we can assure him, is utterly needless ami un called for. A “Boston correspondent*'—no body but a “Bostonian” could have made such a preposterous mistake —ha- intimated an opin ion that the Republican is on the "jire-cating" line; ami great is the amazement and sorrow thereupon. Our cotemporary hastens to dis abuse the mind of his “esteemed corre«; ~n dent”—tells him that he lias always "distrust ed" the class of politicians generally called c’rr eaters— that be can’t, for the life of him, con ceive what he has ever published to make peo ple think he was one of them—ami. in short, vindicates himself from the charge in a si ries of platitudes, covering some half column, more or less. Let our cotcmporury rest easy. There is no danger that lie will be mistaken fora “fire eater’ in these parts—none whatever; arid still less that the “fire-eaters” will try to ap propriate him. His di-claimer ought to .-o'i fy his •'esteemed correspondent” trom Ito-, nw: and if it does not, we otHselves will undertake to clear his skirts of the imputation. We guar antee to furnish a certificate, if it become ne cessary, signed by a dozen of the most promi nent "fire-eaters” in Georgia, that they recip rocate the “distrust” of the Republican to the full—that the Editor of that journal, in a po litical acceptation, never wrote fire, thought Cre, or dreamed tire—that they don’t wish even a "Boston correspondent” to mist .!,, him for their exponent—and, if all this should not sat isfy the “esteemed” friend, it shall be ad led that the “fire-eaters” repudiate the Republican. repudiate it, distinctly and emphatically, as the organ of their views. Let our eotemporarv, therefore, be easy—perfectly easy. The “fire eaters” arc quite as anxious to correct the mis take ns he can possibly be. ami h ma feel as sured that they will allow no .-md, injustice to be done cither to him or them. If our testimony be of any avail, he . hall not go without it—atyl whether it be or not, we volunteer it in his behalf. He >.iys he is utter ly at a loss to know what sentiments have ever appeared in the Republican to justify such an imputation. We have no doubt of it. Wc are quite as much at a loss as he. If ~ny such sentiments have appeared, we never aw them, and the Editor can not recall them himself. Therefore, if they <7f<? appear—Oh, “esteemed correspondent!” Oh, suspicious Bo lonian! forgive him: he Incut not tchat he did. This “correspondent" gives a curious reason why the Republican should not bo “fire-eat ing.” It is that "you hold the purse-strings." This is an allusion to the fact that a Georgian is Secretary of the Treasury—and amounts to an expression of opinion that so long a South ern man controls the purse, the South should keep shady and make no fu-s to attra : atten tion and spoil sport. This i something which could by no .possibility have occurred to any body but a Bostonian—certainly, not to the Editor of the Republican, who, though, bv lias not the honor to be a “fire-eater,” i unques tionably superi >r toaconsidi ration like this. It may not be amiss, pcrlmp-, to tell the “esteemed correspondent" who the-.- m n arc to whom the “appellation of tirc-i r.ters is gen erally given"--and who, as a consequence have “always” been "distrusted" by the Republi can. They are such men as Hinter, Mason, Davis, Iverson, in the Senate—such min as the present chiefs of the Department of Post Office, War, and Interior—such men as Johnson and McDonald in Georgia—and a host of others equally well known all over the Southern country. Such are the men who have altr.iys been distrusted by our prudent and sagacious cotemporary. But the designa tion now covers some not aluutye distrusted by the Republican. Mr. Toombs is called a “fire eater” by the Northern Press—so is Mr. Ste rtiENs—and so, no doubt, this “Boston cor respondent” regards them, and every other man who does not sing peatis to the “glorious Union" while the South is being cheated out of her rights. These are gentlemen for whom the Editor of the Republican did not always feel distrust, though they, too, have now for feited his confidence. In short .we know of no leading Southern Statesman who is not “dis trusted” by this Southern paper—and this ought to satisfy even a "Boston correspon dent.” We therefore call upon him to retract the charge. The Republican stands fully acquit ted. So far from beinga fire-eating sheet, there has never been a time, when the flame, of Southern resentment was lighted up, that its issues were not a series of wet blankets thrown npon the blaze. The Republican has merely said, in a mild, fraternal way, that “now real ly, eh—*pon honor-—don’t you think Kansas ought to be admitted with the Lecompton Constitution I and that you Northern brethren are crowding things a little'”—and straight away this “ Boston correspondent” thinks it is about to join the Fire-eaters! Isn't that too hard r MB. TOOMBS AND THE COLUMBUS PAPERS. The Washington correspondent of the New- Orleans Picayune states, that Senator Toombs does not hesitate to avow himself in favor of a dissolution of the Union, and declares it as his belief that the interests of both sections would be promoted thereby. This statement’, wheth er true or false, has called forth the denuncia tion of the Columbus Enquirer, which paper j takes occasion to apply to our distinguished jiud patriotic Senator such terms as "buffoon” —"dark hearted political parricide"—one rea dy to “plunge his sword into the bowels of his ' best friend”—a tit subject to have pointed at ' him forever the “slow, unmoving finger of scorn,” and other expressions destitute alike of good sense and of good taste. We were glad to notice, however, that our chivalrous cotemporary of the Tiu.es <£ Senti nel (whois true as steel in fidelity to his native South) was on the alert to vindicate Mr. Toombs from the unworthy and undignified assault, ad ministering a scathing rebuke to the Enquirer and all other Southern journals that are willing, in their blind devotion, to offer up the honor of the South on the altar of the Union. But perhaps this petty assault deserved no answer whatever. Such Lilliputian shafts pass by Mr. Toombs like the idle wind—they only serve to attract attention to the little archer who wields |o short n bow. Small wen sometimes assail prominent statesmen for the mere purpose of gaining for themselves a brief notoriety. Such | creatures should bear in mind the fate of the Sea-Gulls who attacked the light-house. Thu verse says : “The little sea-birds, blinded by the storms, ’Gainst some tall light-house dash their little forms, And the hard granite scatter* fir their pains 1 lie small deposits thut were meant tor brains — Yet the proud fabric, in the morning sun, | Stands all unconsi ious of the mischief done; ! Shines still brightly o’er the scattered fl-, t Os gvlls ami Boori.:s, brainless as its feet! [fob the state press.] MUSIC. HERMANN L. SCHREINER, Macon, Ga. The love <d recreation and pleasure isinsep i uratle from the human constitution, and cannot ; lie eradicated without deStroyingour very ex istence. Christianity was never di-igned to I oppose or prohibit this deep rooted principle ! when rightly directed, and is not intended to discountenance innocent mirth ami pleasure. The sprightly eye—the cheerful shout, the | joyful heart, are not in opp isition to the de j mands of the Religion of Christ, while they impart life, health, and vigor to body and I I(pml. i Among the diversity of amusements in this : life, music is considered us holding tlie first rank, and being the most ennobling and harm less. The Ancients considered it an essential branch of education, being not only desirable in itself but affording pleasant and useful occu pation in leisure hours. The value of any i science, says Tytlcr, "is to be estimated ac ; cording to its tendency to promote improve ment either in priv.it ■■ virtue or in those quali- ■ ties which render man useful in society.” j Now it is the perfection of any science to i unite nil these advantages—to promote the | advancement of public and private virtue, and to supply such a degree of amusement us to sn ' per-edc the necessity of resorting to frivolous i and worthless pursuits for the sake of recrea- • tion ; of this nature, in a pre-eminent degree is : the science of music. Mu ie i always a welcome visitor, and is adapted tot! e most solemn, a-« well us joyful ■ occasions; is as much relished when wc arc in i solitude us well as when we arc in thelovliest | company ; is cal ulnted to stir the heart of the i old mid young, and suited to all time-; and I places. It has been practised by the greatest i mt n of ancient and modern time--, and history i makes us acquainted with the influence it has | exercised over the human mind. Music was particularly held in gn at rever | cnee by the great German Reformer Martin • Luther. He cherished it through his dan- ! perous am! troublesomel:fe,nnd once it recovered, him from a severe fit ot fainting « hen nil other remedies scented powerless. “.Music,, says he “is one of the fairest mid most glorious gifts of God. to which Satan is a bitter enemy, for it ' remote- from the heart the wlightot sorrows 1 and the fascination of evil thought. ’ It ryfias i the pas-ions mid improve the umlur-tanding. : Those who love it are gentle and honest in j their tempers, "mid" be adds “I always loved ‘ it mid would not for a great matter be without the little skill which I pc- -. r-:sin this art." The effects of music on the human mind are often wonderful. What is more glorious, soul stirring to the Frcnch.man, than the war-like notes of the “Mirrseilies II; inn?” What deeds . of bravery have been performed by the war- 1 I like ions of that most excitable nation through ■ : the strains of their national hymn! It is sail ■ ; the soldiers of Bellissier’s army in Crimea, I : would not stir until their General gave orders I to the Band, to change their music of "la I'ar- I ter pour Syrie" to "All.-ns, en.fantes de la pa i trie." soon as the tir-t notes were heard there arose a simultaneous shout, a rush for ! the Mamelon, mid in u short time l'< llis-k-r j had the satisfaction of seeing the tri-colored i flag waving over the conquered city, the stern obstinacy of the Russian soldiers yield i ing ’to to the enthusiastic valor of the French, excited to the highest pitch by their favorite ! national song. j I’ieture to yourself the effects of the shrill ' notes of the fife upon the sons of America during tlie Revolution, who underwent hard ' ships, toil, and privations for the liberty of their country, fighting and spending freely I their life-blood : led by that greatest man of his age, whose name is. and always will be, ; sacred to the sons ami daughters of Columbia, i "Washington” the brave! the just! who fought for the great-»t cause—(like Leonidas of Sparta.) —for the liberty of his dear la-loved i country against a tyrant, whoso golden offers ; he treated with contempt. What recollections are brought to boar upon I the minds of America's sons by the sound of their national airs, "Hail Columbia" "Yankee I DoodM" On: Ft ao is there, and these only | made by the shrill tones of the Fife! The ' blood will rise, the muscle* swell, the eyes ‘ dilate, and the arm has strength to deal death and destruction in tlie ranks of the cm mie» 1 of your country. If music has such a great influence, and if I it is so productive of such wonderful effects, I how is it that so few worship at its shrine ? . We need not go far to find men who treat this science with marked contempt, who think It effeminate, and who look upon it. when in dulged in by men, as a worthless accomplish ment. V.n, did I say ? In the opinion of the Poet, it would have been a great misnomer to i \ call such creatures men. Is there a heart music cannot melt ? Alas! how rugged is that heart, forlorn: Is there, who, when these mystic transports felt Os solitude and melancholy born? He need not woo the muse, he is her scorn. The sophist’s robe of cobweb he shall twine, Sneak with a scoundrel fox or grunt with glutton swine. I do not fully coincide with that great Poet ! who said “that the man who has no music in his soul, or is not moved by concord of sweet sounds, is tit for treason ;” but will say that he lacks a great deal to be a perfect specimen of man if he does not desire the pleasure of music, the brightest and purest of earthly enjoy- I men Is. But the objection i often raised, that the time may be employed to better purposes, and I reply, it might also be applied to icorne.