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kttt mr tb# clothing Afl ,of vho GeorgAz. |
Uivxff. TtsmtaeH named to tilt -Iff# blank 1
wW $; .■:.•. ■"' Mr. Whittle RosUioed tse mat :
Hoc tWM not too 1 fob, estimating our troop* r
ad ?;> a Mr. iv*r desired to know at wo at poiot |
these immense appropriations at» tit atop, or by 1
» ate QflTiWnmool w;j perfecting it* fncilHfo* for |
clothing the troop*. Gapt Tr immell ®ohe with ]
great *arne|tt)<!B* itfbehal! of his lae'.iJo.Mtictde*
bribed • ,i<- .real and. eiitotwin it too army—two- !
tblrdr a«o so. tee -bento -V j t-rtuV were
wit- ? nr< w cure barefoot.
4 .T‘ xm« -.oaU'.ued the amendment Mr
ni S ;!.* etii» iatireiyto* high—there wo#
t t trwifl id at c /gee county with oat eona
’ rt'.blc eioC. • ■ ' f ocbrtin ncehe 16 f*ror of
the tr. ... r ora, pror aiOB for the want* of the
•*.cpe. air i fij’’to the went* of the
«th Georg .- •!(. o. »ui bud no boom, and neatly
half the regim l nt had died. Mr. Furor of Fayette
«m a Hard i$ 11 c the »/, Efc favored filling
the blank with sl,a.'O,CoO. Mr. Whittle moved
to flfl the bl .ok with $1,500,000, or so much there
, erf a* may bo thought necessary oy the Governor.
-Mr. Dotnaa thought the amount too large—hie
enactr had made provision for Iter soldier*. Mr.
Owens spoke in behalt of Oapt. Trammel!’# motion.
Mr. Smith of 'towns in - ko pathetically ol the des
titution arann', the soldiers, and was wifiing, if
necessary to give everything be possf-fmed. ilr
Bmith of Brooks shaded to the wHlingmaa of
gentlemen to devote “the foil dollar” to obr-uict
ing nven, to hospital po-p sea, and now they
are ready to apply it to .the -/bieeta of this bill.
He wonder-' ow many "iael aoilars” there were
tp deyote to worthy proposes. He moved
Jfc fill the blank witl SSOO/ 00. Mr Bigham
TBpnght $1 ,<VH' ,000 b>o little, and moved to insert
■1,000,000. fni. Finley sustained the motion, nod
depicted the great sail.ring in the army in a
touching *oo-> fn ii>e?r h'K -'f T K
■ ■}"’ wji. i. The I'oriCiJ to isser'.
. ■ pr-■ -xjrlyici-t ihat no
. 'tpoioWi at *. ti tl who is uebioct
v i;W w4 *«*-
t% it'ui.' nun it sling of Meyer*
T ttWsA BfghoM ndVroiUU,
‘ " I ty i iorrow at 10 n*-h m -.«d he
■i spa ord<, for tt.a’lir-or.
■ kup the hfll for tV- *ie: ol
' * Ban ntuMbto W cb a > noth of
“Odmi ,t w#r offered end 9 /nyfteU up to the
t •• - ' - itenrnfoent.
| V’IKEJJOOff i, -Wfi'Mi.
ii. uur; ,< toe '-i ll 'ti re was quite a spirited
disoussion -two* n Mr. Brown and Mr. Fnrlow,
in referei.cn to class legislation, and appeals to
the poor. Mr. iirown diHrlaimed such a purpose,
and responded pieui,aatlyjto the pointer review
of Mi . Fnrlow, of whut was calculated to array
the rich against the poor.
Mr. VJhson effmed an an-undment making the
aot of 1828 cor■ the exemption low, and
sustained it wilii an able argument. Mr. Howard
offered a eubstitut- repealing the acts of 1770 and
171*. On motion, tl ' bni uml amendments were
lo’d on the fable .or ~e balance of tho session.
A bill to protioa against conflict with the New
Code, passe;;; io .iloiv Inferior Coart to appoint
Tax ftecsiver-i ana C'olfectors in certain cases,
passed; to uu litoi iz- Ordinaries to settle with
Btates not exoetdii ; SI,OOO in value, passed; to
incorporate I/.-*-,:e Inbui-anco Cos., Savannah,
passed; to iuerm h.- the number of Directors of
South Western j. 8., pa&Hedj io confer certain
power? on the May r und Council of Augusta
(refers to calling out citizens for guard duty,)
passed; to confirm right of the Confederate
States in the the m.-ci »1 lapds near Augusta,
pas*ed; a OTII i. lemi ntury to the act to obstruct
certain rivers, pui-sed; to legalize extra tux in
Murk Cos., pa ■J; a iiiyiie bill to authorise-) the
obstruction of rivers ides that the Govern
or may impress laborers if necessary, tho im
pressmont'( begin ivb • e obstructions are being
made, just compea ...>!••« to be paul, and appropri
ates $600,000 lor the purpose—passed; to incor
piiruto Cot.on l’lanteis Bank ol the Confederate
States, lost u Jloe.r. resolution ronuCsting tho
Huporintendent of the W. & A. R. R. to provide
cars of a certain kind for sick and* wounded sol
diers, passed.
Gen. Hansel introduced u bill to incorporate the
Roswell R.ai K i, J Comyiany.
A gerieii of rtn lutious declaring the conscript
act unconstitutional, im) oil lie, unwise, Ac., Ac.,
was taken up, pending which ’bo Semite at journ
cd to 3 o’clock P. M.
Judge Cabm;from the Judiciary Cos i.mittoe, j
reported a bill supplementary to the act to pre
vont distillation of g . o. It exempts all parties
having ci'Lti.ietu with t;>e Government made pre
vious to tho passage of the act, tram its opora- :
Lions, *o far ns relate to p icons within 20 miles
of rail ronil and navi; 10. streams. Tho bill after
conmderanjo due# won, parsed, nyes 87 mOBf M.
Leavefof nbßunce v. granted to Mcssrar'Dill,
jdcout, llrown, Smith ■ Brocks, Lender aud Carl-
On motion, it wan ordered that 200 copies ot the
bill to provide’ ftr tho support of soldier’s families
bo prlirtfcrt, and kv xmido ilia special oraor
for Friday next. - , ...
Tbe b>" *o appro Y 1 J-00/’d 1 ’ f.” ufotbing
Georgia troop# war i*”4ed so u.-to piaaido Uiat
whenev; ■ practicable fop Oeor K ia Relief and ilos
pitai ASNniMitfon sha'l oa sed to effect thoobjccG
of th bill; and tc , for the appointment
*>y tbe Governor .I . - uts to carry out ihe pro»;
.--"Hoe «f the opp; . r’-Hioi). Al amended, tile
'bill passed
The bill !cr t ! '. r.. toe Hanks against the
penshioa ' . , r.i uml: Jr ;f s*. ..a - j
pnn#H|p tVi'i’ they shall ■receive on deposit and
•pay ilii it i.iu' (Joule h iate .mff State Treasury
notes, the bJlu of solvent Georgia baukß, reoeiv
ic; tl - vJ. ;.. .l-foer -of ono per cunt, as com
pensation. A- uinenJt '. llio bbtl pans.d, ayes 109,
nuyb none. The HouiiS them adjourned to three
and a half o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
SENATE.
Tbe nnftujtslied resolutions ou ttie
Co.iboript hn*', wits rnuae the special order for the
Ath proximo.
TUo following House resolutions were '.greed to :
A resolution In reference to the transportation
and manufacture of salt, authorizing the Governor
u> prov-do earn, pav agents emploved, &o ; ulso
a resolution urging u.e .lit Jtion f Capitalists to
a supply of ,ron > “hm 11 resolution of thanks to
the ladies for their <1 votion to tile wants ol tlie
aEwiorp, ulso u resolution requiring tax receivers
to return all the blind, dent and mute porsons in
yie various oounties.
Uhe Heuate then re.,d House bills a second time.
The House amendment to the bunk relief bill
were taken up. Mr. Gordon spoke iu behalf of
tfTe amendment. r. Sewmd moved to strike out
tbe clause ajfowiug tomks per cent, on deposits.
Ms- Gordon opposed the motion. Ii was lost
The amendment of the House was then concur
red In. Henate ndjonr* id.
HOUSE.
Vdw Matter On the call rt tiiff oounties,
tr foliowinj. bills were read a first ®ne :
flkT Whittle, n bill m relation to tolls at mills ;
3T'. a bill for the sulk :* "honest debtors; also,
to . ;end the charter of the .Macon A Brunswick
Railroad—oonfeisba’ king privileges; Mr. Thrash
er, a bill to incorporate the Novelty Iron Works,
ot Atlanta ; a bill to change the laws in relation
to s. ieotmg jurors; Mr. Rice, a bill to prohibit
the mnalog of railroad trains on the Sabbath ;
Mr. Norwood, to incorporate the Lamar Insurance
Company, of Savannah; Mr. Bloodworth, a bill
to define the liability rvf the railroads for the de-
Btnuotion of stock : Mr. Bighorn, a resolution in
relation to Ordinaries ; Mr. Irwin, a bill to au
thorixe an extea tax in Washington county ; Mr.
Laxenvy, a bill to exempt Warren county from
the Tax Act of the U_st session; Mr. Thomas, a
rexolution on the Conscript Act.
After reading up the Senate‘bills the House
Adjourned.
Minuanesvaut, Nov. 27, 1862,
BEN AT .
In the Renats hu movnffig, Mr, Killea moved
to raoqpstder the lost bill to charter the Cotton
Planters' Bank of she Confederate States, in Sa
vannah. The motion :availed, and the hill was
nubeeouentlv taken up and parsed. U provides
ter $10,000,600 o! or.psnf .'lock, winch may be sub
•eaoed m ooupn, U »he extent of one eighth of
the crop of any stockholder; and may go into
•nsrauon whsc <7oo,Oft) as icie are paid iu.
The houee a®; r,tsnouts to tae Ban* r, l.ef Aot
were taken up. <sid on wot.on of Mr. Furlow, the
elacse allowing backs cne-'ourUi of one per cent,
on deposits. was idk’.cken out, and one-eighth iu
•erted. The rest of the House annendmeats, re
qilrlug them to reoeive Treasury and Confeder
ate Treasury notes, and eurrent bank notes, at
jser. were ooucnrrea in.
