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Newspaper Page Text1. VOLUME XVIII. HOME. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16" 1868. NUMBER fOBlMHEO. EVERY FIllIl AY MORNING. - 'by" &T D W I N ET?Lr~ Editor and Proprietor. -Terms of Subscription. [to advance, per annum, : :. : .$» 00 Terms of Atlvci Using. lt q al Advertisements will bo inserted at the lull rati-?. Miscellaneous Advertisements at per square uf 10 Hues or less, for tlio First, j 50 cents for eneh Subsequent Insertion. I Square Ttiroe'Moiiths, : r : : $5 00 j Six Mbntlrs, i : : 8 00 1 “ Twelve Months, 1 : 10 00 , liberal Discount will be made to those o advertise larger amounts. • -’ jiiUuU'ici of tiioro than flvo lines olinrgo lime as advertisments... [\tliVcs of Marrfaqcs and Deaths, not ex- hjna Five IjineB Tn' length, arc published Ituituously ln the Courlor. The frlcnds of I parties tiro requested to send In these ho ls accompanied with a responsible name | they will bo published with pleasure. The taw of Newspapers, * I-Subscribers who do not give express u T—If subscribers .order, the discontinuance ■heir newspapers the publisher may coiitln- |to scud them until all arrearages aro paid. I,-If subscribers nogloot or refuse to tako f Sir newspapers from-the ofHoo to which they 1 directed, they arc hold responsible until r havo settled tho bills and ordered them Ip»o. g iiue [Saturday, Morning, Jan. 3, .1803. The Fort Infantry. jriie company was organ'zod on TueB. , the 6th inst.j' with the- following leers: W. Howe—Captain. 1’. K. Doprenst, 1st Lieut, w. j. shockiy; 2d C. II. Morris, ' 3d I'he services of tile company havo |n tendered to Qov. Brown '-Tho next sessiGh of Airs., Hick's lool for girls and small boys, will litnence on the 16th Inst. See -A valuable plantation is offered hale in Campbell co. Seo notice.’ “Rev. Win. II. .Clarke,.* fqriiwrly St. Peter's Church, Rome, has accep- I tho permanent rectorship of St. [death of tho latter, when he wps [eel to the-pormanont rectorship. ItuiioKN for Sale. -Perrons wishing sitireimse young and likely negroes Itl.or boys of girls—would do well Mr. Wm. Rumoy; Air. K. is a I,judge of a negro us well ns of fees,"find his rule is not to buy any I die best. Kilitortnl Correspondence. Camp 8tii Georgia Regiment Near Fredericksburg, Va., December 22th, 1802. Dear Courier: Tho smoke of' Imttlo lins cleared away mid tho* wonted' scenes of camp ljfo have returned with their, monotonous routine of daily du ties. It is really remarkable how soon we fall back to tho same dull state of carelessness that vsleran soldiers ex perience at all times, except when actually engaged in the .‘.‘bloody strife.” As soon as the doad and wounded, of fevon a great battle, are removed from sight, the groat mass of old soldiers oxliibit no more evidences • of excite ment than if no unusual thing had taken place. Armsheeptnfs (heir pro fession and fighting their occupation, and they go about it very much as other men do to .their customary daily duties, uud when a battle is over 1 those who.como out unharmed, feel a kind of sweet satisfaction,' nst very unlike the enjoyment experienced by a la borer, who has] jot successfully through some disagreeable, and perhaps, long drendodjob of work; Of course there is' iiiuoh talk about the battle, but there seems to be but little, feeling, and no excitement ofter the first flush of bat tle is over. It is now pretty well ascertained that the estimates, made in my latter of Friday, last, of tho enemy’s Joss, wore too low. In that estimate those killed and wounded in the city, and also at the Pou toon Bridge, woro not taken into Mio account, ,’1'hts will swell their entire loss to not loss thnn fiiteen thou sand, tvliile it is not improbable that it may reach os high as twenty thousand. Tlio Abolition army is very much dis. organised, and groat dissatisfaction is expressed, by both officers and mon with Burnside ns leader. I asked a large number, who wore on tho detail to bury their dead, which lliey.profered for a Gen;, McClellan or Burnside.