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MARIETTA G-KO..
FRIDAY MORNING MARCH 7. 1862.
HON. L. J. (JARTRELL,
Our Congressional representative is
Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
of the House of Reprcsonta ives.
A SOUTHERN GRAMMER.
Mr. W. T. Beall, is Agent for a new
Grammar by Rev. A M. Scott D. b. and
published at Memphis Tenn. It is
neatly printed and no doubt a good
work.
THE DISTILLERIES.
If any evil can justify the exercise of
arbitrary pow?r for its abatement sure
ly the distilation of our grain is that
evil. So what extent the government
may rightfully seize private pro
perty for public uses can only be
determined by the pressure of imper
ious necessity. That he distilleries
are bringing the country rapidly to the
verge of ruin there cm be no doubt
and to save it from (his danger there
seems to be no remedy but that ud opt
ed by the Governor. Even this may be
ineffectual unless it is made general
among tie adjacent States. Georgia
corn may still be converted into Whis
key in Alabama or South Carolina.
VOLUNTEERING IN COBB.
On Tuesday last, in accord nice with
the Proclamation of the Governor, the
Militia of the county were assembled
and organized in t! e public Square un
der the command of Col D. J. Dobbs. —
When organized die regiment was
inarched to a field in the suburbs and
there addressed in stirring appeals by
Messrs. G. N. Lester, T. K. Appling,
Gen Wm Phillips and Gen. Hansell.
The requisition for the county was
for one one hundred and ninety-two
men. The number had been nearly
made up before the muster After the
regiment had been called on for volun
teers it was ascertained thatjtherc were
-4*at>Juu t d>ed an! two volunteers and
fifty-seveii recruits’ nJ? UJTJTrprntsw--mJ
ready in service.
We will pnllish complete lists of (tie
companies organized as soon as the
lists arc furnished.
Cobb has now in the field upwards of
nine hundred men, includirg the present
requisition.
■» nun
THE CORN CROP.
Gov. Brown in a letter to Hon. Lin
ton Stephens on the subject of the pres
ent year’s crops with relation to the
Southern destiny says :
It is very clear to my mind therefore,
that the liberties, propelty, ami all tint
is dear to the people of the South, are
suspended upon the action of the cotton
planters for the next six weeks. If
they plant the usual cotton crop, my
honest convictions are, we are in-great
danger of being conquered, not for want
of arms, or men to use them, (we get
enough of bodi, including pikes, side
kuives, &c., to meet the crisis,') bat for
want of provisions. If we plant no
cotton crop, but put all our lands, and
all our labor to the production of grain,
cur supply will be abundant, and our
troops well fed, will be strong and cour
ageous, opposing to the heavy columns
of the tyrant’s army a bulwark of stout
hearts and s’rong arms, as impregnable
aS the rock of Gibraltar. No class of
our society, is so wealthy and powerful
as the cotton planters; and no odter
class lias as much at stake. None is
bo patriotic. 7 would appeal to them,
therefore, by every incentive to patri
otism, and every motive of interest, to
pause and reflect upon the vast respon
sibility which they are about to incur.
Nashville News.
A gentlemen .just from Gen. Cnii*' !!l ' |
den’s command at Murfreesboro,’ com- t
municates the following items of war
news, which we think may be relied
upon.
Gen. Buell has entered Nashville, and
made a speech to the citizens, in which
he disclaimed any purpose of mulcting
private rights. The U. S. flag was
hoisted upon the capitol, amid the
cheers of some of the citizens who re
mained in the city. Gen. Buell has
issued a proclama’ion, in which lie of
fers amnesty to all who will take the
oath to support the Federal Govern
ment. Such proclamations wore issued
it will be remembered, in North West
ern Virginia Peninsula. Wcknowhow*
the Vandals kept faith. Can their lie
Tennesseans so gullible as to swallow
this stale bail? — Knoxville Iteqisler Feb.
Mlh.
Hfr-We clip the following paragraphs
from the Memphis (Tenn) Appeal of
March Ist :
From the information we have we arc
inclined to believe that Gen A. S John
stcii is still “falling back” probably
in the direction of Stevenson. It is stat
ed that his army left Murfreesboro yes
terday, though we are not sufficiently
.advised to positively assert as much.
THE MARIETTA WEEKLY ADVOCATE.
