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jjK. LINCOLN’S MESSAGE.
-i ;'resident of the old wrerlc has sent a talk to
1 'vacress, of which we have seen a telegraphic
‘' u confesses that the administration, from
es.-ity 0 f the case, exercised powers not
1( ] bv the Constitution, and calls on Congress
P* nt f, t be course of the President, to uphold the
10 ^\ military force of 400,000 men, and a
lDR J4u0,000,000 will answer to put down the
,,n, and Congress is required to furnish this
The Uuion is to he maintained at all
... ,
, j s a nJ secession is denounced as revolution-
a;u l those who countenance it are deemed re-
ind traitors and will be punished as such.
M, I.incoln dearly shows a misapprehension
, t i H , s nbject on which he writes. His ideas are
r.ding'y confused when he attempts to state
tie esse
of Fort Sumter and Pickens,—how that
ora l etb ct of evacuating the former was to be
.. , or acted by reinforcing the latter ; that a small
a nd? garrison could not harm South Carolina,
j.jiat nothing more was intended by him than
■uni the men. For this simple act of human-
Suintcr was reduced by the Rebels, and hence
j,reclamation of war and blockade!
,ve expect to publish the message at length in
r next paper, we shall not sketch in advance the
.iiphistry and absurdities of that remarkable
vunient, which will readily occur to intelligent
,j ers on its perusal. As an exponent of Black
Republican policy it will be looked upon with some
.'... r est, as merely blazing out a path which the
deluded fanatics would follow, if they had the
.jve control of the rebellion; but as the rebels
a voice in their own preservation, and are at
s to frustrate the Abolition despot, we shall de-
. ju-proper comments until the Confederate can-
rja has spoken the sentiments of the South. Mr.
]jm da declares in his message that the seceded
shall be forced back into tne Union, and as
. racity is no doubt equal to his courage, we
on!v refer him to President Davis, Gen. Beau-
..r.j.and other gentlemen at present in Virginia
Ami business, who can attach such weight to
jj Liucolns assertion as they deem proper. In
,;ag the issue perhaps some hard lighting will
necessary, of which we expect to hear daily.—
. will answer for the message at present
NEXT GOVEKNOR.
Cniler this head we brought forward a name in
iiiir las: paper, to which the Atlanta Commonwealth
pays the following tribute:
Ban- Thomas H . Thomas for Governor.
Tut- Milledgevile “ Recorder,” of the 2nd inst.,
• . s utstin- above named distinguished gentleman
, llf the office of Governor of Georgia; accompanies
suggestion with a brief editorial, and places
. iuu ^e at the head of the paper. Judge Thom-
: Ins: fearless, bold, independent of party shac-
t.es and courageous to a fault, would, in our opin-
make a good Governor, and meet every eiuer-
v likely to arise in these warlike times, like a
{r w mn ns Iw is, with decision and promptitude.
CuJer him too, we tliink the finances of the State
1 be well managed, and the affairs of the State
'Ki,ad administered with as much credit to the offi-
mid protit to the State as it is at present. If
Thomas would permit a horde of lazy loung
,i.g 'placemeu to absorb its income, or its being
; .liO-red in the shape of fat contracts, wc much
mistake the man.
This praise is justly bestowed, and we expect to
other papers of influence concur in the posi
tions which we have assigned the name of Judge
Thomas. Though in the Democratic Conven-
; in which he has been a member, bis great
mind was felt and acknowledged, such has been
his modesty that he asked nothing for himself, and
he has in fact held no political office, for the rea-
■ a that he never sought any. He despises all in-
t.igue, and that selfish, petty management by
• id, h many politicians have advanced themselves.
ver has seen Judge Thomas can be at no
- :>>r tin- evidence of a master intellect, just as
. i d Webster, by his massive forehead, impress-
; dint conviction on every beholder.
" :n:nk a selection can now be made which will
to the highest office in Georgia an incumbent
- iill sustain its dignity, and who will set an
simple iu hLs administration, of those exalted
nes of mind and of soul which at a former peri-
::sehed to high places, when genuine merit
*-• standard of promotion, uutil it was super*
1 by a device to harmonize parties, aud to
v .-.-c success at all hazards, on the plea of avail-
ilihti/.
