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bonds. which are the hi.r, 1- ol ail
<"‘•1 hilled. .it,* ~ ll] :, s Ihe st sielu -
and p!il*b-l:t/<; the v ,-,i .- rao-., ■
H'vill at Miea sink Maw t 'Oni.-d.T.'.h- i nalit.
the whole sfMCMi.i'iioii :-. at aifi-mi. ia a
and. the infant j\ mi *,, ~,n a; i * p,-uiet s
developed. la.ni dhl.-iy <'. > in , nl:s bilieide.
■ But it in a v he vhhi that '-tales at* eMv
to loan the t.ottti d-r fifty or <>!>«>imj -
millions of ttv-ir < n-d!'. it'is vt-rv true i
is till timt is proposed i., initiate the svs-
lint lie m ist he a. very xiiperliirial olter- ,
who does li»H Mte. that ns soon as that '
■'meml is t its j)i 01,-another tine hundred, or i
hundred million*. will he ilcaian,!,.,|; -:•:f
B' Ihe.oilieers ol the Confederate Gov.-iument .
■'ill then have precedent to quote in t iVor id
Hhe demand, and IFt: credited the -State innst at i
Hmee he dragged down below Coifled-irate . red- 1
■r. and Hie ,-oifntry still In without a financial 1
■ivsleri to carry it through the diflieulties hy' !
Bwhicii it is now surrounded. lam icily satisii’
B'd that ea -h goVßfWoetit should 1..f lrjl to meet ;
HUsowu obligations, and mansee its own affairs, j
the l.ouuds a-signeil of the <Wi-ditu
■Toil, aud that wb>*n either, with ample powers, i
■ •eeotries ij)eom patent tie: i a . hange of i
Hodtuintetrutinn where the dele t esi-i- is the !
■mly proper remedy
■ luPnassursr or nt\ vn i-fioerirrv.
■ The light of the Government of the <'onteifer
■•e States to make impressments ol the person
■ l property of the ■ itiz-tis of the r, .peotivo
■ tales lor public use, upon the payment of jn«t
■compensation, is not questioned. Congress
Bias passed an net regulating impressments, and
Bletining the powers an.l doth oft: .nfeileiate j
■officers in making them. This art of Congress i
■previd; a, ‘-that the property neeeseutv for the j
■support of the owner and hip family, and to I
■ any on his nrJiuary agrit ultunil and median- i
lhal business,” ' shall not he t tlteit or impress- I
led for the public use. ' '1 he net also jfrovidee. !
Iw-beti the owner and the impressing oCiterean- j
Inot agree, lor theappolntmeHt ot two appraisers,
rone to he chosen by the iwner of the property,
l aud the other hv the imprr’ssing offieer, and if
1 they disagree, that they shall choose an uni
who shall determine upon tie* quantity i>(
■L-operly necessary as aforesaid, and mn-h'de
'.wtion shall he binding upon tire oflirer and all
other persons.
J he aet ol Congress, tlau'efori*. expressly and
positively prohibits any inipies-ing oiTii-er from
taking under any < irenmstam-eg the property
necessary for lh« suppoitol the owner and his
family, &e. I rs- open violation of this positive
law, those professing lo he officers of the Gov
ernment, under appointment of one or rnoro
ol its District. Commissaries, have impressed the
Jiroperty absolutely' neeessarv for thesnpjiort
of the owner and his family, and curried jt off
witli threats ol armed force if rests,ed, after rc
lusing to submit thequesiion to tie- decision of
appraisers, 'l iey have pretended to justify
these outrages by saving timt they had orders
iroiu those who appointed them to take all of
oeituin kinds of property. Such orders if
given, so lar from being a justification fora pin
•lation of the aet of Congress, could only subjeet
the officers issuing them to just phu'shim-nt.
»tt is believed that large and corrupt spet ula
tions have iioen made by those professing to be
impressment olliceis and otliefa acting in eon
cert with them ; and. timt many persons have
made impressments who have no shadow ofle
gal authority for so doing, hut have plundered
and robbed the peo de under pret. m e of such'
authority.
While it is the duty of every good citizen to
furnish to the government, fur the support of
the army, all the provision he i un possible spare,
it is the imperative duly of the government to
bee that the people are not plundered by ua
-1 irineipleil tqiecolator or thieves, who inuvpio
less to he. or may lie. (aovermuch! oliieials.
These iuipiessmeiits have been ruinous to (he
peopleof the norMi-easlent part of the Stale,
where there-is not probably half a supply of ]
provisions made for the support'of the wmiieu I
and children. One man in iifty may hove a I
surplus, and lolly out of the lifty may not have
half enough, if the impressing officer is per -I
milted to seise and utrry oil the little surplus
in the hands of the few, Umse who have not
enough, have no where to look for a supply.
Uvery pound of liiuat, ad every Imshel of
grain, earrietl out of flint part, of the State, by
impres ing ollietrs, mu-1 he replaced hv the
.State, at. publ eexpense, or the w ives and chil
tlren of soldiers in Ihe army iiiusl starve for
food.
As all efforts to procure the suppression ut
this system of moral robbery timl plundering. in
a portion of the State almost destitute el sup
plies, has failed, 1 deem it the duty ol the Leg
i slat me ho take the matter intuits own hands
and protect its lin o people.
To this end, Ir, * onum-ml Hie pa*-age of a
law, making it. felony, to he puni died hv t. n
years imprisonment in the penitential y for any
person, claiming to art as' a t’orjfed. into miner
or agent, to impress the property of any citl
sten of this Stale in violation of the act of Con
great : or to refuse to allow the . hi .-n all the
rights, given l.y the art of t vngi «■■* . Aod it any
parson should prof rs-to In' an officer ot agent
of the goverumeut. with power to rntthe itu
presmrieiits, who has not such authority, I ic
commend that the act ni'ke it the duty of the
court to sentence sueh pet ~ou to rei'eive thir
ty nine lashes upon lii.s hare hack, and tube
iuiplisnned ten years in the Penitentiary.- 1
aU ) recommend -that (lie law he so change*] us
to make it lelony in any i opuiiiintry or quar
termaster to send an officer or n o til into- any
county in the Stale to make impressments un
til he has published (lie name and description
of such olllecr with tlie iialuic oi his | owms; in
h newspa|>ei having a general circulation iu
the county, or by posting such advertisement
upon the door of the courthouse undid three
of tlio most public places in the county. So
uiuch oppression anil corrupt apecul,iti*>n. is ho
llered to have grown out of the abase of this
power, that it will require stringent laws tour
rest the ei il
imyvuv ni
I inrite the attention of the (General A cm j
hly ta the remark * ol the t 'omptro let General ;
iu his aid 1 and very valuable report, upon the |
subject ot the in* nine tax , ;fu t lefomtneud ■
such change iu the law as will in future euutd !
against tlie evasions and nbiu'ej to which lie |
raters 1 think it would he wiser policy to j
compel each person deal tyo in tin- articles enu- |
metaled in said act to give in, on oath, the |
amount of eipitol. or credit, actually employ- j
eil, aud the amount of income made from Ist
of April, 18(13. to Ist of Apt!), ißl>4, and deduct j
24) per cent of thi' profits made, up-m vyhich ■
no tax should he paid; and impure a tax ot 20 i
percent upon all balance of protits realized, j
This would he more Oipiitaldc us between the
different tax payers, and would yield a much
larger amount to the Treasury than has been
received.for the past year.
ia.Bl.tc fRINTIXO.