Mcv.-ngc of President Jefferson Davis, vs
the Cmi federate States.
Toth'’ N tia'e and the J Fuse of /irpresen,
ta'ives of the. Confederate States: '
lit obedience to the con-titnti uial pie- ’
vision requiring the President from I
time to 'uno, to give to the Congress
infn in.ilion of the state of the Confed-j
eraey, ami n ccmnmend to their consid- 1
eratio'.i such measures as he shall judge
ncccessaiy and expedient, 1 have to
communicate, that since my message
at the last session of the Provisional
Congress, events have demonstrated
that the Government hid attempted
more th >n it had power successfully to
achieve. Hence, in the effort to pro
tect, by our arms, the whole of the ter
ritory of the Confederate States," sea
board and iland we have been so ex
posed as recently to encounter serious i
disasters. When the Confederacy was
formed the States composing it were,
by the peculiar character ol their pur
suits,'and a misplaced confidence in ,
their former associates, to a great ex*
tent, destilu e of the melius for the
prosecution of the war on so gigantic
a scale as that which it has attained.—
The workshops and ar isans were main
ly to lie found in the Northern States;
and one of the first duties which de
volved upon this Government was to
establish the necessary manufactories,
and in the meantime to obtain, by pur
chase from abroad, as far as practica
ble, whatever was required for the pub
lic defence. No effort has been sp ired
to < fleet both these, ends ; and
though the results have not equalled
our hopes, it is believed that an impar
tial judgment will, upon lull investi
gation, award to the various depart
ments of the Government credit for hav
ing done all which human power and
foresight enabled them to accomplish.
The valor and devotion of the people
hava not only sustained the flbits of
Government, but have gone far to sup
ply its deficiencies.
'The active state of military prepara
tion among the nations of Europe in
April last, the date when our agents
first went abroad, interposed unavoid
able delays in procurement of arms,
and the want of a navy has greatly im
peded our eft’>vts to import military
supplies of ail soils.
1 have- hoped for several days to re -
ceive official reports in relation to our
discomfiture at Roanoke Island, and
the Sall of Fort Donelson They have
not yet readied me, and I am, therefore
unable to communicate t > you such in
forma 1 ioa of those events and the con
-a.-qiinnci 5 icgulting from thens as
Wolllll (MfbTi’uc to rnden rwonimcii
d.i’ions founded upon the- changed con
dition wh.’ii they have produced. —
K'iousTi is kn iwa of the* surri-ndci at
Roam he Island to make us feel that It
was deeply humih ti’ig however im
perfect may have been the preparations
for defence. The hope is still enter
tained that our reported losses at Fort
Donelson have been greatly exagger
ated, inasmuch as I am not Only unv.il
ling, but unable io believe, that large
army of our people have •stirrcmdered
without a desperate effort cut liter way
through investing i’orci r whatever may
Lave been their numbers, an 1 to en
deavor to make a junction with other
divisions of the army. But in the ab
sence of that exact informalion winch
can only be ufforded by official r<>ports,
it would Le permature to his'julgment
and my oavu is reserved, as 1 trust yours
wdi be, until that information i receiv
ed. In the meantime, tr. -, nu >us efforts
have been made throw forward rein
forcements to the armies at th.- posi
tions throated, and 1 cannot doubt that
the bitter disap| ointments, we have
borne, by nerving the people to still
greatc ertioiis will speedily secure re
sults more accordant with our just ex
pectation. and as favo able to our cause
as those which make the earlier per
iods of the war.
Tiie reports of tii• Secretaries of the
War mid the Navy will exhibit, the
mass ot resources lor the conduct oi
the war which we have been ac<umu>
late, not withstand the very serous dll’-
ficulties against which we have conten
ded.
They afford the cheering hope that
our resources, limited as they were at*
the beginning of the contest will, dur
ing its progress, become developed to
to such an extent as fully to med our
future wants.
