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try home, when the world as yet was an |
untried field ' before her. And there they j
had parted. When next he saw her, a:
small gold band encircled her finger, which
his hand had not placed there.
It was only a childish dream. It is but
a “common thing” for the voice of pride
to mingle in the sweetest dreams of love.
He will not die of a broken heart. No, in
deed. He will battle bravely with the i
world; hts life will not be in vain, though
less beautiful, perhaps, than he once pic
tured it. His strong, great heart will go
bravely on its course, though it may be at
times that the sweet, sad tones of long ago
will come back to him like a half-forgotten
dream from the misty past.
And she will scarce meet, in her proud
home, the one she has so wronged : and to
him, whom she has wronged most of all,
she will be a dutiful wife; and he will
never know that she had had a brighter
dream.
What if he does find a nameless some
thing wanting? if his life is not quite so
rich as he expected it to be? or his bride
so fond? That is but a common thing,—
the “honey-moon” can not last forever.
What if her thoughts will wander to the
past, even when he is by?—what if the
vow's so softly uttered were recorded only
on earth, and not in the truthful heavens
above? These, too, are only common —
very, very common things. Alas, that they
are so common I
Slowly wending their way from yonder
battle-field may be seen a group of soldier.*,
the fitful flashes of whose torches reve d the
form of a dying matt borne on a litter.—
An<l this, too, is only a common thing, the J
repetition of a scene which has been react
ed again and again, duiing the tr-gedy of
a lifetime. New laurels have been won;
and proudly the'banners will fly—right
proudly the drums will beat as the glad ti
dings flash from the magic wires.
So much gained, with so slight a loss—
the groans of the dying lost in the jubilant
shout of victory. Brave men will press
forward in eager rivalry for the vacant post,
the post of danger—and surely one can not
be missed from so gallant a band.
“Not missed”? Methinks in a distant
cottage home sits an aged mother; her
knitting dropped from her trembling hands
as she dreamed of her absent boy—the last
and only tie left her now, as, old and poor, I
she looks back at the many spots on life's
pathway, where loved ones have fallen from
her side. But he yet remains—her young
est son—the joy of her old age —her brave,
true-hearted boy; and her heart can not be
al! desolate. Iler eyes grow misty as she
thinks of him—so reckless of danger, so
tender, so loving to her ; of the many times I
she has trembled, prayed for her, with all
a mover’s tireless fervor; of all he lias)
been to her—all he will be to him, as more)
and iiioA l feebly she wil 1 I an on that
strong, supporting arm, so ,01 g as life shall
last.
He had written to say that he would soon I
be with her, to be all her own again, and'
repay her long anxiety as her loving heart i
would a>k.
Perhaps even now, the wanderer may be i
on his homeward way. She rises and trims!
the lamp, that it may welcome him yet)
n ore brightly, and throws open the w in- j
o ow-sliiitiers, that the light may shine afar I
he light of home—to hasten his weary )
steps. His chair is drawn out to its accus- 1
touted place—his slippers and his dog be
side it. Almost, could the mother believe!
that he had only stepped out for a few mo-)
merits, so natural does everything appear. )
Each footstep in the distance may be his. I
She strains her failing sense to listen.— I
Hour alter hour passes by ; more and morel
loudly ticks the old clock, as silence hangs I
over the city ; the footfalls become fewer)
—fewer still, as w ith a weary sense of w ait
ing, that “ hope, long deferred,” at which
“the heart siekeneth,” the fond watcher
listens, till one by one they die aw'ay in the
distance.
Long, long will you listen, mother; day
after day, the hum of life and joy will pass
you by ; eve after eve you will sit. i t y »ur
lonely hearth, —footsteps will be heard
st rangers w ill come and go,— but foot
step you will never h< ar again.
“ Not missed ” ? A maiden sits by her
window, dreaming sweetly of the future.—
She is young and very fair—save tor one
sad parting, for a short space of anxious
fears—
“ One to whom
I.'fe had been like the w.tellings of a dream
Os an untroubled sweetness.”