Un account of the great advance in the price
of labour and material, as well as'provision*,
the compensation fix. *1 by the ('ode of this
State for the public printing, will not enable
the printers to do the work without tue loss ot
several th •usaiid dollars per annum. The pii
Ces ivete lived ut what w..s coti-i-leied reason
able at the tifue the (kale was prepared, hut
are w both inadequate in the present rutdiliou
or the country.
As an act of justice. I recommend that the
law lie so changed us to allow the priuters a
reasonable per coni, say 25. upon the actual
cost of the labour and material employed.
COKRKSroSDKWE WITH TUX OKlllslt COiOiCI
-1 lu'g leave to lay before the General Assem
bly copies of the eot resjKmdcnee between Mr.
A. Fullarton, iter Ihittanic Majesty's
Consul, at Savannah, and utyself upon-ne
question of the liability of British subjects to
do military service in delenso of their. domicils.
Regarding this service as unquestionably due
from aU dotuicilled foreigners by the laws of
nations, I can onlv regret that tlie Btilish Con
sol felt it his duty t.) call in quest!un the tight
of the Stale to demand it. So long a* the
Btitish Government revoltui-es no legal com
merea with the r'onfcdei ate S'alea. aud denied
the existence of such a power, we arc certainly
under no obligation to extend to the subjects ot
that Government privileges or exemptions not
provided for by the laws of nations.
SiIAIUKSOF PLBLIO OFFICERS A\D AUEN'IS.
1 feel it my duty, as an act of justice to the
*.ublio officers and agents of this State, to re-
Vommend an increase ot their salaries, in all
cases where there is no cocstitv.tior.al prohibi
tion.
I am sure I need not enter into an argument
to convince the Legislature that the present
salaries will not support public servants and
' nt:; ir. '.uo-.. lastJr?u»i#'t.iy an
iher!iff. ;me to ifjcr '.as the ar,.iivs&j
i.-msaiion c.f ihe ofticsis ami t,n \ut>
b -V A. J,* tioaii fifty per l ent. 1: w ill be lie
ee-saiy that ihe law lie so change.; as to au
. tuoi tee a fnrther increase, or the employees and
■ orkinen i arjnot support themselves and their
Icaiii s liv fhrir laTmur: arel they will litcuiu
|ielle.l "to leave, the iload, and go to other
lo ad.-, where they can get belter wages, in
■the present state oi i*mgs, it would not lie
P'o-ilil'; to supply their places with others, at,
'ln- same compensation. Jt would ceitaihly he
• very unwise to turn them olf for want of a
siq port. IVVshwuH raise ih* fieigfilb to cover
ili" <J and give tiieni good wages. I must
1 express niy regret that the Constitution and
i ia .. doc, not allow the member.- of the General
Assembly, sufficient comi>eufation to pay tlieir
fc tuui expenses. I apptelteud no liberal
minded citizen approves it.
-sa.lt sreei.r.
l*i *or to li,e occupation of Cast Tennessee
! by the enemy, we Wen; succi-txliug well in tin*
importllr-u of s;dt. Siuce tiiit t ine we have
1 been tom Ido h> gt-i any front the Virginia
woiks ‘I he appropriation of Our tiains hv tue
; cider of ihe Hoard of public works of Virginia,
I has been a serious interruption. J have, bow’-
cvit, through the agency of Hon. 1!. H. I’.ig
i I mm. h njciuber of th s General Assemidy, laid
..ur complaint holore the Governor and I-egis
i 'ture of Virginia, and have gi<*ut confidence
'bat » • simll teceive justice and even liber- •
i dity at the hands of tfie (Joveribncnt of tlia!
1 noble old commonwealth.
Hefi.n* our communication with Ike work
tii ' cut oil', I had sue-ceded in securing a suffi
cient quantity to furnish every soldier's fam
ily in Georgia with a hah' bushel in addition
to that furnished at a former distribution.
'Hie responsibility ol receiving and distribu
ting Ihr .alt has been placed upon Col. J. I.
V. uitulo-r, iln* Commissary General of the j
State, wlio has discharged it, as lie has every !
duty, with ability, hoiio-.iv, promptness ami
fidelity.
The different salt companies of the,Stale have
imported largequuntities, and whileifis l'eaicd
we shall he hard l uu for a supply, it is hoped
there may be no suffering.
cotxo\ expos.
lor a statement of Cue opera! it ms of the
Card factory, 1 refer you to tin* report of its
.Superintendent. While we have not been so
HUcccsClll as we co ild have wished, the mini
ber made and distributed li n e been of greal
suia ice to tiie people. •
'The greatest difficulty has been in. procuring
I wire. J do not Consider our undertaking to
I make wire, in sufficient quantities, as by any
means a success. Hut i have lately been aide
to get a good quantity through the Mockade.
and anticipate but lit tie Tuiure difficulty in
keeping up the supply.
As tiai wire c>isrs very high and lias to be
paid for in lots ns it arrtv s, 1 ask an appropri
ation of S-'OfyO for that purpose, to be re
funded to the treasury out of the proceeds of
the sale of (lie cards.
TP.KASI T.V •UMR'ril’ll.'VTK* KOR ST AI E TIiKASITty
NO I KS.
1 am informed that the Stale Treasury Notes
have generally liven laid away as investment,
and that bankers and other capitalists who hold
large amounts of them, to get lid of the care
u! so great a hulk of paper, desire to exchange
them tor Treasury certiiioatcs of large amounts,
binding tile Stale to the same obligations con
tained in the face ol the notes. 1 cau see no
ohjeetio i lo this, and therefore recommend the
pass ige ol an act uulhorzing the Treasurer to
tai.e up tht: Slate Creasury notes when pre
sented in sums of live thousand dollars or up
wauls, and giro treasury certificates in place
ot the Gills, payable to hearer, upon the terms
mentioned in ihe lace o. the bills. It would
certainly be finite an accommodation to a per
son having ten thousand dollars ol State Treas
ury Holes in live dollar bills, which lie designs
so hold m investment, to be permitted to re
turn them to the Treasury mid receive in place
ot them a certificate for ten thousand dollars.
! I would not recommend tin: issue ol a certifi
cate lor a smaller sum than five thousand dol-
I
| ll tnc Gciicial Assembly should not levy a
| tax sutliliefd to carry on the operations of the
governvnelt and should adhere to the policy of
issuing Stale Treasury notes to meet appropri
ations. the Treasurer might, be authorized to
I reissue the notes redeemed ’or him, and thus
I savetire expeiiseaud labor o' issuing new notes:
nL.HIt.RN AM, ATLANTIC KAILUOAU.
The report of the .Superintendentof the State
Hoad shows that Sl,fir,o,ooo has keen paid into
the Trenaily of the State from the incomes of
the Head, dining tiie last fiscal year, ami that
there was due trout the Confederate Govern
mei t on the 30th ot September, I SO3, $427,*
.'Ht;.7»es a set olf against Jk>7,7.804.78 due the
dim. September, IStig, showing the net earn
ings ul the Hoad to have been nearly one and
a half lailiiims ,and dollars tor the year.
This would of course be subject to reasonable
deduction 'Mr tqe wear of rolling st*.*k and es
tha truck, which has not been kept in us good
condition as usual, on account of Ihe impossi
hilitv of procuring supplies of material essen
tial in making repairs.
