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ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1863.
ClIEfcST DAILY flBCULAflO* IB THE STATE.
cr HKE FIKST PAGE.H
Report at the Finance Committee of the
Senate,
At the close of oar remarks on the Report
of the Secretary of the Treasury, we made a
brief Review of the Report of the Finance
Committee of the Senate, haring seen on
ly a meagre sketob of that Report in a Rich
mond paper. The entire Report has since
come to hand, bat too late for ua to hare,
made those remarks on it which its important
statements and recommendations suggest. It
is calculated, with Mr: Memminger’s Report,
to do infinite injury to our public oredit in
Europe. Wo, therefore, think it onr duty to
offer such comments on it as may possibly-
neutralize its injurious tendency. It contains
no less than four distinct recommendations
to violate the public faith, which we shall
pTOcerd to enumerate:
1. It recommends that all Treasury notes
not bearing interest, issued previous io the
1st December, 1862, shall be fundable in eight
per cent, bonds only until the 22d day of
April, 1863. When they were issued the only
limit was that they should constitute a part
of the circulation ffntil six months aftejr the
war, and then that they should be redeemable
in specie.
2. It is recommended that from the above
date until the 1st July, 1863, they shall be
fundable in seven per cent bauds and stocks.
They were, when issued, to be fundable in
eight per cent, bonds and stooks, at the pleas
ure of the holder.
8. It is recommended that after the 1st July,
1868, tocy shall be no longer fundable at the
pleasure of the holder, or receivable in pay.
mentof the public dues. This- is not only
contrary to express stipulation, but has an
evident tendency to Farther depreciate' the
notes in the hands of the holders, with this
saving qualification, that they shall be paya
ble six monlbs after the ratification of a treaty
of peace, as expressed oa their face.
4. It is recommended that call certifi
cates of every description, and all notes beir-
ing interest at 7.80 per annum, outstanding
. on the, 1st July, 1863, shall be deemed after
that day, to be bonds bearing an annual' in
terest of six per cent, and payable at the
end of A yeais from the said 1st of July,
1868. These call certificates and 7 80 ofotrs
were convertible into eight per cent, bonds
and stooks at the pleasure of (beholder, When
issued.
There are other provisions of the set wiiich
accompany the Report, reducing the rate of
intereat on Treasury Notes and call certificates
from six tofourper cent, under certain conditions,
but as they relate to notes and certificates to be
hereafter issued, whatever may be thought oi
their policy, they axe not open to the Objection of
violating public faith. The Report is silent
the mode Recommended by the Secretary oi!ibe-
Tressary for paying off the public debt.. It
speaks of the sixty millions to he raised by tax*,
ation as applicable to the absorption of Treasury
notes. It was recommended by that ufiice'r fo
Yankee Honor.
The Louiaville Journal contains a commu
nication from Rev. M. P. Gaddis, a Chaplain
in the D. S. Army, which shows with wbat
faith the Yankee generals observe their en
gagements. He wos on board the steamer cap
tured by Wheele;’s command on the Cumber
land, and released to carry off the wounded
Federal soldiers. There were 111 bales of
cotton on board, which the captors wero about
to destroy, but as the wounded were Iving
upon it, and could not jbo .disturbed without
the risk of their lives, Mr. Gaddis’ parole
was taken (he being placed in ehaigo of the
boat and the wounded men) that on arriving
at Lonisvilie be would destroy the cotton or
return as a prisoner. On his reaehing Louis
ville, Gen. B >yle would not permit him to
comply with either of the terms of his parole,
though he declares that he will return and
surrender himself as soon as he gets aohance.
liedebt. It cannot be employed for both pur>
Col. Oharlea Brooks i - -
This gallant officer, now stationed at Chat
tanooga, has been in our city a few days, ac
companied by his accomplished bride. The
war ha.' dealt harshly with the Colonel. He
has beon severely wounded, and was robbed
of a magnificent oil estate and many valuablo
slaves near Harper’s Ferry on the Potomac.
But as ah offset, he has won'the heart arifl
hand of an accomplished Alabama lady—the
daughter of Col. E Jgar Garlick, of Russell
county.
For Savannah.
The YankeeCongress have coascribed every
man in the Yankee nation who is able to bear
arms. They are coming in great numbers ou
our coast, and will soon make an attack on 8a-
vauuah. Those who preferring to the coast
are referred to the notice of the Organization
of Capt. D. C- Smith’s company, tho J. L.
Hardee Rifles- A few more men are wanted,
and this is a good chance. .
Embcxzclling Money in the Post Office
Department.
The Richmond Examiner of the 26 Feb’y,
announces the arrest, oi a clerk in the Post
Office Department, employed in the Dead Letter
Department. The same paper of the next day
gives the following: t •
The Postoffice Department Embezzlement
—the Demon of Speculation at -jhe Botsom
of it.—We alluded yesterday to tlie arrest of
one Perry Moses, a Clerk in the Dead Letter
Bureau, of the Post Office Department, on the
charge of abstracting letters therefrom, and ap
propriating the money found therein to his own
purposes. Since this denouement, it has been
ascertained that the abstractions have been go
ing on for a long time, as many as six or eight
months, and the amount appropriated in thut
period,.by Moses, must have reached a good
many thousand d-illars. It was known that the
accused was largely engaged in a speculation,
and after the arrest on Tuesday last; it was as
certained that he had forwarded twenty-seven
hundred dollars to Charleston, South Carolina,
by express, to be invested in blockade goods for
the Richmond market. It also came to light
that he had deposited two thousand dollars in a
Richmond batik, and had various sums invested
in as many directions. •
Moser is a groy-Lcaded man, of family, be
tween fiftysiiye and sixty years of age, a native
of South Carolina, and relative of Hon. F. J.