The policy of enlistment for short
•cnuH, which I have steadily
C ln t e ”ded from the com nencemimt of
the war, UaC’ in toy judgment cnnlribu
ted innoimmaiC’-'aMegrce lotaere
. ent reverses which Jfe
and even now render it<liiJ c,,,u
nish you an accurate st ite m--nt f -> .be
army. When the war first broke o' lt I
many of our people could with difficulty
be pursuaded that it would lie long or
serious. It was not deemed possible
that anything s > insane as a persistent
attempt to subjugate these States could j
be made; still less the delusion would
so fur orevail as togive to the war the ;
vast proportions which it has as- i
sinned. The people, incredulous of a i
long war, were naturally Averse ( > long ’
enlitsments, and the ea. ly legislation
of Congess rendered it imp aclicable to
obtain volunteers, for a greater period
than twelve months. Now that it has
become probable that the war will be
continuec through a series ol years, our,
high spirited ;fnd gallant soldiers,while
generally re enlisting, are, from the
the fact of having entered the service
,or a short term compelled in many
instances to go home to make
the neccessmy arrangi ments lor their
families during flieir prolonged absence."
The quotas of new regiments for the
war, called for from the different Stales
are in rapid | ro’gress oforganization.
The whole body of new levies and re
enlisted men will probaldy be ready in
the ranks w’uhin tho next thir y days.
But, in tile meantime, it is exceedingly
difficult, to give an accurate statement
of the number of our forces in the field
They may in general terms, tic stated
at our four hundred regiments of infan"
try, with a proportionate force of cav
airy and artillery, the details of which
will be shown by the report < f the Sec
rotary of War. I deem it proper to
advert to the fact that the process of
fmloughs and re-cnlist went in progress
fir the. last month hid so far disorgan
ized and weakened our forces as to im
pair our ability for sucAissful defence;
but I heartily congratulate you that
this evil, which I had fo.seen and was
powe: less to prevent, may now be said
to be substantially at an end, and that
will not again during the war be expos
ed to seeing ourstrenglh diminished by
this fruitful cause of disaster short en
listments.
'file people of the Confederate States
being principally engaged in agricul
tural pursuits, were unprovided at the
commencement of hostilities with ships,
ship yards, materials for ship building,
or skilled mechanics and seamen insuf
ficient numbers, to make the prompt
creation of a. navy apractic d task even
if he required appropriationshad been
made i n - the purpose. Notwithstand
ing otir very limited resources, howev
er, lie report of the Secretary will ex
liil.it to you a satislactory progress in
prepura-ion, and a certainty of early
completion of vessels of a number and
class on which we may confidently rely
for contesting tiie vaunted control of
the enemy over our waters.
she financial system devised by tTie
wisdom < f your pr decessors, bus prov
ed adequate to supply all the wants of
(lie Government, notwithstanding the
unexpected and very large increase of
expenditures resuiting from the* great
augmentation in the necessary means
of defence. The r port of the Secreta
ry of lite Treasury, will exhibit the
gia ifying - fact, that we have no floating
debt ; hat the credit of the Govern
ment is unimpaired and tha - the total
expen iiittre of the Government for the
year, has been, in round numbers, one
hundred and seventy millions ofdoli trs;
less than one-thi.d of the sum waved
by the enemy, in his vain efibits to
conquer us—less than the value of a
single, article of export—the cotton
crop of the year
The leport of the Postmaster Gener
al will show the condition of that De
par inent to be steadily improving—its
revenues increasing, and already afford
.ng the assurance that it will tie asclf
sustaiiiing ai the dale required by the
Constitution, while affording ample
mad lacdii.es for the people.
In the Department of Justice, which
includes the Patent Office and Public
Printing, some legislative provisions
will be requited, which will be specifi
cally sailed in the report of the head
of that Dep.rrlment I invite the atten
tion of Congress to the duty of organ
izing a Supreme Court of the Confeder
ate Siabts, in accordance with the
mandate >f tiie Consti ntion.
I refer yon to iny message communi
cated to the Provisional Congress in
November last lor such further infor
in ilion touching the condition < 1 public
affairs as it might be useful to lay
before you ; the short interval which
has since elapsed not having produced
any material changes in that condition
oilier than those to which reference has
been made.
In condusioi , I cordially welcome Rep
resentatives who, recently chosen by
the people, are fully imbued with their
views und feelings, and can so abiy
advise me as to the needful provisions
(or the public service. I assure you of
my hearty co-operation in all your
efforts lor the common welfare of the
Country. Jefferson Davis.
Western News.
The Avalanche of lie 3d instant says:
The Federals have been leaving their
gunboats on the Tennessee River, go
ing to Savannah, liardin county, trad
ing and making friends. Last Friday
whil they were prospecting around, a
small force came suddenly upon them
killing 18 and losing 4.