— Might not those hours, w hich are often abused j in shuffling and dealing cards—reading trashy ' books—paying slavish attention to fop|.viie« of dress or frivolities of fashion, be better cm- j ployed with music at home among the mem- j bers ot y our family to cheer, after a severe day’s tabor, your depressed spirits I But it ' seems to me that the methi'd of raising <lc i pressed spirits by pouring "spirits" doicn is frequently preferred. I have no time to consider all the objections to music, as they are “groundless ns a baseless fabric,” but shall try to prove that music has in ancient and modern times, been ■■ultivated by the greatest men known. The Greeks never considered their educa tion complete without music. The statesman, the warrior and poet were all equally intcrestedjn the pursuit of this branch, and in their Olympian festivities music held a predominant rank. Frederick the Oreat, could play excellently on the Flute; Edward the Sixth, Mary Queen of Scotts, Elizabeth Queen of England, were all practised m i-icians and exhibited gnat, fondness for tlie science. But I must bring my remarks to a close.— The field upon which we have entered is boqndli-s, but still we hope we have con vinced those (who wish to be convinced) that music has charms. In the language of the Poet: "How supreme her sway ; How lovely is the pov.i rtimt all obey. Dumb matter trembles at her shock— Iler voice is echoed by'the desert rock; For her, the asp w itholds his sting of death Ard bears its fangs but to inhale her breath; The royal Lion leaves ills desert lair, And, couching, lit tens » ben she treads the air ; And man, by wildestimpnl -e. driven to ill, Is tamed and led by this em hantress still. Who ne’er has felt her hand persuasive steal A long bis heart—that heart will never fee! "sis less to claim the pn --ioiis, soothe the soul, To snatch the dagger mid to dash the bowl From murder's hand - to smooth the couch of care— Extract the thorn and scatter roses there, Os pains hot brow, to still the bounding throb, Despair’s long sigh and griefs convulsing sob. How vast her empire ; turn through earth mid air Your aching eye. you find her subjects there; Nor is the throne of Heaven above her spi 11, Nor death beneath i. in the depths of Heil.” DEATH OF JUDGE STAR”. The Grillin papers annoimce- the death, on the 2ld ult., of Hon. Ja .ir:-- 11. Stark, one of the distingnisbed men of our State. His dis ease was Eresypelns, which is said to have been preying upon bis system for several years. He presides! over the Superior Courts of the Flint Circuits, for two successive tern s, with credit to himself, and satisfaction to the people mid the members of the bar. He 1 was a su perior lawyer, a useful citizen, and an upright ; man. His loss is deeply n gretted by nntner , ous friends. NOTICE. The Sheriff's Advertisements f r the <•< )unty I of piihrki. will hereafter be published in the State Peeks i.t Macon, G». MILES BF.MBKY, SherilF. March 4th. 1858. [FROM THE < t'XMTITf TfoNAl 1-T.] BAKKS OF CIRCULATION PAPFR MONEY. Mr. E oitor —»S7r; 1 Lave read aconitr.unira- i tion to your paper, over the'‘iirnature of i montl," treating of the above subject*, and re ' viewing (iov. Brown'.'wto -age. By your leave, 1 will review the reviewer, and pr<>< iit some views going to show the • vil«» of our present monetary system and the n<-"-it\ of a thorough ami radical, though gradual re formation. To do jurdice to the subject, or i rather to my own views of it. will require me ! to occupy a considerable space in your column-. ' For this I must find an iip*-logy in the impor tance of the subject ami it* peculiar interest at I tlii- time. 1 shall endeavor to disci— it with i out the spirit of a parti-an. di-daimmg, as I do, | any partisan or M'lfrh ,>ubj»'«*t. j In discu-sing the subject of bunks and peprr i money, it is important to keep con.-tantiv in ' mind that banks are of dilfcrent kind-, ami • perform various functions. There are batiks ! of deposit, banks of di-count, ami banks of i*- ■ sue or circulation. In the early history <-f 1 these c-tablishrnent-. these several tumtiof:- w erc performed by different banks, or rather, I banks of issue are of much more recent origin ; than the others. In our times and country, ail the- functions are performed by the same I establishments. Our* are banks of deposit, ilwouht and circulation. Preliminary to a discus-ion <if banks and paper money, it is pro per, and perhaps ne< es.-ary, to give a brief his- I tury of them. The first bank of which hi-to , ry give” any account, was that of Venice, e i tablished in 1171. It. was e-sentiaily a «!epo-it I bank. The bank of Amsterdam was v.-tab- I lislied in 1G59, as a deposit bank, upon the that it should have at all time- iu its 1 coder- bullion eijual to the full amount of the claim-upon it. The bank of England origina- i ted in 1694, in the exigencies of the British government, and is the principal bunk of de po-it, discount, ami circul'itiuii in the world. It is-ue- no bills under the denomination of five i pounds sterling about twenty-four «lol:ars. i The Bank of Frame vv as established in 1 *O3. and issued notes of one thousand ami of five bun dred francs—that is us about f*2<)o and SIOO. Thus it seems no bank- ever existed prior to the year 1171. ami only two from that time until 1694. ami they were simply banks of deposit, | that is c.-tabii-hnivnts for the safe keepingot money, and for facilitating its pay meiit from one individual to another. They issued no ■ note*, and therefore vv ha! is now denominated ; paper money was wholly unknow n to the world tor nearly seventeen hundred years at i ter the Christian era. U ill some champion of paper money inform us how the world got j along during these centuries, ami that other * long series of age* from the flood to the advent | of our Savior, without “banking tacilith - j Surely if great State*. Kingdomsand Empires have flourished and become renowned, not only fortheir achievements in art-and arms, but tvr I vast enterprises accomplished, and wealth ac . cumulated by commerce, without any aid from ! banks or paper money, it is quite reasonable i to conclude that there is no physical impossi i bility in the way to prevent our disposing of I cotton without their agency . Yet such is i gravely asserted to be the fact. Let tbo-e who ' make this assertion come forward with proof ito support it. Reason revolts at it. History * contradicts it. The t .xperivnee of centuries dis approves it. his apparent from history that . all the commerce of the world fur many ccn- I turics, during which there were great com i nnTrial States and va-t currents of trade, was conducted without what, in the jargon of bank i men. are called “banking facilities. ’ Are we to be persuaded that what ha- been done it is ■no longer possible to do? If “one fact bo , worth a dozen arguments.” what bec< mes of a proposition contradicted by such a long array ;of facts? Jx.