Moses, a member of the State Senate, and one
of the most eminent lawyers ot the Slate.—
Some sympathy is expressed for him from the
fact that one of his sous was killed in the battles
of the Chickahominy, and another severely
wounded. < „;..j ii.
Moses first held a position in the Appointment
Bureau at one thousand dollars per annum, with
which he probaaly honestly supplied his family
with the necessaries«! lile. lathe recent in.
crease he received fifteen hundred dollars, when,
in common with others, he fell a victim .to the
mania of speculation.
When in business, before war, in South Caro-,
lina, he failed two or three times, bat sach was
. , the regard of his creditors for his honesty, that
be applied torhe payment of interest on the pub- they, allowed-him to goon as usual without
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The suggestions in the Report, and the hopes
ol amendment of the currency, are all (bunded
on ccrtaiu assumptions and hypotheses, which
if realized* under the forcing system recotn.
mended,may be attended by the beneficial results
promised, but it appears to us that the solution
of the problem of improvement of the currency
does not-iie far from the snriace. The first or
preliminary steps must bo taken by the Govern
ment and esnnot be expected to be taken by the
public. The Governmental action must pre
cede that ol the community. Those preliminas
ry steps are, 1st, the speedy adoption of an ade
quate system of taxation. 2d, An organized
plan tor the purchase and sale of cotton by war
rants or any other mode by which funds may be
speedily realized. 3d, Thrf negotiation of a
loan either here or in Europe at a. reasonable
rate of interest. These plans may_be prosecuted
ut tho same time, in bur conception any other
schemeor schemes is mere charlatanry. The
plans suggested in these Reports, in vulgar par
lance, is “beginning at the wrong end.” ;ji ] _
There are some other remarks suggested by
another portion of the Report that wo must
make at another time, which are as unsound
in doctrine as they are violative of the faith that
should be observed towards the Banks. . -
C.
Reinstated.
At the battle of Sbilob, the Colonel of the
8th Mississippi Volunteers was filled, and
the Lieutenant Colonel (F£ Whitfield) severe
ly wounded Whilst the latter was lying in
a hoapital, the Ctdoucky was filled by GeD
Bragg, by the appointment cf a Mississippi
planter. Col., W. addressed a communication
to the fra* 'Department on the “subject, the
result of which was, that he received bin eom-
misaiow aa Colonel. On Got,. ntm
tLc.aimy, f»«w» lticiinoi.fi, he issued an
order, “declaring that Lieut Col Whitfield
having endeavored to supersede his superiors
by surreptitious means, was no longer ait
officer of the Confederate Army.” These
facts are condensed from a statement in the
.Montgomery Advertiser, which, publishes in
connection with them, an order from the War
Department, declaring Gen. Bragg’s order
void, and directing “Lt. Col. F. E. Whitfield
to immediately retnrn to his regiment.’’
fit. O. H. Dougherty,
Gf.the old firm of Silvey A Dougherty, has
just returned on furlough from the Fulton
Dragoons, Capt. Williams’ company, and xet
ports the company all well and in flue condi
tion
pressing him for payment.,, He has held a post
in this Postoftice Department ever since the loca
tion ol the Confederate Government in Rich
mond, and without ostentation in manners and
habits, he wsb all aloDg regarded as a model of
honest propriety and frugal living. People who
knew him were thunderstruck by the discovery
of his peculations. u
We learn that suspicion was first excited
against Moses by the smallness of his daily, re
turns from the opening of dead letters, in com
parison with other, clerks similatly employed.-
It was then the decoy latter was thrown in to
trap him, and the bait—two fifty dollar notes—
was too tempting ..and hia crimea-were exposed,
the bills, designated withx private mark, being
upon his person. He then admitted the abstrac
tion of between two and three hundred dollar-,
but no more. The- general appearance of the
accused would belie the imputation of<the crime
with which'he is charged. About five feet ten
inches in. height, feeble in appearance, with a
face of the most benevolent cast,' one would
rather look to find in him*# tract.contribntor, or
a Methodist exhorter, than the hoary-headed
peculator and embezzeler.
The Dispersion of the Kentucky Convert
tion.
When the Democratic Convention of Ken
tucky had assembled in the Theatre at Frank
fort on the 18th February—having been re
fused the Hall of the House of Represent a-
tiyesby a decided vote—a regiment of Michi
gan soldiers appeared in front of the theatre
with fixed bayonets. Col. Gilbert, the com
mander, then Appeared in the Convention and
caused the-followingto be read': ~
“ Reliable information having been received
at these headquarters that a number of rebel
apie8 and emissaries are in this city, it is or
dered that all persons now here, not residents,
or members of. the Legislature, or officers of
the State Government, will forthwith leave
tbeir names at these headquarters, accompa
nied with satisfactory references as to their
loyalty to the*government. 1 *
Col. Gilbert took the stand and said, to fa
cilitate proceedings and save the convention
trouble, he, with hia adjutant, would take the
names of your delegates as they were called
He-esdd: ‘‘There -ate; thoee here whom we
know to be rebels of the worst kind, under
disguise of the name;'Democrats. .You have
assembled here with the hope of perfecting
your designs, lot it will not do. Repudiated
by the Letiihlm. whe ‘t
use of .their Hall, Democratic newspapers
•corning and disowning you, there is no use
in yovr holding a Convention in Kentucky.