And these are all forgotten now, as her
heat t beats fast w ith thoughts of the near
return —the meeting which, in imagination,
she has already gone over and over again
so often. She wonders how he will look
—if hisfoim will be still more manly—
hi> step more bold. Sue pictures fondly
that too boyish face, embrowned ami sun
burnt by a soldier’s life; yet wonders if it
<•« i be handsomer than w hen she saw it last.
At each sound her heart beats more
quickly. Taking a letter from the work
box beside her, she turns to the lines which
tell ot his return, to see exactly what he
says—as though she did not know already
each word full well by heart.
Again and again she counts the time, to
see he earliest possible day when he may
be with her. “77<te evening f ” She tries
t<> persuade herself that she does not expect
it ; the d« lay ot even one more day were
so hard t > bear. She has on the dress that
she wore that day when he first told her
'■a' le loved her; her euils are caught
b ck just as then, w hen his eye rested on
proudly.
Niaiceti, hold la>t tha hasty note; treas
ui< wed •hi h loving word they are the
hast that hand w ill ever trace. Dwell fond
*•’ ■’■ the vast-- the future t« * L* rk. Ard
|.i.i»i,l v<ry J a'ient. ti "eon not
w.ot till tomorrow.” i. ~ j H , Xc | aHU
you finger yet . ,* H . ... xct one
mote, try m g m vain to p K ‘ice the darkness
XKB. BAS’X'SSS BAHBEB.
j without—to catch foot falls through the
| dull, aching silence. Yet be patient. Year
after year must pass away; your chet ks
will grow paler by reason of these vigils;
your soft'eyes dim with tears; but he will
never come agaiif.
Yes, it is only a ‘''common thing” for a
brave man thus to meet his fate. Yet tread
reverently ; for if there is oft-times sin and
I sorrow, so is there much of sacredness, too.
in the common things of earth.
The light of genius may have never illu
mined those now closed eyes. Os rude,
rough form the dying man may be, with
unpoli-hed tongue and hands, more skilled
to wield the plow than the pen. Yet tread
reverently ; this spot is henceforth, for all
coming ages, a sacred altar; here has been
laid a priceless offering—a patriot’s life;
here has arisen the purest incense—a pa
triot’s soul.
If a martyr for a righteous cause, no
monarch’s crown is there of half the lustre
as the halo round that pale, Cold brow. —
From this simple grave a beautiful memo
ry arises, a glorious example—a “pillar of
fire,” to lead onward, to cheer' to guides no
less than the living arm, all the eager,
dauntless heart could do.
IWews Siimmary.
Mrs. Matilda Rosey died in Savannah a
! few days since at the advanced age of one
■ hundred and two years.
I Some of our troops on the coast are ma
rking salt in their leisure hours. A very
commendable example, worthy of being im
itated by all of our coast forces.
An alum mine, it is said, has been discov-j
ered on the lands of Mr. O. Spratt, in York
District, S. C. The extent of it is not yet
known.
The ladies of Nashville sent to the Vir
ginia Bible Society, as a present to the sol
• tiers in Virginia, over twelve hundred Bi
blcs and Testaments.
Confede ate corks are now made from
“cypress knees,” which grow in the N. C. !
swamps, and also from the black gum root, j
which is better still.
) Gen. Stuart, of cavalry fame, who con
ducted the fight in that part of the field, af
ter the fall of Jackson, has been assigned to
the command of his troops.
We learn that there is a general spirit of
revival in the army at Tullahoma. There)
have been a number converted, and the work
still increases.
Brig. Gen. Ed. Johnson, who was wound
ed in the fight of McDowell, reported for
duty a short time since, and, we learn, has
been made a Major General.
A writer in the Atlanta Intelligencer has)
! recentl y been informed that reports of prop-1
(er officers show that there are one hundred j
land seventy thousand men in the armies of)
I the Confederate Slates as substitutes.
The Col uni l >ia (S. C ) Guardian learns
i that Mr. Biggers Mobley, of Chester Dis
trict, has recently sokl twenty thousand
) bushels of corn to the government at 81,50
) per bushel.
I A tax payer, in N. C., the other day, re-
I marked that his taxes could not have been
laid ad valorem, for he had paid only $1,75
i for himself, and $2,00 for his “old yaller
I cur.” He wants to know if that is aecord
i ing to value.