Columbus.—We diink we may safely
say that Columbus has been evacuated
by the forces under Gens. Beauregard
and Polk and have fallen back to Ran
ilolph in Tipton Co., T<-nnvHScc.
we have been expecting’ ever since
the evaevuatton of Bowling Green and
the fall of Donelson Randolph is a
stioiig position —more so than Colum
bus, and we have every confidence th t
it can be held. It can’t be attacked in
the rC.ar as Columbus could.
New .. ABi'l'D. —The “Avalanche” of
the 3d says Thompson, in
command at New rWadrfd, had gone out
with 200 of his cavalry to get behind
the advance guard of the Feu el ’ a,s
cut tl cm off, but was driven back (,n
Saturday last —haying been met by
one thousand of the enemy’s cavalry.--
Thompson killed 25 ot the enemy and
G ol his own men—-also two small can
t).>n and iiis hat.
■> ■ ——
Fernandis A, . Fi orida, Taken lhe
The Savannah “Republican” of yester
day announces that the Federals had
landed on Cumt>erland Island, set for
ward a detatchment, and occupied the
town of Fernandina. Most oi the in
habitants hud abandoned the town
some weeks ago, und theji,military were
withdrawn from Amelia Island (on
which the town is si uated) some ten
days ago; so there was no resistance
i offered,
A PROCLAMATION.
By JOSEPH E. BROWN,
Governor of Georgia.
Information has reached me through
various reliable channels that in the
midst cl our perils, the distillation of
corn into ardent spirits litis grown to
be tin evil of the most alarming rn tg
ni tude.
In the richest grain growing section
of our State, the number of distilleries
has increased to an almost incredible
extent, and the quantity of grain con
sumed by them is enormous In a sin
gle county, which is not probably worse,
in proportion to i’s population, than
many others, I nm credibly informed,
that about seventy stills are now con
stantly boiling. I hese consume more
grain daily th in is required as food for
every human being in the county. At
this rate, our bread must fail in iho
month of July, when we have no sub
stitute to sustain life. Bm this is not
to be the full extent of our calamity. -
If the evil cannot be suppressed, that
which is absolutely necessary for our
support is to be converted into “strong
drink” which Divine inspiration tells us
is “raging;” which dethrones the reason
of our Generals, in the hour when they
lead our armies to battle, degrades ami
demoralizes our troops, and causes them
to be slaughtered, and our flag, o trail
in thi dust before the enemy.
Without the corn which is being thus
destroyed, it is impossible to support
our people at home,and our armies : n the
field. Destroy the supply, while our en
emies press us Laid on every side, and
our soldiers with heavy heart must light
our battles on short allowance, while
their wives and children at home cry
for bread, ai.d the poorer class of our
people weep bitterly with hunger.
These heart-rending scenes must, be
prod tic- d that the distiller, by the de*,
st ruction of the munificent gifts of
Divine Providence, so richly bestowed
upoii’us during the pastycar, may grat
ify his unholy avarice, and accumulate
ill gotten gain
Can this evil be suppressed, by the
piocess of our Courts, under existing
>aws ? Clearly it can not. O n public
opinion frown it down ? Not whiL- the
corn which the distiller purchased at
less than one dollar per bushel, which
he withho’ds from the soldier’s family
ami the suffering poor, pays him after
it is distilled, nearly live dollars per
bushel. .Npr will the seizure of the
corn for public use effect the object
If you seize what he has and pay him
for it he will buy more, and pay a high
er price for it, than the poor are able to
pay for bread. If the tap root is not
cut, this noxious plant will continue to
thrice, ami feed upon the very vitals of
society. It must be done, or we shall
be surrounded by scenes of hunger and
misery, appalling to human uninre, and
an amount of suffering will be cn ailed
upon us, which must curtain the Heav
ens and carpet the earth about us, in
the darkest habiliments cf mourning.
Charged as I am with the exercise of
Executive power at a time of great
peril and responsibility, I cannot turn
a deaf car to the repeated remonstran
ces of good men against this grievous
wrong to society. The cries of soldiers
families and destitute persons come up
before me on every .side, imploring that
the evil lie suppressed, that tne cup of
d 'strnction may thereby be d isiied from
tiie mouths of iheir-iiusbamls and fath
ers, and bread be placed in their own.
