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TMKSDAY, MARCH 31, 1803.
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Bur l ow Sheriff Sales.
The Sheritf’s Sales of Barlow comity will
h~renfter be published in the Southsen fbs-
raiKBACT. rniu-Jl Itn
Kero Pound.
A lunch of |.«i. keys can be had at our at-
li--o by describing loom anil paying fov lUiu
t-oiioe.
Craw tin FirtiTO’d lt>mlD)r illtli lludi
lll'lui nidi •Indore (>*«■■'<, Delivered .Wen-
i! *Ti March ”|ih, 1803, •»«* die La’s Im.
|»i« .tfuteitla or Kl-.urui tihltrary Prrei'a.
On the 7ih day ttf March. 186T, VV (ilium U
Is .e8 f rosemed his bill, statiiig »lr<t !>4 <r- -
‘hi* owner of 9C0 barret* of super fibo h/O . t‘
!• *-ujir fini. flour, which he hml psttebufetl'
o.'iohcr for about 'he sum of $2i0ff(), s,>ul
on wMcb hn bad iucurrce since corisiii.-rithl •
oiptnsein dray age, Murage %c. ant |^i !:<■
had been lnforim«f that Major John U. O.inS
ben e, acting, no wu alleged. under the ,.r-
deia of the of \V*r, boil trirein no
licet. Hunlup. Money-* & Co, iu wbon:
warehouse the flour rim* storid. fbnt be .bod
impresfed the «smn fi.rtho uis of Che Confed
erate ndvernment, and that the Government
would tallow hiuj in payment I ho price of
cevenlecii and a half doil im pur harrel f >r.*iJit*
Kupeifloe nnd nineteen and a halt dollarrt per
bair.d for the extra s-’perfioe fl .or, feeing
nearly $3,U(*0 leu than he had pajtl l..r it,
and Dourly twelve dollars a turret fes< .that;-
the market price of the’flour in Richmond—'
that ibe said Claitmrae, under the alleged
orders, bail also impressed a large quantii-
of fl ur belonging to other persons, ami that
bis private means were utterly inadequate^*
e- mpenealc the paniea if be should bo held
legally responsible for these imprtc'sm-nia.
and that neither the Confederate Q or ere merit,
nor I ho Brcremry of War had authority ‘to
confer upon an officer the power, to seize pri
vate pr perly, without making just, compen
sation tt.rre/or, and proving au injunction to
pr,.«ot<t thi* rrmorat of the flour outil just
emBjNmSAtfoii ah tild bo inalo. or uatil some
provision should be made lor ascertaining
what ia jus* e.impcn-aiion for the U lur
\t Ibe nqursi of the Distr.it Attorney, a
deoiet.m upon the application was postponed
to allow 'Claiborne < pporiunity to show i-'tuise
wbv tbe iijAr.otioo should not bo granted
iVlcj.1T Claiborne ba» fifed - an answer to (he
bill, in^wh'rh ’ e alleges tlai under the orders
of tho Coof. d.-r.V.e Governnuint ho fens'irn*
pressed a considerable quantity of flour, in
cluding that claimed In Isaacs—thsVth'e flour
was heliev.'d to bo n- ocssary for Ibeiisi. of
• be n«my i:i *be ft -l», awl that the price i*ri>-
poanl to be paid therefor was believed bt
mat.y to bo just cempensitiou--that his own
fortnue was ample to satisfy any. dernrfrid
which Isaecs might have ngain^t him. bul
that as he had noted under the order? cf the
Government, it would bn bound to stand be
tween him and damage; and with bis answer
he haHlled an order from the Secret i-y of
War to tbe Commissary General, dated in !>£
oernber. "WtiU, authorising the Commissary
General to impres flour, &<v, and fixing a
maximum price to be paid, and as order from
tho Commissary General instructing hint--to
impress flour at the price fixed by tbe Secre
tary of War. .
In tbn argument of the case it baa. been
contended by the counsel for tho Government
that an injunction ought not to be awarded.
1st. because the bill wav defect*vo- in not
charging that Claiborne bad impressed the
flour, it only stated that the petitioner wok
informed be bad done so.
2d Bfcau*e Ibe parties were not l*-for.\the
Court; that as tbe impussineut was. said to
have been made under tbe orders ef the U jv
ermuest, tbe Secretary of War as the prin
cipal executive efiller of the War Depart
ui-ut, ought to have been made a party defend
ant. • .
3d. Berutre* the answer alleges that the flour
was impressed by Mnj Clvibonre on the grour.fl
that it was necessary tor ibe us# ot the army
in the field, and that in cases of cxiiemo neco«s
sity anufficcr-wt the Govetnnient has a right to
take private property for public use. and cpnnoi
under such circumstances he cot sidered'» tre -
passer, but that tho party injured must look to
tbe government tor coropt'usatios.'
4th. That even it ClnUmrne had_no authority
to imprest the flour, tbe petitioner had a com-
plet e and adequate remedy at law bv action of
detinue or tresspass
The objrcliona to the form »t the trill are not
well taken, because even if ihe bill were defec
tive in not charging more distinctly that . Clai
borne had impressed thfe flour, that defect would
he cured by the answer of the defendant, in
which he not only admits that he'ha'd impressed
it, but attempts to justify the act. It was not
necessary to make the Secretary ot War a party
defendant, because when several persons unite
in committing a trespass, ihe injured pam has
the privilege of aueing any one.or nil ot them
The bill rinfadPot, however.cbarge tbat ilte.Ser.