•• N'or.e but wen of undoubted loyally
the government will be allowed to run for any
office, and euwfc lace tings as this you she 1 not
hold within the limits of my command,
avoid difficulty you will disperse iu your
homes, and in luture desist from all such at
tempts to precipitate civil war upon this
8tate.” The assemblage then adjourned.
1 Interesting Reading Matter on First
Page.
Executive Department. 1
Milledgeville, Jan. 24th, 1863. J
Eds. of the Southern Recorder :—In your last
issue I see you publish the speech of Hon. B. II.
Hill, delivered in this city bofore the adjourn
ment of the Legislature. As Mr. Hill in his
speech has attacked my official conduct, and has
charged that I had “no authority k of law” for
the orders I issued for the purpose ofprganizing
the iwclvo regiments of troops, ijr which re
quisition was made Upon tne by-the Secretary
of War in February last, I claim space enongh
iu your columns to meet the charge and lay be
fore the public the law under which I acted.
Mr. Hill says: “Bui even with this help,
how did the Governor proceed? I have not the
iroclumatiou before me, out I cannot mistake or
orgcl its character. He allotted a portion to
each county, and designated a day when alt, I
believe, of the militia age, should be called.out,
and the oiler should be made for volunteers. If
they volunteered, all well; if not, they were to
be drafted—contcrihed—and this is tho first itm
stance of practical conscription during this rev
olution in the Confederate States, known to tne.
The system proposed by tho Governor iu one
feature is. similar to the' conscription acts, for
these acts give every man an opportunity to
avoid conscription by volunteering. But in all
other reapects, the conscription acts are far pre
ferable and more in accordance with the genius
of our institutions. Mr. Davis would uover
think of ordering a'draft or conscription without
legislative authority. Tho Governor had no
authority of law for his order. Nothing was
ever more illegal. Again, his draft classified
very arbittarily, il hot worse,’and* by Execu
tive order limited.the right of suffrage—'hits
making a refusal voluntarily to respond to an
Executive call, an occasion for the forcible seiz
ure of the person—a discriminating seizine of
persons, and an excuse for depriving the person
so seized of the right to vole—all, 1 repeat,
without legislative authority! 1 refer to these
facts, not to mako a charge against the Governor,
but to sho.v how ibese troops were raised, and
how little of the volunteer spirit whs manifested.
Other States, 1 dm informed, never did fill the
requisition of the President.”
VVaa there no “legislative authority” which
authorized me to order a draft or detachment
from the militia of this State, to fill the requisi
tion, when the State was actually invaded, and
the Secretary of War had made requisition upon
me for twelve Regiments for the service of the
Confederate States? Let the Statute Book an
swer. I quote from section i'J, of ibe act ol
1618, Cobb's New Digest, pngCB 748 and 743.
That his Excellency the Governor be au
thorized and empowered, on an invasion or
insurr- etion, or probable prospect thereof, to
call forth such a number of militia, and from
such county or counties, and in such manner,
either by companies or by drafts, as he may
deem proper. * * * * * *
“Orders for the militia to he cabled forth as
aforesaid, shall be sent to the commanding
officer of tho regiment, brigade or division,
with a notification of the place or places of
rendezvous, who shall immediately take mea
sures for detaching the same. with the neces
sary number of rank and officers by regular
details, drafts ot volunteer enlistments, as he
may be ordered."
Sections 44 and 45, on page 751, are in the
following words: “ Whea any detachment of
militia may be required of this Slate by the
proper authority, for the service of this, or
the Uuited States, (now Confederate States,;
it shall be the duty cf tbo Adjutant General
to apportion the number required from the
several divisions and brigades ; and the Gov
ernor shall.give orders to the commanders o£
divisions for.carrying the sumo into effect.’'
Section 45. “It eball-be the duty of the
Colonel of the rogiment. or regiment- from
which said militia are taken, to make out an
alphabetical list of all the men so detached, and
to tran-mit the same to the Executive Office
within ten days, and tho Governor shall officer
the same out of the line of officers, out of which
such officers arc required within the regiment
of regiments iroai which "said muu are taken.
And it shall be tho dpiy of the Executive,
when a Brigadier’s command or u Major Gen
ur-ft's is called out,"to appoint a Brigadier or
ill |<if General mil ol itie Brigadiers or Major
it bHi’at’a then ,u command in the State to
c—i.tuivnd the same.
A’Jjiu, on pnge.745, is the following enact
ment : “And in nddition to the foregoing, all
non commissioned officers and privates who
may be heroofter drafted,, who shall refuse or
neglect to appear agree&b'e to such order as
may be issued with such object, shall iu every
respect be considered as deserters, and be lia
ble to the rules and articles of war, in such
esses provided p excepting in the case of pri
vates, where a good and sufficient substitute
shall be furnished.”
The express “legislative.authority” above
quoted, gives the Governor full power, in oase
of “invasion or insurrection, or probable
prospect thereof,” to call forth the militia by
details, drafts or volunteer enlistments ; and to
order a detachment of the militia from the sev
eral divisions and brigades, when required of
this Stale by proper authority" for the service
cf the Confederate States.
