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ATT, AJNTA, GEORGIA.
Tuesday Minting, September 15,^1868.
FOR GOVERNOR:
JOSEPH E. BROWN^
THE KNOXVILLE REGISTER.
We rail attention to the notice in another
c ilumu of Messrs. J. A. Sperry & Co., rela
tive to the publication at this place of the
“KnoxvilleRegister,” and the discontinua
tion of the “Gazette.”
STATE TROOPS.
We invite the attention of the several
commands of State Troops, now called
into service under the late requisition of the
President, and assembling at different points
in the State, to the orders which we publish
to-day from General Howell Cobb, and
the address appended thereto issued by
Governor Brown, who, it will # be seen
from the address, will heartily and patrioti
cally co-operate with the distinguished
Georgian, who is appointed to orgaui/.e
them for service. Sec the orders and ad
dress in another column.
THE SITUATION IN FRONT.
The peurile attempt on the part of
certain cotemporaries ol this city to criti
cise the movements of General Bragg’s
army in their “situation” articles, evinces
not only au inexcusable ignoranc^ of
of the true military position and geographi
cal localities of the surrounding country, but
also a marvelous conception of strategy
The Appeal of Saturday evening last, in
expressing its doubts and misgivings as to
whether or not the “wily Dutchman,” Rose-
’ crans, would' hazard a general engagement,
says: '
“Our opinion is, that he has accomplished
what he designed by sending a heavy column
down Wills’ Valley—the evacuation of Chat
tanooga, ot which he has taken possession,
and Which lie will soon fortify and hold
agair st all efforts to reoccupy it. This will
become the base of his future operations, and
all ho has now to do is to guard the lines ot
the railroad communications, leading both
to Nashville and Memphis, by means ot
which licvyill in n short while be enabled to
provision the place with six or twelve
months’ supplies, combined with what he
would be enabled to gather from Middle and
East Teunessee.”'
* *' “ Of one thing wo feel
assured, it will require a most energetic and
vigorous campaign to frustrate his designs
or thwart his purposes, and we very much
tear he will spend his winter in Cliattanoga
and bo prepared in the spring to fall with
destructive violence upon the gulf States.
This, we admit, is rather a gloomy picture
of the situation as it at present presents its
sel f, but looking at what has transpired since
the commencement of the war, and more
particularly within the past six months, we
are justified in taking this view of it. The
enemy has never been known to yield a sin
gle important point he has once wrested
from us, nor have we ever yet been able to
see or apprepiate the immense advantages
we have derived from that strategy or poli
cy which prompts evacuation after evacua
tion, and the surrender of territory which
it is vital to us to hold. We greatly fear,
that like the advance of Geu. Lee into Penn’
sylvania and of Morgan into Ohio, this
evacuation of East Tennessee and Chatta
nooga in particular, will prove a blunder
rather than a wise strategical movement."
The whole tone of this article i3 very ob-
jectionable-Ml is gloomy and despondent in
the extreme, admiralty calculated to destroy
the confidence of the people in our Generals
and their success, and if the fears ex
pressed were but omitted, would be well
dapted to a more Northern latitude.—
Besides this, the article is calculated to
* create an unnecessary alarm, is comforting
to the enemy and the. hundreds of spies
and torics which infest oiir city’-, and indi
rectly charges the evacuation of Chatta
nooga as a blunder!
The Southern Confederacy, of yesterday,
follows in the same tone and strain, and
says:
“It is quite probable that he (Rosocrans)
is content with having so manoeuvred his
lorcea as to engineer Bragg out*of Chatta
nooga, and it is also probable that only a
hard light can drive him from there, and
that lie will not give the fight, unless he is
attacked at that point.
'There is much disappointment and regret
expressed on all hands, at the failure to draw
the Yankee General into a fight The army
and pcoplo were everywhere confident of a
great victory, if Itosecrans could have been
induced to fight. It seems that this, too,
was his conviction, lor he has skilfully
avoided a light, and has, no doubt, fallen
hack to avoid one, as long as possible, and
to be in a strong position, if he should lie
forced to light.”