Nrw Mmn The Committee appointed to
examine the accounts of Quartermasters’ and
Oonsmiseariee' Dspartmci.r • ri orted that they
won id not have the me squired tor that duty
daring the Hearten, ami asks u> ho permuted to
ttake it horerfle? Mr. Fort offered a resolution
In reference to the oid ad .nnrm negroes s*oi. n
trr the sbo'tf -nists and xftenvard? sent to our
lined, whw ■ a- v '•••• • j, l *' ' :
that thd vaada s bai* tr. -» I l ' l , ue ®" *
and heipie '
could pot sea or rnw l - ■ - ■ '
(or acme provision to ••• 10 . i<veiu Lieut
from «$»!»* nuaebiei cm. . oyai mao.-, ••• me
Judiciary comm t»e>’ repor . • a i ' txempt
the Mayor and Connci.men ,t «t and tax cot
ltetors and receivers, trcr i •lr
itanseil, a bill to incorpori... the t 000 coumy
SUt company. Mr. V ass; eud.ctary Ccm
ojpee, isi'etted a bill in reter. nee to t rdiqiriea.
Bruj ok t&kib Thibd Rkaqing.—-A bul to reg -
measure by weight. The Committee
on Agriculture reported ana as the ou, ana .1
wan loot; a eubstitut, tor ..0 ■ 1 :r. rsia.ion to
lapsed legacies wa. •»; a • to confer i->e pow-
the AvUmia B-u on At. '..la Insurance
aid Banking Comps; I »-e rehel of the
p«q>le, qpwmouij know: «t.r ';‘»y lf*f. *“
"p^std—a re-enaoun :of 1 e cla law. .?“IS olu
Bee also passed the Hone- j A bill for ilia Uni:
•f the Cherokee Insurance and Banking Cofripa
y, passod ; a reeolution anthoi .s~cg the t*ov
ernor to pay the freight on -.alt for souiiers’ torn*
iffise— pa##tM , a moloiiou requesting C*ag ;sa
to iactakae the pay et|tficqg and soldi®*—
peased
Ueavaoi ab >ene« was granted to the Commute* |
on the Aoademy for ibe Bitnd; a ■*> io Gen. Man- ;
to attend tho Confederate Court jThis is the
T>,| time Oen H. has a* v «l leave of absercel
dur.ng hm f-rm *
H ->rri Btna on » lata.. It««nine. - A V.U to ehaegi •
■' i ;.,.t t)Hwf r.c Talbot ana rijwris ciiuniie*pas«ed. j
A bill to pardon J. R Wiiaoc of Atlanta, nr. A
\ special orde, (or 1 ceaday next, a bill to authorize :
i cerlain advance.?, passed, a bill to appropriate !
| #*.*»,ooo in aid of tfce wl sop ply, paMod
i ;i <om bills ’ ere the* read a Brat aim s«,ed I
| time, when the. «nate adjourned to 3 o'e ock I’. * -
1 Dor tea -ae afternoon setaioa omhlrg of inter
est was before the Senate.
H«OC«K
in JAe Hoese io day ea»eof k eaee wss ,
eu in Measra, Felton and Washington, and Mr. i
Ringbam was appointed chairman of the Finance j
Committee, during Mr. Washington’s absence.
A rcaoljuuon wa' l adopted fixing the hours ct :
the Session at 9 o’clock A. If. to P• * 4 -i 6-4,1 :
from 8 to 5 o’clock P. M.
The bill to impose a tax upon dogs was
next in order, and created an animated atm j
amusing discuaaion. Various amendments were j
propoeed. Many members desired their counties .
exempted from the operations of the bill, use f
was prepost'd to allow each family two dogs, ic
'rU &dos one, exempt froim taxation, as the old
proposed ; one to exempt ifcgs under a year old ,
another that every that should be kii.eo
should be skinned, and the bide sent to Messrs.
Lee k Cos., Cartersville to b» used in making cot
ton cards. Mr. Love sapported the bill wita the
amendment exempting two from taxation, end
the ronendm&nt was agreed to. A motion to post
pone indefinitely was at length made, and lost by
the sound. On a .Mil for the ayes and nays, the
vote was, ayes 71, najß 68; any one of the most
important vn*afluve» before the - *'
./as ..ei'-aied through * ’"ear of tha - . poruat - nt
| dear people wbe dunk more of esamet u. s tha
rights of their neighbors or the interests of ft
count' "":u» »ie-'oos ,md iafluenttal class
owe a deb* o’ gratiinde to those nteiligeni metr
oers, who opposed tar bib from other mctivi
th*u . feat of the'-r oonatitaents, or an nudes ra
-ard for dug ‘k tev: may r .hoeght Oi the
l!ou«tti acr-pt qn‘- -re tioauu
wa it. e dog qasetton.
The Hours conenrra is t: <j yt »ae
■'Wtuake l. .b>; b - k -n o' -. t per
l Hot to sun- ug . -fu.ge oiii#, • -.-a , i ail! to auow
[ the Ordinary of “erven county ta greft letters of
i tidti miration in (*'--U •: n*twv, ~'- e a-:.i a b” ; -o
I l> 3t * Mfi ■" ** ” '''*• vi
the C. rt fhramvr ®?jt, pa^ed: ?
! bill W wttiton?e tte i*sue oi $l,COu,(kW ziiKip
j Irmmrj p«ned . a bill to prescribe
• fc
' .4 • x. n.. .<=* Oovemor tc call out
—j o . .ue im mu presoni, wmen was carried
ayes 08, nays 48 ; a bill to prevent the issuing of
retail licenses was taken up, and after a brief dis
cussion, laid on the table for the present.
On motion, a bill to incorporate the Cobb county
Halt Company, was read first time.
The House adjourned to 9 o’clook to-morrow
morning.
MiLLxnosvn.i,B Nov. 28.
SENATE.
It is proper to say that both Houses are opened
with prayer daily, but I do not deem it necessary
to consume space in referring to—this opening
ceremony unlees someone outside the reverend
members officiates. I therefore drive right at
the duties of legislation, after prayer and the
reading of the Journal are over.
Gen. Hansell moved to reconsider a lost bill
to punish adultery and fornication, which was
the subject of some amusing legislation on yester
day afternoon, which I did not report. Tho
motion prevailed. An attempt to expunge some
trifling motions from the Jouraul was lost. The
reconsidered bill was taken up, debated, amended,
and being considered unnecessary and imporacti
cable legislation, was laid on the table for the
balance of the session.
A message from the Governor, with “a commu
nication in writing,” was taken up. lie returns
its without his signature, a bill to charter tho
Empire Htalo Iron and Coal Company. He ob
jects to the bill on constitutional grounds, in that
if, contains more than one subject matter, and
also that it has no clause making stockholders
personally liable.
A bill to incorporate tha Roswoli Railroad,
passed; a bill to amend an act to require Justico3
of the Inferior Court when setting for ordinary
purposes, to declare an intestacy in certain cases,
passed ; a House bill supplementary to the act
to provent distillation—proposing to allow con
tracts already made with the Confederate Gov
ernment to be carried out, was indefinitely post
poned; a House bill to provide clothing for the
Georgia soldiers was amended bo ns to strike oat
the Clause making the $1,500,000 of treasury notes
authorized by the 1)R1 fundable in bonds; and also
so as to leave the Governor to employ in his dis
cretion the agency of the Goo. Relief and Hos
pital Association —as amended, the bill passed.
'Flie Henate then listened to the reading of the
House bills a firat and second time.
It was thou moved tc adjourn until Tuesday, 10
o’clock, A. M. On a call of tho ayeß and nays,
the ayes were 12, nays 12. The President stated
that there was nothing before the Henate, and bo
therefore voted aye. Ho the Senate stands ad
jourped to Tuesday next.
HOUSE.
Fribav Not. 88
!u tht Ho'vi, .< e 01 absence was granted to
Messrs. Mitchell of Pulaski, Burney, Neal. Hines,
1 Underwood, White, Howell, Schley, Smith, Lav
ender, and Gross.
The bill to 8x the places of holding! he Supreme
Hour •tan reconsidered. A resolution of Mi
Whittle mi reference to the transportation of salt
was adopted. The bill '.o al'ow dorks who uro
j„ 1 1 cos ol . • peae-o to render judgment in cet -
lain cases, passed. The resolution authorizing
tho appointment ot a State geologist, adopted. A
resolution, by Mr. Schley, to require all tax pay
ers to return all dogs upon the promises, was
'adopted. Mr. Schley, having failed in his wise and
good measure to tax dogs, and thu3 diminish the
number oi that race, is determined to let the peo
ple see what a vast number thore are in the
Stute.
Nfw Maiter. — Mr. Mullins, a resolution request
ing the railroads to transport corn for the poor at
half rates : Mr. Geun, a bill to regulate the taking
f testimony by interrogatories; also to make
trespassing penal ; Mr. Hargrove, a resolution in
reference to ttiruishing the counties with ammuni
tion ; Mr. Owens, a bill to refund money to par
ties engaged in obstructing riverß ; Mr. Mulkey,
a resolution highly complimentary to Hon. George
N. Lester, member from Cobb, who is nowin the
army, and detained from hjs Beat on account of a
painful wound received at Perryviilc, by which
he lost his right arm.
The resolution was referred to a special com
mittee of Messrs Mulkey, Cabiness and Cochran of
Glyun. Mr. Lester won an enviable place in the
admiration and personal esteem of his brother
Legislators, and his clear head and untiring in
dustry are missed no less in the committee room
than ou the floor. Mr. Render, a bill to regulate
jury leas in Meriwether county ; Mr. Norwood, a
resolution that the Governor purchase the right
for a certain patent hand loom, provided the cost
doe3 not exceed SIB,OOO.
The bili for the relief of the Belgian consul at
Atlanta was passed.
The special order—a bill to provide for the re
lief of the indigent fnmilies of soldiers, was taken
up, and occupied the remainder of tho morning
session.
AftKB.NOON Sbssiok. —Alter considering the un
finished business of the morning, in committee of
the whole, it was referred back to the House, and
then to a special committee.