A* a great proportion of the propei ty traua
i ported over the road, other Hiatt government
; heights, belongs to speculators, 1 have telt it
! mv duty to order the heights raised from time
jto time. So to keep them nearly as high as
the liioghts on other Hoads. This enables the
j State to raise, by the use of the llotid, tv con
siderable amount of revenue, in a manner less
I burdensome to Hie people of this State, than it
! *‘oil id l*e done iu any other way; and to trans-
I port h eights ueee'sary tor the support of the
I poor, without charge. And as tlie price ofev-
I ery kind es properly has increased immensely
j in the market, it is right that the heights for
j transporting it In- increased iu a just propor
! Hoik Thai ais no justice in requiring tlie road
tn transport a barrel of Hour, a hogshead of su
gar. or a ton of iron nt the old rates, paid in
currency, when either is worth in the market in
the same currency ten times the old rates to the
producer.
To enable us to continue to run the road, if
the war should last for n year or two long. r. It
j will tic nveessoty to Import, by some means,
such supplies ns ait-indispensable iu making re
i pairs iin account ol the position which lire 1
ihe toad **c< upies as a main trunk, with so many
toads diverging from it at etn-li end, the drafts
I Houle upon its tolling stock, for military use on
I other mads, in sudden i-melgcneies. has been
oj eatu than upou any otlu r mud in the Gonfed
j cracy. thir rolling 'stock Ims not only been
j greatly injured when under military orders, but
| we have lost about two hundred cars and a
number of valuable engines, when upon other
1 roads, by the interception of tlie enemy,
i The State lioad is not singular in needing ve
| pairs. Soother road in the Confederacy called
npoii to make equal samboes of its rolling
j stock in the service of the country, is believed
to in* in better condition. -
i Alter ihe death of Major John S. Howland, its
■ bite honest and upright Cuperintendent. Dr.
George It. l’hillips, whose high character is
| well known to the poop e of Georgia, lias been
appointed Snpeiinteii n nt of this great State
: work. *
HVOItiUM. ,-lfe, I,K TIIK MILITIA AND THE HOME
tic Vflll.
The *"im ipf'law having l«en executed in
tlie { ati- lip. Il P Isons from IS to do. the or
ganized nd.ilia *u the State not in Confederate
service, under existing law s, is composed of the
non conscripts between those ages.
The late call of the l’resdent upon this State
for “.000 volunteers as Home Guards, and tor
local defense, was addressed to those exempt
from conscription. To thiseull. as will he seen
by reference to the H.-port of Adjutant and.ln
spector General 11. 0. Wayne,over l.S.ooOmcn
iceponded. ’J'hese troops were organized forrix
months only, with the imdetstanding that they
were not to be culled out ami kept in the field
as regular soldiers, but that they were to be
mustered into the service arid remain.at home
in the pursuit of their ordinary avocations, !
when mu nee*led to repel a raid or meet an
emergency. . Hart of them Lave been called out
and h»ve now been nearly two mouths in ser
vice; m.d 1 regret to say. that 1 do not see sat
is fat t s y u* ideuoe of an intention on the part of
the Government, to discharge them at as early
udayasour home lute rests imperatively require.
It is now time that the corn crop were gathered
and the wheat crop sowed. If we are to con
tinue the war, we must take care of the ptovis
i ions already made; and it we Would have har
vest nest Slimmer, we must not neglect seed
; tithe this fall. The troops are now well organ
ized. and if permitted to go home, could, in case
of emergency, teturn to their respective com
! mauds, on the shortest notice. We shall doubt
less nee.l Home Guards after the expiration vi
i the six months; and it is to be feared tbatthe
-is ■ • :••■• • - - t ' • fisld
a z . c - • • i
to diJcQuiagc yoinateer.iig yt ti.. : en.i of tu i
lircseni lerni. if the Government wilt aet in
j good fauh with these men, there'wtU be no d:f
--* lictiltv iu keeping tip a sufficient Home Guard
j organization during the war; but if it should
fail to do this, the task may be difficult, as the
men who compie-.’ the organization are the in
dispensable produc'd ye class, and ciuiuot spend
ail tlieir time in the military Held without ruin
to our home interests.
It was said by some as a yuslilietfion for the j
adoption of the conscription 'policy, that the ,
volunteer spirit whs dead when that foil wa:-:
I passed. The very reverse, however, was true J
j (July a few weeks before the passage of the |
j conscript law, the President called upon Gear- J
; gift for twelve regiment* of volunteers, and they !
| responded promptly, with a lirgt* additional
I number. Palely lie called upon the state for
| y.OU'i troops, which is the firrt call ma e since
the conscript policy was adopted; and over
double the number responded. I’rom the firs;
ilay ol tiie war till tin* present hour. Georgia
has never failed to fill promptly every requisi
tion made upon her lor volunteers. And 1
think 1 may safely say. that if good faith is ob
served and their constitutional rights in the
selection of their bfiiceis are reap efed. she
never will fail to lili a requisition tor her just
quota as long as the war may last.
To provide, however, for any future contin
gency which may occur from mismannseiuent
or otherwise, and to maintain tut organization
for police pmnosos, i recommend the passage
of an act making all white male persons be
tween 18 ami GO year.-, of age subject to militia
duty, when not on active duty in the military
service of the Confederate States, and subj. ct
to draft !o fill any futme requisition to ho
made upon tlte State by the Confederate States
lor troops ; with a proviso that the St ytc will
! not hold them liable to serve when ti eir coir
f-'ilutional right of electing their officers is de
nied, and will not permit them to he punished
for refusing to serve when this clear ami im
portant right is usurped ; and with a further
proviso, exempting ministers ol' tint gospel ami
the most important civil officers, both' of the
State and counties, whose official duties are
onerous and indispensable, from all military
» nice-
It will also be necessary to authorize the Gov
ernor to appoint such stall officers ns may in bis
judgment be necessary to enable him to organ
ize troops to till promptly any future rvqiiis!-
Uons made upon the State, or to meet otiier
emergencies.
111 OUT TO KT.F.OT OI'FHT.RS.
In this connection i earn' stiy invite the at
tention of the General Assemply lotiie corres
pondence, (copies of which are herewith for
warded) between t e Secretary of AVarrmd my
self. in reference to the right of. Georgia's vol
unteer militia in tlte military service of the
Confederacy, to elect their own officers. . And
it is proper that I here remark that since the
correspondence was ended,- even the right of
the ikme Guards to elect to fill.vacancies is
also tfimied, and the power of appointing the
company officers, as well as tin* field officers, is
claim*! by the President.
The Consti*ution gives Congress power to
provide lor organizing, armin' and disciplin
ing tlte militia, and lor gov, riling such part ot
them as may be employed in the service of the
Confederate Stales, reserving to the States re
spectively, the appointment of the officers.
’I he right of the State to appoint the officers to
command her militia or any part thereof, wh *n
employed in the service of the Confederate
Stat* s. is not left to inference, but is reserved
in plain, simple language, which admits of no
two const ructions.. The State, by her constitu
tion and laws, has provided how she will m ike
these up ointments. All militia officers are to
lie elected by the people subject to do military
duty under them, and the officers of the volun
teer militia are to be elected by the menibeis
of the volunteer organization, to be command
ed by the officers when elected, m:d all vacan
cies are to be filled in the'same way. in a
word, the State appoints those tvho are elected
by the persons to lie commanded.
if the militia of Georgia, or any part thereof,
is now employed in the service ot the Con fed
rate States, no one can question ihe light of
the state, as reserved in the Cont'edeiute consti
tution, to appoint the officers to command them,
.mil the right of the troops, under the consti
tution and laws of the State, to have those elec
ted by them, app; in ted or commissioned to
comman i them, is equally unquestionable.