— They all said “give us Little Mack all the time.” They said Burnside could manage a brigade or division very woll, but none but a simpleton, in regard to general army movements, would ever havo brought men info that slaughter pen. They expressed themselves tired of the war, and wishing old Abe r.ud Jefl' Davis would got ' together uiid set tie. this “hiss.” [ 1 lie enemy *s pickets are stationed till Editorial Correspondence, Camp near Fredericksburg, Dec.'20. Dear Courier 'There has been no ostensible or reported change in the “situation” since my last letter. The Weather continues .fine, and t’. ere is no small amount of grumbling on account of the largo amount of distastoful duties the men are called upon to perform. In this brigade,* Vold .Tigo,”. ns Gon. Anderson is fami liarly. called, seems to be ns lenient to wards his command as possible, and hence would not issue suolt orders un less required to—there ar.o now daily six roll calls! two drills, and dress pa rade. This is not very muoh, if is true, but it should bo borne in mind that tlio days are now but little over nino Rome Female College. Vo aro requested to say that, during 113th session which will commcnco Monday next, instructions will bp fen in the German and French Lan- |gcs and in Drawing. 1’lcnsc Notice. wish to employ‘from fifty to one fedred ladies to-.tek'Q and make colit is lor tlio soldiors. A remunerative M will bo paid. Apply to me on mid Monday, January 5th, up stairs |r Mr. A. M.iSloan’s store. K. O..HOUGH. Tlio expl’qisef'of tho Rome Fo- College will Bo resumed on tiie The,Vicksburg Whig says that enemy’s silenco is ominous. He is lontly making extensive prepare s for an advance, fridges ore -nb' bt being erected across the lagoons ' lakes, and batteries planted in: tlie. |ds. Though silent they are not . and in a few clays tlio undecided close examination. And it is further ordered that all exl fa clothing found upon the field shnlt be sold by the fin ; dors to tlieii 1 . contrudes > at tho highest possible price. By order of Brig. Gen. “Tide.” Ciias. C.Laftwiok, A. A. Gen. : Hdqts, 8th Gn. Uogt. Deo. 25, .18027 Special CTiidyus, No. 1202. Part I.—Hereafter all officers and thenof-this command, who are so un fortunate as to bocomo suddenly 111, just when a battle is imminent, will report to the rear, at Gen. Tigo’s wag* oris,- and assist .7line and Willis In the performance of their duties. have their cooking, washing, wood cutting, Ac.! to do for themsolves. But the worst of nil jfi, the men do despise drilling; day after day, week in and week out, throughout a succession of over nineteen months this command ha Vo been in the liabit'of “falling in,” "marohing” and going through the same identical movements over and over again, until it has become really sickening. These exercises afford them nothing new' to think about, still, in order to obey,tile commands, they havo to keep their minds on what they aro doing, and they rcalizo no benefit from these distasteful tusks. Last Wodnosday a subscription was taken up for the benefit of tho Fred ericksburg suftoi ers. This Regiment con tributed four hundred dollars and ten eenls—tlio Brigade one thousand threo hundred and seventy-five dollars.- If all other .brigades in this army do ns well it will, at least, relievo the immediate wants of-these suffering people whom the.vile Abolition hordes have depriv ed, not only of homes and all home eomfotts-, 'but, in many instances, to tho last cent of nil their earthly pos sessions, not oven lenying them food enough for a single day’s subsistauce. It was almost universally remarked in camp yesterday that it was the driest Christmas day that liad ever bean seen. TKo disposition for fun and frol. lie would occasionally show itself, and the muoh coveted pleasuro of having a “Christmas gun" .was stealthily cn joyed by scattering men, out side the lines, by discharging their muskets.— Christmast dinners, in camp, were To tlie Mayor a ml Connell or the City of Rome. Gentlemen. Your Finance Committee in closing their labors for tlio year just oh'dod, beg leavo to submit the follow brief report of the fiuuncial condition of tile city : They have thoroughly and carefully ox- ., somewhat loss sumptuous than have along on. the north side of the river, gelf0ruUy been seen in the good old hours long, andteat mosL of the men ^ p rtrt n.-No posses will heroafter be granted from theso headquarters, ex cept to the Officers, who will bo Allowed to visit the railroad for the purpose of buying Giriysr Cakes. Part III.