A bill to increase the fees of county officers
was taken up. The Finance committee reported
averse to the bill. Mr. Barnes urged the recom
mendatiou of the Governor, and moved to dis
agree to the report of the committee, which was
carried. He moved to insert fifty per cent, as
the increased rate—lost. Twenty-five was pro
posed and lost. The bill was then laid on the
table. The House then adjourned until to-mor
row morning 9 o’clock.
Milledgeville, Nov. £9.
HOUSE.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs Steph
ens, Dußese, Dumas, Ezell Lawson, Trammell,
Kice and Hargroves.
A supplementary resolution in reference to
the impressment of slaves—applies to free ne
groes—was adopted. Gen I. K. Foster, who has
charge of securing laborers for the detences, has
just returned from Savannah, and states that
there will probably be no occasion for impress
ment. A bill for the relief of administrators, ex
ecutors, and guardians, passed. A bill to exempt
soldiers from poll tax, and soldiers, and the moth
ers of soldiers, not worth over SI,OOO from all tax.
Various amendments were proposed, and elicited
a copious flow of Buucomb for the poor soldiers-
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 69, nays
45.
Tue special committee on the bill for the relief
of indigent soldiers’ families reported a substitute
which was discussed at some length, amended and
passed. The bill appropriates 2,000,000, or such
part as may be needed, to be appropriated among
the various counties according to the number of
indigent soldiers lamiiieq and disLurscd by the
Interior Court, under careful restictions. It does
not interfere w.th the acts passed at tae last leg
r», authorising extra county taxes. It ap
peals to be ugood,equitable, and iihi'Talme ure.
A message was received from ih. -oveirorin
r.ten ace to the factory at Carters? ilia for mskiug
cotton cards, accompanied by a repci 1 !roin Peter
Jones master armorer, who was appointed to vis t
the works.
Mr. Jones reports Ist, that bu few can he ob
tained, at $lO a pair; 2d, they are not willing to
tell their entire enierest; Sd, they ask SIOO,OOO
for a half interest. He also states that the machines
in use will make thirty pair of cards every twenty
four hours, at a cost ol $3.00 a pair, at the preseat
price of materials. In ordinary tumes they can
-be made S' thuty cents a pair. He recommends
the removal of the machines and fixtures to the
..rmory as the buildings at Cartersville are inade
quate, and they are using iupd power.
The message and report were referred to the
Finance Committee.
The Gore sJ5t recomme ids'that the State give
"Messrs. Lee ©Co. $20,000 for the use of their ma
chines as patterns (which cost $18,000) until da
ninja U’-e be made ; or, that she give the r $40,000 !
for a half i“»27 ee! i n t * ie * wo machines, one of
wirch is for the manufacture of cotton cards and \
the"other for the manufacture of card clothing
for factories; providad they F i!i ‘hvsst half the 1
eap.tal mim* Ikta warx« to *l to
meet 4.;■ Mhiuta* of tee dp, and will er*k«t
W> Sell «arl er,»»*».■>.• fKi -ver
• .-at. --rpu »c-:!0Wl w
A Tprß,eutw.,«iari fr>*2 b-*rag double
t. ’ to jUsotporv* Auywr Gold *o4
Iron Cos, as.ss-4, v* r*P.eve Acadia Andrew of
Mertow—passed-io iegahtc-xtrr. tax in coho’*
Cd*r£*«ed; ts prfavKe for Use payment of attda
i s*H.s—patted.
A-si.;..'ii< woe reoirod Irons the Governor
i p*ttMtaiding hi* ig ature t;, a rtaoluucc r-latir,g
jto Use manufacture ol iron. The resolutions con
tains *u invitation of persons desiring a “char.-,.!
I of incorporation" for tout purpose, to take “ic? _
! mediate action, so that this'General AlM&toiy may
jet upon the same before the adjournment at the
j.iaseui session.” The O vercor states that the
! r»Eolution invites capitalists and others to apply
I for corporate privileges a) manufacturing com-
I panies when the constitution of this State ex
pressly says that the general assembly shall have
, no power to grant them.
i A lew bills were read a second time, when the
■ llcut;' edjonrntd tc 3 o’clock P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
A bill prescribing the mode of granting charters,
by the courts, to corporations not authorized to
lie chartered by the Legislature, passed ; a bill
to p )v : so,' •.0 for the academy for blind—pass
ed ; a bill to prevent counterfeiting and forging
Confederate or [State treasury notes. The com -
rniuee reported a bill with the death penalty,
which was disagreed to. Judge Love moved to
make the penalty imprisonment for ten to twenty
five years, or death at the recommendation of tbe
jury—agreed to and the bill passed.
It wifi be seen that but little progress has been
made by tbe House this afternoon. A number of
bills were called up, discussed at length, and laid
w.-s* made ine s',. -Va onfiTor WwtaeadM ■ a,
Antfc**i*«lrig tbe GowefiiOr
td MexpeJFaetoj-iea, dec.
*iILLSt)G» ILL*, Nov. 2-
7116 coDitni'.tea ;r. ti r anee to whom were re-,
that pert of Goveraor Eiowu’s MtHoug;
which, relau ato ’be fuintsbing of clothing for
Georgia troops ami resoi rtiocs on the same sub
ject nave had tbe same under eousideration, and
' referred to them, an<> earnest 1 ;.- r> • mu.end their
j oi Hit, ■. ui-rai Assembly, that the Ge. rgia -oops
i in Con led" rate servic", mostol whom are in a
tom! ria , , and in many instances even to pre
serve ii ' itself; Qcd whereas, the Georgia Relief
nr. i Hospi'. 1 Asso.iat.on, much as it has done,
and is still doing, is entirely inadequate to the
emergency; and wiierea3, our soldiers being not
only compos, and of those endeared to ti?e by the
ties of blood, but also our great bulwark of de
duce, should from considerations of gratitude
towards, and aflection (or them, as well as safety
to ourselves us a people, be rendered as comfort
able as possible, and thereby strengthened for the
dmdly conflict; and whereas, the dreadful alter
native now torce3 itself upon ua as Legislators,
humanitarians and kindred ia all its startling
import, whether our brave boys shall be clothed
by extraordinary energy, unusual effort, and re
s irtmg to means apparently harsh, but really ne
crnsuiy, or whether they shall be suffered to
shiver und die, away trom home and kindred in
inhospitable climes, for the want of shoes and
clothing which arc fa our midst, but cannot be
obtained without the measure hereinafter recom
mended.
Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives,
1. That his excellency the Governor of Georgia,
be, and he is h reby authoriz and and requested, if
taliafactory arrangements cannot be made with
the proprietors otherwise, to seize ail the facto
ries and tanneries and manufactured articles in
this 8!ale, or 30 many of them as ho may find ne-
C":vary, and to appropriate their whole products
to no use hexeinboforo indicated, till a good pair
of choe3 and a good suit of clothe: are iurnjs'ned
to every Georgia soldier in service who needs such
a> sitiance. Provided that he seize no factory now in
the possession of the Confederate Government,
and Provided further, that he interfere with no
bona fide contract or contracts, which have been
made with the Coni; derate Government or its or
gauAvd agents for any of said articles.
2d. That the following prices shall be paid by
His Excellency for articles herein set forth, viz:
For leather, per pound, one dollar; for shoes,
(such as are suitable for soldiers,) per pair, throe
dollars ; for each block, or bunch, of cotton yarn,
5 lbs.) two and a half dollars; tor cotton osna
burgs, per yard, twenty five cents; for woolen
jeans, two dollars per yurd ; for cotton shirting,
% yard wide, twenty cents, and in tha same pro
portion tor shirting ot oihtr widths; for Georgia
cassimercs, per yard, two and a half dollars; or
such other prices as will afford a reasonable profit
upon Hie prime cost of raid articles.
3d. That should any other article made, raised,
or imported into, or manufactured in this Staf3,
which i« not embraced in the foregoing schedule
be found neces, ary for the comfort of our snldiera,
io such case, His Excellency the Governor is au
thorized to pursue the course herein before point
ed out in referenoe to the articles specified, and
pay just compensation therefor.
It That m the' veci His jHceliency tbeOover
| nm at;: uf~ uiy factories, tanneries, «ad shoe
I shop*, tha : he bo authorized to employ operatives
; m work there ”, aud pay them just compens ivon
i 61b. That the Governor of this State be, and he
t* b ;reby nuthori-od, if necessary, to extend tha
■ limit of iiiaso resolutions for and during the year
1.803, so as to insure clothing and shoos in.-' -mr
.leceHr't-vas Go. r;.-.i troop, tor said year.
Ur. tv. Hi CnmnilDg* Address on Vai
clnailon.
Milledoeville, Nov. 26, 1862.
Dr. W. 11. Cummings addressed the members
ol Hie General Assembly and citizens last night
at the Representatives Hall, on the importance of
immediate and universal vaccination. lie urged it
nj an imperative duty, in ardor to prevent the
. loalhsome disease from infecting every district
and neighborhood. He called attention t > the
fact that while vaccmction is ulmoat universal in
Europe, and children must bo vaccinated before
they can enter school, not one in four of our popu
lation have adopted this precauiion aguiu3t mtcc
tiou. Thi3 negligence, he remarked, results from
our scattered and spareo population, which has
rendered ua comparatively secure agamst the
spread of any infectious disease. He gave a
learned and interesting review of the early prac
tice of inoculation, first practiced in China, 2400
yearn ago, and introduced into Europe by Lady
Mury Worliey Montague about 1720, and tho sub'
sequent discovery oi kine pox by Dr. Edward
Jenaer, and the introduction therefrom of vac
cimiation instead of tire more dangerous practice
of innoculation.
Dr. jencer bad observed that during the pre
valence of small pox, milk maids never contract
ed the disease, and after careful investigation of
the cause oftheir immunity, be found that they
were iuoeulated from tho udders of the cow with
a disease precisely like vaccination. He also
was convinced that the cows look the disease from
tho horse, through the bauds of the grooms, who,
from cleaning thru hools would sometimes milk
tho cows. From this singulur discovery arose the
practice ot vaccination with the kine pox, which
is effectual a preventive of small pox as the dis
ease itself. Like measles, or other infections dis
t lines cccasicnal instances of second infeoiion. oc -
cur, but they are very rare, and seldom fatal.—
True vaccination the Dr. urged, is never fatal.—
The improper use of old and poisonous or putrid
virus causes bad aims and occasional deaths, and
hence arises the general dread of vaccination.—
To avoid such iesu!t3 required an iutelligent use
of the simple agencies used,, and for this reason
vaccination sh. uhl be couh led to careful hands.