IFhile presiding on the Bench, Judge Thomas
Kamands respect, and by the ability of his decis-
v ieaves no room for complaint. In his official
caracter he ia stern and impartial, and to him all
are as strangers, while in his social re
saw. he is affable and pleasant. We believe
• Lt unites in himself as many great qualities,
- as few defects, as is possible to find in the
- individual, aud for this reason we shall con-
to advocate his claims to the office for
i we have given his name a public direction.
BRILLIANT METEOR—COMET.
^ e have been informed by several gentlemen
the grand phenomenon in this city, that
1 Iriday night last, between 11 and 12 o’clock,
flash of light arrested their attention,
arii they saw that it proceeded from a meteor
!i illumined the atmosphere to such a degree
iay person, if prepared, could have read print
i! ? its flight. Several of our exchange papers
■ e the same occurrence in other places. It is
•" have been an exhibition of such grandeur
■■-'Compensate even merchants aud editors, who
: t time being performed police duty, for the
°f their usual sleep.
iJf celestial bodies never shone with more
. than for the last few evenings, in the course
ui'h a strange visitor has been seen, in regard
r “' sm an exchange says :
] " brilliant Comet recently visible is believed
'■'ae long expected and remarkable Charles
•met, which appeared in 1556, and whose
•me return, it was predicted, would be within
•■wit ot the years 1860 and 1862,
A SINGULAR SHOT!
L his report to Gen. Pierce of the action at
^ e h B'apt Kilpatrick refers to tire very strange
ot a grapeshot, from the “Rebel” artillery,
“‘ t:i his own language thus describes:
bviug received a grapeshot through my thigh,
r,T", ^ a portion of the rectangle on Col.
[ V 5 s heft shoulder, passed through my leg, and
- a soldier in tlie rear, I withdrew my men to
Auts of the wood.”
' • w-.k our readers to assist us in reconciling
of that remarkable shot with the natu-
r,| i tilings; for we coufess that a shot pas-
■■ 'iirougk a man’s thigh, then mounting up to
• r man s shoulder, then returning through
• - of the flrst man, and then killing a soldier
- stance off, must have been controlled by
hand, and not by gunpowder. No won-
e ‘ ev en hundred “rebels,” with such ma-
‘' leir guns, put to flight forty-five hundred
•' s, and made Gen. Pierce lose his presence
■ as charged by Gen. Butler in his report
“• ben. Scott! We never before saw an ex-
i.^‘-'m of the mystery. These rebel grapeshot,
,, hom thigh to shoulder and tlien back to
^ ; hen ofl’ to killing a new man, did the mis*
thank Capt. Kilpatrick for his satisfac.
r ’Port, which we find in the Richmond En-
01 the ”0th ult. If the Confederate army
Insist in using such enchanted balls, the in-
Rost of Lincoln may well run out of their
, on a visit to his son, near Pensacola, the
■k'MEs Abercrombie died on the 1st. He
■ u >'e ol Hancock county, Georgia, but had
' 10 Alabama the last forty years, having
111 the Legislature of that State while the
ill *** 8Uccessiv ely at Cahawba, Tttskaloosa
JU| gomery. He also served two terms as a
Rotative in Congress, besides holding other
positions showing the public confidence.
■winent
‘ man °f great probity and strength of
a-v ’ aa< ^ was fluit 6 successful in his affairs.
,j' ** k Hr hapg about seventy years. He was
41 ^°himbus by the side of hjs wife,
*■» F Pi
di
arris, President ol the Bank of Sa-
ed in Cincinnati on the 30tb ult.
“BIG SHANTY” AND THE “BRIGADE.”
The “Georgia Citizen” of 1st inst., contains the
following paragraph:
“State Government on Wheels.—Gov. Brown has
removed the government, temporarily, to Atlanta,
but by what authority save that of his own will
does not appear. The next move will probably be
to ‘Big Shanty,’ where that pet Brigade of his is
stationed, and thence, perhaps to Cherokee ! How
the people of Milledgeville will like this quasi re
pudiation of their city as a place for health and
comfort, will be seen hereafter. Certes, it shows
that ‘westward the star of empire wends its way,’
in the opinion of his Excellency, and may be tak
en as an indication of his opinions, when the ‘Re
moval’ question again comes up for discussion.”