It is the duty of goverinent to prol
- the rights and as far as possible to
promote the happiness ot those who are
governed ; an ■ in the midst of revolu
tion nd great public calamities, by its
strong >rm of power, to thn w its shield
around tiie people, and ward off every
blow which is struck at the fountain of
society.
Influenced by these considerations, 1
feel it my duty to issue this u y procla
mation, and to command each and every
distiller in this State, on and after the
fifteenth day of March next, to desist
absolutely, from th? manufacture of
another gallon of ardent spiiits, until
the next meeting of the General As
sembly of this State I shall use all
the power I possess to enforce obedi
ence to this order, ai.d in each case .of
refusal to obey it, I shall direct the
seizute of die still by military authority,
and thus abate the nuisance. This I
have a p< rfect constitutional right to
do, as the material of widen this spe
cies of private prop rty is composed, is
now grea ly needed tor jiublic use.
XVvnci-.i oaonoli with which to
meet the enemy. Gun metal, used in
the manufacture of field pieces, compos
ed of ninety parts of copper, and ten of
tic. The copper stills in Georgia,
which are now heavy (Jolumbiads of
destrtic'ion aimed against our own peo
ple, would, if manufactured into cannon
make many a battery of six pounder, to
be turned against the enemy. Upon
this material thus employed in our Indy
cause, we could invoke God's blessing
Upon it as now employed we can only
expect his curse.
I charge all civil and military offi
cers id th'S State to be vigilant in de
tectiu'r eve! Y violation of the otdci
hieiu contained, a,.d if atty distillery
is found in operation, after the jrne
herein specified, the military officer
who comm rids the District, in which it
is located, is hereby directed to seize
the still imtijediately, and report to
these Headquarters, und orders will be
issued for its conveyance to the foundry
in the ci'y of Rome in this State to be
converted into cannon.
I further direct that on and after the
date above mentioned, th • Superinten -
dent of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, which is the pn pet ty of the
State, do absolutely prohibit the im*
por'ation of whiskey over said Road in
to this State; and J request the I’rcsi
dent of each company Road, in this
State Io give a similar order, applica
ble to the Road which ho controls.
1 itriedy enjoin upon each officer in
command of any portion '• fTtrc tl'tipps.
n ow in the service of this State, tousT
his power and influence, for the sup
pression of the use of intoxicating
liquors by the soldiers under his con
trol. And 1 direct, each General in
command, to see that lhe army temula
tions against drukenness, a re. stringent
ly enforced arm ng the officers under
his command and that all quantities of
intoxicating liquors, brought near the
army for sale be imtnediat ly seized,
and emptied upon the ground.
In assuming the responsibility in re
ierence to distilleries which I now take
without hesitation, and in announcing
my fixeel determin tion to execute the
above order, lam aware that I come
in conflict with tl.e interest of a large
and influcn ial class of p rsons, who
have disregarded alike, the dictates of
humanity, and the promptings of pa
trii tism in their eager (hirst for gain.
I must the reform, < xpect 1 licit - denuncia
tions. But feeling conscious of the
rectitude of my course, in the discharge
of an important duty, which 1 owe to
the purple of this State, I appeal with
coftfirtence to every Christian, every
patriot, every good citizen, and especi
ally to every mother, wife and daugbter
in Geoi’gia, to aid and assist me, in ex
tinguishing the burning st ream of death
which is spreading desolation and ruin,
throughout the whole length and
breadth of the land.
Given u der iny hand and the great
seal of tl is Mute, at the Capitol in
Milledgeville, on .he 28t h day of
February in the year of our Lord,
Eighteen hundred and feixiy two.
JO>EiTl E. BROWN.
Fort Donelseu.
We take from the report of Gen. Pil
low the following interesting paragraph
relating to the result of the last days
fighting and the surrender.:
1 he operations of the day had forced
the entire c mrnand of the enemy around
to our right wing, and in front of Gen
Buckner’s position in the in renchments,
anil when his command reached his po
sition, he found the enemy rapidly ad
vancing to lake possession of his por
tion of the work. He had a stubborn
conflict, lasting one and a half hours,
to regain it and the enemy actually got
possession of the extreme right of his
position, and held it so firmly that he
could not. dislodge him. The position
thus gained by the enemy was a most
commanding one, being immediately in
tiie rear of onr river battery and field
work for its pro ecli 'ii. From it we
could readily turn (he intrenched work
occupied by Gen. Buckner, and attack
him in reverse or advance under cover
oi an in eiveiling ridge directly upon
our battery and field work. While he
held this position, it was manifest we
could not hold the main work or batter
ry. Such was th? condition of the ar
mies at night fall after nine hours of
conflict on (he 15th instant, in which
our loss severe, and leaving not less
than 5000 of enemy dead and wounded
on the field. We left upon field nearly
all his wouu ed, because we could not
.move 'hem. e left Ins dead unLui
if <i oecause we could buiy them.