*t him answer, who assert.-it to I be a physical impossibility to get through the financial operations necessary to carry our cot ton crops to market a single season, if based upon a specie circulation alone. What are these physically impossible financial O|ierat ions? I 1 confess* my self ignorant of them. Perhaps ■ those who thus boldly assert their existence, ’ can sustain their position by a demonstrative argument. Until they do, I must be excused for regarding it &s a gratuitous assumption, supported neither by an intelligible argument •or a valid proof. A writer over the signature 1 I of “Richmond” in a lengthy and labored de- j ' tense of the banks ami paper money, says “it i is not obvious how we are to become gainers I by taking all the ri-k, trouble, expense ami de lay of bringing one hundred millions of dollars in gold coin across tlie uecan tu pay fdr cotton < ami then sending it back again to pay for goods.” I It would not be didicult to show that the losses ' by depreciated ami irrvdvc-mablv bank pnper , submitted to by the agricultural and mechani cal Classes would far outweigh all this terrible array of *-ri»k, trouble, expense ami delay” even if v.? had to take them upon British gold com ing here, ami upon our own gold going back; an obvious absurdity—founded upon the no le s obvious absurdity of supposing any such a transaction to occur. “ Richmond” seems to impute this idea to Gov. Brown. I do not know whether he is i justly indebted to His Excellency, or his own imagination for it. It certainly did not occur ■tome in reading the Governor's message, i’.e : its origin what it may, it shall nut be allowed t<> pa*s as any part of th? creed of those who would reform our currency. J>oc* not “Rirh- I mond” know that, as between one country and another, cuimnoditits pay for That the great ma.*'.* of ami ven of in- I tcrnal commerce, consists in an exchange of | commodities tbr cornmud it it-s; and that money, no matter what its kind, coinea in only ur mainly to settle balances? 1 say no matter ; what its kind ; but it is a fact well worthy of being kept in view, that where money does not p:i—from one community t«> another, it is al vv u s solid not bank notc w . hdernational currency consists qf yold and siittr. to the total exclusion oj bank uotts. As the balanced in foreign commerce are. when they do occur, not only of larger amount- generally than those which (M'cur in domestic or interna! c mmerce, but have to be transport*, d to greater distances, and yet are invariably paid in hard money, why should any man allow himself to be im po-ed upon by the bold assertion* of paper money champions that the "financial opera tions" nece-*ary to carry a single cotton crop to market would be physically impossible, if based upon a specie cab ulaliun alone? Ihe large balances occurring between the distant points in our country are nut paid in bank note.-, but in coir , when money actually pas ‘ us. Banks of circulation then do little or l nothing i:i that capacity, to facilitate the com mercial transactions of the country, evVn in I internal trade; and nothing that might not 1 jnst as well be done, if we ha«l a sufficient cir i rzz/u//**//of spv<*ie. That we have not such a ; circulation of solid coin, is owing -okly to the tact, that’we have armed banks with the tre mendous power ot driving it out, to make way . tor their not* -. That there i-an abniidjtnre of ! the precious metal- to supply a large circula tion, I vHI show ’••• f'-ri- 1 cd **.- this coinn uni , cation. That paper money ha* expelled it. and i why it expels it, 1 may undertake to show i hereafter. The balances occurrin/ in com- I inerce are always wry .-mall a* u.»mpurv<i with j the aggregate value of the articles exchanged, and therefore the actual trati*fvr of coin is al ways of a very limited amount a* I have shown, ' b'-nk notes—paptr ntoncy, are not ’einj»!oye<l i for that purpose. Hence they are of no u-v whatever in foreign, timl of very little even i»i j internal commerce. They have little or no ; commercial utility. It is not then in their ca pacity of banks of circulation, or manufactories of paper money, that we arc to look for these 1 tremendous “financial operations,” now decm , ed indispensable to carry a single crop to mar ket, of the single article of eutton, for a single rea*on. Whatever services banks may perform for commerce, are rendered by thvfn as agen i ci. for ping, and transfer of . money from individual to individual, and from ' place to place; that is, as bank- of discount j and deposit. In ti:c-t capacities, the advocates ' of a sound currency make no war upon them. ' It i* as banks of issue, hoarding for their own I u.-e, or expelling all our gold and silver coin to be re-placed by their <»wn. irredeemable bills, a* the only curren -y for the people, that we protest agaim-t, denounce and- cond* ion them. Ihis is “ Richmond’s” dome-tic « urrenry fur nished to the baling ma---* by his “finarn ’al i democracy”—the banks! Tin-“ timmcial dc | moenn-y. ’ (I thank thev. Jew. for baching me that word) kcup the hard cash for it- u\\ u.-e. , and giw the people it- mg-. r<Jui od or not. 'a- suits it< pleasure, lor tneir-; nnd if one of j the people even wani.- to .-»■► a pohlen vr.gh*. .he mu.’l pay fur the sight! Tim- fimuiuinl »ie { mo* racy puts into th.' hand* of a <'ms-, t ou» : paratively few in n’.iinbvr*. and generally of !arg<' wealth, the pow er to expel f-< ni g< neral i « irciilatiou a -oimd UH talie i t.; reney, of imi.’m m. iustrim-ir and in.li.-truetiblv val*;v ; ami | ’ y- ' <*ally incapable ot gn at and -ndden exp.m-ioii i and c<»ntractiun*. But it into their po-.w:, d*d ; I -ay? Il do* * far more. It vii- >r< - that r- ' iil I by making it tlu.ii intcre.-t to ... • i/U-pb-ii it. ‘ diits I propo-e to show at greater b light in a i future conuiiuni< <;t ion. I re-’iir to ’•Richiiiond’s' idea of at: : ' tind I tr:m-fcr of one hundred midi dollar- of gold i from England to buy our coiton, and the re transfer of the same hundn*! million <*f <!«.