—Twenty days rations will be kept constantly on hand, in the haversacks, and 1000 rounds of cart ridges ill tho pockets of enqli tohn.- When two signal gqns shall be fired all men will immediately fall in line of battle, except- those who, the- previous nigbt, wbro up late gamblihg. ; Part IV.—Offloers, in futute, will be positively prohibited from borrowing money from the privates. Part V.—Thero will ho hereafter, tvelvo battalion drills, beforo .bretyk fast, each day,- and one hundred and twenty roll calls between breakfast and dinner and in the afternoon there will be eight brigade drills, and four dress pa rades. ’I'he Regimental commander desires to return bis thnnks to the mon of this command, for their recent gallantry :n the field, and to congratulate them upon the successful manner in which they succeeded in getting the lost hav ersilek belonging to the 3rd New Jer sey Regiinont. “To tho victors belong the spoils,” and your commander would urgo you on to future and many exten sive deeds of pillage! It is cxpoctod that oh every possible occasion, you will excliango tobacco lor coft'oe with tho abolitionists; and wheirthe 10th On Battalion arrives, if you do not soon possess yourselves of their pow clothes your commander will cease to regard you-us "aid and tried votorans,” By eoUimand of 207 46 237 C4 85112-02 while ours nre on tile south batik, and, until yesterday—when , un older was issued prohibiting all talking with the enemy—they had, however, social talk ing across tho river, and, wherovor therd were bittloes, crossing over to. each other and exchanging tobaoco for sugar and coffee. ' . - Rev’. Mr. Potter and Mr. Olcot, Agts. Ga. Relief and Hospital' Association,, are now here, furnishihg destitute, soldiers with.clothing. ..They. Dnd but little to do in this brigade. Mri Potter preach ed to us last Sunday, and never did a hymn seem so full of meaning, and ‘pathetic, as tho one he reuited at tho opening of service, cqmmbnoing, “Safely through another week, 'God has brought us on oiif way.” It is presumable that overy man within hearing,..who had not previously thank ed our kind'Heurenly Father, for pre serving him unharmed throughout the rocont battles, heartily did so there, and those who had repeledly done so before, then did it with increased gratir fudb i.lid 'ileVotion. His theme was .prayer, and lie stuted that .while it is the most convenient act of worship, it .oQntains the chief olemci.ts of piety and he exhorted all to' a regular and formal attondano'o to their moans:' of grace, His discourse was well rccoived and,Tjt is to be hoped, will bo the , means of doing much good. It was l§y*lt is reported Unit,, several gun- ti 10 first sermon i«reached in this Reg’t, p, acoompaniod by a transport," f or over threo months. An officer who visited Port Royal to day, reports that activo preparations are boing made, to give the abolition n ° up tho Yazoo river a day or two i 00 ) aqd^wbilo attempting^to raise the i>s frdK tbe wreck of a boat destroy; . jlloc. fttli, a torpedo oxploded tin- ■ f tke transport, shivering it into a feusand pieces. The Yazoo is a hard p for naigation, and it will bo im fesible for Yankee boats to effect in- ance in Gincinnati hereafter. ■©•Richard Yeadon, Esq., of til fearleston Courier, has offered te pusand dollars for Gen. Butler’shead. i certainly a great price for an in- Hor artiole—for Butler has a sorry ■king head—bald, squint eyed, vul 1 a ®d beastly in every lineament. |j©*Tho Augusta Chronicle & Sonti ® and Constitutionalist, and the Ala. 'Telegraph, have advanced, their Ice of subscription to $10. hordes as worm a reception there should they attempt to cross the river, as they got Saturday niglit. was the coldest of the season. It"Tias boon mild to-day and now looks like to rain. Geo. Aycock is reported to be doing well. uut is still in a very critical condi" tion. The piece of his skull taken out is about ono and a fourth inches long and three foui ths of an inch wide. The wound ib on the back side of his head near tho loft ear. Lincoln’s Blockade.