He described the process of vaccination, and made
it very simple and easily c imprehondei.
Nature seems t o have adapted the Kine pox ex
actly, ami beautifully to man’s convenience, Gr
we find that it developed itself in 14 distinct ceils,
from each of which lymph may be obtained with
out disturbing the other. This should be done on
the eighth day, for if delayed tho vaccine fluid
hardens and becomes less effective. The effect of
vaccination is usually not perceptible for two or
three days, whin inflammation appears, then a
celular blister forma, accompanied with irritation
and slight fever, until after 10 or 12 days, when a
scab forms,and ou ’he 20th daytbe scab Sails, and
inflammation dUappears. It does not usually in
terfere with ordinary duties, or cause the loss of
a single meal, i I urged the importance of an
organized system ot vaccination for every county,
a, ci that it be completed during the cool weather.
The lecture was a deeply interesting and in
structive ore, and t is a matter of regtet that
so tew members of the Legislature were present.
Dr. Cumming ia I lie superintendent of vaccination
for the military districts of Georgia and South
Carolina, and ctured at the call of the Special
Committee on Small Fox.
For carrying out the plau for vaccination in
the var-ou,; counties, I tske the liberty of sug
g- sting that -he agents appointed for tun purposs
uiay veiy much facilitate the work er.pecially in
the country dia ricts, bj visiting in succession
the various churches on the Stbbath prepared to
Taccmate ihe whole congregation, or mien portion
as may Qv practicable. From one Sunday to
another, is jest day?, and subjects vaccina
ted mu «-n 1 tl~ c: id fc . selected to meet
:iW; \v. 'KJS&,
this suggestion ».i a attarstS :-cilnst,fig th# gooc
woia, and we imagine few wiiHjs found so fas
tidious or Pnritan'cal as to condemn such deeds
on the Sabbath.
Every papier we open contains fresh proof of the
barbarity ei the North, m its treatmentof negroes.
Abolu.su philanthropy is exemplified by stealing
a groes irom the r masters—enticing them from
their tomes, ana then either working them to
death, beating them unmercifully, shootind them
by wholesale, as the? did at Norfolk—leaving them
to per sh by coid end starvation, as at Cairo and
W, shmgton—t? aie cl small pox, as on the South
Cor oa coast—or k’ckong them onl of Abolition
communities, as they do trr Illinois. The biggest
fool on this earth is the darkey who will run away
Irom his home and master, with the expectation
of bettering his condition among the coldblooded
Yankees.
The Galena and Monitor are both at Fortress
Monroe. A large number of gunboats are also
said to be at the mouth of James river.
» ■ ■ -Hr T< ■ “j -
t.eurj;,a A Ducal C'.aieMlt
FIRST HAT
TbsrGeorgia Annual Conference of lb • eta.
L, Charcb, riou*.h c.>-n t.
N’or ?6th. !v so-; J.,w ■ O. loir j :
The Bishop m*d. - • ■ -nt inter* * dr
oa taking tbe chair. -J. Blake Sc. !« v
jxuoUd Se«reterv. ,; i. t: a. G. ) Stf
Hmuiit P Sirch, -ss-u!. *
they generally seem to b In fie. api r
Tbe foitewing coannutet? were a; ,
Ob Pd blie Worship—J O A r ' r , ; s r.
Evans.
O:. V , «,■»., eouu i-
W. Tally.
.On Examining Committees of firs’
A. Fullwood, W. F. Cook.
On Examining Committees of secor
C. Simmons, W. J Scott and A. M.
The report of the Book Commitle
ness of the Hepesitory wss presentee. . i
J. E Evans. The report shows the "*
be in a most prosps ous couditit
gains of the business for the last eig m
amount to nearly twelve thousand and
credit is due to the enetgy and per.
the agent. Rev, J, W. Burke, who 17
succeeded m sustaining the business
troublous times, but has made it a sc ■
nue to tbe church, and this, too, witl
mg extortion or monopoly. The rt
ceived and accepted.
The Conference then proceeded to
regular minnte business, when tbe s
was asked, Who are the deacons
Under this question the names ofGi
drews, Ebenezer G. Murrow, Joseph
j year. Robert B. Rogt - .ti: '
{third Tear. Mzrsnail G. oenk tit. .....
’ Leake to go Before committee ft- • u •- 5 th
{ years, at next Cenfe. .fice i
IsupersMMWd.
The -ntb question was then taken . .the
are elected tc Eider. Orders Acs. C t 3A-
Moore Hd. A. H. Me.Gehae, The*. B. Lai-i John
J. Morguu, Jarato it. Lupo, John Murph *ohu
F Berry. Oliver B Means continued ia ifos of
fourth yeSr at tiieir own request.
The oxaminatton of .oarseter 6f super • itud
preachers was tak, up. mi! : niow l ., w; o
called, passoJ, ana ' med tu m. « relxtvj*.
W. iiaggerly, EiiJbennntt Jesvd W. farrull,
Jamer Huawody, w'”:Lior Graham. »' in *
Gharles I. ’ •' ..
Rnipit*,’ J J. M. iiapp, l\ ban Jai. es
Hmitb, Claibor .e Tru*sefi, Allen ' orutr," Wy»t.
Brooks, Ham” -J. Bel”ih end John . Hot ell, were
put on the effective list—Jacob it. Owei super
numerary.
SECOND DAI’.
The Conference convened at 0 c'ciock, Bishop
Andrew in the chair. The religious txercises
were conducted by Dr. Alexander Means.
W. H. Potter, W. J. Parks acd G. J Pearce
were appointed a committee to nominate ha Ex
amining Committee for the next four yeajs.
On application, the credentials of Daiiei Gart
mau, formerly a local deacon, t;ow reading in
Alabama, were restored.
James L Pierca and A. Wright were ippointed
a committee on periodicals.
E. 11. Myers, editor Southern Christ!® Advo
cate, presented a report, showing the cafiition of
said paper, which was referred to tho ommittee
on pet lodicaia.
J. W. Yarborough presented fifty doikre, a do
nation from Mrs. A. G. Mizell, of Powde Springs,
to be used as the Conference directs. r he Con
ference directed that it be turned over to the
Editor of the S. C. Advocate, to be usee for the
benefit of our soldiers.
The unfinished minute business of yellerday
was taken up, and the following persrna of the
third year clans ware called, passed andcor'.iuued
to fourth year : W. C. D. Perry, Bri ton San
ders, James D. Anthony—the two later to go
before the committee of third and fonrb years at
next Conference. Brother Sanders bolls the rand
of lbt Lieutenant iu tho army, and w.v severely
wounded in the tace at the battle of Siarpsburg.
He is rapidly recovering from his would. Me is
a brave soldier and a useful minister.
George Kramer was elected to Eider’S r ers.
The following were received into fulFonnection
and elected io deacon’s orders: Normal D. Moo’’-
honse, Henry D. Murpy, Wesley Xiaae, Janies R.
Stewart, Robert A. Seale, Thomas J. fmfiry.
John R. Parker, Moreau Cal eway, tebert N.
Andrews, Rob. rt ii. Jones, Janus T. uOwe, and
John A. Reynolds were continued f: class of
second year. Hezekiah U. Porter, wls d.scoa
tinued at his own request. Josiah Harkcy, of
this class, died early iu the year.
Who are continued on trial? Befl&min VV.
Williams, Isaac 8. T. Hopkins, W. A.J. Fulton,
J. W. Neese, Addison J. Jarraii, Jobs K. Leak,
Franklin A. Robinson. Gao. S. Jobnsoi, Wm- B.
Merritt, (to be examined ia course of study for
first and second year,) J. Tabor Pay no James L.
Fowler, Lt onidus R. Redding, VVin. VV.Glcwurt.
The examination of character of supo)nuracrary
preachers was taken up, aud the following were
called, passed und continued in that rckt on:
Alexander Means, Young F. Tignor, Miifirr H.
White, Jesse R. Littlejohn, Wm. F. Connelly,
Jackson Rush, David Crenshaw.
John M. Bright was located. Jarneeß. Payne
was passed, and put on the effective list
Gn motion, it was resolved, that the Conference
spend the hour between twelve and one o’clock,
on M mday next in prayei for peso* for tur coun
try, und that the citiisafis bt iavited to jo n with
us in the exercise.
THiftl) DAV.
The Conference convened pursuant to i;ourn
| oent at .» o’clock, A.M. Rc'iginus exert« -.ere
! conducted by Rev. Dr r'JfeavL, The m.m •’» of
tb * preceding session wife. , *.>ct and apn v.~ .
i The Trustees ot the LaGrauge Female Cuilege
I presented their report, showing the present con-
I dition of the institution. The report showr the
i College to be in a most encouraging condition,
i with a good prospect of being soou relieved front
| its financial embarrassment. The report tates
! that a munificent donati"u of a valuable phnta
! tiou worth r.t least six thousand dollars, had been
made to ihe College by Kev. Charles Fisher, of
Chuttahoocboe county. A just tribute is pail to
the Rev. G. J. Pearce, the able und efficient 1 Ves
ldont. On, motion, the report wasre forred to the
Committee on Education.
The committee appointed to nominate the fix
amining Committee for the next four years, re
ported as follows : For class of first year—Wm.
F Cook, W J Cotton, J M Dickery. For class of
second year—E H Myers, A T Mann, Waltkr
Knox. For class of third year—Jno H Caldwell,
G 0 Clarke, J B McGehee. For class of fourth
year-j-W J Scott, J B Jackson, A M Wynn. Ttfe
report was adopted.
The candidates for admission into the traveling
connection weyc called up, examined and ad
dressed by tho Bishop iu an earnest and affection
ale manner. This .venerable servant of God has
hud a largo nod a ripe experience, and his coun
sels were wise and valuable.
Win. Asburv Dodge, W. F Holland, Wto. C.
Dunlap, J, 0. A. Sparks, John F. Ellison and Ben
jamin J. Baldwin were admitted on trial. John
M. Lonrey was admitted into full connection,
and elected to Deacon’s orders. W. W. Osliu was
admitted into full conuect on. Geo. W. L. An
thony, continued on trial, to go before commit
tee oi both years. Tuns. 11. -tewarl was untied
and his character passed. W. J. Parks, C. W.