While we are amused at the readiness with
which rival interests construe every little matter
into a symptom of Remocal, we have no complaint
whatever to make against the Citizen for its notice
of the head-quarters of the Governor during the
heat of summer. We are thankful for the oppor
tunity of explaining to the people of the State, as
an act of justice to Gov. Brown, that his health
has been very much impaired by his official labors,
and his anxiety of mind within the last few months,
as to render a change of water necessary to check
a disease which is becoming chronic and very pros
trating in its effects. We do not blame the Gov
ernor for the step he has taken, as by remaining
here, with his symptoms daily on the increase, he
would in all probability have been disabled from
attending to his official duties. He has left expe
rienced Secretaries in the Department with whom
he can communicate daily by telegraph, so that
there will be no interruption of the public business-
We presume that the question of removing the
seat of Government will hardly be agitated soon,
as the Legislature will have a better use for its
money for many years to come. There is certainly
no objection to Milledgeville on the score of health,
an idea which seems to be encouraged by the re
treat of Gov. Brown to the up couutry. His dis
ease did not originate from any local cause, and
therefore our city is not responsible for it.
CONFEDERATE LOAN.
We are informed that subscriptions to the $15,-
000,000 Loan authorized by Congress, will yet be
received at the Treasury office in Milledgeville.
All who have money to invest will be well paid at
eight per cent., besides affording aid to the Gov
ernment to prosecute the war, on the success of
which depends the value of all Southern property.
Men of capital should bear this in mind, and lend
their means to the couutry without stint or fear.
Such is the confidence of the Hon. B. H.Hill in the
bonds of the Confederate States, that he declared
in a recent speech in Troup county, that he would
sell any property he owned at fair prices, and re
ceive bonds in payment. This is the frue grit of
a Southern man, and we may expect soon to see
the bonds circulating at par, after a few more such
arguments.
DeBOW’S REVIEW.
The July number has appeared, containing first
class articles. “The Times and the War,” by
George Fitzhugii, Esq., of Virginia, is an able
and exhaustive Essay which would do credit to
any writer. “The Path of Disunion,” from "the
speech of the Hon. Beverly Tucker in the Nash
ville Convention, ten or twelve years ago, comes
nearer to a record of Prophecy than any mere hu
man effort we have ever perused. The other con
tributions are able and judicious, precisely such as
the times demand from the best minds of the South-
The writings and collections of Mr. DeBow in
the Thirty-one ^Volumes of the Review, commenc
ing January I, 1846, form quite a good commer
cial library, with materials to illustrate any ques
tion in Political Economy, or in social statistics.
Orders for the work will reach the Editor, address
ed either to Charleston or New Orleans.
ARMY LETTERS.
There is a great desire for letters from the seat
of War, and many which were strictly private, in
tended for the eye of a friend or relative, have been
given to the public, whereby our enemies have
profited in their plans. The Secretary of War at
Richmond, to prevent the newspaper correspon
dents from divulging army secrets, makes the fol
lowing appeal:
Confederate States of America. )
War Department, >
Richmond, July 1, 1861. )
To Newspaper Correspondents:
Gentlemen :—While I have not withheld permis
sion from any of the representatives of the press
to visit the camps in Virginia, and while I am as
much the uncompromising advocate of an unshac
kled press as I am of the freedom of speech, and of
the Independence of the Confederate States, yet I
have thought it proper, under existing circumstan
ces, to make an appeal to you to forbear from the
transmission and publication of such intelligence
as might be detrimental tothe great cause in which
we all feel so deep an interest.
You are aware of the great amount of valuable
information obtained by us through the medium of
the enterprising journals of the North ; and wemay
derive profit from their example by a discriminat
ing and judicious reserve iu communications for
the Southern journals.
It must be obvious that statements of strength,
or of weakness, at any of the points in the vicinity
of the enemy, when reproduced in the North, as
they would be in spite of all the vigilance in our
power, would warn them of danger to themselves,
or invite an attack upon us; and, iu like manner,
any statements of the magnitnde of batteries, the
the quantity and quality of arms or of ammunition
of movements in progress or in supposed contem
plation, of the condition of troops, of the Commis
sariat, &c., might be taught with essential injury to
the service.