The idea is here re-echoed that Rosecraus
has out generaled Bragg l>y' obtaining the
possession of Chattanooga, and that great is
the - disappointment and regret on all 7iands
at the failure of General Bragg to draw the
Yankee General into a fight! -Do the facts
and circumstances warrant such mad criti
cism and untenable assertions ?
A glance at the military position of the
two armies before the cvacuaiicn of'Chatta-
nooga, will be sufficient to controvert the
positions assumed by our eotemporaries.—
Gen. Bragg’s army was threatened by an
overwhelming force on. our left wing at
Bridgeport, and on our right centre, oppo
site and above Chattanooga.while Burnside’s
army threatened our forces under Gen. Buck
ner, iu the vicinity of Knoxville. To resist
the combined forces ot the enemy, the aban
donment of our line in East Tennessee to
wards Knoxvills w T as determined upon in
order to concentrate Buckner’s forces with
Bragg’s.
In the meantime, the enemy crossed the
l iver at Bridgeport and attempted a flank
movement on our left, by Will's Talley, to
wards Rome, threatening Atlanta and the
heart of the Confederacy. Tims, to use a
figure in chess, the enemy attacked with his
knight both our Queen, Atlanta, and our
Castle, Chattanooga. Did .it require a mo
ment to decide wivat should be the move ?—
And because Gen. Bragg, anticipating the
enemy’s slrategem, most rapidly and expedi
tiously threw his forces in advonce of the
enemy, by evacuating Chattanooga, and
keeping the enemy’s main force between our
army and the Tennessee, thus saving Atlan
ta and the State of Georgia, he is charged
with making a blunder on the one hand, and
on all hands with not having drawn the Yan
kee General into a fight! Because, in a word.
Gen. Bragg, by his strategy, has saved Geor
gia, and Atlanta from a fearful raid—saved
the printing offices of our friends, and a vast
amount of properly from destruction, he is,
with a becoming gratitude, thus slurred at
and denounced ! We have, only to say, this
is no time, at such a critical moment, for de
traction, and the unhealthy expression o'
gloomy views dispiriting our people.—
What if we had abandoned all Virginia,
would it not he better even to do so, than
lose the heart of the Confederacy ?
But we can assure the people at large,
from sources of the highest authority, that
East Tennessee lia3 been but temporarily
abandoned. Before another moon shall
full, if not sooner, our flag will again proud
ly float over it. Let all East Tennesseeans
take heart—wc solemnly assure them they
are not deserted—nor, as a city paper has
said, is the abandonment of East Tenuessee
the death-blow to the Confederacy. We can
further confidently say, that wc are in po3
session of information that will crc long
make every heart rejoice throughout the
land. It is always darkest before day, but
let our people be filled with the fullest hope,
courage, and confidence.
We learn from a source cutiiled to confi
dence, that Gen. Forrest, on Saturday, de
feated the enemy three miles the other side
of Dalton, having received a very slight llesli
wound, and was in pursuit of the Yankees
at last accounts, driving them beyond Ring-
gold. We have also indisputable informa
tion that telegraph communication was es
tablished yesterday between Dalton and
Ringgold. The cars still run uninterrupted
to Dalton, where we have a large force.
We are credibly informed that a fight took
place on Saturday near McLemore’s Cove,
14 miles west of Ringgold, between; Gen.
Buckner’s troops and.Crittcmlen’s division.
The report states that we captured 300.pri
soners and several pieces of artillery. No
loss given. We state frankly, the report re
quires confirmation, and as it is our sole aim
not to mislead the public in giving either
good or bad ne77S, wc shall never state re
ports as facts, only when we arc sure of their
reliability.
We have also another word of encourage
ment for our readers. “The greatest abun
dance of provisions has been secured through
t he energy of Major Comm ings for the army
of Tennessee— enough to provision it with
full rations'until llosccrans is defeated, and
his army captured or put to flight. We
know of what wc write, and while there is
every thing to encourage our people, there
is nothing to lead them to despair.
meaning of that terj
low has been a Stat
cord -in that capacity,
to time, until the elec
him. To begin, we sha'
corder ” upon the stand,
questions:
1st When the bill was before the Senate
to prevent the distillation of corn—the corn
crop having almost entirely failed in Cher
okee Georgia, causing at the time great dis
tress among the people there, and almost
starvation among the soldiers’ families then
and since, did, or did not, Mr, Furlow op
pose the passage of the bill to prevent its
distillation, until a provision was incorpo
rated into it, authorizing the distillation of
one million gallons of whiskey from corn
which was abundant in bouthwestern Geor
gia, hut for which the people of Cherokee
Georgia, and of other parts of the State,
especially soldiers’ families, were suffering,
and some have since greatly suffered?