Key, A. M. Wynn, Jaa. L. Pierce and S. Anthony
were appointed a committee to consider the pro
priety of holding a session of the General Coher
ence in Apiil next,
The board of Stewards submitted their report
which was read and adopted.
A donation from Mrs. Flournoy, of 1100 was
received, and ordered to be placed iu the bands ol
the Stewards, and a letter of thanks to bo written
by the Secretary.
*he annual meeting of the book committee was
changed to the first Wednesday in October. Henry
L Jewett was elected a member of the book cctn
tua vacancy occasioned by the death
of Roo t A Smith.
e ? Q i l ? lia ? tion of Elders was then taken up,
and the fol.owing werecalled, examined and pass
ed; Josiah Lewis, A T Mann. J II Caldwell, Wm
S Baker W alter Knox. D R McWilliams, R J Har
well, Robert B Lester, D W Calhoun, Wai A Fto
rence Jas M Austin Rob’t A Cannon, John W
McGenee, Sam 1 A Clarke. Thomas U Jordan, W
U Potter ana Wink Crum ey.
The Situation.— Parties who have arrive : i, o m
Murfreesboro direct, represent that firing wa?
heard throughout yesterday, along oar Intire
line between Luvergnb and Nashville.
It is also rumored upon doubtful au* -or v
that a force of the enemy, supposed to bl fen
thousand strong, nave penetrated thr<- n Wil
son county and the direction of Me'l-nrsrUlfi"
credit, because the enemy have 4t transporta
tion so- - thousand men and such a
the troops to spare either " ’ nor
A flank movement of tfee kind would exnis*
parties attempting it to certain capture u !
hills and pusses of Warren, While andc“ 8 - h
counties. Gen. Damon , who •> f ' '
into tins region da:ii-;.
about fruit!:;,:
of his men by. sickness,., iatigee nd -r
the guerillas, and effecting nothing "whhta V
tnrned about face and struck a double-auiek irl
the lower country, weary and disgusted
Bull Nelson also earned an army thither, which
because completely exhauste<»<by'\iaW -v ftiuv
idjuesiioo, an jitbe jaHageqofßhalfertfeiAi^f*.
dtom dying bodiewfcf tawjkfi
scoutsq hereabouts,rttkMd ‘*ffßet##fiß r a
to travel,'’ invanaS!y,«ad ■- • •ff,
Forrest, and the,many b raffife* i tJk ,hv
erally came out at t ; i fl
It is quite ;.-.w,;ih«j however, that the Hatf»V, ,
ope Led around a .-cut Nashville and- ieta ••
freest .... n sober earnest and that %e shall
henceforward ne. r of the crack oi nffe and tfo
note of cannon every i&T.—O/iaUanooga j&bd 26
• rue Fayetteville, North Carolina. Observer
learns that great apprehension is felt about the
scarcity of corn likely to be produced by *he im
mense number of distilleries prepared and pre
paring to goto work as soon as the prohibition
against distilling grain is at an end In that State
which will be on the firs: day cl January next’
It is said that some persons ait holding back their
corn for that day, as they are assured that the
price will be no object to the distillers, who can
give five dollars tor a bushel cf corn, ana then
make tan or twenty doiiara by converting it into
whiskey.
N«W» Suaiatsv} .
A ccaispcnpwt of the Columbus Sun states :
lai two of the End •« Burners who escaped seme j
ee ). s g j c » from Atlanta have made their way to |
e biockudsts c -■ r aud arrived only j
few davs since. The thieves stated that friends \
- tb-m :o b--e .k ia 1 in Atlanta, ana putting i
~ jv" ohat 1 hooche*, told them to follow its i
n
- ,nd conceal.n.: hemseivesau
nc: the duv. They were six'weeks in ais
,j j: ",; e ' a -,i ; u a wretched condition when
co’v.-iinp board tr - b'oekader, being greatly
oaeiuted from ; tai > lion, .od with clothe 3
wo;rn and tatter; das scarcely t" cover them.—
t ■- < i a ihev coaid hear a l that was go
g on a'oug'the banks of the river though never
s, en themselves.
-A , _i. „ _x .A .
A lady wl o Icf- ffashville a short time sLcr
r. porta that a meat terrible state of affairs pre
- Vs th re The soldiers were absolutely qnar
t. "-ing on the inhabitants, and would frequent
force open the doors ct houses at meal
; ne drive- the family from the table and sit down
msdves, devourin g every thing they could
”i r j the onlm.-rf dipartincnt. Not content
„■ i“ ibis, they would afterward rob tbe house of
' hatever struck ihcir fancy. The poor were
'(Ter"''' terribly. Andy Johnson wa» in Nasb-
Te, and, it is said, encouraged the 'brutality of
t' ? soldiery.
Oa ti.fc night of v. 18, in Abolitionists took
."S=:csioti cf Euchecaua, in Walton county,
lorida, broke open the Laud Office for the West
i Circuit, carried off all the books, plate, papers
and records thereof. Ail the letters, paperp, 'Ac.,
the Pcsiofficc iu that place were also carried
| if , ma! e.v :s aging at Go’d Branch Bast,
, information that «,'-caty tons ot Engliafc goods
•*r »nid : • ’ u'otbir g, u»> emi ec at’ s fondjng
| render’ ng ot brave soldier* com; rtao’.e through
i tha wmte:.
Toe policy of ;ue Federal authorities in West
Tennessee, toward tho planters, .naa assumed
no u. jre provirion crops will be permit#d wo. be
grown, but the whole indusarfo- strength u* the
country must be devoted to the ;ni*are of ouon.
•p. >- < < teru umtiou to
ev - r t-r. liroatistug supplies from di. granaries
cf lb- Northwest Front ’his tact .-nr people
ihat no effi-rt ahomd be avoided io keep hack tbr
tbe Federal* to change the ohatme; of- Mr-,
ssaippi i':ver ut ,- :ckeburg, Las girtn »* ueaenpuon
or the canal they were so long engaged in emtiug.
Itsjdimensions' are stated to be one and a half mil; s
in length and only some twelve feet in width at
the top, the sides sloping to the bottom. At no
time did they succeed in getting the water
through, although at onetime they made a des
po» ate effort to do so, by backing a small stern
wheel ateemer near tho upper end oi the chute,
where she was anchored, and an attempt made
to force the water into the ditch by the evolutions
of h»r wheels. The brilliant idea, however, was
not successful. Theriver proved unconquerable
and refused to becorn e an ally of cur enemy.
Governor Vance, of Nort.rOuroiina, baa order
ed the Captain oi every militia district in tha
State to cal! upon each family in their several dis
tricts to purchase or collect what they may be
willing to give to the North Carolina soldiers—
blankets, jeans, linseys, leather, shoes, socks, car
pets and clothes-ready made, to bo delivered by
the Colonel of tho regiment to the Quartermaster
iu Raleigh, to be forwarded by him to the proper
re-iment or company.
Tho official reports from the beginning of the
disease to the loth November, show 1,505 cases
ol yellow fever to have occurred in Wilmington,
N. C ■ and 441 deaths, but additional facts war
rant tho Journal iu fixing the number of deaths,
white and black, in and around the city, at 654.
Avery important case has just been decided by
the Confederate States District Court at Rich
mond. Some time nine© ’he Confederate i-rcei vor,
T. T. Giles, commenced a suit for the Govern
ment to sequestrate some .four thousand hogs
heads ol tobacco, which w. s held by John J.
Jones of Richmond, as agent for Auguste Bel
mont & Cos , alien enemies, and residents of New
York. Jones filed an answer, alleging that he
held the tobacco ns the aqcflt not of Belmont
& Cos., but as the agent of the “Brothers Roths
child,’’ who are übjects of a Goverment not at
war with the Confederate States. Tho evidence
introduced leaving no doubt oi iho lact that the
tobacco iff question was tho exclusive property
of the Brothers Rothschild, aud that Belmont
& Co.”were merely their agents, who bought the
tab coo fur thorn before the commencement cf tho
existing war, the petition for sequestration was
dismissed by tbe court, cud the tobacso restored
to the custody cf the agents of the Brothers
Rothschild. Tho present value of the tobacco is
about two millions of dollars. The French Gov -
ernment, through its Minister at Washington,
manifested a deep interest in the case, as the to
bacco v. ns bought for the French Emperor.
On Monday Dec. 1, the issue of Treasury notes,
convertible into eight per cant, bonds, ceases, but
tbe privilege of converting that issue into tight
per cents will continue until tho 22d of April.—
Holder of call loan cei tifleatos, issued before Ist
Deoembo*, will have the same privilege oi funding
tbe amount of their deposits or lo»ua into eight
per cent, bonds (prior to2?d April) al il they he'd
T> i Kiel inmd Enqurrei g tn accou
e-nhi'jlisl'.rnpnt : a ‘hat city that cow ’urns cut ion
n kr ill ', a .kiv . rit -■ n• i- 'Cry ;■ . m
sive, and employs’.3o workmen, only three of
whom bad ev • b ' . : ;l r.ny arm ory, all
the others'havmg been taught iu this inlam es
tablishment.
The Federal” made a successful raid from
Williamsburg, Va., on Nov. 23. They succeeded
in reaching BarnhaciovilU', and then returned
to Wilitamsbuitg.' - They killed two of our men
and fc 'pturhd six.
The old negro drummer, Jordan, of historic
fame as a drummer at the battle of New Orleans,
in conformity with i.tho order of Beast Butler,
handed in a complete list of his pioperty ior con
fiscation b; the Lincoln Government, and declared
himself “an enemy to the United States.”
The military guard was inaugurated in Savan
nah on Monday night. The Republican says:
“Sitnultaneously a radical change was visible
throughout tho town Ti e men with musket3on
their shoulders and blankets strapped across their
backs paced their silent rounds, and al! was still
and quiet as a Sabbath eve. Not.A rowdy could
be seen in tho streets, and nor a drunkard in the
places of public amusement. Our citizens are
much indebted to tho authorities for thU reform.
They can now enter the streets, at night without
the paraphernalia of war hung all around them,
and tho constant dread of garroters and robbers.”