Hv the militia of a State, 1 understand the
framers of the constitution to have meant the
arms-be tring people of ihe State. That they
intended to use the term in .this sense is evi
dent from the fact th it they speak of the in litia
as in existcucn at the time they are making the
constitution, rial coaler power upon Congress,
not to create anew militia, riot- to oiganize that
already in -existence, but t o provide jor oiyanl
zing the. militia. In other words, they gave
'engross power to provide for forming into mi
litia organizations the aruis-beuring people of
the respective States. Had the constitution
given Congress power to organize the tuiiitia
wiihoiit any qualifying words, it vvou'd have
itad power to appoint officers to command
them, or to authorize the Fr-sidetit to apjmint
them, As the militia cannot be-organized with
out ofii -ers. The language used was vy<;ll
weighed and carefully guarded. Tower was
given to Congress to provide fur orjankimj tliu:.
already in existence without sufficient organi
zation—the militia or arms-beariiig people of
the States. When .Congress had provided for
the organization, and the States have organized
the militia, Congress may authorize the Presi
dent to employ them in the service of the Con
federate States, hut in that case the Slates ex
pressly reserve to themselves the right to ap
point the officers to command them, and Con
gress cannot, without usurpation, exercise that
power or confer it upon the Presid- nt.
The President has made repeated calls upon
this State for otganizcU bodies of her troops
for Confederate service, and his requisitions
have invariably been tilled by tlie tender of
militia organized and officered by the State,
and they have been accepted by him w.th their
officers as organized. In addition to this, the
. conscript act li s been passed, which has made
all pcisous between IS and 45. (except those
exempted by the act.) subject by compulsion,
to Confederate s irvice. This act has been ex
ecuted iu Georgia. In contemplation of law,
every person iu this State between 18 and So.
not specially exempt, is now iu Confederate
service; aud the fact corresponds very "neatly
with this contemplation of law. Thus the whole
organized militia of the State is now employed
in- flu' service of the Confederate Slates; and not
withstanding tire State in such case has ex
pressly reserved the l ight to appoint every offi
cer to command them, her right to, appoint a
single officer to till a single vacancy in a single
company, battalion or regiment, is now denied;
and it is claimed that they are a'l in future to
be appointed, not by tlie State, but by the
President.
One of the reasons given for this extraordi
nary pretention, is that it will not do to trust
the troops after they are in service, with this
important right of choosing their own officers,
as they would not elect officer a. who arc.faith
ful and who maintain discipline and do their
duty. Thi* objection would certainly apply
with equal fo.ee to the eketiuu, when a
Tugtinei tor company is being organized, if
the men are competent on entering the service
to elect those who shall command them, why
are they uot equally competent to elect to till
vacancies which afterwards occur? Does experi
ence iu the military field, and intimate acquain
tance with their comrades fn turns, make them
less competent to judge of the qualifications
of those who aspire to command? Tlie simple
statement of the proposition is a sufficient ex
pose of its fallacy. At the Organization ot our
tegimculs. the men elected officers on short ac
: quaintauee. as but little lime was allowed
them; and doubtless made some mistakes,
j putting in men less competent than some otli
i ers left out. They have since "seen them tried
I in service, ami now know who is best qnali
l tied. Hut when a vacancv occurs, they ar*-
Ttow to be eon titled to those who were first
elected to lower positions, to till the higher po
sitions, to which they never chose them. And
if au officer who claims promotion is set aside
for incompetency by an examining board, the
next iu rank may step forward and claim the
place, and is.held to be entitled to it over tlie
best man in the regiment if lie is a private,
though he may be tire choice of every man in
the command. It is only the lowest commis
sioned officer ill the company who is taken
from the ranks; and if the best and most com
petent man failed to get a commission at the
first election, he cannot now aspire Irorn the
ranks, to a higher position than the lowest lieu
i tenancy. This policy of filling all vacancies
dots t&n
’ic •-a: o. 'teticv io those vrhn me often the
■ mi,, , .aHerein;*. ..f promotion, and denies to the
; men ihe tain able right of s letting tlieir own
imlers.
if i! i< said tii.it President may go onto!
i the regular line of promotion, and reward
! merit in tin* rank--, it may be truly replied that
| tliis G seldom done ; and that the mencacijiot
look to their compannions in arms, but can
look only to tin* President for promotion.
This not only concentrates all power in hi«
minds, ij ;t subjects every man's claims to his
favoritism, prejudice or caprice ; and destroys
indepecd* me of thought and of action,by com
pelling all to depend for promotion upon their
capacity to Hatter <>f their ability to plea-e a
single individual. Georgia’s troops have dona
tlieir duty nobly in the field, and they have a
right to look to the government of th*dr State
for tli** protection of tlieir rights. Many of them
now claim this protection. Shall they’ have it t
i recommend that this General Assembly
pass a joint resolution declaratory of the reserv
e.l rights ot tiie Slate, and of Ihe constitutional
tight of election by her troops, and demanding
of the Confederate Government the recognition
of this right.
While they took no formal action upon this
pavfitmlat point, your predecessors of Ihe hist
Assemidy, virtually decided tlm question in
favor of (lie rigid of tiie State to appoint her
own officers to command her militia uow in
Confederate service, and determined further
that the trrops which the State has furnished
for the field are tiie militia of Georgia, “em
ployed in the service of tiie Confederate
States.and not the annies of the Confederacy,
in the-sense in which the constitution uses that
term.
G.veral genii emeu holding commissions in
command of Georgia troops in Confederate ser
vice. furnished by the State as organized by her
to till requisitions made by the President, were
menibeis of the last General Assembly, 'ihe
question of their right to hold seats was raised
and decided in their favor, on the express
ground, ns 1 understood from the discussions,
that they were officers of th: uiUtlia oj'lAi-s
■N'o '.i. ami not officers of tiie untie* of the Con
fedcraey; Indeed, it was impossible, under
the oaths which the members had taken to
support tiie constitution, for them to have de
tenma and timt these were officers of the armies
of t lie Confeueracy, and not officer* of the
militia of Georgia; and stilt have permitted
them to have their seats as members of the
Genera! Assembly. The sth paragraph c.f the
Ist section ■<! Iln- 2d article of the constitution
of Ibis State, declares lhat,
‘‘Mo person holding any military commis
sion, or other appointment having any emolu
ment or compensation annexed thereto, under
this Plate or the’Confederate States, or either
■of them, (except Justices of the Interior'Court,
Justices of the Peace and officer* of the militia.;
shall have a seat iu either brunch of the Gen
eral Assembly.”