--No less than five largo vessels, with valuable cargos, muoh of them consisting of army stores, arrived in Confederate ports within the last. 1 times at homo. Our usual diet, now-a dnys.ismsut and bread, notliing more, nothing less ; the same for breakfast, dinhef and supper, and the same variety day after day. But for dmnor yester day, being that it was Christmas, wo, after strenuous efforts to get something good, were enabled to indulge in the luxury of having Irish potatoes in our beef soup. This wnsso much better than Borne ot the other officers had ! that wo invited company.to dinner. The oniy public amusements heard of this vichtityi were mook dross pa rados. Theso were participated in ahd enjoyed by at least feur regiments of our Brigade. Tlio ordevs published in the 8tb may bo found below. Most of the lmi’d .‘.‘.hits” are sufficiently p.al- yublo to be noticed .-without explana tion. If these orders are not consider'' ed /«nIII/, why, IT)eh, tlioy only estab- isli.tbe bistorioui fact that we nro linvd up for something to laugh at. But here .they are, read for yoursolvbs: IIuqus. Army Northern Vs,, Dec. 25,"I8G2. General Orders No. 1,700. It is with pain that tlio Gen. com manding lias observed upon the recent battle field a' few Yankees who had not been entirely stripped of tlioir.clotbing Ho distinctly rCmchibors having seen one wlio had on o.-whole shirt and sovci*- nl others with socks only a little worn at tho toes. He earnestly recommends that, in-future, brigado commanders will impress upon the minds of their troops tho impropriety of leaving a single article of clothing upon our un fortunate foes. By order of , Gen. Winward. Jsiix Smith, A.-A. Gen. Col. W. H. H. TI. Swallow. Sam. Celbars, Adj. IIdqs. old Tige’s Brigade, Doc. 25.1862. General Orders, No.-83. The General commanding is crodibly informed that in, at least two instances, tho Surgeons of this brigade gavo whis key to men wounded in the recent battle. This slnrtling inovation upon the customjot' consuming all the liquor furnished to the medical department by tho officers of tho same,' excites the liveliest apprehensions, and the'Gen eral is determined to seo to it that hereafter no storos so valuublo shall bo frittered away. In extenuation, how ever, of tho strange conduct of the Surgeons above alluded to, your.•com mander is happy to announce that the. two men, though not of this com mand, were very seriously wounded ,nr.d in great anguish at the time,;and furthermore, there was more whiskey on baud at the timetlian the Surgeons could woll carry away in ca'so of a sud den fight. >I} » iiioixdi bnoiv*«) !»>.*•. The General is satisfied that, no or ders noed bo . issued to prevent the wasting of whiskey upon, tho men in cases of any ordinary diseases, as he has no idea a Bingle gill has been thus squflbdcred in the last eight months. By command of Gen. I'ioe. Chas. C. Lai’twiok, A. A. Gen. M. D, funds received from the City Tax Col- •lector, City.. Marshal, ■ ahd Clerk of .Council respectively, and that ho, lias- correct voHobers for all disbursmonts 8vith whiob your debited. His books, which arc neatly and correctly Kept, show a balance iit tho" Treasili'y of $4,576 9?. To which may, bo add-, ed for,, taxes assessed, on digestj and not'col lected, (mbstly’duo bV soldiors) ’> Alsu for Tax fi. fas., a portion ol which . have beon returned nulla bona, all issued this year, Aluking a grand total of assots amounting to the Bum of : ” from which may bo deducted for tho re demption - of- ebango bills which you havo , issued and put in cir culation, tlie sum of 1229 10 For drafts issued : undnotpaid, 259 75 , For extra polico duj. ties during -he holi days, ' 42 00 ' And for acets notaud--- ! 'fts-nrtit <>dt ;i Red, , - .74.-40*1506-126- Thus showing in your, . , Treasury a nett bal ance of $3606 77 with which to commciico tlio incoming fiscal year. Your Tax Oorlector’B digest' shows the taxable property of the.oity, re turn ed lor assessment tp amount ,to .tho sum of $2,052,652 which, assessed at J of one per cent, gives you the sum ’ of $5131i63 as tho city taxes for the current year. Of this sum your col lector has collected and paid . into, the Treasury $4596 54, leaving uncol-' Tected as above shown tlio sum of $536 09. . ' Beforo they pass from this immediate brunch of tho subjoct, your committee would beg leave to congratulate, you (arid through you, tho tax payors whom you represent) upon-this Very favorable and gratifying exhibit of the financial condition of our young