Mr. Jcho Sloan of Colquitt county, Ga., haß
twenty-two grand son3 in tho Cenfederate army.
The garroter3 arc at work in Lynchburg, Ya.
Some ten or twelve robberies have been commit
ted iu that place lately.
It ia reported that John Frazer & Cos., of Charles
ton, have made a present to tha Government of a
.splendid war steamer, completely armed and
equipped.
A gentleman from Fredericksburg, Ya., says
the Richmond Enquirer!states that ia ihe canno
nading winch orcured at that place u few days
Since the Fed.rals selected as targets several pri
vate dwellings, on the Southside heights and ou
tho W*s‘- suburbs of tho city—one of these belong
ing to a widow lady, Mrs. Filzgerald, was struck
several timer; the otiter occupied by Mr. Hove, an
aged gentleman, and his sou in law Mr. Robert
Siiiih, a wounded soldier, escaped as if by mira
cle Ii the midst of this bombardment, vrhich
momenlarly threatend the family with destruction,
thi ianies and children, for security, were started
for the city. It is difficult to realize, and yet it is
'true, that the inhuman wretches who call ihem
savfs soldiers, instantly turned their guns from
the dwelling end fired on the rclrtating ladies,
and little children whom they led by the band!
Our cf the shells passed within three feet ot two
of the party! Fortunately; however, they all es
caped with their lives. There was no excuse what
ever for firing npoa tbe dwelling in the first in
stance. None of our soidiers were near it. The
foal and shocking atrocity of firing upon a party
containing only women and children, however,
makes the iormir act a deed of gentleness and
grace.
The Richmond Enquirer slates that the accounts
recsived from citizens and from returned prisoners,
all wilt la the fact, that the enemy is-now p’.cse
cutipg the war w.th even unwonted barbarity.
The^inhabitants of Virginia within their limits
arc Bliipued ov V.o Federal toldieiy, oi too means
of livelihood, and even of a present support, not
only without remorse or necessity, but oy aehbe
rate I'ciii Horses, cows, pig, poultry, meat,
-orn'ba-'" k aie s. zed by tne U ~an swtep; the
the“cMecl’doubtless being to destroy or drive eff
,v-.3 n. C ..... " ■ ~ ‘ -or ;-n I
er, r.-. •ii •*« )L •• TA - •
)i/u/V ‘‘c’• ’• “ 5 . : -td, uy if '• •*• ■
1 . ?"*- ; ' o :' '.. , w„b°bv
eniteariefc afui ihose who were found capable
or intn.rt.ted
k|9> 1 .'j*'. ,' hki, , xkenoa.h o. t-'ii.ria •««. 1 ea
M #feiXd#pr, tnl stepped out oi to* line,
by their feTowprtkouerß.
The -North , papers stale
Confederate troops bred o- y , f, w
’limes in skirmish Beat 1 Va., a r.w
days si»c ' Our teocßS sliouM be more carefu _
We hive no «•»* we want killed
tin this manner. ’ . ,
i&'Sßavw-* ,
it T7sa snbsequecth . in » On® oi
rasa
for dirt is ratfcer deti: m r.i .. nnce
cotton buyer ba& certainly go • *
Tv - . r*aw Mail advi3ea corpo- j
»a j
them in the nitre bed now aiaxiDj, •- •
Good xdvice lor this section, also.
New* kuutuitry,
Col John foster Marshall, the lamented leader j
o! the t:. St Honth t aroiiua R:fie Regiment in Vir
ginia, left a will bequeathing $3,080 to the Dioce
san Ho w .;uai> o. i.c Hio«eMaut ritusaopd-Gbareii;
$3,0 to the Chinch in Abbeville, H. Ci. towards
which he was a liberal con.ributor; .n.d $3,000 to
to .. ,*oif -a :. relief of it aim lies ot deceased
Boldi-v-'- of fo’h;.; ■ Pist: j iio!. Vaguslus M.
Hm ih, of Aooevillr, S. 0., who also Veil at his
'u Vi-.-jn - b; queath 'd $lO 001) for the farai-
Joss ’•■’•‘r.-. Such men : hould not i-e forgot
ten, L ! e h-id up in .honorable contrast
to tho - who n- her risk t'.c ir lives or money for
tkeir coauir .
Jlsn; gress : utr.-gee were perpetrated by the
dvanca of the Federal troops that occupied Hcl'y
for inns a few days since. Citizens who appeared
i -p the str; .is were individually assailed by
r. .all squads, and at the muzzle of presented pts
tofo, forced to give up their watches aud other
valuables. One old citizen, says the Grenada Ap
peal, when thus accosted, refused to comply with
j of a valoablofratch upon
his riib, wl efit i ruffians&iteuipted to secure
by threats of violence. His response was-‘‘fire
away you rascals; l will not part with my property
wh de alive.” They then made a pretense of arres
ting aud conveying him to headquarters, but after
taking him a short distance they abandoned him.
His determination alone saved him from being
plundered.
The following gentfomen have been elected
officers of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, of
South Carolina, for the ensuing year : A. T. Cavis,
of Congaree Lodge, No. 29, Columbia, M. W.
Grand Master. C. M. Jane?, l’ulaski Lodge, No.
.', S.oifor.y, K. \V. Mcste.-. !'
Ti easurer. W. TANARUS, \t a.st, of fa. , .„ito Lodge, ,
No 6, V/ Grand Conductor H W Doan, of j
; j’metto Hodge, Mo. W. GrandGuarnian. John i
IcCatmfion, o' I’aloMUv Lodge No. 6, W. Grand
Marshal.
The Mobile Au?ertiser copies tlie article con- j
cerutng an alleged reverse :if T ouiaiana, and qie
■•‘■d 4 the who)) story. rays toe salt works
are nt oa the Lafourche but cn the Teche, and
. ifie report was doubtless originated by speen
iatots iu order to keep up the price of salt,
re." qksburg, a city arouni which consider,!
- inktest is now gath> ting, >s in Spottsylvania
county, Va , p'eafautly situated in a fertile alley
u tie ri K vi *ht H-tppai -::k river, at
i\: fiend ■ ti l - w-.t»r, 0S mites nor.n ttom
. ,ad, and 110 mi; . above Chesapeake Bay. its
i population is almut five thousand, it is a Cue city
1 manufacturing puiposes. The motive power
•he water of Hit- river is available at tho fails
v above. U fiaa dirt, railroad communication
.xports, comprising
flour, gram aud tobacco, were valued at $5,000,-
000. Just beyond ihe limits of the city an unfin
ished monument, begun in 1833, marks tho tomb
of tbe mother of Washington who died there in
in 1789.
Mr. Solomon Shaw, proprietor of the Quincy
mills, Gibaon county, Tennessee, has been inhu
manly murdered in his own house by two Federal
soldiers in disguise. His son Solomon was at the
same time severely wounded by blows inflicted on
the head with a pistol in the hands of one of the
ruffians after the cap had failed to explode when
presented with the muzzle within a low inches of
young Mr. Shaw’s head. Miss Ascnath Shaw, be
ing the only one armed about the house, shot both
the assassins with her revolver in time to save
tho life of her brother, and the report is that
both have since died. Mr. Shaw was a promi
nent citizen, and unfaltering in liia devotion to
the South, aud hence hi3 brutal murder, at the
hands of a marauding soldiery.
Tho present war has fieveloped the hastiness
and corruption of United States Military officers
on a scale lar exceeding any in history. It is no
torious that bribery vioiat ug the revenue laws at
the West is as flagrant as in obtaining passes
both at the East and West. Contraband traffic
by means of permits from Federal officers, be
tween New Oi lcans and Mobile, has become a
regular business. The bribery of officers at tho
East in the matter of passes has assumed the same
barefaced, character.
The snow end frost has killed the mast in the
vicinity of Aberdeen, Miss. —a thing that ha.3 not
occurred before for thirty years.
The next session of tha Confederate Congress
will commence in the Capital at Richmond, on
the second Holiday ia January next.
There was a heavy frost at Wilmington on the
night of Nov. 23d.
A. P. Brown, of the Carter Factory, Columbus,
Ga., is making wood buttons ns good as bone
buttons.
Eighteen negroes iu Savannah recently contri
buted ninety dollars for tbe relief of our soldiers
in Virginia.
Tho train crop in Texas, from the llio Grande
to the Red river, this year, is said to be the largest
one ever known in that State.
The difficulty of procuring acids since the block
ade of our ports l>s ?>eoii a serious one to tho
telegraph fin s iu the Southern Confederacy.
Operators have resorted to various expedients—
such as bine vitro!, copper batteries, &c. A short
time ago the President and Superintendent of
the Texas Telegraph Company concluded, as an
experiment, to try Soiir Lake water instead of
sulphuric acid. A battery wti3 fitted up, giving;
a large surface of *?nc to the action of the water,
and the result was satisfactory. The line of this
company is now worked by a battery of Sour Lake
water Sour Lake is a small lake or pond of water
situated in Hardin county, Texas, a few miles
from the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, end
about eighty-five miius from tbe city of Houston.
Tho waters are quit? acid to the taste, those of
the sum ounding springs bearing Hose rosem
••i.iuco t» tartar aeiu water. It 1. believed that
tor telegraphic purposes the wuw? of this lake
might fie trn .< sported in barre.a to any pm l of the
Confederacy.
A party of hunters from Albemarle killed, six
teen deer in Augusta county, Va., lately.
Flour is held at SSO per barrel, molasses at $7
per gallon, and salt at S2O per bushel, in Tallalins
sa, Fla.
The contiguity of tho Itvo armies in Tennessee
may at any moment bring on a general engage
ment in the vicinity of Murfreesboro’ or Lavergne.
Lawrence Wilson, who has a tannery und shoe
shop within a few miles of Vaiden, Mississippi,
charges the same price for shoos that he did be
fore the war ; and n addition to this, proposes
to give every soldier’s wife a pair of shoes, many
poor wives of soldiers having already been made
tbe recipients of hi3 liberality. Such evidences of
patroltism will be remembered after the war
closes.
Ii is rumored that Gen. Bragg is close iu the
rear of tho Federal army at Conntb, and is about
to open an attack upon them. This may be the
reason of the unexpected retreat of tha Feder 1
forces to Jackson, l’enn.