Letters from Kingston, N. C., state that
I the Federate are treating some of the resi
dents of Newbern who has taken Abe’s
loath of allegiance as badly as those who
) have not. Se.ves them right. Traitors
generally get this kind of' reward.
Hon. Thomas W. Thomas, who was late
ly so ill of brain fever at Sparta, has so far
. recovered as to be able to return to his|
home in Elbert. Though he had a long and I
dangerous spell, he is now considered out j
of danger.
At an auction sale in Atlanta a day or I
t wo since, bureaus sold at from S9O to $199:1
j bedsteads and mattrass, 550; plain Ward )
robe, 145; Easy ('hair, 50; Parlor sett of 1
■ S da and four Chairs, 905; ft Rosewood)
Etarge, 355; a plain Hat Rack, 110; and
■ numerous other articles in like proportion. I
Gon. Gustavus W. Smith has been cho
sen President ot the Etowah Iron Mining I
• Company, in Bartow County, in this State.)
- It is said that, in older to secure his valua ■
•) ble services, the company has transferred to)
* him stock to the amount of $25,000, be I
(sides voting him an annual salary of $7,000.
The Athens (Gt.) papers chronicle the
death of Dr. M. A. Ward, at his residence
in that place. Thursday last, after avert
short illness. Dr. W‘tud was much devoted
to Natural Sei< !)<■<>, .in 1 tor ten years occu
' pit d a Profess rCiip the I Diversity of
1 Georgia.
' Cotton in the South—The amount o f
cotton in the Southern Confederacy is esti
mated at three and a half millions of bales
At fifty cents per pound, (tiriy percent less
than it is now worth in foreign ntarkt ts,) it
would realize about $875,000,000 —a sum
much larger than the entire expense of the
war up to this time.
I *
Judge A. E. Tarver and Major R. Bos
tick, of Jefferson county, Ga., are selling
corn to soldiers’ families at one dollar per
( bushel, while the market price in that see
tion is two dollars per bushel. It always
gives us pleasure to record the names <1
gentlemen who thus show by their acts that
they are true patriots.
A gentleman w riting from Rome speak-
■ ing of crops says: “ he wheat crop in this
section is exceedingly tine, and is as prom
i ising as one coni 1 w i.-h. N< t a single stalk
of’ it is as yer affected by the rust. The oat
crop looks finely. The stand of corn is
> good, and the area of ground planted with
it is large."
I Ihe residence of G. T. Rakestraw, Esq..
t of Lawrenceville. Ga., was destroyed by
i fire May 18th. The lire occurred about
' three o'clock in the afternoon. It was eon
> fined to the building in which it originated.
The fire is supposed to have been ac?ident
al. No insurance. The Globe Hotel, in
Lawrenceville, was slightly damaged by fire
on the same day.
By a recent act of Congress all machine
ry is to be admitted free of duty, thus of
fering extra inducements to men of means
to enter into manufacturing at a cost slight
ly above peace times. Capitalists should
improve this opportunity offered them. No
better investments can now be made than
in machinery for paper mills, cotton manu
factures, &c.
The Salem Press says: “Asoldier’s wife
in Davis county, recently, one night, wa*
aroused by some one attempting to rob hei
smoke-house. She silently proceeded to
the place and discovered a log removed
from the place where the rogue had enter
ed and quietly replaced it, bagged the thief,
and then raised the alarm. She certainly
saved her bacon that time.
On Tuesday, May 5, a lady by the name
of Mrs. Brown, of Randolph county, who
was on a visit to her relatives in Americus,
came to the cars to return home; she unex
pectedly met her brother a corps, on the
sanii train, who had died in Virginia. The
shock was too great for her. She swoonei
away and could not be restored, and died
in a few minutes on the cars.
At the late session of the Legislature an
act was passed restricting the Court to two
| places—Milledgeville, on the second Mon
day in March, and Atlanta, on the second
Monday in July—to either of which Terms
cases may be carried up on Writs of Error
from any county in the State, on giving the
j defendent twenty days notice, who shall not
be compelled, how’ever, to pass over a Term
earlier or nearer him, if he prefer it and is
ready.