retary nl War bad authorized the impressrueni
it only stsns thdt Claiborne alleged that he
acted under snob orders. - - J
The couneel for tho government have argued
uiost earnestly in support of Ihe doctriac th*?t a
mihtarr officer baa in rases of extreme coeer-
aity a right to seiao private property for pu Wic
use, stid that under such circumstances lie can-
no*, he considered a tresspasser.'and that the
oaiiu of the property can only look to the- cov
ernment lor compenSatioh This proposition
h’s tteen asserted -bv many legal writers, and
leceived the aancton-of the Supreme -t v ourt~t.f
tho United Slates, iu the case of Mitchell «
Harmony, 19 Howard p -
1 do not think that fbia question ans. s
upon the pleadings in this ovee, wctita# ev- n
tbe.-e writers who claim tbe existsticeef -nch
a right adm|t that it can only. be «««•«*
-where th** necessity is urgent for the puMi s
service, such us will not admit of delay, and
where the action of the civil authority wait'd
be too late in providing tbe means which ifce
cecssion calls for It is the emergent* lh»t
gives ibe right, and the tmerguncy must b
ebown to exist belore the ta* lag can bp j»g
rifled "—Id Howard, 131 Paley chapter XL
p. 83 The evidence in this ta-e d -es not
■hew the existence jpi any =uch -emergency^
but, on tlie eoafrt»Tf t injmjr opiolon. i* proY«
that it does not exist.' The ardor u( ti n Sec
re' ivy ,.f tho Wartotho Comtnissary G-itvera
auii orizing hint to impress subsistence, &a.
was written m ibe 29UiDccea»ber, 1862. %ud
dot* u«*t appear to have btea paused by-*
BjIDt of food f -f tbe army,- «r ioabiltty % to
ptlrchase it at the marketpfioe, but becAuie
the Gjteracncut could not buy at pricer
which this officer .cmsidercJ “reasonable.*
• a maximum pries tfu fixed for all articles.
gnd the CommifBary General authorized to
Impress tbe property at an arbitrary valu
ation whenever he should think it necessary
for the pnbiio’service. It is not asserted In
Ihe answer of Oleiborne, nor was it protended
in the argument, that'- sufficient supplies for
tbe army could not at that rime" have been
purchased, on the 8d day of March, when the
fl .'tir in contr •versy was impressed, at the
market price, the price which private persons
were-paying.(or their own food j bat it was
paid that tbe prioo was too high for tbe Gov
ernment to pay, end tbe right is claimed to
take tbs private property of s citizen, against
his consent and without refsrt-n *e’to what he
may bave paid for H, arid to convert it to the
public nets, and allow’him as compensation a
price fixed Jby Ihe Department more than two
months before—a price iu this instance lets
by three thousand dollars than what the own
ers paid ft .rit five months before; and less by
veKa thousand dollars than he could have
sold it-for in open im.rkeL
Can the Govern maul, by failing to procure
supplies (or toe army al tiia proper time, or by
rclu*ing to buy them at. iho price-paid by ah
ci'iseiis. hccutise it considers those prices too
high. crcato va casoof extreme necessity." and
then ap|ieui to that necessity to justify the iorcis
We seizure of ibeint If it has the right to seize
fioiir'at an nrbitrsry valuation ol seventeen tlol-
Isrs per harrel, why hae it no* tho same right to
fix any prices which it may choose-to sav is
“re.ioDiialric," eodzhos otvkc those persons who
happen to own supplies hesr ’.be cbiei expense
if tit*- armies and ol Ibe.war.f'-'
’ ll the G.irernmcnt or any. of ita*. officers can
iwtully* exercise this'powerr, ea.o it not ala >
fully pitrriih -- tty resistance to it? Docs not
same principlo which would justify the iat
p*essnii>nt also justify any messiires which uny
;>« necessary to overcome or p'utiish any opporis
(ton to it I If'this doctrine be maiuiaiucd. what
does itt>: GoveinuieM become out so uuuiitigau-d
Jcspotism—one to bo, administered by force ac
cording to the wiltail its officers, mod not accor
din'; to the laws of the laud t indeed, ihebrder
of the Commi.-isary General, filed by Claiborne
viili ini uiiawcr/ as his justifieatioo lor his pro-
eedings in this very case, shows how prompt
lu- oUi.-ors will lie to resort to violence to obtain
piisscssioii ol iho prijierty which they may
think herersary, a'l their, own valuation. The
Comtnissary General, iu bis order to Major
Claiborne:'directing, him to mako impressment*
i pursnanen ot the requirements ol the Secre
ary of War in his fetter dated the 89th of De
c-ruber. neea the following language*: “Ifsu.-h
impressments should bo resisted, 1 .will obtain
non trie Secretary :of Wat an order on the near
si commanding officer of a post for a foicc
sufficient to repress resistance. This, I hope,
will out he neceesary ’’
Thexight or taking private property for
public uses is'i-Se. inherent in all eoveroign-
tie.-i; bul under the Cuiisritutidh of the Con-
edrirato States fthss right can only l>o exer
cised w hep ibo Legislative’'b-)dy shall have
decided that tfie public necessity' or public use
shall require ihr s umption of private pro
perly, and thin upon tho condition of making
Ibe owner ju-t compensation therefor I Con-
kiitUtiflu 0 8 Art j, Sue. 9, olause 16; Vat-
ol 112 ; 1 DUckstone Com. 138.; 2 Kent.
Bonaparte p.t. Camden and Amboy Btilroad
Gedtpariy; 1 Baldwin 0. C ft., page 205
The Coi.siitution of the Confederate Stales
was nude for a lime of war as welf as of
peace. It wa« framod itml adopted by the'
several States .when il woe evident that we
wtuld qo'iu be engaged in a bloody and cruel
w .r, and tha.numnroua. provisions in ■ it au
thorizing the deilaration cf war, the raising
of armies. -&c , establish tbe fact that the
frarne’s/f it expected iflo be obligatory in
war aioi pent-.-, and tho judg-e who are sworn
to Mipport the Coosiitmion, nod wh >sc duty
1' is to interpret "and ezpiund the laws, pan
never, give »judicial sanction to any violation
of or departure ffom it
If an officer oharged with an important du-
m tbe-defense of the country, shnu’d. upon
a sudden cm rgency, flndit necoscary for ths
public safety to exceed the law, ho must look
to Congress’forindeiunity,' and not expect a
Cvurt or law to justify a lawless act.