Tbe Athens Watchman says : ‘‘Wo are inform
ed that many persons refuse to take Confederate
money.” All persons who pursue such a course
aro playing into the hands of the enemy. If a
person wishes Lincoln to subjugate the South, he
assist him greatly by doing all he can to discredit
our currency. There can be no harm done by
looking a little after those who refuse to take
Confederate money.
Garroters still continue to knock down and rob
the unsuspecting wayfarers in Richmond.
Tho residents of the county qj Jeffersen, Va.,
have within the last three months invested nearly
five hundred thousand dollars in eight per oent.
Confederate bonds.
According to the Comptroller General’s report,
the aggregate of general taxes for the State of
South Carolina, is 1358,107.10, a decrease of $54,-
9.00.07 from the returns for 1861. Tho tax on
lands amounts to $121,505.53, a decrease of $13,-
760 39 on 1861. Tho funded debt of the State is
$6,603,762.49.
F. A. Miles, of Marion, S. C., sold baccn and lard
last week at twenty-five cents per pound, when
others were trying to sell lard at forty and bacon
at fifty and sixty cents. Such acts of patriotism
in the3C times of oppression, when those articles
will bring almost any price demanded, are worthy
to be recorded.
The Columbia South Carolinian ia informed
that many of the women of Charleston positively
refuse to leave the city under any circumstances,
declaring that they can carry powder, water, &c.,
to the troops, and are determined to remain
during a bombardment. One venerable lady of
aixty raid she would prefer that Gen. Beauregurd
should send her a musket instead of an order to
leave, os she could use it, and would then not be
a non-combatant.
There is no doubt, that the Yankees believe
they can accomplish something decisive in the
West this winter, hence they have made and are
making such extensive preparations; and although
the control of the Mississippi r.ver will not be as
great a benefit to them as they imagine, yet it is
of the first importance that the States ol Mississip
pi, Alabama auu Louisiana should not beoverrun,
and therefore we hope the Confederate and State
hu.horities wiii make a determined effort to beat
back the tide of invasion which is even now roll
ing dow:: upon them.
Buffer las is?u dan o-der dm- cling his offi rs
.■; equ *,51 all and ptoperty within the district
r .o -.-iaa- the ‘ JiMnoi V L l-m-che,” lyi~, g
. f. • :.c ih-- P.iilhcs rs j
. n-:■- ■■ J 'I ' i”. 6-I *
4 t, runs era .t : I r .. ;...
act me invto cry 0 ad th« persnasi t roperty in
Sf 4 i. .tpets fhait be taken <■ id c"*t to
the proper officers, such portions thnedf as may
he required for the use of the army of .he United
States; aq4 ~ u caiicct tc. ~ her o*hir pcrtonal
property and bring the satne to N< • .'Jr:tans, an'd
cause it to bo sold at ruaiic auction to "he highest
bidqertk. Exception 3 made of ti. i property of
iorelgh nautraia. Tna..a who will remain peace
ablv i- their plantaturns, ali. rdlug no aid or
comfort to the enemies ofthe Unite? .States, and
vi ho shall return to their aiiegianc-% are empower
ed tc work their ownpianrat.ous, to make their
own crop,, and reta n their own property,
except such as is necessary for the military usee
cf the tlnited F.fatea.
The people 01 are .oidmer county
mew-.nga to u'orit ip.,-asures io-~ local defense
again*;- iho thre., e-red abolition iuvaeion So .fa
Caro!ixi» is orga-dting and arratr, - L . ioeal mii.-
tia for mv soo punaqxe. Nerth ilaroi.aa s.nds a
commitsoio 1 to tne Presicent to represent the ua
protecto-d condition of portions of that Stale, and
in case tie Confederate Government cannot send
troops fir the defer: of her people, the State will
cal. oat ter. thousand ot her ixnlLia exempts.
The telegraph office at Wilmington has been
re-opened.
Fortlzu Items.
litheNoiihot Europe arsenic is cornu; ered j
an almost certain cure for hydrophobia The
discovery was made Irv Dr. Ar.mdit of the Crimea
and was communicated 1o the FTehCh Academy of
Science.
Tbe total income oi England for the year end
iuj March 81st, 1562, was £44 971 897 18s Sd.,
and total expenditures £O7 386,904 2s. 2d., inclu
ding £970 000 for fortifications. beriug’an increase
of eXpeudliure over income to tho amount of £2,
4.2 003 3s 6d.
A correspondent of the. London Times says that
the «or 4 ”Vkndadd;e,” a reputed addition to tho
Va- kca vocabulary, is of common use in Dutn
re.shire, and means to ;piU in small quantities.
Anew system for laying the dust without wa
tering the streets, has been in operation tn Paris.
It consists o! sprinkling the road with chloi :de of
lime, which absorbing the moistuie, soon becomes
damp, and prevents any dust from rising evou the
hottest day.
The great auuual Leather Fair at Leipsic has
commenced. A larger amount of business than
was ever known has been done, notwithstanding
the high prices demanded and the large quantity
of goods offered for sale.
A letter from Rome in the Messenger du Midi
states that casts are being taken of the triumphal
arch of Constantine. They are to b'a sent to
France, and are executed, as wars those of the
Trojan column, lor the arcouut of the Emperor
Napoleon.
Tbe wine harvest in tho Rhino and the sur
rounding districts'promises now to be excellent,
both in quality and quantity.
a 1 •- ball fight 1 * Bayoum, .. r of
ai Nu niton, s . seven hors were
tilled The prim- , .« : , ' -.. m ;ived
u, is
now sXiut itiug "iisv; in foe Metropolis. When
lis ms ait-xicuded, iiis sit ‘.cl measures oSX
■ inches.
liy a letter received from Constantinople we
:co.". sou the Oircasiuos have fought six or eight
tmea igainstttft Russians, aud have tax a ; >s-
J cession of from eight io ten iorts.
Tho eff ” of Miss Rye, an English lady, to
>; r is tbe emigratiov of unemployed women to
i the rolonies, have been a’tcoded with marked
’■ success in England.
The news by tb» ' fines from Europe states
“thm ii is rumored .pa. Franco, Ktgiand id
Kuf»>»- uremic.., to merfere in the eh -ir
on this coni . >
Cyrus W. Fie ; . >'* » k >n sp tak ng iu
the *ding towns ,v ,glan. about )• • reat
Atlantic Talegrtr- .io has fleece t '.he .de
this side, surd ww h; wants to fleece, the . Me
on the other siuo.
The Bank of Franco has raised its rate of dis
count to four per cent.
It is reported that seven powerful French ateam
ors are to be placed oa the line between Havre
and New York.
The feeling ia favor of intervention by England
meets with the cordial support ot tbe people. At
a very influential meeting at Exeter, to consider
of relieving the distress ol the laboring
classes, Mr. Dulse, First Judgo ol tho Admirnlity,
said that every Englishman felt that they should
bo delighted to sec tho war iu America brought to
a close, which had been “conducted in tbe most
tavago manner in the destruction ol both life and
property.”
A letter ha3 been sent to Earl Russell by the Liv
erpool Chamber of commerce, calling his attention
to “tho destruction oi ships containing British
property by armed cruisers under the Confederate
flag*,” and desiring to know w hat is the opinion of
the British Government as to the position of the
owners of neutral property on the high seas.
Covcruor Flcken#’ Message.
We give below the Charleston Courier’s sum
mary of the principal topics treated of in Govern
or Pickens’ annual message:
Tho message opens With a tributary reforeuee
to the brave heroes and martyrs who have fallen
in tho war.
The condition oi the country for defence is bet
ter than it was twelve months ago.
The evils of the Federal Constitution as to the
Executive election are found out. The President
of a Confederacy should be elected by tho Statos.
All Conscription Acts calling out citizens direct
ly, and not through tho States, a e deemed un
constitutional or objectionable, but tho question
is waived under the present exigencies.
Anew military system for police and local de
i'enos is recommended to be composed of all
youths between 16 and 13, and men from 45 io 60.
Stringent measures nro recommended against
Lincoln’s proclamation.
An improved mode of assessment for the relief
of soldiers fa i Hies’ is urged—and also a chauge in
the valuation, as a basis of assessment.
The stay law of December, 1861, should be re
pealed, except as to soldiers in actual service.
A review of tho financial position is given, aud
cannot be presented more briefly than in the words
of the Message, to which we refer fully, and to
which we may recur.
The documentary abstracts given in tho Message
ure briefly stated.
It is recommended that the Staie Constitution
be amended so as to render the Governor re-eligi
ble, for reasons which may be hereafter consider
ed.
It iB also recommended that the appointments
of Sheriff, Ordinary and Tax Collector, be given
to the Governor.
It so recommended that hereafter no naturali
zation be allowed for votes in this State, but the
franchise be limited to native born c tizena of a
Con'ede rate State.
Tho Governor regrets and deplores, with all
good citizens, the suspension of tne College and
other institutions of education.
H refers to the different institutions under State
aid and recommends several changes.
Tho efforts for making salt and Baltpetre are men
tioned.
A. merited tribute is paid to thedevotioo, efforts
and sacrifices of the women. *
The remainder of the Message, which is very
long, is devoted to the Executive Council, and a
plea for its dissolution.
Tbe Message, says the Courier, should be road
by all citizens and estimated intelligently. It is
not often in our observations that recommenda
tions of a Govenor are adopted, nor is it always
right that they should be. The topics of the Mes
sage, however, define and indicate many of tho
matters which may occur ia the debates and pro
ceedings, and for this reason all who wish to keep
themselves abreast with the legislative movements
should go through tho Message, even at several
sittings and instalments.
Northcra News.
The New York Times says : “To stop the leaks
of intelligence in the administrative vessel, seems
a hopeless task. Not a day passes but some im
portant secret of the Federal Government, guard
ed with savage jealousy against inquisitive loyal
ty, comes to us trom Richmond or its agents.”—
Glad to learn that our authorities keep so well
posted.
The Tribune says “Burnsidehas not disappoint
ed tho ‘loyal public’ at the North, and is about to
accomplish all the loyal public wants.” It also
thinks “Burnside will succeed in driving back tho
Confederates without any trouble, and march
triumphantly on to Richmond.” Greeley has
been disappointed many times in his life, and un
doubtedly will be many times more, if he enter
tains such views.