To gentlemen of intelligence and of unquestion
able loyalty to the cause of the Confederate States,
I do not deem it necessary to be more cxplict: nor
can I doubt for a moment that you will appreciate
my motives in making this frank appeal to your
patriotism and discretion. L. P. Walker,
Secretary ofWar.
NEW FLOUR.
Mr. J. R. Respkss will please accept our thanks
for a sack of fine Hour. Mr. R. has a mill on the
Oconee in this county, which has become quite
convenient and useful to our citizens as well as a
portion of Hancock county.
For the Southern Recorder.
Letters to a young Georgian in the Army
of the Confederate States.
No. II.
Your love of home associations, so far from be r
ing a weakness, will only render you the better
soldier; for it is the principles by which a man’s
character is formed, and those which actuate him
in camp, that constitute moral uobility, as distin
guished from revenge, or a mere passion for ad
venture with the hope of fame, regardless of the
cause in which you peril your life. The laurels I
would have you win are not those of victory over
the foe, alone. You must conquer yourself before
you can attain the sublime in action. I refer to
one peculiarity in your nature, and I beg you to
receive the admonition in alt kindness; for on this
pivot your whole future happiness tarns. If my
friendship can prevail on you to control your temper
and to keep it within rational bounds nnder every
form of provocation, real or imaginary, I shall Lave
performed much to gladden the maternal bosom
which has often been pierced with anguish at your
exhibitions of rage at home, among your mates at
school, and in the presence of your friends else
where. I can venture to advise you on this sub
ject, by letter, without exposing myself to any
mark of your displeasure, or to an unguarded re
ply which would be painful to us both. The great
distance which divides us from each other's socie
ty, and the casualties of War, invest me in your
affections with a character more romantic and
touching than if I conversed with you iu the same
language, face to face.
And here I would pause a moment to amplify
this idea for your good,—to Tender it effective for
the object I wish to accomplish. I confess my de
sire, in this allusion, is to gain an influence over
yonr feelings, in order that my words may lodge
more deeply in your heart; for the chances are that
we shall never meet again on earth. Disease, or the
bullet, may end yoar career before the war is termin
ated, in which mournful event you may find burial
at the hands of yon comrades in the field, aud hon
orable mention in the official reports to meet the
eyes of generations to come; and it may be my
privilege, which m ope of ,vour warmest friends I
should be certain to claim, to visit the scene and ex
hume your dust, that it may slumber in the burying
gound where many of your nearest kindred repose,
at the old homestead. And should no such calam
ity occur (which I pray Heaven to avert) still it is
quite probable, should the war continue long, that
you and I took our last farewell of each other, on
the morning your Volunteer Company left the
town of for your rendezvous at .
My health has, for several years, as you well know,
been very infirm, and death at any time would not
surprise my friends, or come unexpected to me. I
am endeavoring to place my house in order lor the
departure, or in other words to cultivate those med
itations and thoughts which well become a frail
creature whose strength is at times exhausted in
the effort to write even a friendly letter, such as I
aui now addressing to you. This fact will incline
you to gentle moods I hope, when you consider
these letters as the only form of communication you
may ever have from me, and that when you re
turn home amid the congratulations of relatives and
neighbors, there will be an old familiar friend miss
ing from that group, whose resting place you may
seek with emotions that will be increased by the
remembrance of this very letter. I hope, therefore
you will receive my counsels with more indulgence,
even as the voice of one from the dead; for many
young men now in the army, who volunteered to
defend the South, will experience the grief to
which I have alluded in j'our case. Would that a
thought so solemn might influence their feelings
and their conduct, as I humbly trust it will yours!