Aeoordiag tu the CanstUuitOd'and the de
e'.frions cited above, the right to authorise ion
rrenM»ontfl.4f private- property' is vested in
ihs'.-legislatire, aud not in tbe executive,
br-.nuh of tie Government; Is a court, then,
to sl ow tbe executive department of the gov
ernment toiassume-legisiatiVe powers -to ex-
«cJ*t- the oiscrction of detriding whether the
public uei-essit/ dies require tbs faking of
p ivs e property for publio use, when that
liscreiion i-t, l»y the Co stioution, vested is
Congress alone t - -
Bui,cron if Congress ha 1 parsed a law au r
ibor iijg impresrtinents- it Would Have liecn
oomplud to provide bylaw sons impartial
tribunal for a-oe’ta'niag the fair and juit
value of the property taken, and make ample
provision for the-'payment to the owner, with
out ur.rea-onable delay of rho compensation
ascertained: — Blcodgooi ve Mohawk & Hnd-
soa Bsiiroad C mpany, 18 Wend R., p 9;
Ropers ■»*. Bradshaw. 20 Johnson’s R . p. 735;
Marlili fxpartc, IS, Arkansas R , p 198 - 1st
Qaldwiii.- C. 0- R , p. 227: dmith’s Commen-
tary^in Common Lairs, p. 437,475; 18 Pick
ering 8., p. 501. . _ ' .
A curding to numerous decisions, ‘-just
coupeusatioa”-mssxis an equivalent—a re
compense in value f r the property taken—
wbnt the arricie would sell for in the market,
and" not tbe price which the owner might d
r.iond, or v bich some person' for especial
reason might be wilbng to give':—1st Sedg-
wi.-k<t n Uamag: t, p 278; 1st Baldwin, p. 388,
8#0
It tbingress, th o, in wbota^ioaidgs the power
of eminent domain, so ‘or as the Confederate
Guvitment-is cuucerncd, hue no right to autiior-
iza the «aki»g of private property without pro
viding - ju.-t lompj-uaalriiii theretor, can tt be
?uco--e-iaitf ^.-ouierided tint, in the absence ot
.-iicii i*-giiisUbOn, an executive officer can do it—
tli-ii he'ran-decide when the necessity may ex
ist, and fix the amount of cdmpcnsatioa to be
paid ( "J think not. .
- Tire only., remaining question to consider is,
whether the caic is one tor an injunction t It
iea well settled rule ot equity, that an injunc
tion wi t n it begraa*ed where the complainant
has a compieie and «d-:qu(e remedy at law.
Is the remedy <-i the-plaintiff com pitta and
: de ;ua'V at taw 1 -If the action of Major Clais
.b,., t.c he illegal, the plsint iff may eue’ him in
«fc(i*ii“, trover or tre»epa$». and recover a judg*.
mem igtiist him lur the dour, or ita value,with
interest from trie time of the .impressment. It
is admitted by Ciaborrie. in iris answer, .that he
baa at o impressed a large amount of flour bo
iriugirit; to ui tier persons,iar exceeding ia value
*- r - own property, and it the pfeiriuff chouid
mi tied atrespiv^s Und-r tho statute law of'
Virginia a plaintiff who has re o ivered judg
ment and sued out an execution against a pri
vate c tizm may file interroga’oriea with a
commissioner of the court, and.a summons
will be issued requiring the defendant to ap
pear and dfeefoss wha* property he possesses,
and. to snrrender it, to'be ahplied in svtisfvo-
tion of the execution If the defendant
should fail or refn-e to do this, an attachment
weald be issued against him, and he would be
arrested and committed to jail until he Bhonld
comply with the taw. According to onr prxO-
tiee this is ono of the most prompt and effec-
tual mean? of enforcing ihe payment of jadg-
menla, and is frequently resorted to, but the
plaintiff in this suit cannot avail himself of
thia ri-medy egainet Claiborne, because he is
an officer in the military 3«-rviee of the Con
federate Stales, nnd its such is exempt from
arrest under civil process.
The rtiinrdy of I^itcs fe not, therefore,
complete nnd adequate at law; *rre pat able
rjary to him iui_-nt b? tbe c<iCEeq_ence of
refusing to grant an ii junction ; il is in my
opinion tho only t-cnipxc aud .ffeotnai reme
dy, and for ihitt rasson ouabr to -be granted :
—(L-born rt a!e vs Bilik of United Slates. 9
Wheaton, 741: 2 R.-t*. Praorica, 233, £38;
CreDshiw tt Slate River Company, 6 Ran-
dolp i, 2 5. '<4*
I ihit-k, therefore, that the irjuioti.on ask-
viil ("or oa.’Jit fillip a«n j d*d.
BY LaROCHE & BELL,
SAVANNAH, <3-A..
AX'ILt.bvvold u i Ti',.txvta A> rll in-xt. In
TV f-in,t cf tin- t.'oorv II "U-** iu. Havinuxh, Urtrgii,
Iwtirarn th« a«i»1 r.oirvef 9l«, ib.t etegantand coit-
vniricut’g fi;ied up t(.) tri, k-.rt-.tt a. t o • • :.