McClellan has declined tho publio reception
offered him by the Jenkinses of New York. The
widow of Senator Douglas has “been paying her
respects” to him.
Lincoln is busily engaged in the preparation oi
his annual mossage, and declines receiving all
visitors, except such as call on important busi
ness.
The Chicago Times states that soweof the regi
ments attached to the Federal army of the Poto
mac had issued to them, while at Harpe’s Ferry,
the requisite number of new shoes to which they
were entitled, and are already without soles. Up
on examination, it was discovered that neither
peps nor thread were U3ed in the manufacture cf
the same, but that the soles were merely pasted
on. It seems then, that the Yankees are not pos
sessed of the honor that obtains among common
thieves.
A cheese was exhibited at the late New
York .State Agricultural Fair, which weighed
1 OSO pounds, and was manufactured in a single
day, in one curd, from the milk of 900 cows.
The ou‘rages committed by the Fedora! soldiers
north of Grand Junction, Miss., are without par
allel, even in the history of the depredations of
this war. They are so flagrant that the North
ern reports and correspondents do pot attempt to
conceal them. A dispatch from Cairo, dated Nov.
9th, rays ; “On the march to Corinth the troops
set fire to the fields and fences, which communi
cated to she bouse, etc. Officers tried to check
the men, but too late. Great destruction of
properly ensued. The route oi the army could
be tracked by the cinders, blackened stumps, and
remains of dwellings, barns and fences, fired
maliciously. The line of march was lighted by
conflagrations. Houses were entered and pillaged
by lawless stragglers, and indignities heaped on
families, without regard to age or sex.
T e Chicago Times thus talks io ; ihe Jtaugaroo
i . -..t, o! t. i ahql.t n g ,7£xnmeul: “Hoe ntio,
’ V I.: I’ 1 j ivui. of Ujf Uailvu^tawe,
j 4i c. J o ’ ’pi ingfitiJ ha* pr> iiou-iCtw.
ag.iinsl jo 1 by a pbpulai majority of four handi.d;
ye; r ovn cenafy bf genjon ha:; pranouiiccil
against you by a popular majority of thirteen hun
dred ; your own State of Illinois has pronounced
against you by a popular majority of soma twenty
thousand. These are the jadgmepficFyour own
neighbors against your adrumlalravkm. Theao are
the voices of your own neighbor*,, calling upon
you t j withdraw yourself from the association of
abolitionism, and return to your duty as the con
stitutional Chief Magistrate. They are voices that
a wise man would heed.”
The procosda of the exciss tax ihroughou
Yankeedom promises to be much larger than was
estimated. The estimate was fixed at $150,000,000.
The proceeds are expected to reach $350,000,000.
How the people of the North will bear this pres
sure is yet to be seen. It is expecteu t > become
unpopular. The revenuj from the tax alone, it is
said, will exceed the entire income of the British
Government—in other words a revenue raised
Irom one branch of taxation imposed on
twentmillions of the people at the North will
exceed the revenue of every branch of taxation in
the British Empire consisting of twenty-seven
millions of persons. The corresponding ‘-axes in
England from the Excise do not yield more
than $160,000,000.
C|rMde & s?Ut
AUGUSTA, OA..
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In consequence of continued advance in theprice
of paper, aud all other materials connected with
our business, we are reluctantly compelled to
make au advance in the price of our weekly
paper.
From and after this date, (October Ist, 1561.)
the price of subscription to tbe Weekly Chronicle
Jb Sentinel is Three Doulaus per annum, in
advance—Osk Dollar and fiftv 'cents for six
mouths.
No subscriptions received for less time than six
months.
Hereafter there will be uo “ club rates.” ,
CioSlunjr for file Soldiers,
VVe are glad to perceive from the Richmond pa
pers that the Clothing Bureau has gone into suc
cessful aud extensive operation in that city. The
Bureau now employs some sixty cutters and
about two thousand sewing women, and has
branches established in Lynchburg, Staunton,
Knoxville, Chatianoogu, Atlanta, Columbus, Co
lumbia, Charleston, Montgomery, Savannah, Mo
bile, Jackaon, Columbus, Miss., and other points,
all of which if industriously employed, seem am
nio to provide the necessary amount of clothing,
especially when aided as they will continue to be
by the voluntary contributions of tha people
whose patriotism aud solicitude for the welfare of
the soldiers knows no diiumuiiou or cessation.
The Bureau, though tardy in ge ing into opera
tion, appears to be conducted energetically. The
government seem to have .;t last awakened to tits
duty, and to a p'roper appreciation of tha wants
of the army. It is undeniable that theie has been
gross negligence and unpardonable delay. For
nearly two years the soldiers have been left to de
fend up en uncertain and fluctuating private con
tributions, when the first care of the government
should have been to have protected the life and
health of the soldier by sufficient clothing. Tfce»
duty was as imperative as providing arms and
food. The want of means can be no excuse for
so long a delay, for money has been forthcoming
to answer all purposes—some of them not as
necessary as this.
When the fact be otoea apparent that the Con
federate Govercment has made am-le provisions
for the clothing of the t rmy, we hope that the
necessity for seizure of private property, as con
templated by the resolutions of tho Legislature,
will ccare. The army inuct be clothed ut any
cost, and private rights must yield to public ne
cessity, but tho State authorities should hesiiute
long before they infringe the sacred rigfct3 of
property lor the purpose of fulliliugan obligation
which right ully belougs to tlio Confederate Gov
eminent. The object sought .to bo atfi iaed is a
praiseworthy one, but we think it could be at
tained by other means than by seizure, or by
conferring upon Gov. Brown almost unlimited
power over tbe property of citizens—a power
which if exercised must render the articles nam
ed in the resolution almost unattainable to con
sumers at home. - It is contrary to all expericnc *
to suppose that tbe State Government can work
the shoo and cotton factories tis well as private
companies or individuals, tho supply must dimin
ish and prices of ariicLs increase under its ad -
ministration, to say nothing of the army of em -
pioyces and officials which will be necessary to
conduct tbe business.
We thmk, before the Lugisiature conferred to
much power upon tho Executive, it would have
been well to have ascertained if the Clothing Bu -
reau wi-s capable of providing ior tho wants of
the soldier, and whether it could not have been
done in shorter time thru will probably elapse
before tho Governor cud make his seizures, em
ploy Ilia operaUvoo aud pul ills UiallUlttCtoriCS Os
loather, shoes and cloth in motion. Sue > r>
mentous measures, to much tending i ifflt t
the lights of citizens, so long a stop s tr
bitrary power should have been tak; ' «
the greatest caution and only upon the
viacihg proof of its necessity.
Kelalintlon.
By the common consent of all civilized
certain rules have been adopted for the coi .act ot
belligerents which are intended to mitigate ns
much as possible the horrors of war, and to res -
train us. less slaughter, outrage and devastation-
These laws of war, though unwritten in auy code,
are just as binding upon belligerents as if solemn
ly passed in a Congress of nations and incorpora
ted in a statute book. The penalty, and the only
penalty possible to inflict lor a violation of these
laws by one belligerent, is retaliation by the other.
These laws diclare that non-combatants shall
not bo molested so long as they refrain from all in
terference in the contest—that their property sir ali
be respected, unless the necessities of an army
require it to be taken for its use; that tho lives of
prisoners shall he safe; that, as the commission
and ttfb uniform arc evidences that the captive is
entitled to the rights of a prisoner of war, so tho
spy and the “ bushwhacker,” being without these
evidences, cannot claim these rights. The want
of the uniform hanged the gallant Andre.
Our enemies have notoriously disregarded tuene
laws of war. They hava imprisoned and executed
non combatants; they havo devastated their prop
erty; they have shot defenseless prisoueis of
war, rightfully entitled to all the protection which
the universal consent of nations has held to be
duo them as such. For these crimes, they have
incurred the penally—retalia 1 ion.
Tbe last and most flagrant instance of tbeir dis
regard of civilized usages, is th ■ execution of ten
Confederate soldiers in Missouri in revenge for
the disappearance of cue of their partizans. We
have only their own account of the transaction,
but that is sufficient to justify retaliation. They
do not claim even that the man is dead—the pris
oners were executed merely because he was miss
ing ; but from tbeir own account tbe missing man
was not entitled to mercy as a prisoner of war, he
waß they acknowledge a spy and a “bush-whack
er.” Nor do they assert that the Confederate sol
diers murdered had aDy thing to do with his dis
appearance, they were prisoners at the time.—
Some of the murdered men were regulariy com
missioned officers ond known to be such by tbeir
murderers, yet the commission afforded them no
protection. Ten Ives were sacrificed, to atone for
tho disappearance of one spy.
Surely if ever there- was a case justifying retali -
alien, this is one. Suffered to pass unmolested,
the lives of our sol-ders, prisoners of war, would
lie at the mercy of every brutal otiiccr and drunk
en desperado in the Federal army, Self-protec
tion and the duty we owe to our soldiers, de
mands that these wanton infringements of the
ruleg of civilized warfare should cease. There is
but one remedy in our power—we must, cruel as
it moy seem when we consider tha- the penalty
may fall on tbs innocent., exorcifcu the fullest and
most punctilious retaliation.
IVnident Davis has accord! 317 issued bis
o> l <-a jn r -.peel to ll,e M ,p i : hr, a~. ,1
w 1 ■ met tfio re-al y dr. • .he crime, tie
hope that tl e course will be loliowod up uptii our
foes become r.ware that the usages ot civilized
warfare cannot be violated with impunityfj The
duty of the Confederate Government to 4s people
and its soldiers demands that there shz>uid be no
cur, f Bering in the course it baa adopted, but
that every : uch outrage shall meet with full re
taliation. Leniency to our foes in such cases is
err dty to ug.
There is ,one thing which a gentleman
should always remember, when he writes to ano
ther and requests some information that will
benefit only himself—that is, to enclose a stamp
to prepay the postage on the return letter. Two
many men neglect such “ little” affairs. '1 he post
age on a single letter is bat a trifle ; but when a
bnsiness man receives twenty or thirty enquiring
letters a day, his postage amounts to something.
We therefore advise all who write to merchants,
now a-days, enquiring the price of goods, or ask
ing for other information, to enclose a stamp, if
they wish to obtain an answer.