'Phis language rs ihe constitution is plain,
positive and unequivocal. NV> person holding
Pa mil tary <x<ininissinn under this State or the
Confederate States, having any emolument or
Compensation annexed thereto,.(exceptofficers
of the militia.) shall have a set in either bran* h
of the General Assembly, if the Georgia troojJf
in Confederate service are ndt the militia of
the State employed in the service of the Con
federate States then their own-rs tire not of- •
licers of Up* militia. If they are pait ol the
atmics of the Confederate States, then their of
ficer-, are office!s of the .atmits of the Confed
erate Slides, ami not officers of the militia of
Georgia, and are, by the express language of
the constitution, excluded from seats iu ci her
branch of the General Assembly. Aud if their
officers are officers of tlu: militia of Georgia,
“employed in the service of tiie Confederate
State/,” and me entitled to the constitutional
privilege of having seats in the General Ae
: embly. then the men whom they commanded
are militia of Georgia, ‘-employed in the ser
vice of the Confedente States,’’ and are
equally enlitied to the exercise of their con
stitutional right to elect offieeis to command
them. The one right is a plain, as broad, aud
as valuable as the other. If the General As
sembly recognizes and protects the ttgh l of the
office!s to have their seats, as 1 tliiuk it should
do. 1 am unable to see upon, what principle
of justice, right, or equality, it can refuse to
recognize and protect tin* right of the privates
to elect, their own officers. T hay are coexten
sive andjeoequa! rights, and lie who claims the
privilege to exercise tiie one, G obliged to ad
mit the existence id tiie oilier, and is bound
to protect it.
OKOIItHA MILITARY INSTITUTE.
This Institution is in a very tloumhing eon
dition, a .and if entitled to the fostering care of
the legislature. Its efficiency and usefulness
would be greatly promoted by the erection of
additional dormitories, so as to provide for the
reception Os a large number ol Cadets. Nu
meroiis applicants tot admission have been re
jected during lire past year, for want of room
to iiceoriiiuodate them, Difficulty in procuring
building material may however be iu tlte way
of extending the accomodations for the present.
The Facul'y and Cadets have responded to
every call made upon them for military ser
uice, and stand ready to do their duty iu every
emergeilty.
THE STATU UNIVERSITY.
' The excersises of the University have been
suspended for a time, by the patriotic response
madfi by tlie*Chancellor and Faculty, to their
country's call. \Vhcn the soil of Georgia was
invaded by a large army of tho enemy, and I
itr compliance with the request of the President
called for volunteers to rally to the rescue,
the whole faculty responded nobly and prompt
ly, and laying aside lor a time tho scientific
and literary pursuits in which they stand so
deservedly high, they assumed the habit ituil
garb of the so diet', and have undergone the
hardships and fatigues of the camp. Itcv. l>r.
Mell, tlie \ icc Chancellor, was called by his
fellow soldiers to the command of a regiment,
and Rev. !>r. Lipscomb, the Chancellor, prefer
ring not to accept official positi >n entered the
tanks as a private. I have had the pleasure to
visit these gentlemen with the balance of the
faculty, m ound their vamp tires with, their
gallant, cumradee in arras, and have been as
tired by other persons connected with the
command, that every member of the faculty
has disch rged promptly and cheerfully every
duty of tlnqsoldicr.
This and cs not exhibit the spirit of a’ people
prepared for subjugation. There is inileed a
moral gr uidcur in. this conduct ot' tire faculty
of the l nivcisity which is worth thousaudsot
men to our cause. What .state can exhibit
mote encouraging evidence of the patriot c de
termination ot her citizen* to uphold her hon
or and her sovereignly at every hazard.
Every Georgian should hfc proud ot the Cui ver
sify, and .of its noble, patriotic, selt-sacriliciug
faculty.
1 transmit herewith the annual report of the
Hoard of Trustees of the University, by which
it will be seen that not only the faculty, but a
large Dumber of the students have entered the
J military service hi delence ol our honor and
! our independent*'.
lI.VV OF riSTIN'U. nl MHJATtON AND PBATEK
lUtiieving that the pres, nt nti*eries of the!
I country have overtaken' us on account of the |
| wielv lue.-.s and tt.ilisgn ssions of the people,
anil that the Almighty Hitler of the Universe
who controls as Weil the Hosts of Heaven as the
armies of earth, and has the power hi cause
wars to cease at his pleasure, will enable us to
drive our enemies from our territory, and will
restore'peace and prosperity to the country,
when our rulers and people shall have torsaken
their transgressions, and have humbled their
hearts in deep penitence before Him. And be
lieving that it is the imperative duty of a Chris
tian people in times of national calamities and
distress, to assemble together and publiclyjac
k now led go God*as their Kuler, and implore his
forgiveness, through the merits of His Son, Je-
sus Christ: 1 recommend the General Assem
bly of this State, by Joint Resolution, to set
apart Thursday, the 10th day v>f December next,
as a day of fasting, and cp humiliation and pray
er; and that the Congress of the Confederate
states, and the Legis ! atures of the different
! States, together with all of the people of the
j Confederate States, and all our atmies in the
field, be respectfully requested to unite with us
in the religious observance of the day.
Let it be no formal observance, but Ut all
public and private business be suspended und
let the people assemble with the reverend Cler
gy, at their respective places of worship, and
let u-* present before before God a whole nation
on it knees, fasting, in deep humility, and n*m
| itetittal confession: und it is g;y solemn eonvic-
I t.on that t.L»d will hear our prayers, strike terror
and dismay into the hearts of mir enemies, and
I ."•iref-t. '< Jotfifi.-t tk oij{ arch's a; rPw \l». f ,
: tabiisi ocr luifepcsgjjncc, r.- .iore imp
faT our borders, -loskpm I* Hit,van -
~
-—Til I*4i
i:ui;di'EA.\* news.
j Henry Watd Beecher bad'addressed a large j
audience at Giverpool in support of Abolition -
views. He was violently interrupted by Con- !
federate sympathizers.
Kussia had commenced tiie work * f » t ,.-
graphicrtl obliteration .of the Xingdom ~i Po
land. The Boles had applied lo (he Sullan of
Turkey for recognition as belligerenis.
T he Czar notiiie.l the Sultan llmtsneh r.cog
nition would be taken as a declaration of war
against Russia.
The Attorney General of England, in a
speech, said that the rebel raui question would
ba fully test*diu the law courts.
The Alabama, Georgia and Tiisoarora are
cruising aroupd the Cape of Good Ibip,*.
The Vanderbilt hasafi ivedat tkeCape in pur
suit of the Alabama.
The British Admirably bad decided to con
struct anew squadron of iron gunboats,
Henry Ward Beecher addressed an immense
audience atLondonon the 20th,'ivitli lew ex
pressions of dissent.
The London Times combats Beecher's argu
ments.
The insurrection inCaucassia is growing se
rious.
The Black Bea flotilla of llu-sia being fullv
equipped, two divisions ol infantry and several
batteries of artillery have been ordered to Bo
land to reinforce the Czar.
A band of Boles have been cut off near Lub
lin.
The Paris Pays says England and Franco have
been negotiating for identical note on the Po
lish question.
It is rumored that France is urging the ex
pulsion of the ex-kiug of Naples from Rome.
hill Russell favors the project of the leeog
nßion of Ihe Poles as belligerents, as domnnil
e 1 by them.
1 he Sultan of Turkey hail proposed hv tele
graph to buy the Laird rebel rams al £130,000
each.
Laird’s workmen are again employed in fit
ting out oncof the tarns.
Political /[leeches by leading men are daily
made in various paria of England.
Earl Ife Gray spoke iu defence of (lie gov
ernment. policy us neutrality in American af
fairs.
Berestord and Hope sjmke for Ihe Suiilli.-
Jlr. Collier, Esriicitor General, urged neutral
ity *">l l)l( ‘ preservation of neutral rights from
violatioubr either side.