•!);.t•- bark to E'uliind tu pay for g'sals. How the idea of a hundred million dollars worth of <*ut ton wanted on one side, and a hundred million ' dollars worth of goods wanted on the other, tail : ed to suggest to the mind of “Richmond'' the -iuiplv and obvious expedient ot an e.rchanye, •. w ithout any transfer of ca-h at all, serins very strange. F limps be only meant to impute this idea to Governor Brown. If-o. lam sure he does an injustice tu that gentleman, for which all his “respect foi him personally,” is j scarcely an adequate atonement. 1 will not ! iiazard the perpetration of an injustice i<y im ! puling to “Richmond'’ any purpose of impo- I sing upon the credulity of hi* readers by sug- ■ ; gusting this enormous tran*t« r oi cash, as a ; ditti< ulty really to be apprehended. But it i -vein- there i> another diiliculty- t practical \ difficulty:— “Where is the gold to come ! from ?” This difficulty rvMs up»n the other, : | ami falls to the ground along w\th it. If this i enormous transfer is made so ea-dly, the gold : will not be wanted ; and there is no necessity I togo in search of it. But tins fearful appre- j ■ hension of a deficiency of the pr< < i<»u» metal* 1 j lias always been brought ft rward as a pra-'h- ’ cal difficulty • by the advocate* of banks and i paper money. It is not original. It was urge.l i w ith great confidence ami vebcuvure by the i Whig-, against the collection us the Federal ; revenues in gold and silver. It is an old i Whig argument, pressed into the support of \fnancial Democracy. Can any man be se i rioiisly apprehensive that there is not gold and I silver enough in the worhl, wen m»w, to make ■ a currency of ample volume to vitect all the vx- I changes of every commercial nation upon : * arth ? B'so, kt mu attempt his relief, and ‘ that of all others who may participate in his | troubles, by taking a glance al the tact* rcla • ting to thi-subject. By all accounts, ancient i and modern, there were large quantities of gold . and silver in the world, prior to the year of I our Lurd 14' 1 .. Ha.-it ever occurred tothos-- ! who coH-ider.thv quantity us the prveiousmet- als as too small, that it is this wry circum- ' stance of Ittiiilkd quantity which denominates ; 1 them prec'vus and adapts them *o admirably ; to serve as the mat. rial of money ; that this circumstance, together with their minute di | visibility, their ii.-k-trnctibility, their intrin ; sic and universal \ aiuc, has caused them to be j adopted us the matt rial us money by all civili ! zed States, in every quarter of the world, and lin all ngxs? it w. .id be easy’ to show, that, i if tlieir quantity v»\ ix as limited as ‘Richmond i would have us suppose, still, that would be no I reason why we should not proceed, by a grad- ■ u<tl process, to a thorough reformation of our disordered monetary system, imr why the precious metals should not form the body I of our circulation, as well, or better, and more , j certainly than they i v constitute, as piat*. nd -1 ed by the advocates ui Banks, the basis of that circulation. But, a* to actual quantity, let me ask, ha* ' Hl ch round ever form* 1 any idea of the vast amount us these metak which must Lave been extracted from all th-- mines in the world prior to the discovery <>f America in 1492? This is truly a point well w< .n , to be considered be fore giving way to any alarm on the subject.— Then it he, qt any hotly else is si ill seriously apprehensive of a<k ii Aney, let him consider the followingstati tic - taken from Humboldt's great work, entitled "laaai Politique sur la Siairelle Espayne." “This illustrious travel er’,’says MtCullock. in his Dictionary of Com merce, “besides being acquainted wit!! all that bad been written on the subject, and having rca»ly access to official sources of information unknown to other writers, was well verstd in the theory and practice of mining, ami criti- ■ cully examined several of the most celebrated i mines. He was, therefore, incomparably bet ! ter qualified for forming correct conclusions a» to the productiveness us the mines than any of ; those who had hitherto specuhited upon the subject.” According to this great authe»rity. the supplies of the precious metal, derived from | Amerlt-a alone, from 1492,t0 1803, were as follows: 1492 to 1500, aa'l av'ge $250,000, for 8 y'rs, #2,000,000 1500 to 1545 an'i av'gu $3,000,000 • for 45 y’r* $135,000,000 1545 to 1600 an’] av'ge $11,000,000 tor 55 y’r*. $605,000,000 1600 to 1700 an'l av'gu $16,000,000 for 100 y'rs sl,- i 600,000,000 1700 to 1750 an l av'ge. $22,500,- ’ <7OO for 50 y’rs $1,125,0 ; >“,<“»0 1750 to 1803 an'l av’ge $35,300,000 for 53 y rs $2.>24.000,- t 000. Grand sum total in America in 311 y'rs $6,271.< ; ’O,OOO. Contemplate th;* vast sum of six thousand, , two hundred ami ninety-one millions, attent- ■ ively. Divide it out among the commercial nation.) of tlie world in sonic reasonable pro- j portion to their indust-ial and commercial ac- : tisity, am! say w hether this w ould not supply them all with a currency of ample volume end amount ? If still uneasy , remember that tliia i *tu|>vn<louß sum wa* taken from the mines of ‘ America, alum , in little more than three him tired year* from its first discovery ; and if you ■ ! please*, add to it that other untold but certain ‘ ly enormous sum which has been taken from i all the mines us every other part of the earth , inevery ago. from its lirst creation down to . that same blessed yearofour Lord, 1803. As- , ter you shall have formed, a* nearly as you i ; can, an adequate conception us the united vid- i i ae us these two va?-t masses of wealth, repeat ■the fearful question of Richmond, “where is the gold to come from to Luy a -ingle crop of cottonT I-it p<’-sibk that any rtu.«o!iable man can still be sincerely, teriously apprehen sive? if there be such a man, let me say to him, that there is still another va< sum of the . preuiou* metal- to which 1 havvih*t yet called atti ntion. I refer t<> the thousand* us n/Jlious i that have been taken from all the mints ui the world within the last fifty-live years, from ; 1a(.)3 -•» Never, in the history of our ra< e, have mining operations been curried on , v.xtvh-Acly or witii sueh>kill, energy and .*iiu«A--, ns during this period. And to-day ■ they ale conducted with Anglo-Saxon energy in vw;y quurtvi oi’ rid. *timuhi;c<l by a . d*iit of wealth a* intense a* it is universal,! and mded by all the meuii-and appliances w ha h 1 s«-n nee ha suggv.