I trust your readers will have no difficulty
in determinng how much of justice and truth is
contained in the charge above quoted from, the
speech of Mr. Hill, when in connection with
the foregoing ‘.‘legislative authority,” they
take into consideration the fact, that at the
time the requisition was made upon tha'for
tire twelve regiments, not only the CanCefder-
acv/bot the State of Georgia was aotually in-
viuU l by the enemy ; that the.requisition ffaa
miule by the “propel authority" theSecrotkry
of War, by order of the Hrosiden^; and that
part of the troops required were employed,' as
soon as organized, in the service of the Con
federate States, upon the soil of this State, to
repel invasion.
Under the requisition, I called for the troop3
by volunteer enlistment, but ordered, in tho
event enough did not volunteer, that sach
number as might-be necessary: with the vol
unteers, to fill the requisition, be detached or
drafted. For this order, so far as the draft is
concerned, Mr. Hill says I had no authority
•f law. Bis language is: “Ur. Davis weald
never think of ordering a draft or conscrip
tion without legislative authority. The Gov
ernor had no authority of law for bis order.”
Whether this charge is true or not, Ileavethe
reader, after he has. examined the statutes,
to judge. So muob for the charge that I had
no legal authority to order a draft. .*■ ; j
The other charge made in the following
quotation is equally 'destitute of truth. He
says: “Again, his draft classified very arbi
trarily, if not wane, and by Executive order
limited the right of suffrage. Thus making ft
refusal voluntarily to respond to an Executive
call, an occasion for forcible'seizure of the
person—a discriminating seizure of persons,
and an excuse for depriving the person so
seized of the right to vote —ail, I repeat, with-
out legislative authority."
Now, I affiept that the Statute itself ex
pressly denies to the drafted or detjehcJ meo.
the right to vote, and that had l given them
that right by my order, it would have been
“ all unihout legislative authority." Mark vhe
language of the Statute. Orders for calling
forth the militia as aforesaid, “shall be sent
to the commanding officer of the regiment,
brigade or division,” who shall immediately
take measures for detaching the same, with the
necessary number andrank of officers by regu
lar “ details, drafts, or volunteer enlistments,
as he may be ordered.”
Again, it is made the duty of. the Colonel
of the regiment or regiments froia which said
mit it to the Exeontive office within ten days,
and the " Goveanor. shall office^ same," that
is, the men so detached. How ? by permit
ting them to vote for offioers, and thus make
their own choice f No.” The Statute ttay= he
shall officer them “out of tbo lias of officers
out of which such officers are required, with
in the regiment or regiments from which said
men are taken.” In other words, he is to se
lect or detach tho necessary officers from
those iu command in the regiments from which
the men are taken, and assign thorn to the
command of the men so dotaohed or drafted ;
or if as much as a Brigade or Division ia de
tached. he shall appoint a Urigadior or Ma-
jor'Gencral from those in command in this
State, and assign him to the command. This
right, so far only as the Generals are con
cerned, is now denied to the State by net of
Congress.
But .again, Mr. Hill says, in my order for
the draft, I “ classified'very arbitrarily, If
not worse.” Now, in making the classifica
tion, if 1 only oxeroised a discretion given to
me by tho Statute, my oonduet was not arbi
trary, but was in conformity to law. The
Statute qses the terms “detail,” ‘fdraft”
and *‘'detach.*’ Each of these wordsj among 1
other definitions given by standard am hors,
is defined as follows: Detail—to detach, as
troop3 lor a particular service. Draft—to
draw or select, as men from one corps rto com
plete anoth er; to detach or select, as men from
any company or society. Detach—to separate
men from their companies or regiments ; to
draw from companies or regiments, ns a<party
of tueu, and send them on a particular ser
vice. The Statute, therefore, gave me the
power, by order, \o select, or separatethennm-
ijer of men required, from their oampanies or
rogituculs, without prescribing how it should
bo. done.
1 might have ordered it done by lot or by class
iticatinii between certain ages,or certain heights.
The manner ot the selection whs left entirely to
nty discretion, just ts it is left to tho discretion
ol a General in cunuinutd ot an army to 1 detach
men tor a particular corvine in such modes a*s he
may direct. But so tar from-the classification
being arbitrary. | submit to the judgment of the
public whether it was no 1 reasonable and proper,
as well as lawful. Tho order was, that those be
first detached, who, having been notified ot the
time and place of the parade, were absent frota
it; except tor providential cause. Second, from
tbe unmarried men, bachelors present, exhaust-
ing twosthirds of this class trelore entering upon
the third class. Third, from the married men
and widowers present.
1 have shown that the Statute gave me full
authority, and made it ray duty, it necessary, to
order tho draft; that-.it required me to deny to
thedraited men the privilege of voiing tor their
officers ; and that it authorized the classification
which i ordered incase a draft becames neces
sary. Mr. Hill Bays “nothing was ever more
illegal.”
X will not charge Mr. Hill with willful mis
representation. Tne more charitabie supposis
lion is, that he was ignorant of the law. But I
do insist that his position made it his duty to
know the law ol his own State, before he made
an assertion so reckless and unfounded. .
it is virtually insisted by Mr. ilill-ibat lyclaim
for Georgia the right of couscjipiion ordiaft.aud
it may be said that the Statute above quoted
shows that the State of Georgia has that righl.
