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(ijmmide &
PAINT DOMIXGO.
A,4prresponclent of a Northern paper, who
professes to have been an eye witness of most
of what ho relates, writing from Samana? on
the 24th September, gives the following narra
tive of late events in Saint Domingo :
A revolt against Spanish rule broke out in
this section last February, but was promptly
tsuppressed, not being well sustained by the Do
minicans.
A number of prisoners were taken by the
Spaniards and shot. Many of the conspirators
took refugo on the Ilaytien frontier. An am
neety was offered, which many accepted ; but
on giving themselves up they were shot in cold
blood, in violation of the terms offered.
This together with other barbarous acts,
Caused another revolution to break out in Au
gust.
The Spanish commander in the north. Gen.
Manuel I’uceta, incensed the Dominicans against
him by his gross abuse of power. lie caused
taxes to be imposed on produce of all kinds,
rents, houses, animals, in fuct, upon almost
everything, ostensibly to be employed in re
paving the roads, but the funds so raised, in
stead of benefiting the country, only went into
the coffers of the Spaniards.
In the month of August, this Gen. Buceta
started for the Havtien frontier, with an escort
of one hundred and fifty well appointed soldiers,
to visit a military post of observation. The
moment was chosen by the Dominicans for
anew revolution, and they attacked him and
cut his escort into pieces. He alone escaped
iuto the woods, where he was hunted for twelve
days. Another body of troops had been sent
to succor him as soon as the authorities heard
of the disaster. These were likewise defeated
after the General had made his way to them,
and he, with the remnant, finally reached St.
Jago.
The Dominicans contiuned to gather forces
from all classes. Tin :v were armed wirb an/'Vi
weapons as could be picked up, but principally
with “mancbettOß. ” Avery few had firearms,
and they had very little organization ; but tbeir
hatred for Spanish despotism impelled them to
risk everything to gain their liberty.
These men, numbering about filteen hundred,
attacked Porto Plata, then held by Col. Velas
co, with about two hundred and fifty regular
troops. Those in the town were driven into
the fort, and the Dominican flag was raised on
the outside on the 26th of August.
On the night of this day, however, two Span
ish steamers arrived before the town—one from
Cuba and one from Potto liico. About three
thousand troops were disembarked, with their
artillery, and on the 27th they took the town,
losing, however, their colonel and a number ot
officers and men.
The Dominicans retreated to the vicinity of
Ht. Jago, which is a day’s journey distant.—
This town is the centre of trade and population,
and is situated in the midst of a line agricultur
al district; it is the principal depot of supplies
for the north, as also for the Tobacco crop. A
large portion of the latter was stored there at
this time, as well as heavy stocks of foreign
goods, laid in to meet the demands of thecouu
try people during the busy season.
Tho foreign merchants became alarmed for
the safety of their property, and commenced
Bending off goods to the country for safety ; but
the Spanish General put a stop to this, assuring
them by proclamation that he was strong enough
to keep the revolutionists out; that there was
jno danger of an attack from the Dominicans.
On the 3lst of August tho General issued
another proclamation, ordering that by 12
o’clock of that day arms of every description
held by all the inhabitants should be delivered
up ; but before this proclamation could be car
ried out the Dominicans appeared before the
town, and this valiant Gen. started out to meet
them, with cavalry, artillery, and infantry, leav
ing a few troops in the chief port, on tho
southron side, also a few in a small fort on a
hill on the eastern side, The Spaniards occu
pied sundry small earthworks on the western
side, in front of the Dominicans, and thus had
the advantage of position, the latter being on
the open plain beyond.
The Spaniards were well armed, officered and
disciplined, while their opponents were simply
is collection of peasants, badly armed, without
organization or military leaders. The valiant
And boastful Spaniards, however, were soon
put to rout, leaving their artillery behind them,
rushing pell-mell into the fort, throwing away
their urms and accoutrements in tho wildest
disordor.
Their enemies followed and immediately at
tacked them in the fort; but this fort, St. Louis,
had boen previously put in good order lor de
fence, and the Dominicans could not take it;
but they occupied the town, and while respect
ing private poperty, they plundered tho arsen
al and other public buildings where tho Span
iards had provisions.
The major part ol the inhabitants had fled to
tire country.
For a week skirmishing was carried on night
and day, the Dominicans taking the small fort
on the eastern side. The Spaniards were short
of provisions in the fort, having, besides them
selves, to feed a number of Dominicans who
had retreated with them into Fort St. Louis.
On the Gth of September the Dominicans
again attacked the fort, tiring on it from behind
the houses in the town ; but they were unsuc
cessful.
The Spaniards now attempted to drive the
Dominicans from shelter by firing the town, ami
succeeded in doing so. A few of the most
fearless and active of the inhabitants had re
mained, trying to stop the fire, and to save some
of their goods. They managed to get some
of the most valuable into dry wells ; but lhe
town was soon thoroughly on fire. About six
huudred houses were consumed, leaving only a
few huts on the eastern side and a stone church.
The Spaniards got into the latter and loop-hol
ed the walla, and tho Dominicans would not
fire upon them there.
While tho town was burning a detachment
of about one thousand Spaniards arrived from
J’orto Plata by an unfrequented route, and, the
ammunition of the Dominicans having been all
expended, they fell Lick, leavingtbe Spaniards
in possession of the smoking ruins. The gar
rison of the fort now joined their comrades and
ransacked tho ruins, the few huts uuburued and
the walls, and took all the goods they could
find. Foreigners and natives all fared alike.—
Some two millions of Spanish dollars worth of
property was destroyed, including about twen
ty thousand ceroons of tobacco.
The provisions of the Spaniards soon failed
them, and they were obliged to eat their mules
and horses, as tho Dominicans, being outside of
the town, prevented any incursions into the
country on the ea tern side.
The Spanish commander now resorted to an
artifice, and, proceeding to the headquarters of
the Dominicans, he proposed a capitulation.—
Entertaining them thus, his troops were steal
ing away to the rear, towards Porto Plata, with
their l» igage, artillery and such of the Do
minicans as w *re with them in the fort. As
noon as their enemies discovered their move
ments they advanced in pursuit, which soou
turned into a complete rout. The pursuers
were assisted by some of their men previously
posted on the road to Porto Plata, 'l he Span
iards lost all their artillery, baggage and a
large number of men and officers. Some eight
.hundred were taken prisoners. The road on
which they retreated was very mountainous,
thus favoring their pursuers in their favorite
mode of fighting, called manhjua.
'The remnants finally reached Porto Plata :
thoir commander being retained as a prisoner
bp tire Dominicans, who returned to the ruins
t>t their city on_the 14th, and there issued a
declaration of independence.
Hie other interior towns being delivered
from the Spaniards, the people declared for
freedom, leaving to their oppressors only the
city of St. Domingo, the small tewu of Sa
ntana. and what was leit of Porto Plata, this
latter town having a few months since l>een
mostly destroyed by fire.
I have received no very late nows of an
authentic character from Porto Rico and St.
Xiomingo. communications being very difficult.
Here are. however, rumors of further disas
ters to the Spaniards.
The traitor Santana will meet his deserts
from his countrymen if they get hold of him.
1 do not yet know his fate.
Spaniards are reaping what they sowed.
If they succeed iu regaining possession of thj
country, it will only be through great saciifice
of men aad money.
The D. ininieans will trust no longer to their
honeyed words ; they have experienced Spanish
Tule, and a harder fate awaits them if thev
are again brought under the yoke. If they are
not successful in their revolt they will doubt
less be exterminated. The Spaniards have
not carried out any of the reforms promised.
One of the most important was the promise to
establish a gold and silver currency instead of
which they have tried to declare valueless the
greater portion of the Dominican paper money
extant at the time of the annexation.
The country had certainly not been well gov
erned. but the change has been from bad to
worse. The Spaniards have acted the part of
conquerors in every way. The Dominicans are
a quiet, good natured people, and could have
been easily led, but no people who had once
been free could submit tamely to Spanish des
potism, and weak as tbev sre. they are waging
war to oUain all that is 1)eld dearest, and they
f*ruw»Jth« ot the werid.
SPEECH OF THE FRFACH EMPEROR.
The French Chambers were opened on the
sth by the Emperor. The following is the im
portant portion of hi- speech :
J/. k.ars it,* tknatvurs. Messieurs ko Deput'S •'
The annual assembly ol the great bodies of the
State is always a happy opportunity for bring
ing together the men who are devoted to the
public welfare, and for manifesting the truth
to the country. The frankness of our mutual
intercourse calms anxiety and strengthens our
resolutions. I therefore bid you welcome. The
legislative body has been renewed a third time
.since the foundation of the Empire, and for the
third time, in spite of some local dissents, 1
can only congratulate myself upon the results
of the elections. You have all taken the same
oath to me. That is a guaranty to me of your
support. It is our duty to attend to the affairs
ot the country promptly and well, remaining
faithful to the Constit ltion which lias given us
eleven years of prosperity, find which you have
sworn to uphold.