-ted, and experience perfect- , ed. tonirtkv them < ui taiuly and largeA success- I I ful. California alone i- now yielding more than 1 all tlie mints of the world fifty year* ago, and ; Aii'lrj'ia is rivaiiii._ California! Ob-erve, ; too. that these two -rand sources of supply , ar» in tin Lun-l* oi the two ,. r ’■ atest commer- • < i:J communities in the world —England and: ; the I nitvd Siate.-—the one making, the other ( manuiacturing the great bulk ot the cotton rop of t rid. 2 hat they hit* e ;»r rta.-oji.-, and many other*, vast dtakn;. * with en«h other -mi that only a eomparativtly ; .-sjn.ill sum i* .•c(*a*ionaHy w anted t > y:iy an ou- < asiojial balam e, on« way ■ r the other, and then r.-k, if y<».i ran, “where is the gold to ' come f rum to buy a single crop oicuttonf’ Mill further to illu.-trate, and if po--ible to , simplify the mode of conducting c-.‘!ninercial tran.*acti< ns, nnd to show the comparatively small amuu nt ofcash required, 1 shall take a i statement of ‘*li;chnio!td ' himself. lit- says i “ten mvrcentile house.} can be named in Au gusta. whose country customers owe them tw e'vv hundred tlioi.,-;:nd duii;.r.*.. And th..* is | only an example." To maxc his example I seemingly a* fmmidaMt- a pu- ible, I pir.-uine ' nv took the u-n most extensive mercantile i hou.-c-. having the large-t ma -of indebted i< < unlry (i! timers. But let tl ;.t pa-*. I ask , li<*w are t "-c » <»antry cu-tuimrs to pay ? j With wlt.-.r mu*t they pay t it is wit!i paper m -ney. v»u’i when w-.- haxcan a’.-undanue of ; . t: .i, a’;'! no . <>tn ar all, or with country pro- . d.;. -( tual if they <! • .mt pay with paper . w av. it-.-... p.-'.j cr t;r.-iii.-,' wo'ibl i■ -j p?.y v. ith < i>in. .. we had a- -.a nivi.tb..- < i; *en< y < D it !u>! obvimi- th;.’., in ! "U’i « - th'-'t* f y m<; mer* m. t p-’.y, r..i i *.\ witii wLii thev !, /. ■ ;*,. iu ct:. n :.:.;l" ..(her -t,. th:.! i:;- ' wleibtr. f pap.r it temporarily, vr to pay I ir i it.*'.- !.n totr.-e-.. mim'.te!.. t!;e tran-a mm* by v.l.ieh tbi- imb-bo. bn - ' < i country cnsto- . in -i•. i* d;--Liirgt <l. in ord-r to j. ’. --. ’:vv that nauiey. whether < f paper or (■•'in. play’-* but a -u! >i I’.i'ia’- part, k f<*r chi--- who a**urt tbm coin i .-mnot !>u imid-- to perform tlip.t sub “rd’.imtv and teinp’’Tary service, to make g«»< d that A. a country rusk mer, owe- B. an Angnsta ; merchant, eight hundred dollars, and B owe.* ;<\hNvw York importer, eight hundred dol lar* for goods got • 1 D. an English manufac . turt-r. A ha* twenty bales of cotton w orth > eight hundred doll; rs, w ith which he pay.- B, B pay* C. and C pays D. The* inertn*ed value ■ of the cutton, a* it goes along, pay s all the ex pun.-e* of transportation, and we have twenty- I four hundred dollars of debts exting'ib Lt d I without the intervention of any e:i-h. It is , immaterial for any purpo- ■, where thi* procc.-.' jof payment begins or ends. A might .-hip his { <-"tt"iit > C. and take in payment a draft on B. and C pay D a* before, by shipping the <* ’ton ; to him. or by a draft for it- proceed*, if ho . consigns to any body else. It is thus, by the ' shipment of its own production-*, that every ' I community pays other eommpniti ■« f*>r their-. ! Bills »>f exchange, foreign ami inland, and everv ' other form of commercial paper* drawn upon I the-e productions may. and commonly do, in i rerwne to a considerable extent, but money i rarely, and only to a very limited amount; and ■ payments in ca-b brtwveji one distant point and ■ i another, even in the same country , are hardly uv> r made in what is called paper money, but l in Lard cash ; and this is aiw ..ys the case when the pay mvnt i* between one country and anoth- , er. It may be said that the w hole vnlue ot the i twenty bale* of cotton mu-t several times as -ume tlie form of money before it reaches it* ‘ tiaal point of destination. I <m.swv?-, it im y do so. but it is mnnifu-rly not indispensably 1 :iece*sary. I will add, that where there is one sort of paper money current at Augusta, and I'lothvr *->rt <> ’ pap« r imm» y current at -w York, and -till another sort current at Liver pool. then, if the vrliieofthis twenty bales of • otton doe* om-e as-iimc* the form of the pa|>er money of any oi the* ■ localities, then that paper money \;due must be a_;nn changed be- • i ibru it van trav» :; where!'if at any point it ! .-ho'.dd .i*>UHiv ti v form of gold, it will travel i idong, every wJo re e.xtingui.shiiig debt alter debt a* it goes, ami (k*truying the necessity J n<r :dl thv*e manifold shaving operations upon v. '.'i ii ban! - ; ml p; per money me;, la'.tvii at the expense of the toiling world. Suppose A -ell- his twenty bJes of cotton at JiUgii-la for tin Ik of art!*] dbl is. D b.»dy know that with these he cannot pay ; and that he must go to some shaving shop, with hi* irredeemable paper i::.’i.-.y, and buy at a g, .-d round premium, a bill of exchange on New York, which may be met there by the proceeds of the * !e of this same twenty* bales of cotton t The price paid tor thi* bill, beyond it* amount, is called exchange. When bought with the bills of * i.-jtended banks, it is always ; lii.-h; w hen bm’-.ht with specie, it is always i very small, sometimes nothing, which proves , that the “trouble, risk, delay and expense” of remitting coin, paraded by paper money men, if not intended for popular delusion, is little better than idle clamur. It is thus apparent that when commodities do t ike the form- f money, it is but momen tarily. nnd is a’way -in that of the money cur rent at that place only where the transforma tion is made, if it h« paper money, but would j be current everywhere if it were gold and -il- ' ver. This universal currency, it it w< re gold and silver, would, if we had a sound metallic curren cy. put an end to those heavy exactions levied j by banks and brokers under the abused name i of exc hange* upon the commerce of the coun try. Exactions by which they accumulat*? larger sums than would pay for .he transfer, in-'.irancu and safe delivery of ail die gold and silver balances necessary to the most active and expanded .commerce. It must Ire appa- . rent that banks and other shaving shops, deal- ing in wluit is calh-J exchange, have a direct interest in preventing a recurrence to a sound metalic currency, and in