No one, as far as 1 know, ever denied that each
toiereingn Stale in tho Confederacy pos-eeaes’
this, right, lt is only denied that the Stans
dolt-gated it to the Confederacy.
Mr. Hill eays he refers.to the above facts to
show “bow little the volunteer spirit wad inan-
iles'ed” in raising theregiments’. As this was
the last call made upon the State tor troops, be
fore the passage of the Conscription Act, ft be
came important tor Mr. Hilt, as the advocate oi
conscription, to show that it was not filled by
volunteers, before he could establish the necesi-
tx for conscription. This difficulty was aoen
byjhim, find so hard pressed was he to escape
from it, that he was obliged to yield that sup.
S osed stronghold of the conscriptionist, or to
eny to the March voluuteers all credit of vol
unteering. Ho preferred the latter alternative.
As the Executive of the State, l protest against,
this injustice to her brave voluuteers. '' 1
The requisition was not only titled in fevery
county in the State, but a iarjge per cent, upon
the quota responded in addition to the number
called for. If they volunteered under coercion,
with but little of the “volunteer spirit/’ as
charged upon them by Mr. Hill, they are of
course entitled to no credit as volunteers. ’ But
if this were true, as charged, why did thejy not
stop when they had filled the requisition ?
- They’continued to volunteer till they added,
largely to the number required, and 1 had to
send a special request to the President to accept
more than he called for, which he kindly con-,
sented to do, or I should have been obliged to
order part ot them back to their homes.
It also became necessary for Mr, Hill, belore
he could establish the necessity for conscription
to charge that “other States, he is informed
never did fill the requisition of tbe President.”
If this charge against “other States” is ss
unfounded as that made by 'Mr. Hill against the
Executive and volunteers of Lis own Stale, the
duty of seeing that justice is done to the volun
teers of those'SfateB devolves upon others,, and
not upon me. Georgia has never failed to fill
with volunteers every requisition made upon
her, front the commencement of the Government
to the present day. Nor is the volunteer ssirit
yet extinct in the State. The Legislature, at its
last session, authorized - me Uf'raise two Btogf-
ments of troops for State service, without re
gard to the conscription acts. I issued a call tor
volunteers. The whole number called for has
already responded, with a large additional num
ber, and 1 am almost daily having to reject com
panies of bravo volunteers, who are anxious to
serve their country, if they can be received as
volunteers, with the right to elect-thelr officers,
which the Constitution ol the Confederacy , iu
connection with the Constitution and law of
their own State, dearly confers upon them.—
Georgians have never shown an unwillingness
to enter the service. They-have-only shown an
aversion to being dragged in <is conscript a iu
violation of their constttqt onal rights. ,7
One of the chief objeotsof Mr.HilTa speech
seems to be to denounce all-who do not agree
with his views and those 1 of the Government,
upon the Conscription acts, as PoLrnoiAxs,
and c-aptious fault-finders, while'the reference
which he intends the publio to draw no doubt
is, that As,and those who agree with him, are
far seeing disinterested statesmen, for remov
ed from the degree of politician. .This has
been tbe p.haruaio cry, raised by. the .advo
cates of usurped power, against those who
contend for constitutional liberty, in all ages.
In the British government in 1776, those self-
styled statesmen, who were vain glorious of
their oapaoity to make popular harangue*,, in
advocacy of the usurpations of, the ministry,
n> doubt denounced Washington, Jefferson,
Adams, Hancock, Franklin, Henry, and the
other advocates of -aaastituriunat Ubwrty, las
captious fault-fiqdar?, seeking to “provoke
the jealousies” and “alarm-th* fears” of the
people. The advocates of the usurpations of
power which have produced the present rtio.
lution, have for years denounced Stephens
Toombs, Bun ter, Yaucy, Breckinridge, Davis
Orr, Benjamin and others, who then contend
c-4 for the constitutional rights of the South,
again-t the nanepations of the Government as
‘‘new lights,” seeking to ‘•provoke jealuu
siea”-and “produce conflicts ’’
Mr. Hill Bays, vhis ory will record the fact
that it (the Conscript law) saved the States
and saved the conatry.” He was in tho Sen
ate when tbe law was passed—placed there by
the people of Georgia, in the dark hour of rev-,
elution, to Support ■ mph .TtUr
sures as might be necessary to
cessity for it was overwhelming, and that the
country must have been ruined without its
pasBago. Why, then, d < he in so critloal a
moment, refuse to vote for, and vote against
bo ifldii-peusahle a measure?
But ho says he did von: tor a milder, form of
conscription, i am not advised,what was this
“milder form.” Whatever it w as. however.
Congress considered it unwise, and refused to
dopt it, and in lieu thereof, Adopted the present
lortn. If Mr. Hill’s,position iu his speech is
correct, that the necessity for tho passage of the
conscript law was overwhelming, ond the sal
vation of the countiy depended upon i-e enact
ment, and there was no constutional objection
to it in the form adopted by a majority ot Cou-
■tress, why 1 rapeat, did he vote ogainstitf—
Was it from “ambition, interest, or caprice ?”
Or was it because he preferred to see the States
and country ruined,rather than yield his opinion
as to the form of the act, and vote for a form of
conscription which did not nriginsto with him
self?. But ho says, “with ths lights before him
ho doubts whether the milder form of consrips
tion for which' lie voted, would have been suffi
cient for the crisis.” When ho got those new
lights, we are not informed.