2d. Did, or did not, Mr. Furlow, with all
zeal, and to the utmost extent of his ability,
oppose in the Senate the proposed restric
tion upon the planting of cotton—a meas
ure that was designed to secure that abun
dance of grain which time has proven to be
so absolutely necessary for provisioning our
arm}' this winter ?
3d. Did, or did not, Mr. Furlow invaria
bly, when he did vote, on the bill to provide
a fund for the relief of Soldiers’ Families,
vote for the smallest amount named to be in
serted in the bill ?
We pat the foregoing questions to the
“ Recorder” to answer. We do not have the
Journal of the Senate before us, but we are
advised Mr. Furlow did occupy the objec
tionable positions intimated in the toregoing
queries. In a day or two - wc expect to re
ceive the Journal containing Mr. Furlow’s
record in regard to these three points. We
shall do him full justice when we receive
them; in the mean time, the “Recorder”
can, if it will,answer us, sustaining the record
of its candidate for Governor, it it so pleas
es^that metropolitan journal, and which has
been hunting a candidate to beat “ Joe
Brown," with more zeal than discretion, that
appearing to be its eureka at a time when
unity, not strife, should animate our people.
MR. TIM. M. FURLOW.
Like “Japhet in search of a Father,” the
Milledgoville “Recorder” has perseveringly
pursued its hunt after a candidate for Gov
ernor, until it lias at last found one m tho
person of the honoiablc gentleman, whose
name heads this article. Judge Jenkins
could not be induced to take the field ; Judge
Cabaniss desired to yield to the solicitations of
his friends, but was debarred the inestimable
privilege; Mr. Hill does not suit, though lie is
much admired by the Editors of that paper;
hut Mr. Furlow is the man, and “comes np
to the scratch” evidently eager for the race,
and though under “short training," lias al
ready exhibited a disposition to do his best
upon the political turf over which lie will
run on the first Wednesday in October next
The Editors of the “Recorder" doubtless are"
now satisfied, and they must not fail Mr. Fur
low in the three next issues of their paper.—
For our- own part, we freely admit that, in
private file, Mr. Fnrlow is all that his friends
claim for him. He is a good citizen; a thrifty
cotton planter and farmer; hates“dfa£ Brown’
just enough to satisfy “Joe Brown’s” ene
mies; and is perfectly willing—impressed
with the consideration that he can ably dis
charge the duties of the Chief Magistrate of
Georgia in these trying times, though lie
may not so express himself—to be Governor
of Georgia, if the people of our State so will
it at the ballot-box. Indeed, to use the famil
iar phrase of his friends, as wc have heard
some of them express it, “Tim is a good fel
low” ; a popular gentleman in his section of
the State, to tho immediate interests of
which, as we shall show hereafter, he
has proved himself sensitively and keenly
alive while representing it in the Senate of
Georgia. In all other respects, too, he is
just the man to suit that minority of the peo
ple of this State, who have manifested op
position to “Joe Brown” from his first elec
tion up to the present time, and will do so
(at least a portion of them) till time with
them shall be no more. Ought not the ‘ Re
corder" then, to be'satisfied with its candi
date? Ought it not to demonstrate Mr.
Furlow’s fitness for the Executive Chair ?—
Ought it not to strive hard to rally Mr. Hill’s
friends to his (Mr. F’s) support ? Ought it
not to explain for Mr. Furlow, when Mr.
Furlow is called on foe an explanation of
his recorded votes, and to defend Mr. Fur
low when Mr. Furlow is assailed ? We an
swer yes.' for the “ Recorder," and the “ Re
corder," we trust, will not disappoint us.
