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BashfiilncM. ! What fools folks are to be bashful! If any one had the patience to write a history of their miseries,' the work £would fill vol umes. We don’t blame womanhood, of course, for being timid ; a young and blush " ing girl is certainly a subject for sympa thy if not an “ object of interest.” But a bashful man — who pities him ? Look at him! With a distressing consciousness of having hands and feet to dispose of—always saying what he never intended to say, and , doing what he never intended to do—the butt of one sex, and the aversion of the , other —his case is surely one that calls for . something more than common commisera < tion. And yet such persons often possess a wealth of affection and a strength of intel lect, which only needs the stern discipline of the world to quicken into life and beauty. An instance of this kind, in the case of a friend, just now occurs to us. No one, from his calm and dignified bearing, would suspect it now ; yet he was at twenty, the most bashful person we ever saw. At school he always had more whippings than any other noy—not because he was either willful or mischievous, but because, when accused of any thing, he would always blush and stammer —which the master always persisted in considering a conclusive evi dence of guilt. As he grew older, his bash fulness rather increased than diminished.— He had an almost reverential adoration for the opposite sex, yet he was far from being a favorite with them. And no wonder.— If a girl only looked at him, he would blush, hang his head, and look just as though he had been caught stealing sheep ! If he ever attempted any little civility, his awk wardness made it positively annoying. In waiting upon a lady across the room, he would generally contrive to trip her up, or in handing her from a carriage, he was pretty sure to land her in a gutter. But there was one who perceived the no ble intellect and loving heart that lay be neath that unprepossessing exterior. And she knew that she was loved ; his eyes had often told her that, and with many winning smiles, she had tried to induce him to tell her so in words. But all the opportunities her woman’s tact gave him, were thrown away. The glance of her soft blue eye, the lightest touch of her little white hand, thrilled him through and through—yet he stood in her presence like one dumb and bereft of sense. True, the w’ords often trembled on the tip of his tongue, yet he never had the courage to utter them.— Piqued by what she deemed his insensibili ty, she at length encouraged the attentions of one for whom she entertained not the slightest affection. The poor fellow suffered in silence for some weeks, until at last the fear of losing her altogether wrung from his lips the avowal they should have uttered long before. But, alas ! it was “ too late,” and she told him so, and left the room. Years have passed since then. The hero of our sketch has become a man. He has won wealth and distinction ; and along in tercourse with the world has completely eradicated the blushing timidity of the bashful boy. But he has never married.— So much for early diffidence. Reader, don’t be bashful. If you love your cousin or “ somebody else,” don’t be afraid to tell her so; but do it man-fashion. Tell her right out what you’ve got to offer, and ask her to name the day, and then go and “ order the furniture ! ” THE SOLDIER’S FRIEND, Devoted to the Intellectual, Moral and Religious interests of THE SOLDIER, is published ex cry Saturday, in Atlanta. Let the Christian, Philanthropist and Patriot forward their contributions, stating where they wish the paper sent, and to what regiment, if they prefer. Subscription per term of four months, 50 copies, S4O; and at the same rate a larger amount. A single copy, sl,lO. Address, A. 8. Worrell, Atlanta. More to keep up the series of Public Laws which I have published annually for several years past, than with the expecta tion of profit at this time, I shall publish those passed at the present Session. Ow ing to the usual high price of printing and publishing materials, and to the fact that most of my old subscribers are absent in the service, I am compelled to advance the price of the Pamphlet to two dollars.