Assuredly the prosperity of our country
would advance still more rapidly if political
anxieties did not disturb it; but in the life of
nations unforeseen and inevitable events occur
which must be boldly and fearlessly faced and
met without shrinking. Os this number is the
war in America, tjje compulsory occupation of
Mexico and Cochin China, the insurrection of
I’oland. The distant expeditions which have
been the subject of so much criticism have not
been the result of any premeditate 1 plan; they
have been brought about by the force o! cir
cumstances, and yet they are not to be regret
ted.
How, In fact, could we develope onr foreign
commerce if, on the one hand, we were to re
linquish all influence in America ; and if, on
the other, in presence of the vast territory oc
cupied by the Spaniards and Dutch, France was
to remain alone without possessions in the seas
of Asia !
In Mexico, after an unexpected resistance,
which the courage of our soldiers aud our sail
ors overcame, we have seen the population
welcome us «s liberators. Our efforts will not
have been fruitless, and we shall be largely re-
T' (I I ,1, >1 irrr UU. " 11. w tftxo Ar. obi —I
that country, which will owe its regeneration
to us, shall have Jieen handed over to a Pi'ince
whose enlightenment and high qualities render
him worthy of so noble a mis-inn. Let us,
then, put faith in our expeditions beyond sea.
Commenced to avenge our honor, they will
terminate in the triumph of our interest; and
if prejudiced minds will not see the good
promise of the seed sown for the future, let us
not tainish the glory achieved, so to say, at
the two extremities of the world —at Pekin and
in Mexico.
Russia has already declared that conferences
at which all the other questions which agitate
Europe shall be discussed would in nowise of
fend her dignity. Let us take note of that de
claration. Let it serve, us to extinguish, once
for all. the ferments ol discord which are ready
to burst forth on every side ; and from the dis
quietude itself of Europe, which in every quar
ter is mined by the elements of dissolution, let
anew era of order and of peace arise 1 Has
not the moment arrived to rebuild on newfoun
dations the edifice destroyed by the hand of
time, and piecemeal by revolutions? Is it not
urgent to recognize by new conventions that
which has been irrevocably accomplished, and
to carry by common accord wbat the peace of
the world requires?
The treaties of 1815 have ceased to exist.—
The force of circumstances has upset them, or
ten Is to upset them. They have been discard
ed nearly everywhere—in Greece, in Belgium,
in France, in Italy, as upon the Danube. Ger
many is igitating to alter them, England has
generously modified them by the cession of the
lonian Islands/ and Russia treads them under
foot at Warsaw. In the midst of these success
ive infringements of the fundamental European
pact,ardent passions become over excited, pow
erful interests demmd solution in the South as
well as in the Noith.
What, then, can be more legitimate and more
sensible lhan to convoke the Powers of Europe
to a Congr. Bn, in which self-love and resistance
would disappear in the face of a supreme arbit
rament? What can be more in conformity with
the ideas of the age with the wishes of the
greatest number, than to address ourselves to
the conscience, to the reason of statesmefi in all
countries, and to say, Have not the prejudices
and rancor which divides us already lasted
long enough' Is the jealous rivalry of the great
Powers incessantly to obstruct the progress of
civilization? Shall we be constantly casting de
fiance at each other by exaggerated armaments?
Are our most precious resources to be indefi
nitely exhausted in vain ostentation ot our
strength? Shall we eternally preserve a posi
tion which is neither peace with its security nor
war with its chances of success?
Let us no longer give importance to the sub
versive spirit of extreme parties by opposing
ourselves with narrow calculations to the le
gitimate aspirations of nations. Lot US have
the corn age to substitute a regulav and stable
state of affairs for an unhealthy and precarious
condition, even if it should cost sacrifices. Let
us meet without a preconceived system, with
out exclusive ambition, animated by the sole
thought of establishing ail order of things
based henceforth upon the well understood
interests of the sovereigns and of tho people.
I cannot but believe that this appeal would
be listened to by all. A refusal would lead to
the supposition of secret projects which fear
the light of day ; but even if tho proposal
should not be unanimously adopted, it would
have the immense advantage of having shown
Europe where lies danger and where safety.
Two ways are open—the one leads to progress
through conciliation and peace ; the other,
sooner or later, conducts fatally to war by the
obstinacy ot maintaining a past which is rolling
away.
You know now, gentlemen, the tone which
I propose to adopt towards Europe ; approved
by you, sanction!*] by tho public assent, it
cannot fail to be listened to, for I speak in the
name of France.
OPINIONS OF THE FtIKNCH PRESS.
The Paris Moniteur says the speech was re
ceived with enthusiasm by the Legislature.
Tho Gazette de France thinks that the speech
tends to the alternative of a Congress re-oigan
izing ancient Europe or to war.
r i he Paris Pays applauds the speech, and says
if the Emperor has spoken of war, it is not as a
threat, but to impress upon sovereigns and na
tions the necessity of anticipating by recom
mending pe ico.
The Haris Coustitutionnel says : The whole
of Fi ance will join in the magnificent and pa
triotic language of the Emperor. Europe will
understand that this appeal was made by a
clear-sighted and sagacious policy—proud
without wishing to impose itself upon others,
national without the spirit of conquest—the
friend of order and progress.
The Paris Nation considers the Emperor's
speech to show that the common action of the
Three Powers is at an end, and also does not
believe that Europe will accept a Congress.
La France says: We are in a position to an
nounce that the declaration contained in the
Imperial speech will immediately be followed
by diplomatic overtures. The Emperor Napo
leon will address a letter to the sovereigns who
are Irietids and allies to France—to submit a
project of European arbitration for their ap
proval. A European Congress may be consid
ered as being convoked. We shall know in a
few days whether the proposal is accepted or
rejected. The Polish dispute is now merged
into the European question.
opinions or the English press.
The London Times says the Emperor's sen
tences seem to be uttered from the tribune ra
ther than the throne. More than ever he de
scends into the lists, anticipates the arguments
of his adversaries, takes credit for his achieve
ments, holds out promises for the future, ap
peals, menaces, and concludes by leaving on bis
hearers the desired impression that in every
matter of peace or war, in the construction of
a railway or the establishment of an empire.
there is only one master iu France, and that is
Napoleon the 111.
The London Herald has a leader saying: We
arc not paying an idle compliment to France
or her Emperor when we assert that Europe
will breathe more freely now that the oracle
has spoken.
The London Advertiser thinks that the speech
will produce a profound and universal feeling
of dissatisfaction in France, and will, if we are
not greatly mistaken, give a heavier blow and
greater discouragement to imperialism than
anything that has occurred since the notable 2d
of December, 1552. *
The London Star says tli.-re is but too much
truth in the Emperor's description of the alter
native—either this or war. Europe will act un
wisely. indeed, if she again declines to listen to
a Napoleon when he offers to initiate a general
peace.
The London News opposes the idea of Eng
land's joining a Congress, and argues that the
calling for one is purely a signal for the return
of political chaos. The Times also expatiates
on the difficulties in the wav of a Congress, and
wonders if the Emperor really means that war
is inevitable without one.
All the leading English' papers speculate up
on the meaning of the speech from various
points of view. The mystery in whish the Em
peror s meaning ii shrouded may be gathered
from the -act that while some writers recard
the speech as eminently pacific, others look up
on it as indicative of war.
A Paris letter writer speaks thus of the
speech :
A» you will »ee, be toucbei Mexigo yery light.
ly, and developed no particular policy there,
because, as in the affairs of the United States,
he has no fixed policy to develop. Upon the
Polish question his speech is, on the whole, in
Faris, considered warlike. A Congress of Eu
ropean sovereigns, to tear up the treaties of
1815 and make anew map of Europe: aud. fail
ing this, war "sooner or later.” The Bourse
took the alarm at this programme, and although
in anticipation of a peaceful speech, it had gone
up early in the day: and, upon the publication
of the speech, the rentes went down twenty
centimes.
Battle or Dboop Mountain, Va. —A corres
pondent of the Lynchburg Republican gives
the annexed particulars of the late battle at
Droop Mountain, Ya.
On Wednesday. Nov. 4, Col. W. L. Jackson,
commanding in Pocahontas, Ya., discovered
that the enemy were pressing him in front,
and after skirmishing with them on Wednesday
and Thursday, he fell back and took his posi
tion on Thursday night on the top of Droop
Mountain, on the road from Huntersville to
Lewisburg twenty-eight miles from the latter.