The first conscription act was passed on the
lfitly of April, and tho second-on the 27lh of
Septetnber/iflG'SJ. Over'five months should have
sufficed to impart the necossary ligtit. But if
seems, darkness still prevailed, os the records
of Congross, if I am not much mistaken, will
be rearched in vain, for ths name of Mr. Hill,
in favor of the second conscription act upon its
passage—I am nut advised whether he then even
voted forthe "milder form.”
Whether the extreme reluctanp.q’of the Sena
tor to place himself upon the record in favor of
the conscription act, resulted from the remark-
able caution of the statesman, or the subtle de
sign of the ‘ politician” who was in doubt about
publie'sentimenf/is a question that the people
■nay bo as little embarrassed in deciding as the
feensror ia in reconciling his record at Rich
moiid, with hia Speech at.Milledgeville.
' But 1 will pot tresprass further upon your
space, Mr. Editor, as my purpose was to repil
an unjust and unfounded charge, and not to re
view hie speech, which so far as it attem-iis an
argument, has only reproduced in more verbose
lortn, what others had already gives to tbe public.
I itn very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
. ...., JOSEPH E. BROWN.
„ — j — ‘save the
..... . , . _ : — States and save the country.” He argues that
militia are taken, to make out an alphabetical there was no constitutional difficulty In the
list of “ all the men bo detached,” and trans- way of the passage ot this law; that the ne-
OOMMERCIAL,.
oim tyfiBfftV flAiuLGT tucruAT.
WUULEA.UA: PKKJJSd
Atlanta, March 3, t«8
Some large tots or TtAac o changed baud* lost weak at
advanced prices; (took on hand very much' reduced Su
gar* wera dull asla on account ot tie dUBcul la/of traut-
portation, and that e has been no advance ia leveral days,
though nearly all the l.rge lota haro lean :aVea iff tLu
market, andara held f t higher prices Molar sea lain
great deoaud at our quotations. Coaaidcrable icqoiry
for Flour, hut nona Lara. Torn WhUky, Peach Brandy,
Ac., are lu demand; ai«o, Cera, Meal, Peas, Totatoea, Ac,
We quote—
flUiiAK— Pair tu full j mil- £>.(g55; primo to choice MtftOO
yellow clarified 8S@9 •; white clar. fled fit 1C® |l 2c ; very
little h ia; atock of Brow i Sugars good.
MOLASSES—$1 60 per gallon; etoik light; demand
goed •
LLOUR—fiupsrfiae $13; Ixtra Family $60per barrel
WHEAT—at®9 per boahel. Stock light; demand good.
COBH—49.36 per bu9hei; demand go;d; eto.i light.
OATS—43 pel fcushiiJ.
RYE—Very little la the market $f®163 per buifcel.
PEAS—$2 per baehelj stock fight.; domand good.
RICE—OM Rice 7®9c per pound; new U cents per ib.
8 tLT—Virginia and Coast. iSrtJM cents pa fi> by ths
single sack *
LARD—10 eta per Ot ; aVck light; demand good.
RUTGER—Good country 51 par pound.
OaNDLKS—Tallow Mill Si per found.
COFFEE—$3 -b per pound. Stock light; demand g rod.
BAQQING‘-Very little in inarkot.'
BALE ROPE—Very little in market.
COTTON ROPE—$160(§U 70 per lb. Stock Ught
WHISKY—Pure country distilled $1S®2J per gallon
PEACH BRANDY-418 per gallon.
XPPL^BaXNDT-418 per gallon ■ *. w
COGNAC BRANDY—*25@30 per guliou.
TOBACCO—7§c.®2 00 per pound. Stock modw ate.
HIDES—Dry 76oper puund; but few here.
NAILS—tTS®S 1 per keg. Stcck light; demand good.
06NABURaS-7$l per yard; st.'ck vcry ilght.
SHIRTING, Jjj—76@S3 centa per yarn; little hare .
SHEETING, 4-4—90 cents per y rd; very little heie^
COTTON YARNS—$3 63 per Lunch. Stick light.
Tallow, Bobssai, Honey, Chickens, Butter, Eggs. Ac.
bom the country alueje in demand at good price* .
AUCTION SALKS.
AUCTION SALES.
BY CRAWFORD, FRAZER & CO.,
8. J. SHACKELFORD, AUCTIONEER.
T HE REGULAR AUCTION SALES ol onr house will
hereafter be on
TUESDAYS, Tfli'R DAYS AikD 8ATUBDA»n
EVERY WEEK,
AT HALF PAST IO O'CLOCK.
All Goods, Wares and Chattels should bo sent lu tb
evening before, or early In tho morning of sale dar
Steak sales of
Horses, Mules, &c.,
trill commenoe at 4 o’clock on each regular sale day
jao2S-3m .
New Advertisements.
SUBSTITUTE?.
T WO GOOD SUBSTITUTES can bo obtained by early
application at ihi. office Acdve retries preferred.
QN Tuesday morning. 94 h ulG I_ got off the cars_at
NOTICE.
ag. 94 h ult . .