diversifying as far as possible our paper money. All that is requi site for any place, is to have money enough to effect the transfer or exchange of commodi ties usually occurring at that place, and it is manifestly for ths interest of the whole coin . munity, except the money changers, that this ; should be money universally currept to save the productive and laboring classes from the necessity of being driven into the shaving mills to get money in one place available as money !in another. The amount required at one place bearsa small proportion to the aggregate value : < f the commodities exchanged at that place ! for two reasons; first, because it is required in many instances only to pay balances, and sec- | ondly, became the same money w ill, in a very short time, pay many debts, or effect many ex changes. Kverybody can set how the twenty bales of cotton paid first A s debt to B. then B’s dvht to (J, C’s debt to D. and might have continm 4 to pay debt utter debt to the end of ) the alphabet. Everybody can see that gold : . or silver would du the same thing every where, ■ i w hile paper money could not. Every hotly can see how the eight hundred dollars of paper i : money even, received by A fur hi* cotton at ■ Augu-ta. mry go into the bank whence it came ; fora bill of exchange, and be withdrawn again • j to buy ".nuther twenty bales of cotten nt Au- ; gustn. al! within an hour. And seeing this. I | everybody must :-<*e the futility and absurdity j of the idea of “ taking one hundred million* of dollars in coin from the usual ramifications of ; ' trade and devoting it exclusively to pay tor a ! -ingh article.” It w’ould puzzle the author of this idea to -how that half that sum can be found in all the ramilications ot trade in this country, unless he means the trade in mumy by banks and broker*, or how we ever shall . have it ramifying into trade generally so lung . a- we submit to the abuses ut the paper money | system. Here I shnll close for the present, remarking that 1 am simply what I profess t<> be, a farm er. I desire to see thi* question of the currency ; honestly mid thoruuid iy discus** d and hr. light i home to the comprehension «'f the masses, whose interests it so -eriously affect . Let tiie truth be revealed, so that the popular mind can gra-p. and the popular heart embrace it. A FARMER. OF TEE TOION. The mu-t timid conservative we have in the Southern Sta K-cannot deny, liowe\er much be nuu. dvpl-re, the f:u t. [Lat a di.! <-n of ti e Ti i'*n i* po -ibiu; let u* suppose, lor the mo me.'it, that it i* Ir ritable. Wind, then, msy .. . such an event ? Should we cea-<.• to < y ton--a.* the New York Mirror in.-ist*? ill ■ our agricuLurv .-uffvr in-tant ami univ* r*a! ' hliifbt ami onr cuimnc-ree fnd»- into e-.t’u <‘uti —to sa;. nothing - f :’.»«• ditlh ultie* r.ml horror* to be e.xperi* :>< rd, in endeavorim - to keep in proper subj.-< t.on a rebellious race bond - men- ::* i? constantly a—citv.’by tin A’ "’;- tioni.-ts • If the Union were d’ olwd to-morrow—- wi;:: ■ -:t aio t’e'ng being -aid it ’ '•* probable tn.-t ninety-nine one bumlre lth* of tin pl.-pula*ion of the Southern Stat*< nertr kiicic the fad, ♦ x »pt by a le.-cmugof t:; v a-.io!. ri d H '.'ntr-J inq U» \t Tm /.T tr !e. In so < fdig’it'-ned ac ■' i.tm a><‘i:r*. the people rc.-.liv and truiv rcqu-i : v frw is., - tu i very little legi?) t<> ; I w hat ey » it ure, i ■ ■ already applied, and more than si;pp!i»d, by our State Governments Thu Unhm wa* (.ngin:d!y o.'ra'iu:i d by the ‘ letUfiTtts* nnd mutual d ( }.< •* us tire Coh n . ie-: audit wa* formed to uompa-curtain end*, tin* •*'('''mpli-hH.rat of v. hiuh was then in cer tain a:.d pr.» pc- tivc, but which w hav. ‘eng sim v lunched ami .-t".::* *l. The aid. ’bur. .ore, ‘ which the Sou*’. n .• i;r-. ’ of ih 'Sorth :wd the Nor’liuftin Soui’i in 1776 an ! !7‘ ; i’. i" ?•'- juir?'! ’ • g.*r '■> mthtr. The avr: T.’t’irni ■ -ea! of the >uut!; are now I'.hamLin. ly t r.b’c i to !:-.k • C!WU (if th-.13S ’.vv*. ami there is co lie u< --/y of lliuir «•• »:.*t:ut g to puy iifis nd'dions • < oh;u:ui’ur ;- *i‘ .d .■'!•■' the V • 4’. and .'J a.j i. id turn: : prod us the >- ’h'.. r:. StaA'.r ; ai- ' -trim. :-:' and ?.*• ;• »■ um :;.uiy;. ;d*tu than the rnar’.’. <•!!’.- t!'c M’ d’.'S I’■ whiuii win uii.d ■ •.ur the v. !•;•!■• v.mb! in c'.er- Li-’.i.’ig !.*• ml* of pc'.'.ue wii.h th; g! <•.;! Soib'h ‘ ern .i-iic. l.t niintrelal intins- v i’l r»ot only make a!! Europe cur s r..d frier.:!-. : butt.hu Northern >tao.-■’-J a tion of the I fiion, therefore, by no im ..:'.- b- a di.-sulutiuii of the bond.- v. hi h c.mnuut in to the North in I* -.*!iimitu, pc.;- t t‘r ■ :v'ily trade — -nor in any; ’ e » :•.<•( j i. an oi l. <ni I erous. wor’ioui. ..,<*. u:. ■ 1 -y.,tu:;i us (X ‘ ternal Goetrninenl im ry. It is now conv ntly a-- rtwl by b-rb North ern nnd Southern w riters that we of the North ■ and South are tro y.- pie. If wc are. then, what Larm cuu’.J tio.i*. Lv in r pca<" iv di*-- i selling our pru-unt cumuut'’ ■ <. nnd forming i other* which w< dJ mt’\. . .... bi; ccnform t<* ' the present condition us u;.- !i : - wl;ich would relieve the North of thu bai l o! c. r sin <J slicer and the South of th .u-pre- Ac v. : id protection which h;v bcur: b>r ape ! riod thrust upon her by la r J’;.; i ..:i conie ltr- : ate- on the other side of the I’utomau. ' Wc low the Union because of the history of I the past and the remembrance of common forefathers, and we haw b<. n willing on these ' accounts logo so far as even to pay tribute for its preservation. If intcre-t alone were con- I ccrued, we would say dissolve to-morrow, for wc know not of one single instance where the : i South derived any advantage from its pruserva- : tion it might not have without. One of the leading objects of the Union of • the .‘states was, to have one common agent to . ..It treat j ies with foreign powers are made for any bene- i i fit tu the South; and we know of nu interna! policy wheruin tlie rights us the South are pro- 1 icctcd, or her intuic.-ts cherished and fostered 1 i by the Vpion to any extent which the South 1 wuul 1 not Lu able to supply hvr ulf. Much has us late been said by the Northern ■ press in relation to what would be tlie condi- ' i tion of the South in the event of dissolution, I We tell them now, once tbr all, that they do I not und. r.