The question of finances in the new Mexican
Empire, produced a correrpondeuce be! ween
Em pet or Napoleon ami Maximilian.
I ranee will make all military arrangements,
but will not guarantee tho Mexican loan.
Ihe tily of Keakousima, Japan, was com
pletely destroyed by the English fleet.
FROM THE NORTH.
Ihe steamer Mist was boarded by guerillas be
low Helena on the 21st, who rob lied the boat
ot sfeO.OOO and oilier valuables, then set the
boat oa lire.
Ro.se, ranz in a speech at Cincinnati on tiie
27th inst. said that since the battle of CliicUa
maiigft be had received a letter of approval
from Lincoln, llis reception was enlhtisiasUc
Lincoln sustains Schofield, endorses his poli
cy, and rebukes the radicals.
General McPherson's expedition to C nfen
resulted in the destruction of n large number
of Rebel mills and factories, and the disper
sion of the Rebel cavalry.
In Indiana, election returns from several
counties reveal large Democratic majorities.
Serious charges are preferred against Rose
crans. the most prominent lieing that he left
the battlefield during the engagement, went to
Chattanooga, reported the day Inst, and after
wards became insensible from the effects of
opiam.
An extraordinary case of treason has recent
ly come to light, having for ilaohjeet the over
throw of the State Government, the release of
rebel prisoners at Camp Chase, the capture of
tho Arsenal at Columbus, and the release ot*
John Morgan and officers. The consphacy was
brought to light by U. States detectives, who
were supposed by’parties Implicated to be rebel
government spies. Many arrests have been
made,
Lincoln has formally received Senoi Romero,
Minister of the Juarez Government.
United States ste imers cruising among the
British Islands were ordered away from the
ports of Prince Edward's Island.
The Memphis Bulletin of the 20th contains a
crrespondence of Gen. Jeff. Thomson, the U. S.
War Department, and Brute Butler. General
'i homson has been parole*! at the intercession
of Butler ia consideration of the courtesy cx
tended to wounded officers of Rutter's staff by*
him white commanding near .Vew Orleans.
Gen Chalmers is on another rampage into
North Mississippi.
Butler lias been assigned to the command of
Virginia and North Carolina, in the place of
Foster.
THE PRESIDENT IN CIULf&TON.
IHS ADDRESS.
On his arrival at the City Hall, the Presi
dent was introduced by Judge Magrath so
Mayor Macbeth, who cordially received and
welcomed him lo the cily.
ihe President returned his acknowledg
ments, ami being introduced, ad tressed the
people. lie said his feelings had drawn hint
here in < ur hour of trial; and he desired also
to cinfer without' commanding General, und
by jM-reonal olwervntion acquire s.<uto of that
knowledge which would etpiblc hint lo ntuv .
und lully nnder.-.iand our ward-sand the repm Is.
submitted to him.
He alluded to (kirolina’s great statesman,
Calhoun, "whose departed spirit was now watch
ing over her with all a guardian angel’s care.
It was trom South Carolina’s great men lie
first it whites! the principles and doctrines of
Stole rights.
The President paid a high compliment to tbo
heroic garrisou defending Fort Sumter, aipl
said that tho eyes of the whole worldweie
upon them, and trusted that the day
never come wht-n the Yankee float
over it. , **
In proportion to the bate of th«'-Alankees of
the ties' of the .rebellion, he said,*is the, Inve.of
every true son of the .Crftfederacy gathered
around us. They were wut vkinx out* strugg.e
with anxious solicitude.
He trusted that-the enemy's desire to. possess
Charleston would rf**r l>o gratified; hut if
Providence order oil otherwise, he desired for
her what be wished for his own native country
town, Vicksburg, that the whole plight be left
one mass of ruin. He believed Charleston.
I neva- old be taken, and if the foe should
I tyete us on every side, reinforcements
ivc.ii].i be m d itfVtit a.-'i*^nrai'a
\> tlia force of the enemy. FAa>y Aproseift
uovvlcdge, be looked forward to\L
i recordgf (be clo Ojui the struggle for our city.
If-urged u hr.im®ions co 'perationoin the
j noi l of the tiie cqnimanding gener
| "L to be unitml iii Ouretfovts, and look with an ,
j eye devoted siljgiy t'> the cause of our countiy.
j * r h w!io would attempt to proinoiehk* own per*
j sonai ends in preference? or would not take a
musket and light in the ranks, is not worthy of
■: Confederate liberty for whidt we are fighting.
Our ani y, be said, was better than it was
twelve months ago; was stronger, bents marcb
| mg, privation and hunger without innrnuir or
straggling, nnd always welonnes fheeitlilly the
word ‘•onward.’’
FROM THE FRONT.
A prisoner was captured urar Whitegide's ye*-
terday. He reports Grant in Ghattanooga.—
i lie V ankees have been on'half rations for the
last three weeks, and their horses are snrtering
for forage.
(icn. Howell Cobb has keen assigned to Ihe
command ot all Ihe territory of Bragg’s depart
ment. south and east ol* the Ooslanaula and
i oos.t rivers, known as tiie district of North
easi Georgia.
Advices from nuutsvilie jstato that the ene
my are raiding through the country’ committing
infamous depredations.
A special io the Register, dated Sweetwater,
the olli, says Gen. Vaughn returned from Biouni
county. He reports Sunders at Maryville with
7>ooii Yankee cavalry.
Ron toon bridges have been removed from
Louden to liolston river at Knoxville. A,
Burnsides force is estimated at 23,005).
Gen. Stevenson collected a large quantity of
bogs, beeves, and wheat.
TTIL ACCIDENT AT SUMTER.
Charleston, Oct. 31.
The following is an official dispatch of the
killed at. Fort Sumter this morning by the fall
ing of the barrack walls:
FortSrum:, Oct 31.
Sri'gt W 0 Owens, Sergt J A Stevens, Pri
vities S L Burrow. F M Burrow, J W Antlerscui.
•las Calder, O .1 llrown, W KGibson. J W .Toner,
i. S l,ee uriilAV N Patterson-all the above are
members of the Washington Artillery of this
city ; private W Martin ot the 12th Ga., aud M
Mathews, an overseer, were buried this morn
ing by the falling iu of the barracks ou tho eea
face, where they had been placed ia position
for mounting the parapet in case of an assault.
(Signed)- S. Elliott, Jr.,
Major Comd’g Post.
YANKEE 'ACCOUNTS FROM TRANS-MIS
SISSIPPI.
The Chicago Times has dispatches staling that
a vessel had just arrived at Port Royal from the
Gulf squadron with reports that Banka’ two
corps had landed at Point Isabel, mouth of the
Rio G ramie, ami would soon have possession of
the great rebel deppt, Brownsville, opposite
Mutamoras, and will shortly occupy all impor.
taut points in Texas.
The Third corpt is co-operating, from Red
River.
Little Rock advices state tliat Holmes had as
sumed command of Price’s forces at Arkadel
phin, causing a difficulty bet ween the Generals,
which was finally settled.
The efl’eclive force of the Trans-Mtesteippl
Department does not exceed 20,000.
PROM NORTH ALABAMA.
The enemy, After reaching Tmcumhhi. de-
Ji'i r. and by the entire destruction of the railroad
on tin: Tennessee river, from which they drove
us, alter two day’s lighting, with heavy loss of
tile on their part, .Blair changed front, and is
retreating toward Laslport, where he will
probably take boats.