A citizen of Mobile, a few days ago,
fiund by actual experiment, that he increa -
ed in weight two pounds in five minutes.—
The first weighing was on the scales of a
merchant w ho had nothing to sell by weight
at that time. The second weighing, five
(minutes after, was on the scales of a dealer
I who had large supplies of bacon, lard, &c.,
ar very large prices. It is a fact worthy of
general attention, t 1 at the presence of ba
con, ham, lard, &c., should have such a dis
turbing influence on the scales.
X correspondent in the Chattanooga Reb
el praises the Tennessee women in this
' wi-e : “Along the roadside we often see fee-)
) ble women in cornfields bending over hoes,!
and holding the plow handles with their
ihin, sun embrowned hands, while their
husbands are dcing duty as soldier in the )
camp. With no word of repining at this!
hard, unnatural labor, they work cheerfully
land faithfully, and with a spirit that is sure
ly worthy of protection. The girls, de-
■ prived of the assistance of servants, cook.
) wash, and perform all the duties pertaining
| to the household.
At a late session of the Confederate
Court, in Columbia, Lawson and King were
capitally convicted < f having in Their pos
session notes of the Confederacy, with in-!
tent to counterfeit and utter the same, and |
are under sentence of death, to be hanged
on the first Friday in August next. An
other, named Chason, tried for misdemean )
or, for having a SIOO Confederate note ini
his possession, filled up with names and I
numbers, was sentenced to six years hard;
labor and a fine of $ 100. The fate of these j
persons should serve u* a warning to others.;
it is not generally known that the Con-;
federate loan recently negotiated in Europe;
required the presence of a special com mis !
sioner to. perfect it. The person selected I
for that duty is Colin J. Mc.Rea, of Mobile,!
who left Charleston more than a month ago
for Nassau, but arriving there two hours as-
I ter the European steamer had left, he wa
[compelled to remain over until another
j steamship would leave for Liverpool. More
I than a month having elapsed since Mr. Mc
i Rea arrived at Nassau, we have no doubt
(that he has reached England and perfected
! the loan.
The New Orleans True Delta says that
; there are now’ in that once flourishing city
125,000 men, m >men and children, eutireh
| destitute, and not thrown upon the street.-*
I because ot the uon-enforeenietit ot the laws
' tor the collection of rent against them. I
I also sajs that there tire from 15 to 20,0001
' persons in the city who are now supporting!
life by the sale ot' little things accumulated
in prosperous days, and who have in the
| early future no hope of escape from the
) horrors of want and starvation, save in the
(contributions of the general affluent—alas,
) now a very small number. Such is New
Orleans after one year’s Yankee Despotism
—15.000 destitue!
The Montgomery Advertiser, in speak
l inn of the crop prospects in that State,says:
, “ \\ e have it from good authoritv, that in
some portions ot Alabama—and we pre
sume the same is true m regard to other
States —the breadth <>t land in wheat is so
great, that the few inhabitants left in those
) sections of country will not be able to save
(the entire crop. The importance of the
subject would justify the government in de
tailing men from the army to assist in the
work of harvesting; but this will not be
necessary if the planters in the counties
■ lot merly devott d to the culture of cotton
! will send some of their surplus hands to
aid their neighbors. If th -y will d-> this.
! they will thereby be t tiabh 1 to secure a
. supply ot wheat f->r themselves, benefit
j those portions of the country which have
. been drained of their laborers by th* war,
.land render a lastinti service to the country
and the cause.” Planters in every regioi
of the country should lend each other a
helping hand when necessary.
NORTHERN NEWS.
Regiments whose terms of service have
expired, continue to arrive at New >ork.
at the rate of two to four per day .
Gen. Burns >le has sentereed fot.r spies t<
be hung, a» d one deserter to be shot, on the
. 29th ot May.
It was stated that Hooker fell back in
consequence of a council of war of the corps
commanders.
Steps are to be initiated whereby home
forces are to be organized under the aus
pices of the government, to repress disloy
al demonstrations and organizations in the
North. Philadelphia has already moved in
this matter.