On Thursday morning, Gen. Echols remarch
ed from Lewisburg with his Brigade to his as
sistance, and encamped that night at Spring
Creek. The next morning he marched with a
part of his command, Lieut. Col. Edgar having
been detached with his battallion and one piece
of artillery to guard the old road, leading from
Huntersville to Lewisburg. Gen. Echols join
ed Col. Jackson on Fiiday morning, and at
once assumed command of the whole, his force
consisting of about 1750 men.
The Federal force consisted of from seven
to ten regiments, with at least eight pieces of
artillery, in all between six and seven thousand
men. About one half were cavalry and
mounted iafantry, under the command of Brig.
Gen. Averill, the whole being under command
of Maj. Gen. Kelley.
The engagement commenced about 10 o’clock,
the enemy advancing a battery of six guns to
within about five eighths of a mile of and open
ing upon our batteries. We replied with four
guns, and after a spirited artillery duel, we
succeeded in forcing the enemy to limber up
aud move eftii a gOrllop fruin the, fltllL Ghi»xxxird*
ing continued along the whole line until about
11 o’clock, when it was ascertained that the
enemy were endeavoring to turn our left flank.
The troops were sent up successively to meet
and check this flank movement. The lighting
here became hot andsevere, our men first driving
the enemy back, but the latter being heavily
reinforced, pressed us back, our men stubborn
ly resisting and disputing their advance inch
by inch for nearly three hours.
Gen. Duffey, with a Federal force estimated
at 2000, entered Lewisburg the next morning,
but he found that wc had escaped, carrying
everything of value with us. Gen. Kelly, with
his force, arrived the game evening. They pur
sued us into Monroe, and then relinquished the
pursuit, and it is leported have teturned to
Gauley and Beverly.
Our loss will not exceed 350, chiefly killed
and wounded. They took but few prisoners.
It is impossible to give the loss of the enemy,
but it is known to have been heavy. They at
tacked us and were several times repulsed, once
by the canister of our artillery.
Our men are all in good spirits. Those who
were cut off in the retreat are coming in and
our forces are already moving to tho front.—
Although defeated, the men are conscious of
having fought gallantly and yielded only when
overpowered. They think it much better to
have fought and been defeated than to have
retreated without a fight, as has been too com
mon In Western Virginia during the war. In
no engagement of the war indomita
ble gallantry displayed from the Commander
down.
In the meantime tho enemy again advanced
his battery to the front and advancing their
infantry also made a furious assault upon our
front, which also in turn was forced to give
back, but not without hotly contesting the
ground with both our infantry and artillery.—
Being thus so heavily pressed both in front and
on the flank, nothing was left but to retreat,
which was done at first in good order, bringing
all our artillery from the field. The enemy
seizing liis advantage pressed us heavily with
his large mounted force and artillery, but with
out accomplishing rnnch except to throw our
retreating columns into some disorder.
On respiting Falling Spring, seventeen miles
from Lewisburg, information was received that
the enemy tinder Brig. Gen. Duffy, had reached
the top of Little Sewell in force at two o’clock
that evening only eighteen miles from Lewis
burg. 'lTte alternative was now presented of
passing Lewisburg that night or having our re
treat intercepted The first was chosen, and
on Friday morning by three o’clock we were
safely on tills side of Greenbrier river, with
ottr trains and artillery all safe. One piece,
which the carriage being broken down on the
retreat, had to bo left by the way.
Yankee Rule Tennessee.— A corres
pondent of thp Columbus Sun, writing from
Sweet Water, Tenn., gives the following pic
ture of Yankee rule in that section :
From tli is place to Loudon the Yankees, dur
ing their short stay, laid almost the entire
country waste. They made camp fires of the
fencing of many of the finest farms in the
Sweet Water Valley, and many of these farm
ers, whose houses have hitherto been the abode
of prosperity, hospitality and content, have
not an ear of com, a bundle of hay. a bushel
of wheat, a bog or cow, to subsist their impov
erished families upon the coming year. Their
horses and slaves have all been taken away
from them, and are now without the meaus or
the heart to carry on their farming operations.
They sit in hopeless apathy, looking upon the
ruin around them. A stranger who passed
through this beautiful country threa months ago
would scarcely recognize it now. Then the
thrifty farmer and his contented servants were
busy gathering in the abundant harvest of
wheat, and waving com fields promised untold
abundance of com. Now, all that abundance
of grain is gone. Neither stock nor servants
are any where to be seen. The fencing is all
gone ; and the farm looks waste and desolate.
Along with Burnside’s and Rosecrans’armies
came a host of bushwhackers, robbers and
rogues ; renegades from this section and from
the whole South : and scoundrels from all parts
of the North. These came not to tight; but
to steal, rob and murder. Hence they spread
out from the track of the main army to prey
upon the defenceless citizens, ami a volume
would not tell their dark deeds. Many of them
are still along the mountains committing their
terrible crimes.
Os what is going on or has taken place north
of the Tennessee we, of course, know little.
Occasionally a citizen makes his way across, or
a scout pays a flying visit to that new seat of
Yankee rule.
All who come over tell us that Yankee ty
ranny is pursuing its usual cruel course. Brig.
Gen. Spencer, a renegade from Bledsoe county,
commands the Yankee forces in the upper part
of Hamilton and in Rhea and Roan counties,
and is ruling his old friends and neighbors with
an iron rod. The forage trains from Thomas’
army take all the corn and hay as they go.—
They have made a clean sweep of 'everything
up to Washington in Rhea county, and are now
hauling from above that point. Washington is
iorty-four miles above Chattanooga. Spencer
cooiy tells the people that they will have to
abandon their homes and move into Middle
Tennessee or Kentucky, where they can draw
rations from the Federal authorities.
Gen. Bragg on the Exchange Question. —
Gen. Bragg has issued the following orders to
his troops on the Exchange Question :
That the enemy does not intend to carry out
in good faith, the cartel agreed on between his
Government and the Confederate States, for the
exchange of prisoners ot war, has long been
demonstrated by his acts, and is now officially,
recognized.
Snch a cruel proceeding, so opposed to the
laws of humanity, and an enlightened civiliza
tion is a virtual acknowledgment by the enemy
of his inferiority, and it shows a craft and cun
ning worthy of the Yankee, in imposing upon
us tus maintenance of thousands of his prison
ers, that they may consume the substance which
should go to the support of our gallant men
and their families.
This should be known to otir officers and men.
They should know that, if taken prisoners,
those who survive their cruel treatment, will
be forced to languish in Northern dungeons un
til the dose of the war. subjected to the taunts
and barbarity of a merciless foe. If their liber
ty and their lives must be lost, the alternative
of Honorable Death on the field of battle, nobly
fighting for the cause of freedom, will be ac
cepted by brave and patriotic Southern soldiers.
The General deems it his.duty to announce
these facts, to the troop 6of his command. The
designs of the enemy are transparent, and our
officers and soldiers are forced to accept the
policy imposed by him.
V Auction Prick of Tobacco in Richmond.—
At an auction sale of tobacco in Richmond.
Nov. 25, by Messrs Kent, Paine & Cos., the fol
lowing prices were obtained :
Smoking tobacco. 52i to 75c. per pound :
black chewing, (tens), $1.771; common, pounds
$1.50 to $2 : medium, pounds, $2 to $2.47$ ;
tine'bright tobacco, $2.86 to $3.
The amount sold embraced two thousand and
twenty boxes of various grades—the large*!
Kle that haa takes place tbit falh
Religious Fanaticism in the North. —The j
churches of the North are running shirk mad j
with abolitionism. Here are a series of resolu
tions passed by the “Synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church’ ’ of Williamsburg, Pennsyl
vania, which, we are told, were adopted "with
out a dissenting voice.’’ They are a good ex
ponent of the religious fanaticism of the
North :
• Whereas, Our country is imperiled by arm
ed traitors, whose avowed purpose is to over
turn the fabric of free government, bequeathed
to us by our fathers, and in lieu thereof rear
another, whose great statute is that capital shall
own labor : and,
Whereas, We hold such purpose to lie a cru
sade against God and man, civil and religious
liberty, whose success would|be barbarism in
politics, atheism in religion : and,
Whereas, We believe that to crush this in
famous conspiracy is the will of God and the
mission of our nation ; the work which, when
done, will break yokes and fetters from the
necks of slaves and become the terrible argu
ment of the righteous Lord against all oligar
chic, aristocracies, and slave powers—the seed
which, under the Gospel, is to grow up through
the ages into the blooms and beauty of mille
nium ; therefore
Resolved. That we, as ministers in Synod as
sembled, do pledge our hearty support to the
President of the United States for the suppres
sion of this most atrocious rebellion, beseech
ing him to use the whole nation, money aud
men, black men and white, bond aud free, for
the nation’s defence.
Resolved, That, believing slavery to be the
cause, animus and power of this rebellion, we
regard the proclamation of .freedom as the
“axe laid at the root of the tfee,” and rejoice
in it not only as a measure of war, but as an
acl of eternal justice which a christain nation
owes to the slave.