G B so/* HOUSE,
T-^j ,ib-r wtlli I he Far»i*.ii'-e o.vj Pitura*—*b» Pruprirt-
trrbriog cum|fO> «*1 from cndiiiued IU beatlb to rvtlie
f <>m busim-ls. •
Th< re eint* of tMv Hr in tv t) • jar 18 ’9 wvi over
it u<H> 5b - H mt I fcv rrxt.ly a.,il rXti-DviVel) keewn.
asdfro?, IK,t: > i i ,| •* wjuneits vJt a‘.«xy> be a fa-
Volite ri 8 rt
AH 'hr roo'r» ..ii tin #mol'd fl r.-r iro d -ablp. awl etch
vutt of-roniua In* •> PMi-Watcr 0 ->*et. fall Ivngtb
eapperpi»:<-t Haiti i'nbant murMo top Wohi «nd—»li
*u p led with ho amt Ootd Wutrr. *uet rlex# itly nueil
wttb noil i Ida k w.l Tb#r» are al*n Ow Work* on
ttn ,.r ml-e, f,.r -nput ir-.e: u-e (I-nun. «itU Oa* Fixtures
iu tvtrj 1.1 m (rom ktribon to aMIn
The r,K»m« are lur ir’iel wr >1« thr b'l*. qiettty of llote-
*«t, B'a k '’’ahnit a-ol Mabo, » iy Furr ltare. Sprint
M'tt-oetes, n d cveryrtiii g uppertaiulng to a flrvt-elots
diet
Tbe Pr iprloiiir writ U'l* plmiro t » a'lcwlstr •»erf
part ■* rhe t> |di-R*n’ flx-ur a io p-r* in «i hing to
VXsmtaettieproperty prnyijas.vi i ini. aj oi *»’('.
■oarZO'd ’
OTUM »n ac'ijon of detinue agiinst him, in eii
probxbidty whenever be might recover judgmeat
Uc would find that the flour had been consumed
by the army, ami Claiborne's property covered
over with judgments recovered by tuner parties
fiif similar iropre*snteina v The pliio-ifl, on his
judgment, would either oritsin nothing, or at
U -t a pro rata More of his claim.
If Claiborne'* -action bo illegal, although ii
might be the duty of life government under tho
rireusastancea to protect h.m from the damages,
he ?oiitd not Compel it to do so; nor la there
i.-iy nude by which tbe plaintiff could force it to
poy him for the flour, although it might have
■Seea uk-d the army. ’Compensation cannot
be made wlthoni fegWattve sanction.- and Con.
?rco* i-aita ri boput under any legal obligation
ro pay i*« piopcuy unlawfully aeixed by any of-
fu er.-n-r to protect rim officer, in such * case,
from e judgment lj>r damages.- . „
la addition; Isooes h-.s udt :WJ affectnal a
remedy at law against Ciaiborns a3 he would
haveagaiost a private ciiiies who had com-
Riobuond, March 28.—At Auction to-day,
Coated-rate bonds of the fifteen million loan
sold for 185 -a large advanoe. The bonds of
the one hundred million lean—long dote—at
120 a 122$ The brokers are selling gold at
400 pruriium, and bank notes at 90.
8rooifB niSPATCS.
’the Senate wss not is session to day. The
Hons? passed the Assessment bill, yeas 41,
nays 82 j also passed the Senate bill authori
sing the discharge of certain civil officers
from the army, with an amendment.
Trie Presided has signed the Imprcsrment
bill.
DRUGS.
Q.UM i PltJ't
DRUGS
CBUfKOFOHW
QUIN1HK
MojiffuiMc
ODD CAMPUOit
CHIORVIV e -T-.JII .
loiiti)-; ForApTt
. CsKTOR <11.
HI CriltB SOOA
ptr-PEu
MUSTARD
T--g«th<-rwl tivflin n«ut u-nt of all kloitiot Ucdf
ciiies enu Dye Stuff
For »l« by 0 U. KRAMBfU
Druggt-t,
Whitt-hkl! tttieoi. o*u» do r fro** Mitchell tt.
‘Siga of tli9 Golden Mortar”
(nAt:S<5m *
JUST RECEIVED
“ AmJ.f»r «i{© nt
BROWN, FLEMING & GO’S,
Masonic Hall Building,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
SUGAR—800 barks
KICK—VO Tierce*
MANILLA HOPE
PSAS—LOOP Bujbeij-
LSTTltT AND NOTH PAP£R
ENVELOPS! ENVELOPS! ENVELOPS!
Th Socks SALT
ro livK -n Sprtifc* OOLD ERAID
marZStf-
PINE LIQUORS I
25 BARBELS
Pure Corn Whisky,
50 BABELS CHOICE
FMCH m IPPLE BRANDT,
FOB FALL BY;
A. C. WYLY & CO.,
Coinmission MerchaAts,
PHACIITHHR STRKKT.
SHOE FACTORY
FOR SALE.
r OFFER ia, Shoe Facto,v, I'c.-tcd at Augusts, Ocu’x'r
for* 1(^ log thir witfc ;.H tli* mA'ilsIi flxtmer. fled-
1 igr, Ac ■ con use cd wlto :l. bftt.g ih« b«'t *r’e-tcd stock
of Hnlililh. f on h and Oermv Lrsthrn to bo bad lu the
Oa, frdc-o-jr. TicrtLrr wiih the li.ctoiy 1 vllleell tb-.-
*u ck of mx'-nlac -u-id wik at Savin- all, »Hb sere al
Oeloreil ucu. -tf. u omul L> rius wm * on laiict’ and gen-
tle,L«n’* eb.es.
To tfco-r wbo wnkht i r,e:t, no b?ite- ’tippertan’ty can
tff.T. Addrc x
. LEWIS 0 TEEBtV,
itVIS St 3 JvTaDne.il, 1
$5,000 BSWAm. .