According to the sta'ements of some of
the Yankee prisoners, who have been con
fined in Richmond, they are better treated
by the Confederate authorities than by their
own friends.
Some private letters received North, say
that the British Government intend to stop
the fitting out of any more privateers or
vessels <>f war in English ports. They do
not think the statement is true.
Some ten negro* regiments have been
formed at Cairo. All who are captured by
us should either be executed at once, or put
to work, with ball and chain, upon fortifica
tions. No mercy should be showm them.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
It is stated that the Loudon Times of a
late date announces that fourteen vessels re
cently escaped from British ports for the
Confederate service.
Ferdinand Huber, the well-knowm »com
poser of the Swiss leider, or national songs,
died a few days ago at St. Gall, in his eigh
ty-third year.
The winter is exceedingly severe in Por
tugal; a great deal of snow has fallen, the
railroads are damaged, and all build.ng op
erations are suspended.
The French Emperor has just completed
a rifled cannon of a new style, for naval use.
It is made of forged steel, and is loaded at
the breech. It is to be tried on board the
Magenta or Soifer ino.
The Sultan of Turkey continues his meas
ures of reform in that country. He has
ordered a reduction in the civil list, in the
allowance to the Sultaness, and in the num
ber and salaries of public functionaries.
Mr. Booker, H. M. consul at Sin Fran
cisco, has. collected from British residents
there, nd forwarded to London the sum of
<£IIIG, for the relief of’ distress in Lanca
shire.
The Quebec Vindicat >r says that a large
) amount of ammunition has been sent to the
! West for the forts on the frontier of Cana
j da. Five vessels left English ports for
) Quebec with government stores.
Garibaldi’s physician has addressed a let
ter to the newspapers, in which he declares
that Garibaldi’s wound is far from being
healed. He states that it emits a fetid pus,
and that splinters of bo..e continue to come
out.
The Marquis Pepoli is to represent Italy
at St. Petersburg, and to negotiate the mar
riage between Prince Humbert, of Savoy
—the licit apparent to the Italian throne—
, and the Princess de Leuchtenberg. The
, Marquis is a son of Mutat’s sister, and a
sou-in law of the Prince von Hohenzullern.
The Queen of Spain has ordered one of
| the crown jewelers to maks her a magnifi
) cent diadem. The diamonds and other pre
cious stones, to the amount of eight mill
; ions of reals, (200,000 f will be furnished
by the Crown Jewel Office. The rest of the
\parure, the necklace, bracelets, &c., will re
present twelve millions reals (315.000 f.
The Archbishop of Rouen is now’ in Paris
to stimulate the zeal of the Parisians and
the government on behalf of the poor cot
i ton operatives of his diocease; he proclaims
on the house-tops that all the money given
by the government, and collected by pri
vate persons w ill be but a slight alleviation
of tiie wide spread distress in his neighbor
hood.
FiilTgrave
Mrs. Mary TuraSher, wife of David Thrash
er, was born on the 7th of 8- pteniber, 1798, and ;
departed this life on the 25th ot May, 1863.
Ht-r i fe was one of industry and usefulness. ;
Upon her inarria e, she euieted on household
duties " ith a zeal to make all comfortable and I
contented at home. Becoming the mother oil
several children, she neg ec ed no opportunity i
(to instil into their minds the principles of in
| di.stry, honesty and truth, as well as the fear of
God ’ To her husband she was ever kind and
attentive, even to the smallest w’ant; and proved
faithful in the discharge of all her duties, as
wite, mother, mistress, and the kind friend and (
neighbor, through a long life of labor and toil. )
Though lovely as a matron in all these qnali-1
ties, yet brighter than all shone her Christian (
virtues and worth. For thirty-five years she
was a consistent and pious member ol the Prim
itive Baptist Church —at the time ot her death
holding her membership at Bethel Church,
New ton county, Ga.
Nor did she tail to live the religion she pro.-
fi s*ed, and by example, as well as precept, she
taught it to "her child en, her -ervanis, her
friends, and the woi Id. In the absence of her
hu-baml, (and sometimes in his presence), did
she ireque. rty lead in the devotional exercises
around the family altar. Her mission was to;
instil the principles and blessings ■. f peace and
righteousness both in the family and church,
.and never will her dev ted children forget her
sacred lesions of peace and piety.