Resolved, That we believe in the use of ne
groes a3 soldiers, not from the mean spirit that
now obtains, that they shall be employed to
save white men ; but because, in the Divine
Providence, it educates them into a nobler
manhooU compels the respect of the na
tion that has hitherto enslaved turn.
Resdved, That much as wc may deprecate
war, we will still pray for the triumph of prin
ciple, truth and liberty, though they come
through the path of blood ; that we despise
forever-any compromise with an insolent slave
power ; that we desire the end of this war also
to be the end of slaveiyhere and the knell of
its doom in all the world, so that, the devil of
discord being cast out and destroyed, God may
grant us permanent peace.
Rosencranz Disgusted with Yankee War
fare.—The New York Courier des Etats Unis
remarks as follows, on the authority of a Cin
cinnati correspondent, in reference to General
Rosencraffz’s views of the Administration and
its policy:
Persons who are on intimate terms with
Gen. Rosencranz declare that he is discouraged
about the war. This is not because he con
siders the Southern armies invincible, but be
cause he believes that the seceded States can
never be brought back by the rigorous policy
which the Government has adopted. He lias
never taken any part in tho proceedings of
Andrew Johnson, the military Governor of
Tennessee, who has succeeded in converting to
secession all people who had any hopes of the
Union. Himself peffeclly disinterested, he
looks with disgust upon the shameful traffic
which is going on under the mask of patriot
ism. When he looks around him he sees men
moved by all sorts of motives, more or less
decent, except honor and the love of country.
Some are lighting from ambition, others from
avarice. To the latter the conquest of country
means only pillage and cheap cotton: the for
mer are jealous of their superiors and their
equals, and are delighted with any reverse
which may overtake them.
Profoundly honest and religious, Rosecrans
regards these spectacles with bitter aversion.
His religious feelings have grown upon him in
proportion to excesses and the intrigues which
he is impotent to prevent; and in mystical
hopes of another world he seeks relief from
the corruptions of the present. He no longer
fights with any ardor, but simply from a sense
of duty, considering each victory a useless
waste of blood. He lias no confidence in his
successes, considering that they arc followed by
the swoop of birds of prey, whose, rapacity
makes hopeless the pacification of the country.
* « <! All these details come to me from a
person very dear to Rosecrans, to whom the
General \yiote that lie saw in the defeat at
Gbickamauga the finger of God.
The French Admiral on Iron Clads. — A
Book by Admiral Pairs, entitled “Naval Alt
in 1862.’’ It has created muct atanUon
among the naval men of France. The Paris
correspondent of the London Times remarks
about it as follows :
It professes to give an account of the" prog
ress of nautical art in France, from the intro
duction of paddle-wheel steamers to the com
pletion of the iron-cased frigate Gloire, and
describes at length all the iron-cased ships
built, up to the date of his book, in the United
Kingdom and in America.
One of the questions the Admiral examines
with great care is the material of which an
iron-cased ship ought to be constructed, and lie
seems to decide in favor of timber, though the
question, he says, is not. settled. The advan
tage of timber is that the French dock-yards
are better supplied with that material; the
bottom of a limber ship is less liable to become
foul than that of an iron ship ; she is more
easily repaired; cannon shot make smaller
holes in the wood under iron plates than in an
iron ship, and she is better calculated to bear
the attack of a steam ram.
The defects of a timber ship are, that the
hull is heavier than that of an iron ship ; she
decays more rapidly, if the timber has not been
well seasoned ; the duration of the iron plates
is diminished by the galvanic effect of the cop
per sheathing on the bottom : she is more ex
posed to leakage after a storm, and more dan
gerous than an iron ship in a gale of wind ;
her caulking is deranged by the concussion of
cannon shot against her plates, and she is more
exposed to take fire.
In conclusion, lie says that the appearance
of iron-cased ships has erased timber ships from
the list of engines of war. *
Writhing under a Despotism of their own
Choice. of the papers in the slave States
under Lincoln’s rule, are beginning to under
stand the real condition of affairs, and to talk
quite plain about Lincoln’s measures, and the
policy he appears to iqive adopted. Here is
what*the Louisville Journal says in regard to
his order for the “ enlistment of slaves in the
loyal States
”It is plain that the execution of such a
scheme of enlistment would, in its direct and
indirect effects together, involve the total disor
ganization and destruction of the institution of
slavery in Kentucky. The scheme, at the low
est, jttould effect this result. Nor can it be
doubled that this result ia contemplated by the
wicked-projectors of the scheme. The scheme
is nothing more nor less than a supplement to
the proclamation of Emancipation, and is cal
culated to sweep away whatever the procla
mation has left. And. if executed, it uould
unquestionably accomplish its purpose. It
would be a most high-handed outrage upon
equity and good faith, as well as upon the Con
stitution. It would be an act, not merely of
absolute lawlessness, but of stupendous perfidy
and injustice. Apart from this, the scheme
would deepen the distrust and inflame the ap
prehensions of I he people of the loyal States, at
the very time when it is most important for the
public good that their confidence in the pur
poses ot the Administration should be renewed
and strengthened. The scheme is a furiously
mad one, in every point of view. We do not
doubt that Governor Bramlette will forthwith
m -n 6 ., c subject of such a remonstrance as
will, at least, cause the President to pause until
ne has reviewed the measure in all its bearings,
its execution would be both an enormity and a
calamity.”
Manufactured Tobacco at Lynchburg, Ya.
The Lynchburg Republican, speaking of the
stock of manufactured tobacco on hand in that
market, and the future prospects of dealers, re
marks thus:
Ihe stock of manufactured tobacco in this
market by actual count is found to be 60,823
boxes. A very large proportion—probably ful
ly two-thirds—is of low grades, much of which
has gu en way and become unmerchantable.
" e do not suppose that there is more than
twenty to twenty-five thousand boxes of line
and good medium pounds and sound black tens
m the market. Good tobaccos are scarce
throughout the Confederacy, and there is a gen
eral indisposition with the manufacturers to
work next year. This taking into considera
tion with the very small crop made this year,
will make it a desirable article of investment
for future profit.
. The original of the emancipation proclama
purchased for the sum
Oi fJWW by a Chicago doctor,
Dr. Wright’s Account of the Wat the Yan
kee Lieutenant was Killed. —The following
is published in the Portsmouth (Va.) Old Do
minion, as Dr.’Wright's account of the rencon
tre in which he killed a Yankee officer, and foq
which he suffered death. The statement was
given in prison:
On the afternoon of the 17th of June, I was
suddenly aroused from a most profound slum
ber by my daughter roughly shaking me aud
urging my instant rising to witness a negro
company, a sight so revolting to Southern in
stincts, then passiog in front of my house. It
did Dot excite or agitate me, and I soon after
took the hand of my little boy and proceeded
down the street. Before I had gone far I felt
a kind of intimation that trouble from the ex
citement produced by this innovation might re
sult, and to be personally protected, I returned
and procured the pistol used, but not then feel
ing the least consciousness I should really offer
violence to any one. Stopping in a store on
Main street, I noticed the processionreturning,
and as it passed me, in the depth of my arous
ed disgust and odium, I hissed to the officer as
he passed, “O, you eoward!’’
The Lieutenant then walked to the head of
his company, halted, and turning, hastened up
to me and said. “You may consider yourself un
der arrest." The Lieutenant still advancing, I
placed my hand behind me, which in all coun
tries is recognized as a warning that the ac
costed is armed. Maddened by his persistent
determination, believing that he had ordered
liis negroes to seize and forcibly to convey me
to the Custom House, I drew and fired upon
my assailant twice at quick succession, when
lie grasped the barrel of the weapon and held
it in a position pointing right to the centre of
his stomach. Reason and reflection immediate
ly came to my relief, and I muttered incohe
rently—if I draw this trigger I kill this man.
Wishing to avoid such a direful consequence,
1 desisted. At this juncture tho crowd rushed
upon me, the officer staggered, fell, and expir
ed, and 1 was a culprit.
Tiie Salt Works on St. Andrew’s Bay.—
The Adjutant of the Post of Mariana, Fla.,
writes to the Colunflkus Sun to correct an er
roneous impression made by an editorial in
that paper a few weeks since, with regard to
the condition of the Sale Works on St. An
drew’s Bay. He says :
There has not been a gunboat in the Bay
during the present year. Not a salt-maker has
been disturbed by the enemy since November,
18G2, and not a Yankee, has put foot on shore
since the 22d of March last, when Capt. Robin
son fired upon, and slaughtered a boat load of
them. It would perhaps not be prudent to
mention the quantity of salt made in the Bay,
suffice to say it is large, certainly it does not
warrant the enormous prices which speculators
have brought it to. Farmers, who desire to
bring their kettles and negroes to the cqast to
make it, need have no apprehensions for their
safety—the risk is trifling. It is true a few of
those who persisted on keeping fishing boats
lost some negroes ; but the boats are now kept
under strict military surveilnnce. As to de
serters in that vicinity, I feel assured there are
fewer in that titan almost any other section ot
the country, the constant vigilance of the
troops under Capts. Robinson and Anderson
renders this too warm a place for those who
would shrink from their duty to their country.