Before relieving your sensibilities from the press
ure which I have made upon them, allow me to in
troduce a late scene which I witnessed. On one
of those sultry days so common among us at this
season of the year, a few of the senior population,
by which I mean gentlemen beyond the age of
militia duty, and matrons to correspond, concluded
to get up a pic nic in the beautiful cedar grove
near a certain Spring with which you are well ac
quainted. Invitations were sent out for miles in
the vicinity, for old and young to join in the social
demonstration. The appointed day brought to
gether a large multitude of ladies, most of whom
were young and beautiful, some in the stately pride
of womanhood whose reign as queens in the court
of Cupid had been often acknowledged by many a
young cavalier, and others of less maturity just
coming out into the gay world where fashion, and
romance, and song, and tender glances of the eye
and the sweet frivolities of love, did predominate in
that mysterious yet intangible form, which all
have felt, but none have been able to describe.—
There, in that shaded retreat, on rustic benches
prepared for the occasion, or seated in groups on
cushions, were seen a collection of beautiful forms
and lovely faces almost angelic. As we of the re
tired list passed among them, with airs of youth and
gayety borrowed from exemplars of your age, we
could hear, in whispered softness, that “ he was at
Camp when he last wrote me,” but whether
the sweet young creatures alluded to their brother
correspondents, or to a class not standing in the
same, though in a very tender relation, we could
not exactly ascertain without seeming to betray a
knowledge of affairs which, if declared by way of
banter, would probably have brought the crimson
to many a cheek, and a glistening pearl drop to
many an eye, in this proud gathering of beauty.—
I leave you to finish the picture in imagiuation, and
to locate in it any particular face of which you may
retain a vivid impression.
One more touch at the descriptive, and I will
conclude. When I saw the young ladies arrive
and depart in their carriages without a single es
cort besides their brothers and cousins under the
age of sixteen years, when I had always been in
the habit of seeing each of them attended by a
gallant bearded beau, I was painfully reminded of
the. cause ; All the young men had gone to the war.
You can judge, from these hints, to what an inter
esting age and profession you belong, as viewed at
home, and behave yourself accordingly. In my
next letter, another subject will be discussed,
less feminine in its purport.
Gen. Butler aafl CsL Bagraflcr.
The Yorktown correspondent of the New Or
leans Delta, furnishes the|correspondence between
Butler and Magruder in relation to an exchange of
prisoners, after the victory at Bethel. It is so in
teresting that we give it in fall. It will be seen
that our gallant officer handies the pen as well as
his artillery:
Gen. Butler to Col. Magruder.
Division Headquarters, )
June 11, 1861. )
To the Officer Commanding the Forces at County
Bridge:
Sir—Capt. Davies and Lieut. Potter, of the 6th
Regiment New York Volunteers, are about to pro
ceed to the scene of the late engagement near
County Bridge for the purpose of bringing away
any dead or wounded that have been left behind.
I trust the courtesies of civilized warfare will be
extended to these gentlemen, as I have no doubt
they will be. I have some prisoners, taken with
arms in their hands, whom you might desire, or be
willing to exchange for any persons that might
have been so unfortunate as to have fallen into
your hands. If you deem such a course desirable,
a flag of truce, with a proper cartel, might be ar
ranged, through the bearer of this note, Capt. Da
vies.
I have the honor to be, most respectfully, your
obedient servant.
Bf.nj. F. Butler,
Major-General Commanding.
Col- Magrader to Gen. Butler.
Headquarters, Yorktown. ?
June 12, 1861. )
Maj or-General B. F. Butler, Commanding Fort
Monroe:
Sir—Our people had orders to bring any commu
nications intended for the commander of the forces
at County Bridge, or Bethel, to this place, and by
a particular route—hence the delay.
I understand from Capt. Davies, the bearer of
the flag, that you had four prisoners to wit: one
trooper and three citizens, Messrs. Cooper, Whit
ing, Lively aud Merriam, the last being a citizen
of Virginia, in your possession. And you state
that you are desirous to exchange them for a cor
responding number of Federal troops, who are
prisoners with me. I accept your oner, so far as
the trooper (who is a vidette) is in question, and
will send to-morrow, at four o’clock in the after
noon, if it will be convenient, a Federal soldier in
exchange for him.
With respect to the wounded, my first care was
to have them attended to. Medical advice and
careful nursing have been provided.
Your dead I had buried on the field of battle,
and this was done within sight of the conflagra
tions which were devastating the homes of our cit
izens. The citizens in your possession are men
who donbtless defended their homes against a foe
Avho, to their certain knowledge,had with or with
out authority of Federal Government, destroyed
the private property of tlieir neighbors, break
ing up even the pianos of the ladies, and com
mitting depredations numberless, and of every’
description. The Federal prisoner, if it bo agree
able to you, will be sent to or near Hampton by
a sergeant, who will receive the vidette, Carter,
who was captured by your troops before tbe battle
commenced. I do not think a more formal pro
ceeding necessary. You have but one prisoner of
mine, and he was not taken in battle. If my pro
position, to deliver one Federal prisoner at or near
Hampton, by a sergeant, to be exchanged for pri
vate Carter, be accepted, please inform me, or the
officer in command at Bethel Church, and it shall
be done. It is scarcely necessary for me to say
that the gentlemen who bore your flag have been
received with every courtesy by our citizens, as
well as by ourselves. I have the honor to be,
very respectfully, &e-
J. Bankhead Magruder,
Col. Commanding.