Wc offer no objection to Mr. Furlow, be
cause of his views in. regard to the war and
its prosecution 1 ill the independence of the
South shall be achieved. That is Governor
Brown's Platform— that is our platform—
that is the platform of every true sou of the
South and ot Georgia—he who occupies
any other i3 derelict in his duty to the South
—is no patriot, if he be no traitor. But we
do deny to Mr. Furlow the ability, the wis
dom, the qualities most essentially necessary,
in a Chief Magistrate, to preside over the
affairs of our State, in these trying times ol
war. Aside from want of experience as an
administrative officer, neither the “ Record
er ” nor his friends can claim for him any
thing of recorded -statesmanship in the true
LET THE PEOPLE BEWARE.
A writer in the Macon lelegraph confi
dently asserts “ the indications now are that
the election of tlie next Governor of Geor
gia, will not be made by the people, but in
directly by them through their representa
tives.” Vainly and ignorantly calculating
upon such a result, he goes on to say—
With this probability in view, is it not im
portant that the people should know the
position and policy of every candidate for
tho legislature, and his preference among the
candidates for Governor t" He further says—
Furlow is my preference, but if I am com
pelled to vote for members of the Legisla
ture, whose mouths arq hermetically sealed,
I may aid in the election of men who will
vote for Brown, or worse still, if there is
any possible worse, for Hill.”
The policy indicated in the foregoing, to
defeat the people’s choice in the next Gov-
erner’s election, we have heard of for some
time. It originated with the disaffected
members of the last Georgia Legislature,
and is now about to be practically carried
out, if the people will submit to be cajoled
into it. There is, however, tod much of
virtue and intelligence in the people to be
caught in such a trap. It is their privilege
to elect a Governor, and they will do it, if five
Furlows and ten Hills were candidates.—
The petty politicians who make other calcu
lations, in their extremity, to defeat Govern
or Brown, will be sadly disappointed when
the voice of the people—a people whom
they have thus planned to commit a politi
cal swindlo upon—is expressed at the polls.
They, the people, too, will see to it—such an
issue being made up by the opponents of Gov.
Brown, and publicly proclaimed through the
Macon Telegraph, by its correspondent afore
said—how candidates for tho Legislature who
are mum will vote for Governor, in case they
are elected and have the chance of electing
one. With such knowledge, there will be
little danger of our seeing an anti-Brown
Legislature assemble next November in the
capitol; -and no danger at all of a failure by
the people to elect a Governor. We thank
the writer in the Telegraph for the oppor
tunity he has given us to expose the trick
of Goveruqr Brown’s enemies. Forewarn
ed, the people shall be forearmed, and will
accept what is tendered. Let, theD, the
candidates for the Legislature in the several
counties of the State speak out and say who
they are for—Brow T n, Hail, or Furlow, and
then let the people determine whom they
will vote for, and whether they will consent
to deprive themselves of the glorious privi
lege of electing their Chief Magistrate them
selves, or do it by proxy. For years the
privilege ot electing the Chief Magistrate of
the State was denied the people, and con
ferred upon the Legislature. They were not
satisfied with this and demanded the exer
cise of that privilege with sovereign voice,
until their demand was acceded to. Now 7
the attempt is being made to cajole them oat
of it, but wc tell those who are engaged in
promoting the scheme, that they will never,
never succeed, had they twenty candidates
in the field.
After the burning of the bridge at Loudon,
Capt, De Laigle secured all the leather and
shoes at Sweet Water, whichfilled three box
cars, worth about $280,000, and there being
no engine to carry off the cars, Capt. De Lai
gle procured some 30 detailed soldiers, by
promising them $200 a-piece, to push these
cars a distance of 27 miles, up an up-hill
grade, to Charleston, and thus saved the gov
ernment the most valuable property—which
is to-day the salvation of the soles of onr ar
my.
We have yet to hear of any property lost
Qr abandoned in onr retrograde movement
from E. Tennessee.
PRESIDENT DAVIS AND GOV. BROWN.
At this time, when the enemies of Gov
ernor Brown are busily engaged in tra
ducing him, endeavoring to make it appear
that he is at variance with President Da
vis and has not given him that support iu
his conduct of the war which as the Chief
Magistrate of Georgia he should have done,
it would be advisable for the people to note
well what President Davis, himself, says
to, and of, Governor Brown. Wc there*
fore quote the following passage from one
of President Davis’s letters to Governor
Brown, and shall keep it standing for some
days in our columns that it may give the lie
to the calumnies which are being so indus
triously circulated all over the State, by the
enemies of Georgia’s patriotic and able
Governor.