A Sockdologer for Beecher.— During Beech
er’s visit to Liverpool he delivered a lecture
before the Emancipation Society. Mr. Trim
ble, the Secretary of that organization, invited
Dr. Campbell,-Rector of Liverpool, to be;pres
ent. That gentleman it seems does not fancy
Beecher or his isms, and wrote rather of a pun
gent reply to the fanatic who invited him.—
Here it is :
In reply to your letter requesting me to in
foim my congregation that Mr. H. W. Beecher
“will deliver a lecture in the Philharmonic
Hall, upon the American war and emancipa
tion," 1 beg to inform you that I decline to in
vite my congregation to attend a lecture upon
that species of ‘•emancipation” wiiich Lord
Brougham, in my opinion, justly calls “a hol
low pretense, designed to produce a slave in
surrection.”
I return you tho plaiform ticket you have
sent me, not intending to attend the lecture,
being of opinion that persons professing to be
the ministers of a merciful God, “the author of
peace and lover of concord,” might be better
employed than in advocating a fratricidal war.
accompanied by atrocities which, as Lord
Brougham says again—"christain times have
nothing to equal, and at which the whole world
stands aghast, almost to incredulity.”
rußHßwa* Pooitivwt ot rOlTCTW
ing extract from an article in the London l imes
indicates that England from being ono of the
most arbitrary of nations has become the meek
est find most obstinately peaceable. If it could
bo construed as repentance for the past, it
would not be so wonderful :
Yet so strong is the foelfng of the present day
against war that this danger, which a few years
ago would have amounted to a certainty, seems
likely to be averted solely by the moderation
and good sense ot France, Austria and England.
We have been witnessing for the last two years
the destruction of the raw material of our most
valued manufacture through the agency of the
Northern States of America, and this injury to
our dearest interest has been accompanied
with every expression of contumely, with every
menace which could possibly he employed.
Yet we have submitted to an imperfect block
ade, which a single puff to our breath would
blow away, and allowed a military govern
ment to consolidate itself, which is almost cer
tain to use its usurped powers against us,
rather than take any step which shall interfere
with the peace of the world.
A Gallant Deed. —The Lynohbnrh Republi
can narrates a gallant deed of two Confederate
officers, at Rboatown, Tenn., thus :
Captain Dodd, company A, Cist Tennessee
regiment, and a lieutenant of his company,
were at Kheatown, Tenn., a few days since, and
while standing on the sidewalk they observed
live Yankee cavalrymen riding down the street
armed with carbines. 'They were warned by
friends of the enemy’s approach, and urged to
conceal themselves, which they refused to do;
declaring that they would give them battle.—
Accordingly, when they came up, the Captain
and Lieutenant drew their revolvers, walked
out into the street and demanded, of them to
surrender, which they reiused to do. They Bred
a volley at the Captain and Lieutenant, which
missed them. A well directed fire from our
inch emptied two of their saddles, killing one
and wounding one, two surrendered, and the
fifth escaped. Capt. Byerlie, of the same regi
men:}, was parsing along the Rheatown road
shortly afterwards, and met the one who had
escaped and took him prisoner.
Gen. Butler on the Federal Presidential
Question. —Buffer has been making a sort of a
bid for the Federal Presidential chair, in a late
speech at Philadelphia. In it he contended
that the #
Confederate States must be regarded as de
stroyed, or it would ba almost impossible to
choose another President, for-the reason that
no candidate likely to be selected would re
ceive such a support in the North as to give
him a majority ot the whole electoral college,
constituted of all the States, both loyal and
rebel. Transfer the question to the House of
Representatives where each commonwealth
casts only one vote, and a majority of such
votes are required and the difficulty will be
greatly increased. The policy of safety and
justice will restore the Union in the South only
as the principles of freedom and loyalty are
extended over the now rebel domain.
Important Decision in Regard to Tax in
Klvd. —The Secretary of War has made the an
liexed important decision in regard to perisha
ble articles coming into the possession of the
Confederate Government in the collection of
the tax in kind :
In localities where tithed sweet potatoes can
not be readily transported to the troops, or
transferred to the medical department, with
the assent of the producer, they may be com
muted at assessors' valuation, or be exchanged
for grain, peas or beans. If, when collected,
there is fear of rotting before they can be
transferred for use, they will be sold at public
auction.”
Tax Value of Land. —Below we give a table,
showing ten counties in Georgia in which the
tax value on land was highest, and ten in
which it was lowest, on an average per acre,
for 1863:
Counties. Highest. Counties. Loicest.
1. Fulton, $17.36 Charlton, $0.76
2. Bartow, 16.37 Wa\ne, 0.78
3. Muscogee, 14.89 Irwin, 1.02
4. Floyd, 14.70 Tattnall, 1.03
5. Catoosa, 14.42 Appling, 1.07
6 Dougherty, 14.10 Coffee, 1.09
7 Lee 13.77 Montgomery, 1.10
8. Dade, 13.46 Telfair, 1.22
9 Tolk 13-16 Colquitt, 1.51
10, G&rdCD, p.9l
From the Columbu3 Times.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEORGIA ANNUAL
* CONFERENCE.
FIRST DAT.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 25th, ISG3.
The Georgia Annual Conference converted in
the City ot Columbus at 9 o'clock and was
opened with religious services by KevC W Key
—Bishop Early presiding.
The following Committees were appointed by
the Conference :
On I'nblie Worship—C R Jewett, E W Speer,
J S Key.
On Memoirs —Walter Knox, A M Wynn, J B
McGehee.
On S C Advocate—Jas L Pierce, J H Cald
well.
On the state of the Country—E II Myers, C
W Key, W J Cotton, W J Scott, J W Hinton.
A Wright and R W Bigham, were appointed
on the part of the Conference as Trustees of
LaGrange Female College.
Geo C Clark and J B McGehee, appointed to
receive monies collected for the Bishop.
R B Lester tendered his resignation as Treas
urer of the Missionary Society, which was ac
cepted.
A resolution was offered by Bro. A Wright
that the Board of Stewards be authorized to pay
out to claimants on the Conference collection,
all surplus funds remaining on hand after the
distribution ot the Disciplinary allowance—said
distribution to be made in proportion to the
Disciplinary demands of each claimant.
The Conference then took up the examina
tion of tho Elders, and the following names
were called and passed.
li W Bigham, W J Scott. G W Yarborough,
M F Maisby, Jos Chambers, J L Pierce, Daniel
Kelley, W J Cotter, J M Dickey, J H Grogan,
WT Norman, JM Austin, WK Foote, LB
Paine, Goodman Hughes, J M Armstrong, M Q
Hanby, J W Glenn, T F Pierce, Whitfield An
thony, J W Reynolds, J T Norris, Alex Gra
hams, D O’Driscoll, F F Reynolds, L Q Allen,
J P Bailey, C A Mitchell, B Arbogast. Geo Kra
mer, J W Brady, J W Yarborough, J W Hin
ton, J B Payne, II II Parks, W H Evans, S J
Beliak, R H Waters, W J Parks, Albert Gray,
Morgan Bellah, Henry Crawford. J U Caldwell,
A J Deavors J B Smith, A Wright, II W Dixon.
J 13 McUehee, w a uioutz, yv al jlf coiiu, a r
Howell, John Murphy, J L Lupo, G J Pierce,
Y J Allen, W A Simmons, W li Branham, H J
Adams, D T Homes, W C Rowland, Jas Harris,
W P Arnold, Alfred Dorman, J E Sentell, T R
Harben, J M Marshall, D E Starr, J Lewis, J E
Evans, .1 W Burke, T T Christian, C A Full
wood, P M Ryburn, J W Talley, J V M Morris,
M W Arnold, G G N McDomiel, G G Smith, E
P Birch, W G Allen, WF Cook, J M Bonuell,F
X Foster, A M Th gpen, C R Jewett, EW Speer,
W W Robinson, J S Key, R F Jones, B F Breed
love, J M Berry, FI p Pitchford, A .) Dean,G H
Patillo, L Rush, W J Wardlaw, C IV Key, R B
Lester, Sami Anthony, J P Duncan, W Knox,
L J Davies, J C Simmons, W U Tidwell, J T
Turner, E H McGhee, W S Turner, S A Clark,
W S Baker, J I) Anthony, J T Ainsworth, D W
Calhoun, J B Jackson, C A Moore, W T JlcMi
‘chael, F S L Harwell, JW Trawick, P C Harris,
A T Mann, D D Cox, Lovic Pierce, A M Wag
ner, J W Turner, D R McWilliams, J W McGe
hee, W H Potter, J 0 A Clark, Jas Jones, R J
Harwell, L L Leadbetter, T B Lanier, R A Con
ner, (superanuated) W A Florence, J J Mor
gan, W M Crumley, (ro-appointed by request to
Chaplaincy ot Hospitals in Richmond) E H My
rs.