But the frui s oi her labors, so fiitbful, are
now seen in the re l utn of nany ot her children
to the bosom of the church. Always busy, a
- peaceful in expression, always devotional
in spirit, she live t e en to a good, old. ripe age.
When by Providence she was ca'led to leave
this earh, she was ready for the change, and
•:o de hired to her loving and venerab e hus
band, an t tho*e of her children present on the
s* lemn o c tsioo, among whom was the Hon.
Jo’m J. Thr sh-r, of A lanta, with his wifi-.
The deeva-ed - as ill tor some two weeks be
foie her death, and bore her afibctio s w th
Christian tes gnat ion. Truly, the was lovely in
life, yet tn »re so in death. H-*r faith never wa
-1 vered. tor she felt that Heaven was only a short
wav off, and would soon he hers As the end
dre-v near, site begged her husband and chil
dren, in the most rational yet earnest manner—
weeping and filh dw th sorrow, —to meet her in
h it bright word above.
• , Her ti sea*e was pneumonia, from which she
-utTcred severe y tor nine days, but died e sy
iter spirit uoing to Iter Saviour Her remains
were interred in the funily grave-yard ot David
e Thrasher, there to remain Illi the morning ol
the resurrection. A Friend.
The rVazarene Baianei’.
FOR THE SOLDIERS.
There is now published, in the city
of Atlanta, a monthly journal entitled
THE NAZARENE BANNER,
intended for gratuitous distribution in the
Army and the Hospitals. Each number
contains twenty columns of choice reading.
Churches, societies, or individuate who
feel inclined to aid the Editor in this enter
prise, w’ill please address Jas. N. Ells, at
Atlanta, Ga.
Eight dollars, per month, will secure one
hundred copies—mailed to any point.
C. HcDasiiel,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND PROPRIETOR OF
EATING SALOON,
[Thompson's Budding, on Decatur Street,)
ATLANTA, GA.
Mr. McDaniel would inform his*friends and
the public, that he can be found at the above
stand.
In addition to transacting a General Com
mission business—in which he solicits orders
: for the sale and purchase ot MERCHANDISE,
he has also established a well arranged
EATIXG SALOON,
in which the substantiate and delicacies of the
season may be obtained, day and night.
In his STORE, the usual Family Supplies,
by wholesale or retail, will be sold.
In his SALOON, the public will fin! the best
the market can afford, served in fine style.
Atlanta, May 3t), 1863.
J. 65 Tippin,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Foreign and
Domestic
DRY Goods.
g-iig** Connally’s Block, on Whitehall Stree-
ATLANTA, GA. *
To the Cotton Spinners of Georgia.
IN PURSUANCE OF A CALL MADE
upon the Cotton Spmuc-rs ot Georgi •, to assem
ble in Cuvention in the city of Aiiania, for the
pit pose of taking into consideration the best m< ans
of supplymg the great destituti >u in < otton Yarns,
now being felt all over «>ur cJtate, Che undersigned
duly assembled. A ter a deliberate < xaminat on of
all trie fact” laid before us, to-wi : the great scarci
ty of Cotton Yams; the Limited means of soldiers’
wive-t and tun lies; >he probable continuance of
tins unholy war; and the auparent suffering that
must com nue to accrue to4he fain.lies of otr no
ble defenders on a.-Count of the scarcity of Yarns;
and the a most imp Ssibility of procuring Cotton
Cards we have determined to act upon the follow
ing plan, >nid earnestly req i'-.-t Cotton tipinneis,all
ove*. the State, heartily to co-operate witif us.
We h reby pledge ourselves to lurnish to General
Ira R. Fo ter, Qu >rterniaster Gener I of the State
ot G orgia, tjue-eighth of our production of Cotton
Yarns, iceeklg, at one halj the current prices at the time
they are furnished. These Ya ns to be issued to the
luferioi Courts of each > ounty, and by them to be
distributed to the destitute of their counties, as
provided for oy a resolution of the late Legislature.
These Yarns to ue delivered by us at the neare t
depot of transportation.
