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JMraaft 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.