■2;Gen. Ferguson with a portion of his brigade,
attacked and completely routed a party of the
cnenly,s cavalry on the 27th, which has been
making a raid in Marion county, Ala., captur
log two pieces of artillery and a number ot
small arms and overcoats,
The enemy are reported in force at, Cberoke%
on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
The enemy’s forces have retreated to Green
ville.—Our forces were pursuing.
At last advices they had crossed the llolston,
a small force of the enemy remaining at Rog
ersville. ,
The Yankees, estimated at 7000 strong, are
rna citing on Lonisbuig, Greenbrier Cos., under
Avcrill.
FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond, Nov. 2.
The \ irginia Legislature adjourned to-day to
convene on the 7th of December. The closing
scenes were marked by nothing of unusual in
terest.
The army of Northern Virginia remains
quiet, except occasional raids into the enemy's
lines.
The report of the driving of the Yankees
from Southwestern Virginia below Bristol, i
pretty well confirmed.
The enemy is said to be progressing slowly,
relaying the railroad track. They have laid
about as far as a mile aud a half this side of
Bristow.
Sale Day.—The following sales were made
at the Lower Market House yesterday :
By W. B. Gjuftin & Cos. : The following ne
groes : Martha, aged 18, and child, $2825 ;
Robert, 21 years old, s2lf,() ; Harriet, 2C years,
i>2.120 : Nat, !>> years, $3360; Mary, 25 years,
and child Margaret, 7 years, s3fi.’*o ; Benjamin,
21 years, $262.1 ; Martha, 17 years, $3250;
Diana, 18 years, S2SCO; William, 24 years,,
$ belli ; Berry, 25 years, $3175 ; Jesse,|3S years,
53725 ; Simon, 17 years, $3730 ;-
years. s3o<)o ;• Bob, PJ years, Anna,
waniatresH. 22 years, S3IOO
; [tick, 24 years,.SfitiSTvilck, 29
.■SGtDO ; Bob, 27 years, S2C6O. Ths! 'aggregate
of these sales is: $54,305. 'I bis firWalso soid
the following real estate : House and lot oor
mw Wilde and Reynolds street, $1875; lots
corner Reynolds and Marbury streets—No. 1,
ssllO ; N0.2, $3210 ; No: 3, $2310 ; No. 4,
szo ',u ; No. 5, $2130 ; No. 0;.
7, $127.5 ; Tyo. 8, $1125 ; No. 9, *34X4. Four
jots, 120a*f8s, s3l per acre, $,3720.
By M.xffeß & Liwuan John it (arpentcr,
aged 30. $3075 ; Anna, cook, aged 35, $1950 )
Mo?es, QeMJiarid. S2OIO ; Henry, liebt hand,
s2o"'’ I -Ann, 13yyairs old. $2550 ; Phillis, 45
years old, find child, $1505.
By Wo. V. Kut .V Cos . luau Richard, ag.-.l 18-
year s, Si* ri : Jane, aged 50 years, $5200 Also
real estate a follows ; Four vacant lou east
stile of Mm-bury, between Fenwick si te^t»
ihe canal, for $100(t-eaeji.
NKC.nrrSAi.Ks._~At a negro sals Jft %
negro boy brought $2,C00 i- o^o aill<
At a file oi in Petersburg, Va., a
hegro girl, 11 yen',, (l |n brought $2 700, and
en-,ih r boy, old, $4 4K*Ci, aod another
LuV ijtougi)*_ v'lOMr. Women, house aervaots,
wriA irr-j, §2,000 to 52,t100 each. A woman,
w i‘ 7 ‘* two small ehjldisn, brought $4,523.
£ *
[ ’AtGL’B r\ m a ttbn r». ‘
lU wMv Ttcporl* 4 .... W .V..9, 2P. 11.
1’ Financial.- Gold isaj#^ ; n'3al4; Silver, 10;
Sterling gjelttnge miJ&A on Paris 2.50
per fra.Dcr'Ttank notes
Bonds, long date, it and i ,t.; do! do. Sfcrt
date, sa~ int ; South Carolina sixes, 450; dkv
.bonds 450 for one ; Florida -tree-laud iionds.
1.50 nnd iut, *-
Cowon.—Fair demand; prices range from 55
to GO cents. - .
Day Goqus aiv \Ye quote domes
tics a.sTullowV: j gjiirtbiy § sheeting
£2,40; 4-4 Sheeting. . ujii £2,50 ;
yarfta, $25a27.50 nvi' btflA. f
Ki.ocr.—josiuftrper
Grain.—Wheat, SfU) p,. r . Ooru, £2,76
a3,20: iw.jious, £iß."oa! A :-i ,/i S7ajfeo
tarley, s7a7 60. * ~ V/f ?
Gboowuks, Provj-,l^,
ad,oo; eoflee, nouein mu«fc• #1
52a2.60; salt— co*»t Liveffool 85a90c;
tobacco, goodduvutd ; lard $2.J0»8,O00; MJlai
Sea. id. 0. sl2; Florida $7 whietotj- Hffcr
gallon; brandy s3spci-gal.
soap $1.25; cotton rope $$ Atri nails Jl.Tsm/
corn meal $4.00p.. i hush ; Si ber cwt ■
Bugging 'i'wiue Sd,6oajo.oo jminl). * &
Coisiay Produce.—H*T p e ay, clerkAthe
Lower Market, lurnishos the foflowing qraota
tions: Beef, country, COc nett- pork, per lb .
sl.oonett; mutton, 75c per lb nett; chick ns
$2a2.25 each; eggs, $1.50 per doz; imttei, 3.0n
Irish potatoes, none; sweet do. s4a6 per bushel
il't-htiiosiil .Murker, Oct. 28,
Golo —I la!2 premium ; bank notes three lor
one, with flown ward tendency ; s ter line Ist
class, 13 to 14 for one, firm. '
l-5 o w“\ i^ ni Sr Sta , te 6 P" Cellt ' lftßt
I.on>oC nnd int. North Carol-na new 6 per ct
105a 170. M.SROuri State 6 per cent , last safes’
500 52u. Nortlt Carolina old ti per cent 450a
400. North Carolina new 8 pet cent., 215a226
and interest. Confederate States 15 000 ooo'
coupon bonds 190 and int. Registered’do.’
140al5l>and int. Confederate States 100 000 ’
000, «hort dates, 102ja107 and int. Confeder
ate -Rates 100,000,.000, long dates, sales at 108a
it 2 and iut.
Tobacco— The innilcet contimies very firm
and paces have an upward tendercv Lute 14
a’2o, common leaf 20a27A, go rid fi l;e hip
ptng 45*6(1, manufacturing 60a 100 per 100 lbs
Bicon per !l> ; brandy £3:ia3s per
gal; cotton ,oaßoe per lb: cotl’c-e S.OOaS 50 nor
lb; sugar 2.80a3,per lb ; tnoliw-ioa £ia .r, 1 '
gal ; lime SSlOall per bbl ; corn me;,! L r
bnsh; corn *loal]l per bush; wheat 7.50n8 per
bush ; whiskey S.iOait) per pal ; wool 4 5 0 per
lb; salt SofthOc per lb; ric*> :-tea2tie per 11,-
$55nG5 per bbl; candies 3.7f>«6 per lb
s 7 per bush; dry bides 1.00:, ifflo ~r
leather £7a..;,0 per lb; timotbv iced <|r D „
bush; orchard grass seed YFOO'ai per bush.