Gen. Butler to Col. Magruder.
Headquarters Department, Va., )
Fortress Monroe, June 13, ’61. )
Col. J. B. Magruder, Com’dg Forces at Yorktown.
Sir—Your favor of June 12th, by Captain Davies,
with a flag of trnce, was this morning received.—
I desire first to thank yon for the courtesy shown
to the flag and its messenger. I will accept the
exchange for private Carter. The two citizens,
Whiting and Livelv, were taken with arms in their
hands, one of which was discharged from the house
of Whiting upon the column of our troops, when
all resistance was useless, and when hu attack
was simply an assassination, and when no offence
had been committed against him. The house from
which the shot was fired, and a building which
formed a part of tout out-posts, are the only con
flagrations caused by the troops under my com
mand, and the light of these had ceased hours be
fore your men ventured out from under their earth
work and ditches to do us the courtesy of burying
our dead—for which act your have my sincerest
thanks. After our troops returned from tbe field
—hours after—a building was burned which fur
nished our wounded some shelter, and from which
we had moved them, but was not burned by our
men. For your kind treatment of any of our
wounded you may have, please accept my assu
rances of deep obligation, and with the certainty
that at any and every opportunity, each courtesy
and kindness will be reciprocated.
I am sorry that an officer so distinguished in the
service of the United States as yourself could, for
a moment, suppose, that the wanton destruction of
private property would, in any way, be authorized
or tolerated by the Federal Government and its of
ficers, many of whom are your late associates.—
Even now, while your letter is being answered,
and this is on its way to you, a most ignominious
and severe punishment in tlie presence of all the
troops near this post, is being inflicted on men who
have enlisted in the service of the United States
(not soldiers) for plundering private property.—
All the private property which could not, by the
strictest construction, be considered contraband of
war, or means of feeding or aiding the enemy, which
has been brought within niy line, or in any way’,
has come into the bands of roy troops, and discov
ered with the strictest examination, has been ta
ken account of, collected together to be given up
to those peaceable citizen who have coine forward
to make claim for it. A Board and Secretary has
been organized, and has already reported indemni
ty for the property of peaceable citizens necessari
ly destroyed. In order to convince you that no
wrong has been done to private property by any
one in authority in the service of the United States,
I do myself tbe honor to inclose a copy of a gene
ral order from this Department, which will suffi
ciently explain itself; and the most active meas
ures have been taken, rigidly to enforce it and to
punish violations thereof. That there have been
too many sporadic cases of wrong to the private
property, committed by bad men under my com
mand, I admit, aud most sincerely regret, and be
lieve they will, in the future, be substantially pre
vented, and I mean they shall be repaired, iu fa
vor of all loyal citizens, as far as lays iu my pow
er.
You have done me the honor to inform me that
vidette Carter is not a prisoner taken in battle.—
That is quite true—he was asleep on his post, and
inform me that his three companions left in such
haste that they forgot to wake him up, and they
being mounted and my men on foot, the race, was
a difficult one. If it is not the intention of your
authorities to treat the citizens of Virginia, taken
in actual conflict with the L^nited States, as sol
diers, in what light shall they be considered ?—
Please inform me in what light y’ou regard them.
If no soldiers, must they not be assissius ?
A sergeant of Capt. Davies’s command will he
charged to meet your sergeant at 4 o’clock, at the
village of Hampton, for the purpose of the ex
change of private Carter.