President Davis, - in concluding one of
his letters to Governor Brown says:
“In conclusion I take great pleasure in re
cognizing that the history of the past year
affords the amplest justification for your as
sertion, that if the question had been,
whether the conscription law 7 was necessary
in order to raise men in Georgia, the answer
must have been in the negative. Your no
ble State has promptly responded to every
call that it has been my duty to make on
her, and to you, personally, as her Execu
tive, 1 acknowledge my indebtedness for the
prompt, cordial’and effective co-operation
you have afforded me in the effort to defend
our common country against the common
enemy.”— Jefferson Davis.
ALABAMA ITEMS.
A subscriber at “ Hickory Fiat Shoals,” in
Chambers county, Alabama, writes us as
follows:
“A negro man, the property of a Mr. Vick
ers, of Mobile, was hung by the people on
the 24th ultimo, for violating the person of
a white woman at Rock Mills, in Randolph
county, Alabama.
Randolph Circuit Court is just over.—
Judge Heflin has quit winding thieves to the
army--lie thinks the State Penitentiary suits
them best—right.
“The people are rallying from our mis
fortune at Vicksburg. We now and then
have an evil disposed person who writes to
the army for their sons to come home. All
such, their ai lers and a bettors,should be ex
posed.
“ Crops here are poor. The enemies of
the Government, extortioners and specnlat
ors, cause high prices.”
majority deem it proper to have him admin
ister the affairs of State longer, where is the
use of the minority to object? They can
resort to nothing but abuse and slander, the
poorest weapons of modem warfare, and
even that falls far short of its aim.
Some say he is ambitious. This no one
will attempt to contradict. We consider
that a man w ho possesses no ambition, is
not at all w'orthy of high station in life.—
Alexander Hamilton, the greatest genius of
his time, and, to use a vulgar phrase, the
right hand man of Washington during his
first administration as President of the Uni
ted States, was charged with ambition by
Jefferson and Adams, and Washington him
self admitted that he was, but said it was an
ambition that prompted him to excel in
whatever lie undertook to accomplish. This
is true with Gov. Brown. His ambition
prompts him to deeds of greatness and good
ness ; it is not an itGhing lor temporary ap
plause, nor a feverish incentive to power
and self-aggrandizement. He is a man wh$
is not swerved from a true position, once
taken, by the petty politicians who have in
vain made the attempt.
But it is not the purpose of this article to
disparage the claims of any gentleman In
Georgia, for it should be a fair race before
the enlightened people of our State, and if
they deem it prudent and wise to “ change
their base,” and put another man at the
helm of the ship of State, it is nothing but
justice that we should all bow submissively
to the great will of the people. We should
never attempt to thrust a candidate forward
just for the avowed purpose of defeating
Gov. Brown because he has been in office
two or three terms. He has given ample
proof that he desires the good of the State
of Georgia, as well as the whole country.—
His patriotism has been questioned by those
whose influence is destined to live no longer
than the insect that is born in the morning
and dies at noon the same day.
The people should frown down any at
tempt to raise party feelings in our midst.—
It will tend to weaken us in the great cause
iu which the country is now straggling.—
God forbid that such a state of embittered
feeling should ever exist among us again.
A SOLDIER.
• Atlanta, Georgia.
5?
“PRO BONO PUBLICO
PEOPLES TICKET.
Tried and True and worthy the People’
Support!
FOR CONGRESS.
COL. L. J. CLENN.
FCR STATE SENATE:
COL. E. P. WATKINS.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE:
JUDGE WM. EZZARD,
CAPT. S. EL LOVE.
A host will rally to the rescue in support
of the above ticket. MANASSAS.
llKiiHl’KS, En. Ofuck,Stii Cono. Hisr., >
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. Sth, 1SCS. f
I. Notice i* hereby given that the time lor volunteer
Ing will expire on the 1st day ot October next, aft. ,
which time conscripts will be sent to inhere they are mo .t
needed.
IL I order all soldiers detailed under General Oi «h. ,
No. 06, and all. persons detailed as overseers on plant a
tlona to assist Sub-Enrolling Officers in arresting strag
glers and deserters whenever called upon- to do so.