£t .ue Mountain and left my Va’lie in charge of a
geutUmau residing in Altai to, and gir.g to Jtii-rs..u—
did net learn his name He nid pirate detlier said Vs
Use to Mr. K H. McLToskey, of Atlanta, an be shall be
rewarded for his trouble
msrS 3t B. U BAREiR
< : WANTED TO A ENT. i
T WO. R10U3, coutcniently situated, fir a gma'i taint-
1,. Aim., - ", j
.1- •» j NEGROES TO. HIRE, i-'" ttfid wOS
Three woman, a.msn, toy, and gii). dpply at No 17,
Washington II*H. marl-lw*
'\,g.^XBFCUAN AT .ONCEj
CsBf l 3m Giofoia RioiautiV^Wcrroat • licui, i
.^Jkidasklsbniw, faftkeb 24th, I8-8. f
A LL members of my Company who obtained furlough#-
previous to the 1st of January, 1863. are h9teb> ai.
dered to report to their KfgiineLt within fifteen d.>s
otherwi e they will bo considered aud treated as do ai t-
sn. JO RuPER,. .
msrS-Bt Capt Ootn’d’g Co F, 18th Oa Reg’t
7' - "-’I . 1
on o uuigy. Tab friary
26th, a boy by ths name of Hg.NBY. Said Henry is
about 6 feat Oiochee high, nearly black, of delicate bnlld,
bat a very bad conn lens nee.ani talks very fast; In fa-i,
vo much ad, that it Is almost impossible to tell wbat he
says, until he repeat* it. . Apy rason deltreriog the said
toy to me will be lib rjljy rewarded.,i
O. MdQINLSz.
poster oi Xicut Heuos,
"marJttf j- - -gfr Atlanta, Qecr.U
,w va."= no.
GEORGIA, Fulton County. ~
A ^O.' M^EY hating applied .'or Letters of. Admioistra-
* 'tl. u upon the estate ol Henry C Rubinscn, deceaa-
edc!ate_cf said county— „ ■' ; ' T.'.T '- -
These are therefore to cite aud odmcntsh ail and singu
lar the kindred end creditors ut said deceased to snow
cause, if any they have, within the time prescribed by
l»w, why i»id lot(cis ihouid Uot be griiuicj .rid appli
cant on the first'Monday la April next. ‘Giron under
my band at office this 3J day ci March, 1866.
mat 3-dud &E.-HANOCM,
EXTENSIVE CATALOGUE BALE
IMPORTED GOODS
BY
D. MAYER, JACOBE & CO.,
. ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
» ON
Tuesday the 10th of March 1863.
• ,, ....
J. ■* ACOliffi, Auctioneer.
B fUtfl VARDS ELEGANT LAWNS
turn i ouu U-Arruiug Uus io
6 000 yard* Xrgli.h Caliches
10.000 yards Blearhed Sheeting
6,00(1 yards Bleached Shining
• 4 costs Bleached Shirting
1 cise Bleached Shirting
1.Odd yards plain and doited Swiss Muslin
i fi cgsee p aid Gin hams
1,600 yards elegant C ssimues
4 cases regatta Cusim.r.s
2 000 yards fancy Flannel
1.600 yard* white and red flanuel
t cate plain and black Wool de Laine
MO dozen Cotton Handkerchiefs
COO dozen Linen Cainb io Handketchiela
600 dozen Usrini Half Hose
100 dozen U lies’ English White Hose
110 dozen Ladies’ Expansion Skirls
a.OfUd- sen West heed xou ytr .ts Spool Cotton
10 0 dozen Brooks’ 200 yards Spc:>l B dton, black
1 600 lbs Patent Thread, io Spools and Ckelsa
60 lbs Black Sawing Silk
600,dozen Horn Flno Or mbs
800 dozen Ivory and Gntta Perch* Combs
60 Tooth Brushes
' ICO Crimean Fancy Over Shirts
100 Ossimera and Flannel bhlrts .
110 dozen Merino and Shetland Undamirts
100 dozen Meiiuo and Shetland Drawtra
; X. ‘ 1,003 lbs English Shoo Thread
iOO Oil Cloth Over Coats
rfbO yards Irirh Linen
; ’?7'jL?SL4 czeQ suspender#
SEA fine lot of Millnery Goods
‘va v "6D0 pilrs Ladias aud Misses Gaiifcrs
Udvts and Shoes
604 reams Commercial Note Paper
10 tacks Liverpool Salt
16 sacks AT-Spice
3 bb’.s Glauber Balts
60u pairs white Linen Pant*
{00 plica Casslmero Pauts
100 H avy Over Coats
UsOfineCaisImeroOcats —
r -ICO black Frock Coat
A fine Assortment of Yeats
2000 lbs Smoking Tobaaco
200 boxes Tobacco
800 boxes London Dock Brandy
.100 boxes fine Champagne
0|600 Imported Havana (
10;Ooo imported Havana Cigars
600 lb* Rri. Powder
100 Carpet Bigs
And'qnite a nnu.bcr of other goods tco numerous to
mention
Catalrgue* at Bales Booms
Sales Positive . .
Term* Cash. -■•••••»< - marl-td
To The Highest Bidder.
r niirsnx TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER,"on tho
8rit Tuesday in March, at the OUy Hall, a tract ul
baud lying in Fulton county, within six niiiei ot Aiiauta,
cr-ntaining 56s acres. It is sltuatrd bt twoeu the «i on’s
Ferry road aud Maysm’s on the Chattahoochee n.or —
Two Railroad Surveys have been made, running *r>iu
this city to Jacksonville, Alt, one crossit g this true ,aad
tho other passing very near it. lt has fully fcO acres oi
good' branch bottom, with a good mi.l site, whereout*
thill was once erected. About 160 acres are cleared and
uttdbT terse—tbo bstancc well wo.ded— part very heavy
The improvements are a pre-ty good dwelling with seve
ral good out houses, cribs, stables io, a well ol good
yard and a good spring convenient, ami
ma y.other things on tbe place, and a small young cr-
chtia - Terms mode known on the day ot sale. Auy ou
wishing to examine the place can call on John A Carte,
on t£e premises. JOHN FARRAR.