— Neither labor nor expense will prevent me from getting out the Pamphlet as promptly as heretofore. Subscriptions remitted by mail at my risk. 11. H. Watkrs Qvartkhmaster General's Office, ) Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 15th, 1863. ) Some malicious person or persons have put in circulation a report to the effect that the Georgia soldiers now in Confederate service, will have to pay for the socks be ing donated to them by the patriotic women of Georgia, in answer to my appeal of De cember 15th, 1862. I take this public manner of contradicting said report. It is utterly false. Every sock received at this office is en tered upon a reconi book, giving the name, county and post office of the donor. These sorks will be packed up and sent, FREE OF CHARGE, to the soldiers of Georgia in Confederate service. The soldiers re wiving them will not have to pay either for thcSoeksor their transportation ; and eve ry sock sent to this office will find its way to some soldiers feet. I regret know that some have given credence to this report, but sincerely hope that this note of explanation will set the matter right, and that they will at once go to work and gladden the heart of some Georgia warrior, whose feet now press the frosted, icv turf of Virginia and Tennessee. •' Already a large number have come in, and the work is only just begun. s Ira R. Foster. Quartermaster General State of Georgia. SABCIR » A Mss a. j The Superiority of the Confeder ate Generals. In the admiration partly excited by the valor of our soldiers, we are apt to forget the praise due to the superior skill of their leaders. The blaze of victory which has il lumined the Confederate standard, has its origin not only in the indomitable courage of the men, but equally in the skill with which our armies have been led.' Both these elements of victory are combined in our armies more intimately and largely, perhaps, than in any other which ever had existence. Each is necessary to the other —without the courage of the soldier, the skill of the general is useless—and under an unskillful or distrusted general, soldiers, individually brave, are collectively liable to panic and defeat. It has astonished the world that the Con federacy has been able, in so short a time, to transform men, few of whom had ever seen a shot fired in anger, into efficient sol diers ; still more remarkable has it been that the officers, most of whom had never “ set squadron in the field,” have, in such a short time, displayed the qualities of con summate Generals. When the tocsin of war was sounded, armed men sprang forth in thousands —not unly armed, but skillful in the use of arms, and requiring but a few weeks to educate them into veterans.— Never before was there so sudden and thor ough a transformation of citizens, quietly pursuing their peaceful pursuits, into vete ran warriors and skillful leaders. Other nations have aroused their people en masse upon emergencies, but months and years 1 elapsed before their levies acquired disci ! pline and nerve enough to stand the storm of battle; but in the history of this war, 1 we can recall no instance where the panics ’ to which raw militia are so notoriously sub ject, have seized bodies of Confederate sol -1 diery. But this courage and steadiness in battle would have been vain without skill in their officers, and it is not the least wonderful of the many strange circumstances of this war that, without experience except that gained in the short war with Mexico, so much knowledge of the art of war, which usually takes a life time to learn, should have been i displayed. Our enemies have as yet evinced I ; nothing comparable with it, and they have been beaten, despite their superior numbers, 1 not entirely through any unusual lack of' courage in their men, but for want of mill-1 tary talent in their officers. Our situation [ is not unlike that of Wellington and his ar- i my in the Peninsular war, where his per feet military science with inferior numbers,' combatted and conquered inferior skill hav-| ing at its disposal immensely superior