Such conflict and com age has, per*
naps, never befere occured upon this
continent. Wo took about 300 priso
ners and a huge number of inns. We
had fought this battle to open the way
for our army and relieve ns from an
iiivcslnien which would neccss.iiily
rt'ducc us and the position by Limine
We had occupied die whole day to c
coinplish our object, and before, we
could prepare te L ave, after taking in
the wounded and (he dead, the enemy
had thrown ar. und us again in the
night an immense force of fresh troops,
and re-occupied his original position in
the hue of investment, thus again cut
ting off our retreat. We had only obout
12,000 troops, all t-vld. Os these a
large proportion we had lost in the
three battles, lhe command had been
in the trenches night and day for five
days exposed to the snow, sleet, mud
and ice water wi hout shelter and with
out adequate covering, and without
sleep
In this condition the general officers
held a consultation to determine what
he should do. Gen. Buckner gave it
as his decided opinion that he could not
hold h.s p on,, I, ,ir „„ hour
against, an assault of (he enemy would
att ck him next morning at day light
ihe prupositi’m (hen w.c. made by the
undersigned U> again light, ihrouch ’’he
enemy’s line and cui o.ir wty out. (Jen
Buckner said nis command was so
on - and demoralized thai, li<' could not
make anothei fight; that it would, cost
(he command tin e -qirariors oi its pres
iimnbers to cut its way through, and it
Was wrong to sacrifice three quarters
of a command to save one quarter; that
no officer bad a right to cause such a
sacrifice. Gen Floyd and Maj. G liner
I understood to concur in this opinion.
I - then expi ssed the opinion, th t we
could hold out another day, an 1 in
that time wo could got steamboats and
set the command o er the river ami
piobubly save a large portion of it
To this Gen Buckner replied ’ that the
enemy would certainly attack him at
daylight and that lie could not hold his
position half an hour. ihe al erna ive
of the propositions was surrender of
tiier iposition and command. General
Buckner said tie was satisfied nothing
else could be done, and that therefore,
lie would surrender, if placed in com
mand. Gen Floyd sa.d that be would
turn over lhe command to him if he
could be allowed to withdraw his com
mand; to this Gen. Buckner consented.
Thereupon, Gi n. Floyd turned the com
mand over to ine, I passing it instant
ly to Gen. Buckner, saying I would
neither surrender the command nor my-
I directed Col. For*
these
ciicnnistan< - ,es, Gen.
die command, and sent a flag
to the enemy for an armistice of six
hours to negotaite for terms of capitu
lation. Before this flag and commnni
cation was delivered I retired from the
garrison.
KENNESAW HOUSE
By MRS. E. C. STARR, Ag’t.
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY, Au<usta Con
stitutionalist and Charleston Courier, will
copy three times and forward bill.
From the Comptroller General’s Report.
The Regiments of Volunteers in the So
vice of the Confederate-Government.
While reporting the expenses of om State
for Military purposes—although not required
by law, yet I desired if it was possible to do
so, to present the organization of the various
Regiments of Volunteers received into the
service by the Confederate States Government
—that is, to give the name of the Colonel,
Lieutenant Colonel, Major, and the Captains
and Lieutenants of Companies in each Regi
ment, the counties from which each Company
came, and, also the number of each Regiment
as given it by the Confederate States Govern
ment.
As much of this information could only be
obtained from the Wer Department at Rich
mond, I have used my best exertions to obtain
the same from that point, without success. I
have only been enabled to get an official state- •
merit of the nuwberinrj of tho various regi
ments, reported or received at that Depart
ment, up to lhe Ist oi October, together with
the stations of the Regiments named. As
the numbers of many of the Regiments are
different from those given them when they
left Georgia, and as in all reports of the Con
federate officers, they will only be designated
and kdswn by the numbers given them b
the Confederate Government, I have conchid
ed to submit the information received upon
Am- point, which is as follows:
List of Regiments from the State of Georgia
in the serf ice of the Confederate Slates, and
their stations, Oct. 1, 1861.