By order of Lt-. JOHN M. HARWELL,
S pt9-dCt. E. O. Sth Cony. Disr. Ga.
Circular to Commandants of Cot scripts.
BUREAU OF CONSCRIPTION, I
JSioffMOKD, Sept. ‘2d, 1S03. i
lhe following decision, of the Assistant Secretary.
War, is Issued for tbe guidance oflhej Commandant: t
Conscripts for the several Stales, viz :
The claim set up by the officer of the Nitre and Min
ing Bureau, seems to be that «ny Government Contract
or, making affidavit that any Conscript is wanted for his
service, is entlthd to claim for him an exemption and
detail on the fact being certified by the officer.
This la proceeding much too far. All detailed for c™
service In the Bureau of the Government, must be made
by the Bureau of Conscription, upon principles and ia-
structions Irom this Department.. By order.
(Signed! J. A. CAMPBELL, A. S. W.
Ily command of Col. J. S. Prestep, gup’t,
(Signed) P. M. PAGE,
Capt! And A. A. G.
Confedtraey copy. sedl.’-lw
Seventh Congressional District. *
We are authorized to announce the name of ^loii.
E, G. CAB AMISS, of Mooroe county, os a candi
date, at the next election, for the House of Reprcsenta
three in the Con'ederate Gongresr, for tire
sional District.
"th Congres-
sepll-tde
CARRIED.
By Thomas J. Speer, on Tuesday the 10th lust., Major
Joseph A. Hunt of Griflin, G& , and Miss Emma O. Wil-
lunu, daughter of thejate Dr. H. M. Williams of Monroe
County, Ga.
SPECIAL. NOTICES.
EXCHANGE OF THE VICKSBURG GARRISON:
We are informed by Col. Benson Blake, of
Mississippi, that the garrison of Vicksburg
are exchanged, and will immediately be put
into the field. We trust that all the paroled
men will -immediately report to their respec
tive commands, as the crisis now upon us
demands the service of every available man.
The laurels won by the garrison of Vicks
burg must never be stained by any laggard
act of the men in promptly coming to the aid
of their comrades in thi3 our country’s hour
of trial and danger.
War was it Permitted?—\ye have a
statement that quite a large amount of gov
ernment stores were left in the nighborhood
of Sweet Water, Tenn., when our army fell
back to the Hiwassee, that might have been
saved. No enemy, we are informed, ap
peared for a week; and in the meantime the
citizen?, disgusted at the conduct of tij.au-
thorities, loaded all the cars they could pro
cure, four in number, and pushed them by
hand to Athens. \Vhy were these supplies
so needlessly abandoned ?
The above extract is from the Memphis
Appeal, which should be more particular in
making statements to the public, that are not
well authenticated. We have positive infor
mation that the above is untrue in every
particular. So far from a large amount of
government stcra3 being abandoned, Capt.
Louis De Laigle, Assistant Quartermaster,
who had charge of the transportation, by his
energetic exertions, oa the above occasion,
secured all the government property.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
There is something-of justice in the im
pulse which prompts us to turn from the
great men of Georgia, who have fallen at
times, covered with immortal fame and glo
ry, in defense of that.liberty which we all
hoftl so sacred in our hearts, and pay a pass
ing tribute to tlie character and high stand
ing of tlie gentleman whose name heads this
article. We are not so puffed with vanity
as to suppose we shall advance auy new fea
tures of his past lifo and career as. the Chief
Magistrate of this State. 7
Gov. Brown has never essayed to ingra
tiate himself into the confidence of the
masses by a grand display of orator}', oflet-
ters, of scholarship; but, on the contrary,
he has, by his plain, practical, straight-for
ward course, with the firm belief that he
was right, won the respect and admiration
of an nverwheluyng majority of the voting
population of Georgia. Prominent among
his many virtues is ,a devotedness to the
true interests and welfare of his State, coup
led with the heroic attribute of constancy,
continually on the alert to develop the great
resources of the Commonwealth, and make
her equally as great in her commercial qual
ities, as she has been in the invincibility of
her arms upon so many victorious battle
fields. :
The question naturally present i itself—
why remove him from his position as Gov
ernor? He has ahvas given satisfaction to
at least two thirds of his constituents.—
Would it be sensible for this two-thirds ma
jority to yield to the carpings and whimsic
al notions of a few persons who, from mere
party prejudice, have determined to oppose
Gov. Brown under any and all circumstan
ces? The people, in defiance of the strong
arm of the pres?, have at one time given him
unmistakable assurance that his administra
tions have been acceptable to them in the
strictest sense of the term-, still, there are
those who would seek.to undermine the
popularity of Gov. Brown in a vain and lu-
tile attempt to prejudice the minds of those
who have supported his administration from
the first. This party of dissenters are tell
ing it, that if the people will only be true to
themselves in the approaching election, it
will be an easy task to defeat the demagogue
Brown. That has been the cry ev<y since
the election of Gov. Brown the first term,
and, according to their philosoph} 7 , tlie peo
ple have never been true to themselves.