Geo H Patillo was appointed to fill the va
cancy in the Board of S S Society, in place of
Allen Turner.
C A Fulwood was added to the Committee
on memoirs.
A Wright was elected Treasurer of Georgia
Conference Missionary Society.
Leave of absence granted to ReV E \V Speer.
Tho usual announcements wore made and the
Conference adjourned with benediction.
SECOND DAI'.
Leave of absence granted to W H^Potter.
The examination of the character of Elders
was resumed, and the following names on the
SuperanUatedlist were called, passed and con
tinued in their relation as superannuated
preachers:
Jesse R R Littlejohn, John H Harris, Isaac
N C Craven, W P Pledger, Y F Tygner, W F
Conly, Jacob ROwen, John II Mash urn. John
B Wsyul aw, Jackson Rush, David Crenshaw,
F W Raggerly, J S Ford, James Duuwoody.
Charles Hayes, J J M Mapp. E W Reynolds 0
Trussell, Wm B MtHann, .1 W Robinson. Allen
Turner, Jesse W Carroll, Eli Bennett, Windsor
Graham, J W Knight, James {juillian. John
Simmons, Wyatt Brooks, J B C Quillian, Jos
T Smith, John M Bright.
II W Hillard was called, passed, and located
at his own request.
The Board of Trustees of Wesleyan Female
College presented their report, which was re
ferred to the committee on Education.
The Annual report of the Book Committee
of the Georgia Conference Depository was pre
oniou o,i-i iTOcivci. I'm; condition orHfe
Depository is represented as very prosperous.
Walter II Mitchell was elected a member of
the Book Committee to fill the vacancy occa
sioned by the death of J B Haygood.
The Conference was requested to re-appoint
J W Burke as agent of the Depository.
Geo G N McDonnell and John B McGhee
were appointed Trustees on the Board of special
relief-occasioned by the removal/of Richard
Lane, and the death of M H George
G N McDonnell was appointed *’reasurer of
the Fund of special relief in place of J E
Evans, resigned. j *
The character of David Blalgbk \«is passed
and he was superannuated.
A resolution was offered tlktf an hour be ap
pointed during this Conferedbe, and at each
succeeding Conference, for Jac administration
of the Sacrament of the Lira’s Supper, either
by the Bishop, or by som&brother lie may ap
point to administer the ordinance.
W J Cotton presented donation of S2OO
from Mrs. Horton, debased, for the Confer
ence collection, whichfiffis received and turned
over to the StewarijgTfind the Secretary di
rected to make proper acknowledgments for
the donation. £
The Second Quezon was then taken up.—
"Who remain on ’fiSal?” Tho following names
were called undeiftlfts question and continued
on trial: Wm A»Boffge, Walter PHolland, Wm
C Dunlap. J 0 A Sparks, after some discussion
on his case was passed and continued on trial.
THIRD DAY.
A letter was received and read from Mrs.
Few asking the Conference to allow her a claim
on the superannuated funds. After some dis
cussion the whole matter was laid on the table.
Rev. Dr. Myers, from the committee on the
state of the Church and Country, made a re
port, which was received and adopted unani
mously by a rising vote.
Rev. C. W. Key presented report of Trustees
of LaGrange Female College, which was read
and referred to Committee on Education. The
Bishop was requested to re-appoint Rev G J
Pearce as President and Agent of the College.
The case of Rev J O A Sparks was reconsid
ered and he was discontinued at his own re -
quest.
The Question. Who remain on trial ? Was
taken up and the following persons were called,
passed and continued : John F Ellison and
Benj J Baldwin.
The Question. Who are admitted into full
connection ? Taken up and the following names
were called, passed and admitted :
Benj W Williamg, Isaac T Hopkins, Anderson
J Jarrell, G 8 Johnson, Leonidas R Redding.
W W Stewart, John A Reynolds, G L W An
thony, Robert A Holland.
The following were continued on trial :
John R Parker, Robb N Andrews, James T
Lowe, Morgan Calloway, John W Neese, John
R Gaines, Wm B Merritt, J Taylor Payne, Jas
L Fowler. Franklin A Robinson discontinued
at his own lequest.
B®v E P Birch was placed on the Examining
Committee of tho second year in place of Dr A
T Mann.
Who arc admitted on trial ? The following
were called, and admitted :
W C Mallory, J R Dealing, Eldridge K
Akins, Willis T Caldwell, J 0 A Cook, J A
Baugh.
Praters for Be ice. —Rev. Dr. Mulvay, pas
tor of the Catholic Church of St. Joseph, in
Petersburg, announced Sunday, by authority
of the Right Reverend Bishop of Richmond,
that on the first of December daily prayers for
peace would be commenced and continued
until the twentieth of the month. The Roman
Catholic Bishop of Savannah has been for
some time in communication with the Holy
See and the Bishops of the Church, North and
South, on the subject of invoking Him “who
holdeth the hearts of Princes and Rulers,” to
grant peace to our distracted country. The
Pope, in consequence, has issued his decree
that the Catholic world shall, on the first of
December, commence a “Novena, or nine days
prayer,” to the Ruler of the Universe, to dis
pose the hearts of all men to peace and con
cord, and the united prayers of the church are
to be continued for the same holy and merito
rious intention until the twentieth ffay.
In Tazewell District, the poorest District in
Marion county, Ga., the citizens have resolved
to sell corn at $1 per bushel, and corn enough
pledged to supply the needy in the district
with bread. Several have pledged corn, know
ing at th* same time they would have to buy.
An old gentleman sixty-five years of age, and
who works but one hand of hi* own, rarnisnea
jmr three hundred bv»hel* ( all ha ceald *p«re.
FORM FOR DRAWING DECEASED SOLDIER’S
CLAIM, j
State of Georgia, County.
On this day of , IS6 , personally
appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice
ot the Peace in aud for the county aforesaid
law, deposes and sayp, that is the
of— deceased, who was a of Cap
tain Company, — l Regiment of
Volunteers, commanded by Colonel , in
the Confederate States, in the present war
with the United States: that the said
entered the service at in County and
State of on or about the day of —, ISO-,
leaving , and that makes this
deposition for the purpose of obtaining from
the Government of the Confederate States what
ever may have been due the said at the
time of his death, for pay, bounty, or other
allowances for his services.
[Signature:]
Sworn to aud subscribed before me.)
And on the same day and year aforesaid, ap
peared before me, Justice of the Peace afore
said, , who is well known to me and
whom I hereby certify to be a person of veraci
ty and credibility, who having been by me duly
sworn, on oath saith : that is well ac
quainted with , the claimant, and also
well known for years , the deceased sol
dier herein mentioned, and that the statement
made under oath by lhe said , the claim
ant, as to relationship to the said de
ceased soldier is true and correct in every par
ticular, to the best of— knowledge and
belief, and that J,lie said is
wholly disinterested,
[Signature.]
Sworn to and subscribed before me, [
State of Gf,oroja, County, to vli :
William A. Walton, Agentat Richmond, Vir
ginia, of the Georgia Relief and Hospital Asso
ciation, and liis assistants and successors in
office are hereby authorized to receive aud re
ceipt for the amount due me on the foregoing
claim when audited and allowed.
Witness my hand and seal this day of —lB6.
-j SEXL,"~j-
Attest : , J. P.
State of Georgia, County, to wit:
1 hereby certify that . the gentleman
before whprn the foregoing affidavits of
and and the foregoing Power of Attor
ney appear to have been made, and whose gen
uine signature is subscribed thereto, was at the
time ot making and siguing the same, a Justice
of the Peace in and lor UtV county and State
aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and
to all whose official acts, ns such, full faith and
credit is and ought to bo given, as well in
courts of justice as thereout.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the Seal of the Superior Court
of said county, tins day of , Anno
Domini eighteen hundred and sixty—
Clerk of the Superior Court - County.
Synod of Georgia. —This venerable body of
Christian Ministers and Elders met at this place
on Wednesday last, and was opned with an
able discourse by the Rev. Dr. Higgins, of
Columbus. Rev. Wm. Flynn, of Killedgeville,
a Chaplain in Longstreet’s army, was elected
Moderator. The sessions were held in the
Lecture-room of Chancellor Lipscomb., whose
attentions to the Synod elicited the encomiums
of every member
Oar Presbyterian brethren arc making a sys
tematic effort to furnish one Minister to eve
ry brigade throughout the to act
either as Chaplain or permanent Missionary.