Sentinel.
Peleratmrg, V,. Maskrt-Oct. 28.
Tonicco—The breaks continue fair for the
season, and most all kinds arc more activawiih
-some advance in prices. The advance F hea
viest on durk common leaf and nil sorts oflucs
SMes common lugs to-day at 30a35, and go.nl
38a40. Somebnght sweet lugs, su table for
the best grades of smoking tobacco brought -» ,l
and 58. Not numb change in unsound nnd non
descript leaf. Dark, rich, sound tobacco suit
able for twists, is mo?t in demand »itii
at 85 to SIOO. iiecttipls the past wcfV v.*/,
beeu rather light. ’ , ' a ' e
a2r sa»r
m.mS.W' ““ w
2 n 0;12 ’ 50: ? n ‘ «’M.: coflee
SBalo per lb; sugar S2 75„;. ih ; Lhot'jA
lb; molasses S!).SOaU per f; :ii 1
I.yuolltlirg Vo., Market, Oct. 21,
Tobacco—Common sour lugs Loin ?i it o in
fine shipping do, S2O to 25; common shipping
leal s2n to .10; good to fine at $45 to 50;
faoluring lugs 30 to 40; loaf do. common s<) t„
00; good to fine GO to 80; extra wrappers ir.O
to ‘2v>o. Manufactured t-ol>’icc»> luaiirci' Uuii
s-oles light at about the same !!£
sound from 200 to 250. :U i,l tip,-* mm . ,
350. Extra quality 400 to 450,
Wool-Unwashed 4,60 to 6.50. Merino
witeted 5,00 to 0,00; fleeco washed, M'O io
7,50.
Lkathub—Sole 5.00 to 0,00; Harness nnd
Bridle 4,00 to 5,00; Slioe Leatlier 5 50 to 7 ;,p
Bacon 2,60. Gottou GOnGA. l-’lour. 45ftG<)‘
AVTicftt o.OQaC.OO. Corn 9,01). Iron - ttinta
per cwt Nails 87>a'>Oe. Salt 45a-s()c per pound
Sugars 2,00a3,00. Molasses 10,a l ,00 < feunri ,
Jeans 7,0tki10,00.- I irginian.
MemphU ( oilon Mallei.
The Memphis papers say tßat, tpe c -it r ,
market of that city has assuuXd M.melhicgof
att appearance, altbv.ugh the market is
tight, and prices have somewhat ,Inclined
Annexed are the prices given : Ordinary 6(11
:»3; Low Middling. cla«4; Midrtlin*' 72(7-'.
good Middling, 77aH0; Middling Faiiyßoaßs. ’
Priori* In PiitnikAU «.<o. <Ja.
Bdcon very scaroo, and fo-’ rui<-•? f»4 1 v", •,
1 51) per lb., beef 35c to 4<>. buff 1 wheat,‘'lye
or barley o to / eoin-flokl peas i 25 to 2 09 per
bashel. 1 50, flour 20 pm bunded, sorghum
gyntp 4 to a per gallon, dean washed wool 5 to
H per lb., wool hats to 12 apiece.
* Countryman.
lOfUriG'V ITEMS.
English papers maintain that tho insurrec
tion m Circassia against Un-aria, h spreading,—
Englaitd is charged, by foreign racers, with
tarnishing the insurgents with ammunition
The Paris Siecte-threatens England with tho
loss ot the alliance, of France if Gao abandons
her on the Polish question.
Earl Rust ell’s speech, in which be declareii
ihe contemplated movements of the (iovernmeui
with regard to tho Mojuii rktu ?, lia.3 grout
alarm with the British shipping interest, tho
London Mercantile Gazette, its representative
organ, has a long argument in opposition to the
threatened action of the Ministry.
The London Times; in speaking of the Amm
ican statements in regard to tho Russian ins
In American waters,” lav.. “That the Russian
squadron of the eastern ocean should winter in
an American port to escape the ice in 'the rial
tic Bea, and thus be nearer its cruisin'* grouts!
In the spring, is nothin: more than t, mu; : .a
circumstance.
FROM TKA\B..Vll!Msl!~f*|PJ‘|
lAi* accounts from Texas show that th'. fat
mem are increasing their stock of =heep. amt ii
ia said that Government will get three times
much wool nex.t year as it lias got heretofore.
Tlie Galveston conssta of forte
guns. Thetnjjhs arc ngounted on cars leaditig
to thqT(t) : Ro arranged a- to )>.*
moyoeCfrom to another" as confiti
aenCqgj.maJ require, and taken from the Islatul
Hi'ueces.*asy. The novelty of this manner «.f
conoafitrajlion of fire by car arraneement i
cßff^fjndeed.
TO ALL CONCERNEIK
A wtl,er Ann a.a Ly - fv ,‘.i
vo maiu* wi fcarlypaymebt.
ivd /b wi3 g; g; "!;
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JLL Le fuTd at tfi4* Court y \i Oi ';r' oo tl -
HigLlOWtT, late of comitv. s>L •
\U Jiv roliAiWiLjr fTTV, lb wit: Oue i' t ( or; '.ii.i- L' tv, .•
*v**' n %l e( *>*< with oct ),r. .- K £
vitii dwteliir.tf hfjjise arid * -M. : -&xi * ‘ -
coniifclnlDgon«-Ualfus r«t imnlng AtfrieDii aus ,' k ‘
•ItualMln ti.f- Village o t ir.fJrx" ' ‘
uncUe an erder of ttu; Court of Ordinal yoi *" , , ’
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STATL Us 0O f Jt r F Tl'Mltv*’ I'tti ST V
WhuwA. ‘ V Jr
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rjar* will, il of sal-i H.lrior. to u- u.-\ a*.
Urr * prescrltui Ly . r , l , v .! *.
, why nalti leiters Kho.dd not r c MUii- bA.
• itand and oH'** -u •*. .tur.* t: rw]
j ‘ .-rcDfer, i:. <_ . JiA . KI. LKOT> i »
, lov 6 frw4o OMl^an. y.'
STATK OF GEORGIA. GKEEN < <Tf 'V'jT"
Wb«reap. John for u,-. O -a.:,n-b p r,r
ard property of George* T ' Ugtv'w' m-rduir
uDd**r 14 yeardofage, of Or. JoLu G. G ?■. i. oru-u-td* * *
TbttearethereioretodU*and r<- ;t>f .\ • -,r ■ .nt. rx-.i
to 6fiOw raue«, if any they havf, v/;,y r* ,*;).* should no*
be pntrustvrd with the Guaidiattship -A ior ■; lh‘-> : r*
properly, at the Court of f>rdinary, t-.L*-; ■ j in, and f,,t ~
t-ounty, f»rt the llrrft Monday in .
flifen under rny hand at ofT!<«? 'h j,• ■, , * \v vt ctorr C*d
16*. [novSßwt;; ECOKNtr ■l. K■ • 1
■\roifirk. ' - ' -
1 1 Ope month afttr *l:u.'
U'i»o *4 Mo(|ca. wuiity, out:.**., ... .Mr ... ,\\ ~, *
teit, for hi* ««■•» erantine lAave to-,ad iLr J . : * ■ .**,'*.
of the Ert&u of Wll’.iam Wii.-oa, hie u
Iha (Uy <*f
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