If we should venture to predict the judg
ment of the people ot Georgia in the ensu
ing election, we should say that they would
continue Gov. Brown in the Gubernatorial
Chair, - another term at least. If the great
Headquarters State Troops, )
Atlanta, Sept. 14, 1803. j
General Orders No. 1.
[Extract.]
Ad.i t and Insp’r General's Office, )
Richmond, Sept. 8, 1863* )
Special Orders No. 213.
XXXII. Brigadier General Howell Cobb
is assigned to the duty ol organizing at At
lanta, Georgia, the militia and such of the
local force from that State as have been or
dered to that point by his Excellency, the
Governor of Georgia, for service in the Con
federate States.
By command of the Secretary of War.
(Signed) JNO. WITHERS,
A. A. General.
In accordance with the above order the
undersigned hereby assumes command of
the troops named therein, and their com
manders Will report to these headquarters
for orders.
Mr. R. J. Hallett is announced as Acting.
Assistant Ad jutant General.
HO WELL COBB,
SeptlS—3t Brig. Gen. Comd’g.
Headquarters Marietta, )
Sept. 14,1863. j
To. the Home Guards now called into service :
I have had a correspondence with Presi
dent Davis upon the subject, and he has
decided that as you were organized under
his requisition upon the State for troops for
home defense, and liavc been mustered into
Confederate service, it is his right to appoint
the general officers to command you. He
therefore denies my right to command you,
atnl advises me that he has directed Brig.
Gen. Howell Cohb to attend to the organiza
tion of the troops now called out. What
ever may be my opinions of my rights, or
the rights of the State, in connection with
the command in the present state of the or-
ganizrtrons, I can have no conflict with the
Confederate authorities in the face of the
enemy—when they are upon our own soil
threatening our homes. I have, therefore
in compliance with the directions of the
President, turned over tho command to Gen.
Cobb, an eminent Georgian, well known to
yon all, who is now in Atlanta, to whom all
future communications in reference to sup
plie?, details, and other matters connected
with the organizations, should be addressed.
I shall render Gen. Cobb all the assistance
m my power, and am ready to do all I can
for.yo*r comfort, and to share with you any
danger, or 3erve iA any capacity where I can
best promote the public interest Let every
Georgian rally to the rescue, and let us bury
all past differences of opinion and personal
jealousies till we have driven the wicked
invader from the sacred soil of our beloved
old State. JOSEPH E. BROWN.
Sept 15—3t
To the Votsrs of ths 8th Congressional
District.
Permanently disabled from rejoining my
regiment, in compliance with the expressed
wishes of many friends, as well as in accord
with my own feelings, I announce myself as
a candidate to represent you in the House
of Representatives of the next Confederate
Congress.
My physical condition will prevent me
from visiting the several counties of the
District, and seeing my fellow-citizens, ei
ther at public meetings or in private inter- _
course.
Should it be your pleasure to .elect me, 1
can only say that I will discharge the duties
of the office to the best of my ability.
But, whether elected or not, whether in or
out of Congress, I wish it distinctly under
stood that 1 am utterly opposed, and will
never consent, under any cirumstances, to
any compromise or settlement with the
Abolition Government at Washington, short
ofa full and complete recognition of our In
dependence. •
Very respectfully,
. L. J. GLENN.
ftgT* The papers of this Congressional
District will please copy once a week until
tho day of election, and send bill to tlii.
office.'