The Synod endorsed the plan, and agreed to
furnish its quota of preachers for this noble
work. The salary is placed at SIBOO. and
three-fourths of tho number required lor this
State have already offered themselves.
Among the eminent ministers in attendance,
we notice Rev. Dr. .T. Leigh'on Wilson, ol South
Carolina. Rev. Dr. J. R. Wilson, of August ~
Rev. Dr. J. S. Wilson, of Atlanta. Rov. Dr. John
Ley burn, of Virginia, Rov. Dr. Wills, of Macon,
Rev: Mr. Porter, late of Cobb’s Legion, Rev
Mr. Cunningham, of LaGrange, and Rev. Mr.
Bryson, from Bragg's army.
We understand that the meeting was a plea
sant and harmonious one, and the members
made a good impression upon our community.
Everyone will cordially endorse their action in
relation-to our noble army, aud we hope our
other Christian denominations will, with cqiuv'
zeal and system, send forth their preachers to
aid in this necessary and good work. The re
ligion of Christ makes the brave man doubly
brave—nerves him for the endurance of hard
ship without complaint, and prepares him to
meet disease or death, in the hospital or the
Bold.
We understand their next annual meeting
will be in the city of Augusta.
Athens Watchman, 251 h.
FOHKIGA ITEMS.
The London Gazette publishes a dispatch
from Earl Russell, dated October fiO. Addressed
to tho British Ambassador at St. Petersburg.
It is short, and commences by stating that her
Majesty’s Government have no wish to prolong
the correspondence with tho Russian Cabinet
for tho mere purpose of controversy, and con
cludes by asserting that “the Emperor of Rus
sia lias special obligations with regard to Po
land, and that the rights of Poland are contain
ed iu the same instrument which constitutes
the Emperor ofßussia King of Poland.’’
Mr. Beach. M. I’., for Alton, in an address to
his constituents, said : “He regretted that we
should be obliged to al'ow so many men to
emigrate toAmerica to supply the blanks which
slaughter had made in the Northern armies.
There was much danger of a European wav in
the present relations of Germany and Denmark;
and ho feard that England, if it broke out,
could scarcely avoid taking part in it. He
lioped, however, that we should use every ef
fort to escape that necessity.”
The Dublin Express says that Confederate
blockade running seems to be on the increase.
Queenstown is seldom without a vessel of this
class among its shipping, and at present there
are two anchored there. One of them is of ex
traordinary length. They can be easily re
cognized by their long, black, rakish-looking,
two-funnelled bulls and by an ostentatious dis
play of the British flag. The large steamer is
bound to Bermuda, the other to Nassau.
At a meeting held at Stockport, England,
on the 4th of November, under the auspices of
the Manchester Southern Independence Asso
ciation, after very stormy proceedings a reso
lutions was carried, urging the British Govern
ment to concert some measures with the Eu
ropean powers for the best means of bringing,
about peace. An amendment in favor ot con
tinued neutrality found very limited support.
A countrywoman of Jenny Lind, by name
Mademoiselle Enequist, has made her appear
ance at a few London concocts, where she was
pronounced equal tq Jenny.
:A colt by the American horse Lexington won
the groat Btceple-ciiase stakes at Worcester
shire, England.
FROM VIRGINIA.
From the position of the armies in Virginia
it is probable that the battle which seems to
be impending wili occur somewhere between
Spotsylvania Conn House and Chancellorsville,
or at the latter* point. The former is almost
due east of Orange Court House, and about
twenty miles from it by an air line. It is be
tween fifty and sixty mil*s from Richmond,
and about sixteen Southwest of Fredericks
burg. The nearest station on the Central Rail
road Is Frederick’s Hall, in Louisa county, fifty
miles from Richmond.
NOTICE.
THK sales of the property of F. P Holcomb, decease!, ad
vertised to come off at Oglethorpe, Macon county, m i- *
ceinber and January next, arc withdrawn, wapeio ru- »
the advertisement will discontinue the earn e, > ,» r
tice two insertions. F. V, *‘«. M 47
nov2Q
CANCERS CUBED !
TIIO Core no Pay, U»n.-er
iw with a cancer, and ln«d ni»n> e f %. idnotme< J nenrd
Doctors, lor the space of-ten ears ariu i . } WM)m juced
of rne Scotch -Remedy. »<• “cored lr.
totrythnt.
three months • avmgterted % which I have uem eutfrel.
chaaed the receipts, in the use oaftw of them : O.
ff o.«»fulln»numberef «£• K . I; Tyson, Uriffln.
May and A.>a.L Orimn. &ry ij iurmo!l indum
Gi*.; Mr. B. smith, Jackson, Ga. ; lion.
£ a : ’,w,Js Store, Ga. ; Mr. Um. L. Fambro. J. J.
!■ ivSSb «. Mrs./. •>atlsworii, Barusvilie, U«*; Mrs.
Liheky Hill, G*.
TO THK AFFLICTED.
i richer not undertake a case that is 100 far Advanced to ad.
I™r , jjr i After fully satlrfylnx yourself, describe your
to me and I will (five you my eaucld opinion, loose
conveniently leave home, I win visit at ibt.r
lTrmes by them paying my travellnfr expenses in advauce.
when circumstance, win admit. (Jcnnmunlc-tions strictly pri
vate, and promptly answered. Add.erA, H A WAY,
nov SI 4 w 47* Liberty Hill, Pike <x> , ua.
" lanFfor sale.
BY virtue of the Will of Dr. J Junes F. Foster, of Green Cos
deceased, I will! sell (if not sol p ivately,) at public out
cry, m Greensboro*, Gu., on the first T in December
next, 617 acres of land, lying in the immediate vicinity of
Greensboro. There are on the tract &0 or 1W) acres of origin;*]
forest growth, and about 00 acres ot good creek and branch
laud. Terms< toth. C. K. Jr OfeTKK, Executrix,
Greensboro’, Oct. Bth, 1868. of Dr. Jag. C. Foster.
OCt Jl,
For bale!
A OO'iBPLAHTATIOJt In Burl* county, otßeuniM
A hundred acre* Oalr anc Hicaorv juar.U, and about twenty
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-iv r lj- obtd or /LuiijLd u ration un Lhe euai® of (i. ■
w h ~ - y. .a.p i u c .ULty, deceased : ■
•hi r '7’.' ! ! > V*‘ C! '° .ifch all Exd
cfetuft oe- ased, to be aud rj lor.M
'■ hI !. V 77 '.s . 1 ' I:; m by la ,to tbow cauiel
UUjl . . ’• w -*y taia ie.ic ss. ould rot be granted, |
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'77; 7'io i o . wUllMAfl, UlUlnaqrH
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the Court ot Ordinary of Oglfl
a ,ry-i rwildly, ?. :n be sold bcioro the Court iiouee lioefl
•ii ‘7:7! '^‘-V 1 V ,gto P.’ lu '7 cO “ Ui >V ~n 'be fii6t Tursdal
7 K | u the legal liuuis of eale, tUhtl
' ) ' . ‘P'* 1 1a V" M ,ore 01 •"—> cl the watfeitj of Lcdc nkfl
v’ V J C ‘* v «, • .. iv.iz Rinds ol A’.uok 11. Yout,*-, Tboiual
r a ; , ‘ olh *, o!<1 a ’ the prv per.y of fcußan Ahberryi
<L,. "! fu.dco.r.’.y (11-Ccrid 1;;: tfcC leCUflt Os the LtiTß MiJ
credituia oi aai.l i trcis cash.
’o . n ..... 1141; IUs J. PACE, Adm’r.
ffOVviM,.ri..:BM. ___ Cvv 4ti
• KX3 (IF KALE OK LAM. I.\ ILK EM
m 1 ii 7 7 '-AivY Lem. iitforetne Court
,rl ri ,l°i “ ;, L‘ nil'll, W,I !..• rujd .Jic Land of Jen
s’ ■’ °“' ; 5 - mr,rc or ns.,adjoining Fops,
j' 1 ' 1 . 1 ‘ya; u.litß trail Waahington, on
of Sid*; I>>M ' 601(1 m Puama’i-.-c ol oroer ol the ordinary
- IT -• "• - OW4S
Vs-in A»«L'-iSTiIATOR*S MLR.