and prosperous Your total revenues for thoycar, from all sources; umount to - tho sum of $8088-54, - derived ns follows : ' From.luxes, $4596 5,4 AT-om change .bills issued 1229 10 And front Licenses; Fines and Cemetery, 2263 30—$8088 94 us above stated^ Yo.ur total oxpeudi: turos for I ho year in cluding everything, amount to thesum of $3512 01, leaving a bulunco in .. . tho Treasury, usabove shown, of $4576 93 As the ‘’change bills” above roiorred to were issued to meet an emergency not likely again to happen, and in the opin ion of-your committee, without authori ty of law, they would beg to suggest that you respectfully reoommeud to the that we may all live to sco our beloved city equally happy and prosperous at the Beginning of tlio next year, and of many succeeding years to como. All of which is respectfully submitted. GEO. S. BLACK, irfFwiin R. S. NORTON, / K. T. HARGROVE, Filtapco Committee, Georgia Bonds.—At an auction' sale of stocks in Clinrlcslon on Tuaiday, three State of: Georgia 7 per cent;' bonds, §500 oaclig sold at $135, or'35* per cent.'above’ 'par. - ’ :el . LtticOLN Refuses to accept. Bc-nX- side’s Resignation.—Burnsido - arrived in '\yashington on tlio 20tb, and ten dered his resignation, wliich Lincolu- refusod te acoept, Burnside loft for tho army .of the Potomac on the 22d. / . STATE OF GEORGIA, Adj; & Tnsp.' Genl’s. OmcE, . Milledgovillo, Jnn. 1st, 1863.’ By Resolution of.tho Goneral Assem bly,, published.bplqw, it is made tlio. duty of,tho Adjutant General to pre pare'' nnd'~deposUo in the Archives of tlio State, Registries of all persons from tvlio liove entered op quay IIdqs. “Old Tice's” Brigade, -I; ' ■ : < Deo. 25,1862. General Orders, No. 82. In accordance with’ general orders. No. 1,700, Army Northern Yu., Dec. 25th, 1862, regimental commanders will in future sec that their mon aro fully instructed as to tho necessity of effectually pillaging tho dead. Men in future on going into battlo will attire themselves in their most worthless garments, that they may exchange un hesitatingly witli our better clad ene mies, and without tho usual delay of Gallantry of the Georgians. letter from General Early awards great praise to the Georgia troops for their noble conduct in tlio battlo of Freder icksburg. Much of the success of our arms on that stubbornly contested field is duo to the valor of Lawton’s brigade. The Lynchburg Virginian also ,payi this brigade a nigh compliment. Foi some roason or other—probably with out any good reason—the command has hitherto boon under a eloud, and the present is a favorablo oppoi tunity for plaoing it in a position which it has a right to occupy; Troops that can win tho approbation of General Eai’ly for coolness and courage on tho field of battle aro entitled to it; for no officer we have possesses move of these qualities or dospises moro heartily tho lack of them in others; and uono are more honest to award praise where it is des- orved. All honor to tlio gallant Geor gians.—Charleston Courier. and died from the ’eftbets of their wounds. : . . In order tV.eroforo, that these Regis-, tries cniy.bo as .complete as .possible, persons having relativfes or friends in tlie War, nro invited to sond mo at this place, tho namo of'l.herolativo orfrioud bgiment joined and rank at the time of joining., 3, To wliatr grades promoted subsc- pnrt of the body; -■ vnr 6. If died’of wounds; whpn, ■ whore,, anfi at what age. > ft *Tb i.sii—i incoming administration tho propriety of adopting such measures as in their wisdom may bo best calculated to retire them at an early day. Jn view of the fact that you leave an overflowing treasury, your committee think you can mako tliis rccomincnda-, tion without impropriety. Germain to this part of tho subject,- I our committee would recommend that you nlso suggest to the -incoming ad ministration thc avoidcnce of debt and the observance, of strict economy 'in managing the financial affairs of; the city, la the opinion of your committee, you may with • commendable pride, unmixed with self-laudation or just imputation of ogotisib; point them to;your ndmin- istrntion'bow about to closo as worthy of oxample. Wero arguments -needed to support your pbsition in recommend ing to your successors tho - observance and praotioo of ooonomy, you have only to