O'fOuEN fmta lb > aaritc.ib >r oj. iuc cars from Mont-
O irKn-ry tolXautaoB tuej-jib.tbo nDefTWHS.
'.•■V-SKlTBr TH »USA.Vi> D'lH ’.fll, {it-
700 Wss iaCvof. ttrntW, a-<i flf- LZOin bnnk b Hi hv*J
tok-1- Iron my vatiso. I .ill pay tbs aSo e reward or
vae’rcc vtry of th> rabiu. t.Li f i.f potias xvlU plea* rake
notice. I* W. SPENCH
Lawrccceriile, U., March S7, ~Soli inaiSS-ffi*
BV TKLEfiRA PH
HXPRS»'LY FOB THF 80TTTHKKN CONFBDHKACA.
A C V
Onr Dfarkcla and other Slntters.
The psst week has been as usual, lively, in
the way of trade. Tobacco led off briskly,
?!
ing out the excellent reeummen-iatiod
Governor to secaro cars from the Statu raid
_ __ __ and others and send t ita [ too ths cant- "Ap
~.~ J oo ro*” ~ jr-iposof ibis, I was P«d to-vlav c;;h; 49,t\ii
and^s worth i>3 50 per ponnd for fine, and Lshels of o-wn had r "
RlOBHoXD, March 29.—Tho Examiner has
Northern dates to the 25ih. Tbe Herald an
nounces the df«th of Mr). Gen. B. V. Sum
ner, . Hu body was removed to the City Hall
on the 26*h, and was visited by thousands
Tho Goneral Committee of Mozart Had
De ‘- oexais have adopted resolutions ex
tremely opposed tb the war polloy of tho
~ veroment.
The Tribune says 180,000 deserters are ab
sent from the Federal army.
Burnside- has gone West to succeed General
VVright, with authority to have his headquar
ters at St. Louis.
'Gold in New Yo'rk.had declined to 145—closed
on the 84<h at 1468—exchange 160
The Peri* correspondent of the London Newt,
of the C’h March, «aya the news of the issue of
letters of Marque by Lincoln, hae caused great
depression there. He also notices, as signilreant,
that i ho Meniteur has copied from the English
papers an article advocating the prompt recog
nition of tbe South.
Two AnglorCbinese steamers fso called)
are being built by Messrs. Laird & Birming
ham.
Charleston, M arch 29 —AH quiet—weath.
cr dark and rainy. have rumors at the
probable approach of ths.enemy, but nothing
authentic.
Xt Is a’ss reported that an inoomtug steam-
cr—the Aries was captured last night by tho
blooksders-
PKUdl obit aahOft'D tilimuft Ot Vii8'i'HfiUAV
Koxvillb, March 28—The report of the
capture of the federal general Carter and his
brigade by our people is not confirmed. The
Knoxville Register has received a 'dispatch
ffom Wartraee tho 27th as follows ;
There is daily skirmishing on the Shelby-
villepike. Tho enemy’s videttes are four
and a half miles from Murfreesboro. Their
picbets aria at Stoners river,
It is believed that the enemy are moving in
heavy force on our left flank, in the direction of
Columbia. The onject is doubtless to form a
junction with Grant and cause the Confederates
to tail back to Bridgeport.
The enemy are devastating the country,
burning fences, killing stock, forcing off the
negroes and stealing generally.
A Gain ran off the track between here and
Shelbyville, and between here and Bridgeport,
No lives loat.
Law lain Ahead.
Several parries in this city whose giods
have been seized, have employed counsel and
commenced action against tho agents who
made shar seizures. We have no doubt the
seizures wer* illegal- and that the law will
restore to the owners, tjbeir goods, and the
government have to foot bills vf cod, (bo.
nearly ail superior brands are held a'. S4 —
Sugar went up se soon as the East lenuessee
briJg s were built The seining men took
pro rata portion or shat was ia ibis mar
ket and scared off everybody lrom bringing
any more.
Rice met with a similar fate, bat can bo
bought at 25 cents a po .nd Flour la a stran
ger in these parts. Corn is abundant, bat is
worth $2 60 per bushel. T.ae peas aro all
being stilled up into whiskey. This is a ylo-
lati.on of the rights oi milk cows, and the in
tention of Gov. Brown.. Whiskey and £ran-
ly very scarce—tbe poorest article brings
$25 per gallon readily, and we *«4 no reason
why- it will not go to $50, for if men will
bxrter their souls f-r whiskoy, we see no rea
son why they will not give a high price iu
money. Ueotq Salt, and Irish Potatoes, are
more plentiful, aud have declined in price.—
The.supply is equal to the demind
Huir Dye is very dull hero, and Greeo Spec-
tacles are looking up. Tbe Lcgisture is iu
session Congress has not adjourned. Ths
Thu Yankees arc liuding Yhzoo Pass an ugly
stream to navigate. It is like Jordan—a hard
road, &b. Our-friend Foiresl it inscribieg
his name high on tbe tablets of fame. Bara- t kind * r6b * in ^ P r;uniob > i MU *
x . ^ a o ii » m'lsli ia the b<4om m' tan wtii o --
side bas turned up at bufluik—Bupposo be
means to try the South side of Richmond.—
Lee fe at his post and alt’s well in tbbt quar
ter. Our correspondent- Tivoli, gives the
Richmond Theatre.a severe criticism. Block
ade runners come and go at will to and from
Charleston.' Fast day was universally ob
served In Ihis city, and brought appropriate
sermons from iba talented p.-istors, who fill
tho pulpits of vur various Chu obes. Fast
days are blooming very luthioliable, and aro
not oowfiued ia iheir observance to the reli-
giovs portion oi iur community. No new
csbo i)f pressing cy u,c women, rimail Pox
has ceased to exoite aoy interest.