1 ,7 , V Jl ■: ' eon Uou .i Ci lirteneaboro’, on
• 1 ‘ :up k.r.’ ;i. Jait'iarj', li>s4, the f'-llowing jota
oC ici! t-tvJwIVZ Z Vy l ’ ! ' 1 ’ ia ‘ l - s i n v ,f "7* c< £. um y» lo •
ho" 7- 5 ; !, iiC , W 1! *' houec and cut
1 7. 1 s lot, uitd oppvsite iiar-li-tChurch;
aiwi 7V.C 7 01 1 ' v<> :< iC rnor fc or irs-. witii Uweliing houae
• • 1 out muiu; di o, one other lot, containing onfe-half
Aiirn-iM s.n<* otherd. boJd m.ticr ©roera of the
,V! V '"' iM ‘ alui .( o' ntice, and an
toe property ©r tbo lute Unn j. it. I>. iila;btowor.
ona*i. 3, .... s. ClrF-IliLi.K, A'-ni'r
dc bools non v. Ith Ike rritt aoneaod
Ol Ilaniel Llctllowoi, deic'd,
** J. S GKLbii.LE, Ai'm’r,
WINNEY HIGUTOWEK, dm'i
. of Thomas It gutowar, doc’ll.
Novrrr.l.ort.'V ib.». ° Uu
A UAilMfsl \ - ust’M SAGe, OF LAND IN
0,.,, Wl«.iv b ..\D FAL|aFERUO
1,1 .Sd;., ,66.. wil. t* sold bo*
u.rc me L.i'.r: liou.-o and ,or in W iio iugton, v. ilk« conn
tv. the Joik’U loti or tract* of Laid belonging the estate of
Kfiijami.. v; (Ic.-ca-Q! : the iioaiF irft t. 2*2 aciee, id ore
or K:s.i ; the Lyk trtict. His acre*, (tile iLla. etjf. uly) ; the
mov.'c Intel. 44 he.T-.i; the tlciier iract, 116 nt re§. all in ulikes
couin.y • anu, the Dulio-e iruct, 2fc3 i-.crt-e. In Tai’aferio, and
tiio Wall t';u-L, : ,sj acres, on t-b*-county line between the twr>
counties, a - ,out 8 r,tiles from Crawtord»viiic and 13 from Wash
lriKio-! ; also. y«; 6, 19ih His. ad sec. Cherokee. 40 acits; 863.10 th
tin. j.i rcc. Chi vt. Kbfc, 4<j acre*. Sold by order of the Ordinary
of VV llkco county, for th? benefit of the heir.-; and creditors.
JAMtb J. AALLAUE. )
M . D. WALLACE, $ AUjn **
_Novcmber 13. 1-63. <jw46
. I HAL 13] "
be r, u <.n t’< ,• , r > iut v:»> in JANUARY neat,
V w by leave <•: thoCh.uil ofOrd nary of vgiethorjie cow
ty, itlk* iaw;-.il boiiri at the d;or of the Court lioure la
Lexu.giijti, the J. ikwirg r'.’i.vroee, of the ertate of Robert b.
Smith uenaw.-.j, vi« : iuetd, a woman 68 year* old }
a man 4t> years oiu ; Joe,.. man 41 years ok:; Delph, a woman
years old. fetid nor child, r~Robert 8 n ears old’and Jeff 1
year cbJ ; y.ariha, a woman 'll years old, and her chlldreo—
.Nitty 3 year- old. No’ty 2 y» ar.-.. id, j>lo an infant boy ; PiUck,
a “in Kb yo«r*old ; J V\ u Ley ,2 yiar& old, and Mcey a girt
Jd yean <•}a ;J ivory, ab- > i3 tears- ok ; Laura, a girl 14 year*
o;d. Term-—Air duos one y<ar, with two good eecurltfc*
l.v t.ft In county.
LUCINDA D. SMITH,
November 13, 1863. Cw 46*
i;xi?clVoh 8 # Lfi.
spy virtu? of mi oide rron/thu court of Oidlnaiy of Ogie*
Mi, a, p,; comity, be so and bciore the < curt Ilcruae door ■
ii a. c tvWn of 3a* *iu£;cilia vt.-l county on the li et Tuesday
in Jm.uary next v/itum thelc-ga. hours o: saV ran a negro
; ho v about forty eais old, sold us the i roperty* of Joha
late o: t-aid co nty, oecxa-eU, for the tfcueflt vs the
‘ Lmat ' > ! LjaA ogilvib, Exi.
KXHCl'nrtib «. I.K. '
gfv* y virtue of an < i !-' ,w bne Court ot Oifi.n&ry of OgJ**
Sw inorpe (;■ rty * ■ ***&-&. win he Fold 0.. ti.t flret 1 uerday
lu .lii.N UaKY v. -tiiiri the legal hours of bh.«, before t hi
Court Hvauaij * hr the town ~-i LeainfitGii, in nie comity,
ft ru.Aa auout 35 yc-.rs old, and Jinsey. a woman
about ohi, n.iionKing to tne f s-fate of JccfH. Latimer,
h{t „ r . i*-e.d c-zunr.y, and. cf. Sold f n the benefit of the hairs
ajjd Freditms oi'&i a a- cea .ej. i ( cash.
October 2«ih lcb3. li AN DOL J. ARNOLD,
oot 2., and.. 4 1 Extent or,
EXJ£<ATGHd 6 WJE.
BV virtue of Ufj ; tiv. ..i Rid tvfctti.-ont of Mrs. Martha
wrtght, ot Orten county. Ca., dtceused, wiU he
hrd t-e.oje the ldiui JzOUsg coo in G:ee. btzoro ,to ihe
bidver, b.-; v. vj th*. . %&}, onrs i•. Bale, on the first Tuesday In
January next t.'.e in bowing Negro slave* belonging to the *
festal of nlu ufeue... t i, to *v ; r . : a man aoout 26 years
md, an : Jvrr m& about 20 old, Te.-nj-v i asb.
Orf* n;.Doro’, Oct. 98 ja:..£3 DOLVIN, £i*r,
PCI .3 or-41 Os .Vrartiia Wartwrlght, deo’d.
jttXJKC 'i’wiiiPr BAL. .
GKEL vL'Lu i * :lic a- v.;ii n..« tgMtament of Miller
Ji.cr..o <t. v and . : .-.old i.«;ore Uie Court Koum
doer iu the t w.. v. J.**. on, «>gle .brpe county, Gaoigia, on
th.;2i.-i i< i . J r.2\ rt-xiKi' nu-xt. vuihin the legal houn
o: th.f, or*» trn'.t cl las and h ta.o county on the watera of Long
C • ‘'b, adj A.i tc. !.*. U h -rrio J. i'a*.-.-. Wm. \V ray, Booker
Ad .iu6.«s.d o \ci-. . ■ —nlu;: ci.e hundi and a-.-reg more Sc less.
Aieouiiec is . F . vj *-.rt lour acres more or Jess,
ad;-* Mng cu.d-, : ucl: il i'Osjjg u.sd oitiers, on the water*
Oi , IU;. Cl rr . -Aid CGUaty. lilCi t-ah.
Octv: •, irih; levs. WJi.C. GLLHAM,
oct 30 6 w 4 i Executor.
A SLM 5 A ig R ATOHB 8 A LB.
\\TILLb -fid a' the o -t House In Grveneboro’, on the
s b. i 'l'u c> in ibM. t e ictereßuOf Ihomas
Jlightov/ r,lntc or i.uucock county. d5 -elng one half
in the r, ; <t«iLg pn*. town; Ons *<t col ainirg two
acres, more or .• - , v. ~u liwel .i g ho-.‘e and out-houaes, ad-
Joiuiu«c in. top-* n.i.
,_r;ai«oone
-
ritc.Jed ii* \ or \\ Piaii.f, inGreeti couwy. told
under a . order .T the Court oi ordinary oi Jljncock county.—
TerL - on ti.*- Cr . Wld. f, ChlbElXE, Am r.
JNoveciber nov6Cw4s
’ l\tu i: abtw \ ’
fp,\ virtue of • i . the Coi:» oi OTdtr.ary Cl Rich*
■jj ni: ri ; cot w 1 besom at tno Lower > aiket
it-- . n ii.c.'f J ‘ - ’.lv In ■A: i AKV n*xt, a able
KL-ibu.:-' • r x 1. gu and all *.ecca-ai>
cu.bu fcitt aa o; i. •■&.. It in boated on
rue . .u. -an .. . id .u* ,Uv city, is- a . caithy ne’.gb*
bojtioci . . * milt-, i.o a; i . Je:i'»or Me Bean Statlsnr, cn
aa. .s .3. 1* lv. AIaO, i . aCieii, Ba re or ie.*. ot f avimnah
Aiver warn an i. j: Junge x:. A Alien and ether*,
Jn said a lao, t vG advri. nsoia or .et**, ot. and on Brisr
creek, in Bur*s.e cciii.' \ n .j. u.ng lands or Judge Jos A. Shew*
make and oti ers. horn ce ih« propeny oi the estate of Gen,
Jo». D.lhoinhd, dCwCf eu. „
J. JEFFEhgON THOM4i, i w-t-
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