I armies. The situation of the English and French : armies in Spain, is almost a parallel with that of the Confederate and Federal armies. Wellington at no time commanded more l than fifty thousand men, while the French: armies frequently exceeded four hundred! thousand. The English were badly provi ded with arms and artillery, and their other, necessary supplies were so bad and so un- ’ certain in their arrival, that they depended mostly upon what they took from the ene my. Marches were often postponed for want of shoes, and their clothes were patched and ragged. Wellington himself was ham pered by contradictory orders and distracted councils at home, and had to placate and appease the jealousies of those sovereign-’ ties disposed at times to censure and throw obstacles in his way ; yet, despite these J drawbacks, he drove the greatly superior French armies, led by the best and bravest i Marshals of Napoleon, ignominiously out of Spain, dethroned the usurper, and restored I the legitimate government. 1 ; His successful career illustrates what can > be done by superior military skill alone, for in bravery and discipline his soldiers were , only the equals of Napoleon’s veterans, and 1 i inferior in numbers, and the study of that piece of history ought to inspire us with i hope and encourage us to perseverance. ! On every field, almost without exception,! 3 our officers have displayed their superiority, i r Their combinations have been faultless, and if they failed always to secure the full fruits 1 of victory, it has not been from any fault in ■ their plans, but from untoward circumstan i I ees that no precaution could prevent. Even' 1 the cavalry “raids,” as they are called,! ‘ are brilliant examples of strategy and e vigor, though affording no opportunity I -'for the display of elabor ate military science. '*■ We possess, then, in the superiority of our | ' officers, besides the valor of our soldiers, an element of success which has, in countless ; * instances in the history of war, neutralized I the power of numbers, and will do so as long as war continues to be waged. [Any us Ar Chronicle. 1-* 1 - "" 1 '* 1 " » 1 ' nr— | THE GRAVE. 1 Obituary. Richard W. Milner was born March 1 19, 1833; married Miss Sallie E. Ravens December 12, 1855 ; and died near Fred e erieksburg, Va., December 16, 1862. s He was among the first who volunteered in defense of the South—was a member of - the Confed'rate Guards of Pike county, \ ;Ga., which company was in the 13th Geor e gia regiment. He started with the regiment to Virginia ft in July 1861, and on account of pr itracted - sickness was discharged and return* d home r January Ist, 1862;but entered the service, - in Virginia again, in August following, and r was wounded, near Fredericksburg, Dee. 14th, from which he died the 16th, and was i plainly buried by his soldier friends, but ‘ I his remains were afterwards brought home .'<and placed iu the family grave-yard on the »! 16th January, 1863. * Thus has fallen one of Georgia’s noblest i': sons. It must be painful to die far from . I home—from mother, kindred, friends, wife i, and children. But he died as a Soldier—- having refused to employ a substitute, tho’ persuaded to do so—and as a Christian can i. only die, having no fears of the future.— Though he had not united with the church, his Christian experience was knoWn to the ; writer and a few others, years ago. Os his ' last hours, Elder G. F. Cooper, who is a ' surgeon in the army, thus writes : “Mr. Milner, of the 13th Georgia, bro ! ther-in -law of Elder J. M. Wood, in compa ny with another man, was detailed to carry water to the regiment while in line of bat tle, and though some distance in the rear, a solid shot instantly killed one, and nearly tearing Milner’s left arm from his body and seriously bruising his side. The shock was great, from which he never fully recovered. Two days subsequent, when it was deter- mined to remove his arm already offensive, I asked him of his religious prospects, &c. He answered, ‘ I never made any profes sion of religion, (i. e.) have never attached myself to any church, and I have a little family for whose benefit I desire to live ; but in regard to the future,’ and turning his eyes up to mine, and with a countenance serene and composed, and in well-measured words, said, ‘ I have no fear.’ “ How like a little Bethel it seemed, when those whose lives were fast ebbing, and be fore whom the glare of the world, with all its alluring interests, was fading, and to whom the realities of the momentous future were looming up, could say ‘ I trust in Christ,’ and ‘I have no fear.’ I felt to thank God that He could inspire frail mortals, full of sin and weakness, in an hour which tries the soul; in the face of that terrible mon ster, death, with such confidence, such cool ness and fearlessness.” In the name of his kindred, many thanks to brother Cooper for this simple i ecord, as they had anxiously listened for some expression from him in the trying hour. Dear Richard now sleeps as a Christian soldier, near his aged sire, in sight of the old family residence—where the mother, the wife and orphan children can plant wil lows, vines and roses over his grave, and where they may oft renew their vows to meet hirn in that land where there is no war—no sorrow. “ There glory beams on all the plains, And joy for hope is given; There music swells in sweetest strains, i And spotless beauty ever reigns, And all is love—in heaven. There is a stream that ever flows To passing pilgrims given ; There fairest fruit immortal grows, The verdant flower eternal blows Amid the field—of heaven. . There is a great and glorious prize For those with sin have striven ; ’Tis bright as star of evening skies, And far above it glittering lies, ■ A golden crown—in heaven.” W. [ Index please copy.] RAILROAD GUIDE. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co Augusta to Atlanta. .. .171 Miles. .. .Fare $5 50 GEORGE YONGE, Superintendent. Morning Passenger Train. (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.) Leave Atlanta daily at 6 10 A. M Arrive at Augusta at 5 04 P. M Leave Augusta daily at '6 45 A. M Arrive at Atlanta at 5 32 P. M Night Passenger Train. Leave Atlanta daily at 7 15 P. M Arrive at Augusta at 5 30 A. M Leave Augusta at 4 00 P. M ' Arrive at Atlanta at 2 05 A. M This road ruus in connection with the trains oi the South Carolina and the Savannah and Augusta Railroads, at Augusta. Macon and Western Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Macon to Atlanta....lo4 Miles.... Fare $4 50. ALFRED L. TYLER, Superintendent. Leave Macon at 10 00 a. m 1 Arrive at Atlanta at 4 00 p. m 1 Leave Atlanta at 11 00 a. m Arrive at Macon 4 55 p. in This train connects with Central, Southwestern 1 and Muscogee railroads at Macon. Western & Atlantic (State) Railroad. Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 Miles—Fare,.. .$5. JOHN S. ROWLAND, Superintendent. ' PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, nightly, at 7 30, P M Arrives at Chattanooga at 4.51, A M i Leaves Chattanooga at 5.00,’ P M Arrives at Atlanta at 2.30,’A M EXPRESS FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAIN. I Leaves Atlanta, daily, at 8.00, A M Arrives at Chattanooga at 2.50 P M ; Leaves Chattanooga at 77." 3.15’ A M i Arrives at Atlanta at 77 S ds’p M ACCOMMODATION PASSENGER TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta at - - . . 2.00 P. M. Arrives at Kingston at 7 qq p’ Leaves Kingston at - - - . 530 A M 1 Arrives at Atlanta at - - . - 10.50 A. M 1 nJ 111 » 8 i> Ro , a<l < ' ouncrt< b each way, with the Rome Branch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee j I<ai at I)a fion, and the Nashville A Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooea. Atlanta and W est Point Railroad. Atlanta to West Point 87 Miles Fare $3 50 GEORGE HULL, Superintendent. MORNING passenger train. Leaves Atlanta, daily, at.. 045 40 Arrives at West-Poiit au.. 777 77 7 ~S’ A M 1 4”7 e8 Point, daily at. l°4o P M | Arrives at Allmta 7.7.7.7 A M . evening passenger train. Leaves Atlanta ... «no p Arrive at West Point - . . ‘ „ .>?’ U w I Leaves West Point . . ’ Wx? v m . Arrives at Atlanta - . . 1 6 4APMJ ij' ~ T- Atlanta Female Institute. ‘ *k*"ft* • hospital, as' ‘ ' Sursevn thM 4MUranCe ° f ** P< *‘ i on lhe Beron< ’ Monday in i t IS ’ 4 for » scholastic term ot six . 