The Way Qovemxnr •- •'
InSelBlng »
Last week Qpvernui
seised, a portion oj
ing a certain pro rata w<
*c«Js n. ve Oeive
•rt,
« * »-• M? «by
.-. 'i. m u.i tak-
Is.” 1 A >Uiil of that
NOTICE,
Wear* pr,p 51 j'fiilt sit ardw* »r
SUPEEIOE GRIND STONES
OF AMY SIZE.
ROEir.ET S lV.
At (Jrevawjoi A ovorl iftctnti.
Cu*Otari..*. Or-, Uwb 19, lttl.
ONE HUNDRED
Gunsmiths and Machinists
WAKTEO.
11* AXTEO tl mc ftcurj, fa Oultuib^*, S».r.
vv (p» it d i and tiautw.lb*. VIECB
WO K will Irt- g .t .i. r. ,:j aU wh.. r^auiB with u. up
Cut* latt.tiiS. Wffl baT- tUtir exiv-ns-s ,e(cEa-
•d (taiiil :idJ HAIUAS. BUO A CO.
WASTED TO BULK.
A ZWS) Plill Or lit b*r» co .irti.e, vetrtaiUf
ft, >>>» bon-* (1. 4 nt« ultra. Api ly u tt,* oS
Acs tf Cj 11 W. law.
BUW-S-lf
C:a«ou:u’3 Hfpsxn>ssv,>
Odtl* M,t C-I Vl-t <6*8. f
i HMKAOruili my . rd.rj on K'atai Jllsn.*
V ta^ Msinfrfniiw C t. ^i., tnr irob,£aosot ft u>-
on apDlfesttoo. with uit to iaer ileitj w r- fer-1 c<*. sod
tb-y sr« hereby notUl^ test nn'fw* lh» wars d>a*L,fa*
atrlot aecordsiice-with tbs **ij,ui»ttDr» of tbe c.-rtrset.
It Wffl.rot b* reeH«rd. and itw hoiw" shoes and nib
article wherever they founJ u store I; and
next day they proceeded in the same way to
seize a portion of the Sugar,
Their mode of prooeeduru was to go to a
warehouse and give netice to tho person hav
ing charge of tbe warehouse, tbit a certain
number cf tiercea of rice, or hosheadz of su
gar in that house, were seized.
Some cl' the warehouse men, on whom this
notice-’was served, hod, perhaps, five or eix
ots of sugar, or rice, stored with them, by
s many different individvals, or commission
bouses, no two of whom bad an equal num
ber of tierces or hogsheads In the house, A
commission house may have had stored in
one mun’e warehouse; sugar or rice, in varia
ble quantities belonging to several different
owners. '%
Now, those commission merchants were not
notified by the seising, agents, of the number
of hogsheads seized, which each one. of them
separately had Btored, nor were they informed
how many and which of eaOh particular lot
stored by them, were taken. Neither were
individuals notified whether any ora part or
all or none,- of each individual lot was seized
or not. j
Now what were, and are, owners or oommis
Sion men‘to. do under each circumstances J—
A man is either estopped firom sellidg any of
the sugar or rioe, or if he Feature to sell ei
ther, iV may be the lot that is seized, and thus
get up a conflict which he would prefer to
avoid if possible.
It does seem to ns that all this vexation
and confusion could have been avoided by
business like performance of tb* transaction.
The agent should have first gone to the count-
; ing room of each commission merchant and
ascertained of him how many hogsheads or
iicrcee be bad stored and where, and then
given notice of the cumber and the purlieu,
lar ones seized. Then when a commission
more-hut should receive from bi ensfemer
letter inquiring if his angar or rice has been
seised, or giving instructions to sail it or ship
it, h* could have answered his correspondent
intelligently. As it is, when a man wishes to
kru-w if his property has been seized, no one
is able to answer the question,
Thess seizors are oppressive and inconve
nient enough at best; but by a little courte-
£y and a plain bn-iness way of proceeding,
much of the present troubles resulting -from
their course, would be removed: This is
just canes of complaint; and whatever may
be the necessity for the seizures, there
acne, and can be none, for the manner in
which they have been made. We hope some
one iu authority will remedy this evil.
tbr ’Tarpon therir fctaid* fe>ttrn:«OTi*Sbed.' ’-ti -
Stwwdtd. VFtaa (nrnriB iron -art ife«nthvoTte«»; I will Sell for cash, ft few ear loads
J*not acceptable, tb*few vMr<*t *;«> th?m 7 a
^ B. F. joku, l Virginia Salt, for future delivery,
moraa-lw 1UI and qaartancutcr. i mar28-8t A. K. SEAGO.
Negro Shot.
On Friday evening after dark-Britt, one of
the guard at tho barracks, accompanied to tho
pump, near Wesley Chapel to get a bucket of
water, Pat Maguire, a prisoner who was »n
der arrest and confined in the barracks’charged
with forging payrolls. After filling the buck
et, Pat started haok with it, but suddenly
droppe-litaud broke to run. Biitt. tbo guard,
d d not fire immediately, as Maguire was in
range of Judge Ezzard’s bouse,' but called
up 0 n Pat to stop, and moved himself towards
the sidewalk so that Ike house would not be
iu trout, when be tired. Tho chsrg* missed
the prisoner, but took effect upon « negro be
longing to Jas. 0. Davis, cutting his jugular
vein and killing him instantly. The negro
had just been purchased' by : Mr: Davis for
$2,259 The prisoner eacapai.,
Britt.is said to be an excellent soldier, a
steady man, and deeply- regret* the unfortu
nate accident.
Maguire is an Irishman, 25 years old, 5 fee
fl inches high, blue eyes, fair hair, and fair
complexion.
Fresh Arrival*.