—■ Atl .i.u, Georgia
: 11,17, 10. 21, 2Z, id, 26 28, mb and 2 mar
NO MORE OF THE NAME SORT.
-1 HR BLs V £ hUBSKLL h s, been f jr fifteen years the
* body servant of Col Wm F Samturd, of Al&b rna, aud
ha* had .rich a tieiolog as hot few servants have received
since the days if -Ji nN” and ‘-JDB4.” the trustod
w d fat-famed be 'y ce Touts ot J >hn Randolph of Roac-
■RlVi Jko 1 Ivi ft/UJHi
fiUb&BLL is a healthy, ikely aud vigorr us man; about
93 year*of age; intelligent, energetic and polite; a cc-
pastou Coacaaan, Pauruasa, Disiito Uoou asn BoDr-Sta-
vaxi; a good plain Painter, and also a grad Barber.—
Russell ia an SGXE87 and vaiutrcL servant, without any
immoral habits «^!*»»<- - • <
H E IS SOLD FOR NO FAULT.
-Ret. r to Col William F 3 am ford. Auburn, Alabama.
..Whoever ..ey bs in want of a first chus servant, of
Simtllffited character and superior (itialiuiationa, will do
Well to examine this boy. Price, ga.uUO.
If not Sold at private a de before the 10)i prox., Russell
Will bo ^>ld on that day to the high:si bidder.
feh29-i0t - tMaVo . CRAWFORD, FUAZKR A OO
SAVANNAH CALLS!
RALLY GEORGIANS,
And Fill up the Ranks!
4~k0R CO 9PANT having been organized and received
yj as Company A, la OoL J. 1. Hrcdcsfl Regiment, uotk
completing im organization Tjt sarrits oa the
COAST OF GEORGIA,
We will accept a few troie lecxult* to nil it op to the
mazlmnra sUnoatd Tbe best of Am * end C othing
furniiteJ as soon as the fieclnuntdi nganiztd *
* D 0 BMITH. Crptain.
R W CRaYRN, l*t Lien*. ,r
— : ... J 3 THRABiiilL-id Lltul.
J J SfcKOY, Bin 2d Liett.,
1 ’' ,# JXR*I#ej ilardo's Keg*t 8a Tv}#.
Gne , f them m»y be 1 uni at all timee at li e jd e
Oclt-Gartrell and BiU, wbsTe they vriil receive reel nits
and pay the BOUvTY OF tlb.
(- Atlanta, Qa„ March 8,13 J3. mii3 if
SELLING OUT
Without Reserve.
gy TIERCES NEW RICE
16 hogsheads Sugar in store i
^ +J bogihe.-^Se Bogar t^ arriv.
60 gross imported Matcher
666 bushels Corn
; 8M buthela Meal, Ac. At
’’ KDWARPY3 .
VOLIXTEERJS WAITED.
J. B. RHODES end B«rg*t. R. W. CRAVEN, ol
the HULL YOLUNTEEKS. 1st Confederate Regiment
Georgia V-dui terns, are new at h.'tne forthe ptirposo ol
miaing recruits for their Beg intent. They will *ivt> the
“FIFTY DOLLARS BOUNTY ” to alt Who will vulunta
rily conw forward and enroll Ibenuelm*. But ibceovtbj
trill not listen to their country’s celt, in ibis h6r bout at
need,.tttey are ord»rel to Oonsciipt. N» doubt the call
will soon be m »de to 46, at.d tba Exemption bill repealed.
3a come fot ward aud Tolun’c-er. and save being Conscribed
Their command is located at MOBILE, ALA , cue of the
mod desirable and healthy localities in the service Their
Company, oonsistlng of over one bunded, hat n. t lost on'-
by sickoeas.
One of them will be found at ail tim •* at tbe cdBc-- ol
Cots GsrttDtl a Hill, on Whit hallstcoa..
V • ' ... J u KUODR3
janSL-tf. Capt Oom'g Co C, 1st Oou ted Rog Ua Ycl-
-WANTED. ; •»- -
A SUBSHTCTE la one of the finest Regiments in
Tennessee. Litoral wages by the month given.—
Apply at this offioe. mar .-6t«
$30 REWARD.
T\EA&&TBD a bout tLa 4th of Jont la»t. priTAU J L 11
U HihbarU. Company F, 19th Qa Hcg’t. He U eb us
hv« leeA bu»a ioch- » high, hes hazel e>ea, derk hair, and
wm eottffted at 0*, ou the lith May, 1562.
PriYAte W t Wla^o, Coui lfcth UacrgiB
dcserted •bout tbe 101b tf October. 1^62, Re la fire ktt
tex* iuche* high, blue ejes* durk hair, uaa euifttei ut
Kiogaton, Ou, cu the February, IStid.
A Reward of Thirty D^H&r« will be paid »or e*ch of
their arreots aud delivery to tome proper officer.-
joun Fa Hardin,
feb38-4t Ideat Oom’d’g Co F, 18th Q* Keg’t