-t.uid us. No people on the face of i : the uurth arc Letter prepar'd to take cure of ‘ t!iu:n- !vis th in dciu* . b . .h...b. ■ • i.otl.Hig ' i but what the whole world desires to pun iiase, j and we win afford the Lest market in the wi rid I f >r the productions nnd mauufa 'lures of other | nations. In case of war, we can raise more I sold’urs, in proportion t*» population, than ti’iy power in the world. Evury man and boy.' without exception, in the South, understands : t.’iuiHeot flic arms, and i* a natural born horse- : mam We haw a papulation among us, which i , can l>e employed in making provisions, while I the whole body of able-bodied white men can i be employed as soldier.-. Thun the legitimate ; deduction* are, that we arc able to take rare I of uursvlvus, and, so far a* inturc-t alone is con- ' cernvd, it would be far butter tbr us that we begin tu do so at unce. Sell yoi r ('i;oi*. —Southern cotton planter? are wont, in s.-asun of low prices, to hold on and store their crops in U arubousLS. i.us i> often a policy very inconvenient to many utb- . ur-. and the Montgomery Mail hits it very hard. “How much experience must Alabamians have? Wiil they never give up the one idea i-utton, and plant something else, and learn tu ■ liw at home, and be tree mum shed oil the ; old. worn out, tattered and demisable cloak— •• 1 haven’t suld my cotton.’' orl could pay yuu I for the bread, meat, mules, a id very many other tilings, that really ought to be raised at home. Plant cotton just enough to buy, yuur j real necessities, ur such things as must be ' bought—get it out while the roads aud weath- , ! er are good—run it to market, and sell it as i fast as you cun get it out—pay out the money, ; ■' and go home and sleep sound, und not harass your wife und friends, with a face as long as a horse’s, and complaints us unjust and bard i hearted creditors, that won’t wait (till doom's ! day.) till 1 sell my cotton.” THE SOUTH'S CONTRIBUTIONS In the last eight years the proportion w hich the South has contributed to the foreign ex ports of the country has doubled. I*so 1857. Increase. Cotton... .$66,886,967 $131,575,859 Tobacco... 5.804,207 20,360,772 Rice 2,569,862 2,290,400 Sugar 24,006 190,012 Hump 8,248 46,907 Naval stores 845,164 1,638,728 Breadstuff's 2,407,506 9,624,408 Total South 78,056,570 165,537,318 87,490,766 Total North 52,696,037 113,360,387 60,663,760 T0ta1.... 130,753,207 278,907,718 145,154,506 G01d.... 956,874 80,078,b52 59.121,476 It may be doubted if mure solid and general prosperity is enjoyed by any people on earth than exists throughout the slaveh* ’ ’.'mg notwithstanding the heavy losses endured by their staple.*, grow ing mainly out of the spec ulations and over trading of other sections. — Under our federal system the North necessari ly reaps the fruits of this Southern opulence, and under a . v*tem us reciprocal benefits, no one would object. The North benefits as much by Southern pr perlty as would Great Britain, if all the Custom Houses of Europe were thrown dow n and al! its shipping except h r own were at once destroyed.— Del‘>ou s Press. What they Shoi i d Do. —The Picayune has a leader on the true policy of the South. The ; >!L>w ing is the striking feature : The planting community of the South should nt once determine to produce all which is uec e.s*:'.ry 5 - iti coneumpticn. It should not be the aim to increase the number of bales of cot ton, but to fai-s the pork, ip produce the corn, tu rear th* mnle-s and horses necessary to the wcil-being and the future eaccess of business. Independence of N-rtiu rn or Western farmers should at orme Ie declared. Freedom from the Uuce-<ity of sending money to the Northern msnufaeturers «*f ntgn* ch thins, huts and shoes, should be speedily secure*!. This is easily at- Uined; and, w n -rw *r it I.ns been atb inptvd by planters at the South, it has secured them umi.-aia! pro-ptrity w hen market* were buoy ant, am! found them self-reliant hi times of gen eral disaster. IDVEBTISED LETI'EBo. Efollowing i» » b*l atera vmvA\ .: uaeaU -1 e«i f< »in tbr I'. *l Oftce, at Macon, on the Jrd Muruh i’-.J. calling fur any of them, will pl«*s« for tul ver listed leiieis. J J.-tcksmi, Johnson, Luara Jchnsmw, Anthony J .f~*. 55 di.my J J. rd«»n, Uxsafoin Jot'V•, Jul;n i' <n. Mclissy J :>n V S Johr.sion. Win Jones, 0 W Junes Lawrence Johnson, Anta L Johnson, (Jen H Jennings, lia Johns'in, A K A kelly. Gee F ktnbiev. liiGs Si U' ugvh ‘■' d'»r« Kec are, Tuoa L aruar, Mrs H G Lislic, Win 1.1.». .'1 ”5 • arulina Luyie.v., Henry M ; •! IS, J«spel i J I ;Uk, U H 1»4 aoi: , A J Lumpier, LU & Ad! li , J .M- igun, Joseph MclUllltV, !• J McCUuug, IL.-L L Mchinnf., A it Morui. A i’» MuL .t. le.l Mitchell M ;i u w J *<: kman; s'<v< :i, D E Msim’ g?!' J V’i'.tT. J W lieury s‘..inch. Margaret Moure 55’ > A cMuhan, Miss Lucy J Svir, A T McCo<iy, John s’. sti», .: *» Maine . f K McLluuii Mrs TU«»a.!» Mft. !.. .'..tl Met our.rib Sirs V 5 iiiiam Miner, .<. • > A D MIH, IM J lUi'.i.e* *, Lu bi rd 11 Moure, (it !;,- A Hume’. Tm < 3 Me Sab! Mr a Mien, K A McKn.m;. Master tftui’l i. ole, J i. M<« U!.n, lieu W Si ear. Mi 3 J a;. 3 _M» i *. . ..*» M A sU»»ev, Thus Miller. Mrs .> X Sauce, <' B Aance, ihudca >e : *. i, K 0 UgKtrre, Naaoy ♦ M’.a Anu : . ger Henry Ojiaunun, ilia ,p I’rnti.ni'.:, Mr* Robert I’upe, Mrs Mary E i’a/e, \\ Uhuu ’ Louer, GG w I'm» 11' * * q Q..:nan, M T a Mia T A Iteid, Dr D W Riggins, Mi'b Sallio Riggu.s, M.ss S A T Kuasell, Sr Benj Ray, Isaac Kk’.idolpll, A Kogers, i.ugeuicr P Rogers, A am Ryals, iliss Jane Roberts, ."oloruon Russell, Newlun Roberu, Luuia (col) Kuciia, r Raines, M S Scheier, Mr Si.apson, James Sictemson, l>aac C Samuel, Harris irSlunaen, 1' Stokes, Win A Smith, Sydney Schmidt, Mrs Mary smith. Geo 51 Seers, J G Story, Mrs -Mary Struble, 1' A Stukc», Sil van us Stewart, Dr F 11 Spicer, Eiizabeih Scarbmuuga, Mrs Mary G Strausun, E J Smith, Mrs A R Scott, Miss Etuabeth Scott, Lucy A sultou J J Smith, I ehx J Smith, 55 m Stiipling. MissS A Scarborough, Hou J J Searcy 1 auny M Smith, da.-* A Skipper, I hus J T lay lor, A t u Messrs G M 1 Miikct >lv, Mua Georgia T iay lor, MiS R 1 ucker, Mis.-, Laura C 1 ay lor, Charles k col; TL* i ma?, M .■> lot urn, V\ m J I huma-, Cmuiiue W 1 ippet, Sanlcid ILmnu.-* Paul Tutt, Benjamin Tucaer, John A J hoiupson, Mrs France* Tucker, Cain V —5 inceut, Mrs E A Vaughn, J B \ aienhue, Win W Valentine, Me -. 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