Largo lots of nioe Spring Prints. Bleached
Homespun, Paper Cambric. Irish Linen, Mus
lin, Alpaoca, Bombazine, Pillow-Case Cotton,
Undershirts, Ladies’ Gloves, Spool Cotton,
fitc., for eale by,
J. Ii. TIPP1N,
mar29.lt . . ~ Whitehall street.
gy* I wish to hire 28 negro men, for two
or three months, to work in Georgia. Good
wages will He given. . Apply immediately to
A K. SEAGO,
mar298t at Niles’ Insurance Office.
eceutly been offer-.*t ia
Albany at $1 05, and that buudreds of j tea-
candt; .of-bushuia oould be bad at $1.5 J or
■css, if it could bs got away. Theo^l int.i-
agcmenl of GovermueUt agent* ir. *eiti. -
more than they eiu ship, and in pulttog
prioes at figures uuncceesarily high by b .t-
ding ever each other, is spoke a of, aud -o ae
men indulge ia grave suspi: ion that noaio of
them bad private ends to subserve.
Tbe war has ope.nc countUsi ave .u -
speculation calculated to «x rite tlio at ir ej a;
those who a lew wouthsag’; wpu d have fit* u
shoc ked at tho idea of luaVipg money on ar
ticles of necftssit . This gyectj f>r gaia; ij
the most formula I’o enemy, we ria-o i«
counter. Wo have sheira putsches b-e ■->
resist the most stupendous sO'-vriq. for our
subjugation from a foe fired with tatft icjKwri,
and reckless with a.spirit of fl -noiaa m-v ’c .
What a shocking oom uontsry u is on po* ■■
human nature, and cu mia>- capacity torreir-
government; to see that ■ the g<e**tr> 'iv.tgvt
we have to fear ie from our tncs do in our
midst l
Bat we are not ye* stArying. aul ;b're ii
I am sure, unner.i. -K jry alsrui-ibou'. the pres
ent supply of food Tacic io enough i-jif tail
season, and more than enough, if i; were ii»-
triluuedi
The d stUUtna qms i >n i.? iu imo *» »t
link v the cUukiug chain of av.tr »■>. a
bowing tie Vo tho effttb. Fr.ia tr. .if
! .ttJ
tiy
‘Sts
Onr Special Atlllrdgevll'e Correspon
dence,
Milledqeville, Match 27,' 1868.
The Generai .As»e.mUy of Georgia conven
ed on Wednesday, iu extraordinary season-
In the Senate the roll was called, and a quor
um found to be present. In the House
calling the roll there was not a-mornm pres
sent, and ihe-Hcuse took a repess until half-
past eleven. ‘ In tbe mriaatime tho arrival^?
the cars brought in a number of “atraggl-
and at tho appointed hour exactly & quo;
responded to theit- names. The Gove/nor
sent in his message, which is oharacteriz/dby
bis usual straightforward perspicuity/and
strong common Hense, Hla argument aiainst
tbe endorsement of Cocfederate bonds/ is an
able defense of his position, and has made a
decided impression His recommendation in
reference to State policy on the suhjectlwhich
occasioned tbe call for an extra ressibu are
conceived in a becoming spirit and will com
mend prompt and careful considerarioii. The
alteration of the law restricting the planting
of cotton is not likely to be made in time to
be effectaal, slcce in tbe cotton region the
full extent of three acres to the band is al
ready planted, and through* ut tbe whole
State it may be put. in site ground before a
law can be enacted restricring the crop to a
fourth of an acre. Then fore ibis object for
calling an extra session fails. It is not Iog
late, however, to tiffiz soph taxation upon the
crop as to induce piantore to plow up teat al
ready planted. -
There are many who maintain that just as
much corn can bo made by plcming uno
fourth of a common cotton Crop, as by plant
ing * fall crop in corn, because tbe-c Ado A esc
be cultivated aid gathered mostly in Ura: that,
is not required to cultivate corn anti wh-a
field bands oan do nothir.g tk*. Moreover a
full crop in corn'is a great burden <>n home:
and mules, because com reqai re* m* rep’oiig’i
ing than cotton. The stock ofih»so anim, l*.i ■.
rather abort, and it isriirged u bid. j, lie/ to
overwork them. It is also urged that S uth-
western Georgia has an immense Btuplqa of
corn which will sped for want rf transports,
lion, and that it is foBy to accatnubite a still
greater eurplus for the-wCeritv' nest year,
when cotton may be kept indefinite!^ without-
injury or depreciation. These are the argu
ments of Abe cotton planters.
On the other band the people from the up
per part of the State aver that corn, ia now
sugar cane se<*d, mol tssai or dried
by grinding trie corn into meal ‘An
verting It into iqu >r; by running s
closed door* aud Uoty m; tUB ta .
er arts which the inguuuy o’ - f. i
devise. The LsgisUtursi 3Bom q * ■
mottrt in t 'eir p irpoin to cuuo t. .* > y
en this q*ie«ti»D, therefore ’ ... - n
wiri be crushed a fder the aeig ■ ,v ■
authority.
The imprfssiiiput of alive -•>" i
question of soma itBp-ie.-.njs't -«
The slave owner is peo -ii-drjv ri
this struggle. HiVrtg-t.s : >y
ef it. 'He is also pcciiiar!; aaJ .
properly relieved «. *oui.; j tv b.ie.-.e* by
ihe exempli 'u uU; >t .d
cheer fully and readiiy i- .. * i .->
tiiat may be m-tde lor ri
of ucccseinvoivos thsrt t. . o
borers.
I notice that a r* amber of bt!' • ; .<■ l.<
iutroiuoed to coups: s.taowu r •-* tv
have died on the coast
A ffovel question aa<* arisen -u mo L .-hi -."