refer to the present condition of our beloved country. Wo are in the midst of a great-revolution. Wear® engaged in tlio g>•ealest tear the world has ever seen. Our foe is poworfi)l--unprinoipled -and vindictive. Our bravo soldiers must be supported in the fields their holploss -fami lies must bo supporlcd ftt home, until they whip the fight,—Therefore it is the part of wisdom to avoid debt—to avoid extrav agance—and to practice economy ■ in all things till tlie end of tlio wnr. Tho city marshall, tlio tax Collector, ahd tlie olerk of counjil oaoli have re ceipts and vouchers for all moneys re ceived'and disbursed by them' respect ively-. ' In conclusion, your committee Would respectfully call attention to . tho fact that you hayo administered tho city government with q smaller outlay of money than any administration that has preceded you : for it number of years. Your police force has ho®n stronger than usual, and very efficient in the dischargo of its obligations to tho pub lic and your side walks and streets aro in bettor condition than your committee over recollect to. have seen them on the first; of any previous J an uavy In taking leave of you, Gent the public whom we have ei mcnfs.'aml o! tho War Department in Riohmond, will supplymamly tho in formation desired, but that there may bo none, omitted who. havo given life, blood, or service in defonoo of State bovoroigttlv or Constitutional Liberty in this torriblo ;war now waging,'! invite- information from all who may tako an interqst in these, memorials of gallantry and honorable service., As it is toy intention to nmnsu the Clerk of tho Superior Court-of. each- county, with the roll of his county, for deposito in liis office,.I rcspcotfully ask ' the oo-‘6neration of county officers, (so, far as their duties will permit,) in furn ishing information themselves or get ting others to do so. _ 4tli Resolution. That tiie Adjutant Goneral shall Jiavc preparod in his office- a Registry: containing in alphabetical ordoiv tho names of all officers and, pri,-. vates who have entered oy may hereaf ter enter tho servico .from this State, during the existing war, ; designating their residences and the Companies, Battalions, or. Regiments of which they wore members, which Registry shall contain so tar as can bo ascertained, ft. list of those wounded iri battlo but who survive. In a separate volumcshall be preserved a list of the gallant and la mentedHead, who fall by the band of disease or from wounds in battle, which Registry when completed at the orii of tho war shall bo deposited in the At’-, phi,vos of the .State, there to remain ft lacfed memorial of gallant names jtpd-1 jorioiis deeds'. glorious deeds. Approved by tho Governor, Novefn-i her 26, 1862. . Dy order of the Goyornor & C.om- mander-iivChief. ' HENRY C. WAYNR, Adjt; & Inspeotor General, ti. fbt&dQ j0S?*SAiLED: : FOR Eurofe.—Roy. Dr^ Moses IJ. -Hodgo, of Richmond, has- sailed from a Confederate port for Euro pe, ou a mission to procure Ribles, . The Virginia Bible Society has author ized him ‘to procure thirty five tho.ti-' sand Bibles and Tostimenls, and has appropriated four thousand dollars towards tho .object. . Other societies hr in (he Confederacy* bayC joined iii ,th.o Salt Works.—The Charleston Coer ier gives statistics, from which it ap yso or operation, which produce an average of eleven bushels per, day each, or eight of wood per week are-consumed. The cost of these works to the aggregate has been estimated at-* the lowest at two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.— The cost of the wood consumed daily is averaged at eight thousand dollars, or nearly fifty tHuusuivl dollars per week.' The total aggregate,‘allowing for lianas engaged and'other items, would’swell tho amount to lW-nr half a million dol lar-, per week.-- F,. td <!'• Fi reside. SQyGenerai Led said lie would glad- lv give baok all tlio killed and woun ded abolitionists ut Fredericksburg in return for the bcroic Gregg. “It is.a ■sum | ■»£ .be public whom we^haye X“ £•'. Hill, it k «hl. kissed^bim- faitbtully to serve, (feebly thought the) ^ l)e «£, t. will vCu permit u.9,to.exiiref.:> tho wish j •

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The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, January 16, 1863, Image 1