1 mi'irrX »r. compelled to I . m charges, therefore, Wdi be P™r t L'!* P * r ‘" ent ’ fOr ® Mbs, -t» » pri^ r ’ . ;; r. : - - I Incidentals, . . _ ; 1 s « J*** 00 rfot ’ old prices. mi scery Mtetonce. J. R M AYSON. President. GENERAL MRECTORY. Confederate Government. President— Jefferson Davis, of Miss. Vice “ —A. H. Stephens, of Ga. The Cabinet. — Judah P. Benjamin, of La., Secretary of State. C. G. Memminger, of S. C., Secretary of Treasury. George W. Randolph, of Va., Secretary S. R. Mallory, of Fla., Secretary of Navy. Thos. 11. Watts, of Alabama, Attorney- General. John H. Reagan, of Texas, Postmaster- General. The Senate. Alabama— Win. L. Yancey, C. C. Clay. Arkansas— Robert W. Johnson, C. B. Mitchell. Florida.— J. M. Baker, A. E. Maxwell. Georgia— B. H. Hill, H. V. Johnson. Kentucky— Henry C. Burnett, William E. Sims. Louisiana— Edward Sparrow, Thos. J. Seinmes. Mississippi— A. G. Brown, Jas. Phelan. Missouri— J. B. Clarke, R. L. E. Peyton. North Carolina— George Davis, W. T. Dortch. South Carolina— Robert W. Barnwell, James L. Orr. Tennessee— Gustavus A. Henry, Landon C. Haynes. Texas— L. T. Wigfall, W. S. Oldham. Virginia— R. M. T. Hunter, William B. Preston. Home Of* Representatives. Alabama: T. J. Foster, W. R. Smith, J. P. Ralls, J. L. Curry, F. S. Lyon, W. P. Chilton, David Clopton, J. S. Pugh, E. S. Dargan. Arkansas: G. A. Garland, James M. Patterson. (Incomplete.) Florida: James B. Dawkins, R. B. Hilton. Georgia: Julian Hartridge, Charles J. Munnerlyn, Hines Holt, Aug. H. Kenan, David W. Lewis, W. W. Clark, Robert P. Trippe, Lucius J. Gartrell, Hardy Strick land, Augustus R. Wright. Kentucky : (Not yet elected.) Louisiana: Charles J. Villers, Charles M. Conrad, Duncan F. Kenner, Lucien J. Dupre, John L. Lewis, John Perkins, Jr. Mississippi : J. W. Clapp, Reuben Da vis, Israel Welch, 11. C. Chambers, O. R. Singleton, E. Barksdale, John J. Mcßae. Missouri: W. M. Cook, T. C. Harris, Caspar W. Bell, Adam H. Condon, G. G. West, L. W. Freeman, —' Hyer. North Carolina: W. H. Smith, R. R. Bridges, O. R. Kenan, T. D. McDowell, A. H. Airington, J. R. McLean, W. S. Ashe, William Landor, B. S. Gaither, A. T. Davidson. South Carolina: John McQueen, W. Porcher Miles, L. M. Ayer, M. L. Bonham, James Farrow, W. W. Boyce. . Tennessee: Joseph B. Heiskell, W. G. Swan, W. 11. Tibbs, E. F. Gardenshire, Henry S. Foote, Jr., Meredith P. Gentry, George W. Jones, Thomas Mennes, J. D. Adkins, John V. Wright, D. M. Currin. Texas: John A. Wilcox, C. C. Her bert, F. W. Gray, F. B. Sexton, M. D. Graham, B. 11. Epperson. Virginia: M. R. 11. Garnett, John B. Chambliss, John Tyler, Roger A. Pryor, Thomas S. Bococke, John Goode, Jr., Jas. P. Holcombe, D. C. DeJarnette, William Smith, A. R. Boteler, John B. Baldwin, Walter R. Staples, Walter Preston, A. G. Jenkins, Robert Johnston, C. W. Russell. Government of Georgia. Joseph E. Brown, Governor. N. C. Barnett, Secretary of State. John Jones, Treasurer. Peterson Thweatt, Comptroller General. E. D. Brown, Librarian. John Billups, President of the Senate. J. M. Mobley, Secretary “ “ Warren Akin, Speaker of the House. L. Carrington, Clerk J. B. Campbell, Secr’y Executive Dep t. 11. 11. Waters, Private Secretary. J. S. Rowland, Sup’t State Railroad. James A. Green, Keeper Penitentiary. T. T. Windsor, Book-keeper “ Supreme Court Judges.— J. 11. Lumpkin, of Clark. Charles J. Jenkins, of Richmond. R. F*. Lyon, of Fulton. Times and places of holding Court.— First District, composed of the Eastern, Middle and Brunswick Circuits; at Savannah on the second Mondays in January and June. Second District, composed of the Macon, Southwestern, Chattahoochee and Pataula Circuits ; at Macon on the fourth Mondays in January and June. Third District, composed of the Flint, Coweta, Blue Ridge, Cherokee and Talla- Svosa Circuits ; at Atlanta on the fourth Monday in March and second Monday in | August. Fourth District, composed of the West ern and Northern Circuits; at Athens on 1 the fourth Mondays in May and November. ; Fifth District, composed of the Ocmulgee and Southern Circuits; at Milledgeville on 1 the second Mondays in May and November. For Sale, pITY PROPERTY, Negroe* ; Boy*‘ Shoes; Fl'ur. Rice, V Varnish, Tobacco, he. A. K. BRAOC, ns Ij corner of Forsyth and Mitchell sU CARDS. Amoss, Ligon & Co., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND • COMMISSION MERCHANTS t ” the Sal lute P Negni 9 X“” di “' Corner of Whitehall and Mitchell Streets, ATLANTA, OA. B. B. A MOSS. D B. H. LEEKE Robert L. Crawley & Bro. COMMISSION MERCHANTS (Franklin Building,) ’ Atlanta, Georgia, October 1, 1862. J. B. Tippin, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS, W.Connally’sJßlock, on Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, GA. Beach & Root, IMPORTERS and DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, (Whitehall Street,) ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Qct - H 3m __ Hamilton, Markley & Joyner DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, DYE-STUFFS, PAINTS, OILS, ETC., Concert Hall building, opposite Georgia R.-R. Bank ATLANTA, GA. 0 25 ’ A. C. Vail, —— —SIGN OP MILLEDGEVILLE CLOTHING STORE— Empire House, Whitehall street, ATLANTA, GA., Has a large assortment of READY-MADE CLOTHING, and a large variety of Fancy Articles generally. Oc 25 s. D. Viles, Fire and Life Insurance AGENT, [Corner of Whitehall and Alabama streets,] ATLANTA, GA. Oct 18 Hughes, Hagan Co., Manufacturers of and Dealers in all kinds of ENVELOPES, ATLANTA, GA., Having their new machinery, propelled by steam (in the Franklin Building), are prepared to fill all orders for ENVELOPES. _9 C 7 Ul. 3m John Ficken, MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF SEGARS AND TOBACCO, Snuff, Pipes, Meerschaums, Segar-Cases, Etc. WHITEHALL ST., ATLANTA, GA. Oct. 18 3m D. Mayen J. Jacobe. J. Kapp. D. Mayer, Jacobe & Co., AUCTION and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, For the sale of Merchandise, Real Estate, Stocks, Bonds and Negroes, Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, Ga. _Oct. 18. -3 m A. C. Wyly & Co., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Corner of Walton and Peach-tree sts., ATLANTA, GA. O 25 . J. T. Porter, WHOLESALE GROCER, AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Marietta St., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 025 Thomas F. Lowe & Co., General Commission Merchants, (exclusively,) For the sale of PRODUCE, and all kinds of MERCHANDISE; Negroes, Real Es'ate, &c., &c., (In Daniels’ Block, Peach-tree st., and Winship’s corner, ditto,) ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Thomas F. Lowb. Jifse Lowe, of Lawrenceville. John C. White.* W. Powers. White Ac Powers, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS, DEALERS IN PRODUCE, and FAMILY SUPPLIES, Marietta Street, Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 18 3m James McPherson & Co. HAVE opened next door North of BEACH & ROOT’S Store on Whitehall Street, a new and select Stock of BOOKS and STATIONERY, Together with an endless variety of fancy arti cles, such as, ENGRAVINGS, GOLD PENS AND PEN CILS, WINDOW SHADE SAND GILT CORNICES, PICTURE FRAMES ‘ WALL PAPER, FIRE SCREENS, RICH CHINA AND PARIAN VASES, PARIAN FIG URES, dec., dec. Foreign Books imported to order. Teachers and Merchants supplied at Charles ton prices, freight only added. tggTPicture Frames made to order. Remember the New Book Store of jas. McPherson & co. H. P. HILL & CO. 7 S~ CONFEDERATE STATES RAILROAD GLIDE, Containing the Time-Tables, Fares, Connec tions and distances on all the Railroads of the Confederate States; algo, the connecting lines of Railroads, Steamboats and Stages—and will be accompanied by a complete Guide to the principal Hotels; with a large variety of valua ble information, collected, compiled and ar ranged by J. C. SWAYZE. Published by H. P. Hill & Co., Griffin, Ga., and for sale by all Booksells in the confederacy. To Ad ver titters. Business men who desire a first class adver tising medium, for the whole Confederacy, will find such an one in the “ Corf ederate States Railroad Guide. Advertisements will be received at $39 per • T>age, or fractional parts thereof at the same ! rates’. Address all orders for advertisements, or • the Book, to H. P. HILL & CO., Griffin, Ga. I nr Liberal commission to the Trade.