No. Regt. -.-. cl. Station,
Ist C J Williams. Manassas.
Ist 11. W. M » er, Savannah.
Ist J N Ram-• N W_Army, Ve.,
2 Paul J Sdo .js, Manassas,
3 A R Wrigi.r, ’ Forfolk
4 George I>. ■;,■«, do
5 John K J i.-k.-on, Pensacola
6 A llColqni. r, Yorktown, Va
7 L. J. Gar.;<■’!; Manassvs
8 WII Gard. ,r, (Independent) do
9 ER GouLL: g, do
10 L MeUw* (li.dept) Yorktown..
G T Anders in, Mnnasstis
11 Ed Johnson. (Indept.) N W Army, Va,
12 W Ector, (Indept.) Army o! Kanawha.
13 A V Brun, by, N W Army.
14 T\V Thomas, Manassa#.
15 H Cobh. Yorktown.
17 H L Beniuiing, Lynchburg orders Aimy
! Kanawha,
liehmond.
19 W. W. Boyd, Army of Kanawha, Va.
20 W. D. Smith, (Independent,) Manassas.
21 J. T. Mercer, (Independent,) do.
22 RobcrtJm.es, Camp of Instruction, Ga.
3 T. Ilutchenson, do do
4 R. McMillan, Goldsboro. N. C
25 C. Wilson, Savannah.
26 Not Reported, Camp of Instruction, Ga.
27 do do. do. do.
28 do. do. do. do
29 do. do. do. c’o,
Georgia Legion—T. R. R Cobb, Yorktown.
Phillips’ do —W Phillips, Army Kanawha
Ist. Battiion —Lt. Col. J. B. Villepigue, Pen- *
[sncola.
2d. do —Maj Hardeman, Norfolk.
3d. do —Maj Stovall, Lynchurg, orders
[Army Kanawha.
Besides several independent companies in
Virginia not yet organized into Battalions or
Regiments.
Although in the above statement Co). Ben
ning's Regiment is put down as at Lynchburg,
yet for several weeks past it has been at Ma
nassas, and Col. Wright’s third Regiment has ,
lately been at Roanoke Island. N. C. I have
only added to the statement received, the
word “Independent” opposie those Regiments
that were received by Confederate Govern
ment directk, and not not through our Ex
ecutive
The Regiment alluded to in the foregoing
statement, as “ not reported,” &c., no doubt
are.
Col. T. J. Warthen’s Regiment,
“ Levi B. Smith’s “
“David J. Bailey’s “
“ Littlefield “
now in Camp of Instruction in Georgia.
In addition to these, toereis another, more
than full Regiment commrnded by Col. Cary
W. Stiles stationed at Brunswick Georgia in
the service of Confederate States’Government.
Also three tt ledepondcnt not t.V®
full, but in camp in Georgia, viz:
Col. Win. 11. Stiles Regi’t, 5 Companies,
Col. E. L Thomas “ 7 “
Col. Aug. R. Wrignt “ 6 “
Also, Col. C. A. Lamar “ 7 “
Received by the Confederate Goverrnment
through Stale authority.
Besides these there already three Regi
ments in the service of the State, on or near
the coast to be increased to six Regiments
within the next twenty days, for the purpose
of protecting the seaboard of Georgia.
Thus it will be seen that our Slate has at
tliistime thirty-four full Regiments, (some
more than full) and four partially filled Regi
ments, together w ith three Battalions, mid
other independent companies in Virginia and
Georgia, amounting in all to about forty Reg
iments in the C- niederate Governmen ser
vice. And besides this there are three Regi
incuts now the State service to be increased
to six Regiments within the next twenty days
for the defeneo of her sea const.
Os the Regimeets and Battalions in the
Confederate Government service. Georgia,
has armed accoutred and equipped twenty
cue Regiments three Battalions, and several
Companies attached to full Regiments—all
of which aecourtements, equipments, &c,,
and a portion of the arms, have been piad
for out of the $1,000,000 appropriation, as
will be seen in the Abstract accompanying
this Report, and from the Reports of the
Quarter-masters General.