<ure; that i-, whether to-', u-rtfi-us*. i
ofthe*lft8i-J* ssion muststi Ukvu up in r»vd -r,-
brought up ap as new busiucs-, uuf v j.rir
this is a new session, cr * eontiibia - n : he
old; Both hous «, after long dicousdyu.h tvfi
deoided that this is a uiw aud dtsuno ti;j,
sion. The S^natehave utciared their, cpjftl a
that the business o toe iait so-aula «i y i»A
ruahed by repealing oert'uu olauc *; ra. tti,*g
|o the recess, and it is th-jugut rit*- tl a-o
will take a similar view. Tut. s ns * of th s
body has, however, not yet been t^koo, save
on a vote to rescind tbe reso u .tun < »Stng a
rcdit. It was amended s* as tj c> f •* tb
the Governor’s Pnclamu iarn, sad ui .k mat
the connecting link bitwe-a the twi Ga ,ri*ni,
but failed for want of * iwi>-iiiird iu c 3-j
the whole quest!-n stands open • 1 ulv^r off,
after the above-vote, _ that* e«»ei •« a»»<u ere ■
overhauled their bills --f the 1»:*: s-.-.»siJa,
which were on tho calender, sad mid them
re-introduced. This may be the shortest way
of disposing of the bus ness, for then, only
'Important measures will be likely to reoeir*
atteution, while if the uufiupshud bustadita is
thrown open, it will take two months to dis
pose of it, and to do justica to the mea-uros
which the session was o tiled to consider.
The city is uud’uaily dull—iparsely a vis-
itor is bore, aid few faces aro seen oa ths
streets esve those oonneoicd with legislarivs
duties. —
“Cousin John” is here, as clever sin l mer
curial as ever, but I miss the genial faec of
bis excellent colleague. Gol. Pitts.
Gen. A. R. Wright—“Oar Bauer,” of other
drys —hm just arr ved. _ Ha an 1 Ex-Gavernor
Lowo, of Maryland aro the only ao.tab .S vis
iters hers
To day is East Day, when every maa who*
recognizes tbe uxistsoce of a God and an
overruling Proviaence will supplicate the
throne of Grace for tho successUr aud speedy',
issue of oursunggle for the God-given boon
of freedom.
I must now suspend ibis letter to observe
by example my preoept. Dr. Geo. F. Pieros
preaches this mqrni&g, and Dr. Palmer, of"
NejpUrleans, this evenieg—both in the M ith-
odi^t church at Ibis place. r J -
/ Rut this letter is assuming loo much the
legislative license of prolixity, and lest you
propose .the* ‘five minates rule”—a non segaUtr
to a garrulous writer or speaker--! wife close.
KENE-iAW.
no 'rue li&Diust
m*T render msintUl mvice t.» th-, Cu
nt this time, by tat wSrit 7 In .
rn rf the (tnrfffcn P ppy. lT‘*y*eVu s it-
ijaect ttwt ;en*14 the He*- c -I Ilrpu-t-rit-1, .y
n .mill owner rt yettr pr ess *i ft ' - . 4, ui ti->
pint, or **nd to me anv qn < i-l'y < f !t- u .» : c s p- >■
core. iDformeUpa oa.ifie<a tu a «.t- ri*: V pij. -i- <-o!-
Icctlon of the Ja!c» txomlu Uspcnfei wtU be chcerfaLjr
affjrded by
l«or obedlect KC-rrsot,
OFOAen S. D ACKIB. -
Snrraoo »v4 SIs-Ueel.f'tuv-jo . . t* *..
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SB, UK *.»'••? -2v rt;
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PLBSTATtdH FOIL SALK
A U excellent PIsntsuon, <n ahi<t«U<e.o‘
coni***teg 8W wm. f-:0 nf wnrrb h-»; . -•• >,
rom only S3 -allM ban trie 4tl«n« a W--i . ..
reod.or theCt» r tah.meiM 31*er,tnC* vpbrti c .. oVyiaen’
1» tat' ! tr wnUmilh » HU oSw ;jfUhn«,
TO TUEJPCBL'C.
B OTTILS ulVhiMif all fct 4; par i
*»t. til d Brttfee* h"»e»<£ *;1 •>
Jy r#-e»vd. ibrre ar -m ui' 11
Horn**, *6*1 if • i t her* v n
tt)*- w-jiklcs of'this dep-irtree - nos J
soldier*. C-K - Q
t?n-jrw«» cT.vt, *, c, i-
Unicit Pwtnei} ffeoc *S>-
'A-l.me, on, ItnrcX .0 -MK '•
Reminiscences of the
OiitrtS sa*al t *:i
m.rttT-ff
LOOK K ;
i- i’nV btrre » esU *r*t *’ fe
i L at,.ire!*«> ppM- * t w e *
5 b-rrei* < o,.pT In U.«i •_
fl tea. tie A;pie Brnc|y.
V *<" solo by
tamTl# .... .
WASTED AT IDE V-fi- i
S 1XOSUUHI U»M.t tor’s
rii|br^ prlo* w*H be paneteall ppa. :
STOP THAT MUJulf.!
salHng at $1 to $5 a ,Vuabv\ Xoriu of A’.l .hta, QtaAT 2D f»om ib» ►» eei hfr. * aV .
and that the whole su»lns«r the c<tton re- Odbmr-»»«"*»-'d s e ’.u-hof.-•-
gion will be required to supply their suits
and the army demand. They agree wish the j ids r»!.e: 1. Ji-t* y x u>*.v lun>r A
cotton planters as to the ealamitnos effeeis of
a want of tranportation, and oa this subject
a committee is devising somomcan3 of carry-
F-*
4 «
enure** d»ti »H « her,a>.r iih,t
will tecar* h*r reeorery.
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