This plan can uot fail to commend itself to every
patriot of the Empire State. Thousands o' ourfet
low-eitizens, clad in the armor of wa , are on dis
tant fields, battling for our rights and cheerfully
risking their lives in defe. ee ot us, o r homes and
our altars. Their families are e usigmd to our
caie. They are in great need of Yarns with wni- h
to weave them ueeessary clothi >g. Cotton Cards
can not be procured. Their omy hope is in the fac
tories of their State. To them they app. al, and to
them they surely will not appeal in vatu.
John white.
Georgia Factory.
ISAAC POWhi.L,
High Shoals Factory.
HUGH MACLEAN,
Aguadon Mill.
THO 3. LESLIE,
Troup Factory.
E. STEADMAN,
Gwinnett Manufacturing Company.
Quartermaster General's Office, 1
Atlanta, May 15. 1563. J
The above circular is sent forth with the earnest
hope that every cotton spinner in Georgia will
cheerfully and promptly respond to its appeal and
act upon its plan
I know of no act by which proprietors of facto
ries can more surely nerve the arms ot our brave
soldiery, than by furnishing thread, by which the
loved ones at home can be comfortably clad and
protected from the rigors of a coining winter. A
failure to respond wifi, result in much sufiering
among the families of those who have sacrificed
their all for our defence and comfort. Let it be re
membered that without the aid of factories, thread
can not be obtained, and the destitute poor can not
be clad. Let the families ol our soldiers be fed and
clothed, and they will more cheerfully and patient-
I ly bear the toil and suffering of the camp, and more
; gallantly meet the assaults of the energy. Let them
! be neglected, and dissatisfaction on the part of
I many, and desertion in some, will inevitably follow.
) How much then depends upon the action of our
; cotton spinners in this matter!
In behalf of the destitute families of our gallant
i soldiers we appeal to the cotton spinners of Geor
gia; we appeal with confidence that they will not
i disappoint us. but will nobly and patriotically come
)to our aid i this our time of need.
The Yarns so obtained will be furnished gratui
tously to the destitute of our State.
IK A R. FOSTER,
Quartermaster General,
may 29 2t State of Georgia.
Eighteen thousand six hundred
AMI TEN FORTY - FIVE ONE-HUN
DREDTH DOLLARS. On Friday' night, the 15th
inst., JAMES A. EDIE absconded from my em
ployment with the proceed- of an account he had
been instructed to collect, amounting to Eighteen
Thousand Six Hundred and Ten 45-100 Dollars. -
Edie wrote to me. dated Friday night, on board the
steamer Britannia (which left that evening at b
o’clock), and acknowledges taking the money.—
Ed.e was a member ot the Washington Light In
fantry Volunteers—was wounded in one tiand at
the battle of Seven Pines. He was seen on Satur-.
d_y morning at Kingsville. He is a Canadian by
; birth, ai out 30 years of age. 5 feel 9 inches high,
reddish hair, florid complex on, a slight hesitancy
lit speech, with a little imperfectioii tn his eyes,
wed educated and plausible. He has British Con
sulate papers.
A Reward of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
will be paid tor his arrest and lodgment in anv jail
in the Confederacy, and one-quarter of any money'
recovered will be given.
Every paper in the Confederate States will
publish Advertisement once, and send bill to
me W JAMES 11. lA> LOK.
Auction and Commission Merchant,
lr Charleston, S. C.
The Importing and Exporting Com
pant of Georgia.
rpHE subscriber* to the tir»t million are hereby
L notmed tnal payments will be expected by the
tir-t ol Juue.
De;»Osits to the credit of the Bank of Commerce,
made in any Ban* :n Charleston, Columbia, or
Hamburg. S. C-, or in in Columbus. Macon. Atlan
ta or Augusta, witn certificates, will be received.
Cotton will also be received at the market p r ice
in payment of subscriptions, it delivered in Savan
nah or Charle'ton.
Further subscriptions are being received, to be
" on the same terms as thr alajve lor the second intl
-9 lion payable when subscribed for.
1 The Charter will be taken under the Code of
if Georgia, which contiiies the liability to actual
i auiouut of subscriptions. G. B. LaMAR.