CITY HALL TO-NiGHf.
and see lire Great Southern Panorama. Tickets
* 5 •-—
Sept 15-dtf
G O
So 5'—Children anil Servants 75 cent
ATHEN/EU
Lessee and Manager, - W. II. C'itlSI*.
(Also of the Mobile and Montgomery ihcatres.)
OPEN EVERY EVEN IN (i.
GREAT COMEDY NIG TIT !
Tuesday Ere., Sept, 1 util, will be presented
the fa suionable- Comedy of the
SOLDIER’S DAUGHTER.
The WIDOW 01IEERLV Mas. W. IX. CfilSl*
To conclude with the Fairy ExtravagAnza of |
JENNY LIND j
.Mrs. JESSIE CLAIRE,
WITH SONG,
Prices—Parqnette, $2.
Gallery, $1.
Upper Tier, $1.50. Ci'lbre,
For Sale.
A Plantation 9 miles east of Greenville. Butler Coun
ty, Ala., on Pidgeon Creek, consisting of J COO acres.
About 700 of first quality bottom land, fcOO of which is
cleared. The rest good oak hickory and pine land, and
200 cleared. Improvements good.
SeptlO-uSt* J. T. & H. B. T. MONTGOMERY.
MASONIC.
Hon. Geo. ti. Barry, Grand Lecturer of ths Grand
Lodge of Georgia, will lectute and exemplify the work
on Thursday night ITth Inst. • Ail Worthy Master Masons
are invited to be present.
LEWIS LAW3HJ5, W. M. Ho. 6?.
DAVID MAYOR, W. M. No. 21?.
Septl5-d4t
Cavalry Service.
1 WILL be in this y lace for one week, a I persojns de
sirous of joining my Company, will call and see me
at Jack & Bryson’s, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga.i
W. V. JACKS,
Septl5-d2t* Cavalry Co'ob’s Legion.
FOR SALE.
T HE PRESENT OWNER, having business demanding
his whc-le and personal attention, has concluded to
sell this desirable property, it will be found to be jun
the place for Refugees, and can accommodate six fami
lies in separate buildings. Tlie place is so well known
that a description is not needed.
For a Hotel it U unequalled, as there is a large Tract
of Land belonging to tne place, capable of raising ml
that may oe wanted. There are negro tj larters fur fifth
negroes, and a large new barn:
Persons wishing to purchase cm come and look at tlie
property, or address the undersigned at Etowah, G;t.
W. T. QUIMRV,
»epll-lm or A. W. McCONhELL,
STOLEN.
F rom the subscriber on Wednesday the 'J.I, nst., «.ne
BAIT HORSE, about seven years old—paces
all the time at der the saudle—has the print oi a horse’s
/•ot on the left breast. Also one KOAiV IMAMt 1C
JTIUE.E,about nine >eais ola. I wUi give One Hnndrt d
Dollars reward for the horse and mule, oi Five Hundred
for them and the thief. When last heard from they cros
sed the river at Phillip’s Ferry, going towards Aiaoiima
1!. W. C0CHR4N.
sepl3-lw+ Palmetto, Ga.
Montgomery Adyer-lser will copy on* week and send
bill to this office.
City Tax.
Tax Receiver axd Collector’s Officjl i
Atlanta,Ga, Sept. 14,1S63. j
Aii parsons who have made City Tax Return»to my
office-and failed to make payment, are hereby notified
that the City Council has extend'd tho time f u r collect
ing to the first Tuesday in O jtober. At the expiration
of that time the uncollected tax returns will be turned
over to the Clerk of Council who will forthwith proceed
to issue fi fas against ail fai irg to respond by the tixe
mentioned. 0. M. PAYNE,
Eeptlo-dtl Reciiyer and Codec'or.
Improved Plantations for Sale
I OFFER two very valuable plantations near Amerfcu j
improvements good, land well watered, very produc
tive, and in healthy and goad neighborhood!. Apply to
me at Americas, Ga. •
sepl3-lw*D- H. HILL.
"ITOT S O F
INDIGO,
MADDER,
AND
EXT. LOGWOOD.
srp!2-tf
S. It. KBA.BER,
Druggist, Whitehall 8t., Atlanta, Ga.