I need not call your attention to the fact that
there will be unauthorized acts of violence com
mitted by those who are not sufficient uuder the
restraint of their commanding officers. My men
complain that an ambulance having the wounded
was fired into by your cavalry, aud I am in inform
ed that if you have any prisoners they were taken
while engaged in the pious duty to their wounded
comrades, and not in battle. It lias never occur
red to my mind that either firing into the ambu
lance, or capturing persons in charge of the wound
ed men, was an act authorized, recognized or sanc
tioned by an gentleman in command of the forces
iu Virginia. Before this unhappy strife I had not
been so accustomed to regard the acts of my late
associate citizen of the United States, and I have
seen nothing in the course of this coutest, iu the
acts of those in authority to lead me to a different
conclusion.
I have the honor to he, most respectfully, your
obedient servant,
Benjamin F. Butlf.r.
P. S.—Inclosed certificate, by Lively and Whit
ing, which will show’ you that they at least received
no harm from the Federal troops.
B. F. B.
Col. Magruder to Gen. Butler.
Sir—I have just received yours of the 13th inst.
With respect to the firing on the ambulance by
my cavalry, I have simply to say that the state
ment of your informant is entirely untrue. My
cavalry was never ahead of your column, whose
retreat was so rapid as to cause many of your
wounded to he left on the field, while others were
carried off in the rear instead of in the front of your
column (as they ought to have been,) and over
bridges which were immediately broken down to
prevent pursuit.
You say the citizens who defended their homes
must be considered either soldiers or assassins.
They are neither; but men defending their fire
sides against piratical invasion, and are entitled
to tlie respect of all good men. Messrs. Whiting
and Lively, whose certificate you have obtained
while in duress, were captured before Whiting’s
house was burned.
I stated that they knew the depredations which
had been committed on their neighbors. Those
depredations are acknowledged by you, both in
yonr order and in your letter to me. The last par
agraph of your order guaranteeing protection only
to citizens at peace with the United States—that
is, only to persons who think as you think, des
troys whatever merit there may have been in the
previous clauses. With respect to the vidette pri
vate Carter, I desire respectfully to inform you that
when a picket of four is placed out for twenty-four
hours, as in this case, at least one is permitted to
sleep. This picket had orders to retreat before a
large force of the enemy. Four men against five
thousand constituted however, such great odds as
to have justified the retreat of tlie picket even
without orders. Had private Carter been awake,
perhaps a retreat would not have been necessary.
Reciprocating the kind expressions contained' in
your letter, I have the honor to he, sir, very res
pectfully, your ob’t serv’t.
J. Bankhead Magruder.
Colonel Commanding.
To Maj. Gen. B. F. Biller,
Commanding Fort Monroe, &c. Ac.
I may state, (says the correspondent,) as an in
cident tending to illustrate the sincerity of tbe fed
eralist officers in ther protestations of a desire to
put an end to the depredations and outrages com
mitted by their soldiers, that Col. Stewart, whilst
on a visit to Fortress Monroe, under a flag of truce,
recognized a mirror aud other articles of furniture,
belouging to him, iu Col. Duryea’s quarters. He call
ed that officers attentiou to the fact, but the stolen
property was never returned.
Disastrous Fire is Macos.—A little after mid
night, last night, a fire broke out in a buildingaon
Cotton Avenue occupied as a grocery by Mr.
Youngblood, which soon extended to the buildings
on the East and down the Avenue, consuming the
storehouses of Youngblood, Wheeler A Wilbur,
Bearden A Gaines, McC&llie A Jones, and involv
ing the destruction of the store occupied as a sa
loon by Mr. Heath. The fire was arrested at this
point—the store of Mr. Cherry, on the corner of
Cherry street and Cotton Avenue, being saved
The loss in goods is considerable, that of Bearden
A Gaines being the heaviest, between six and sev
en thousand dollars, chiefly in bacon, pickled pork
and laid. McCallie A Jones are insured, we un
derstand. but partially in a Northern office. Messrs.
Wheeler & Wilbur lost $700 or $800. Mr. Heath
loses about $300. Mr. Cherry and Mr. Wyche in
cur some loss by hasty removal. The buildings
were probably worth $10,000. From some facts re
ported to us by a gentleman sleeping near where
the fire broke put, there cau be uo doubt hut that
it was the work of an incendiary. A few moments
before the alarm was given a man was seen to run
down the alley leading to Second street, with a
dog in company, closely pursued by a small dog
that jumped from the room occupied by our in
formant, on his opening the door to look Dll':, to
see what was the cause of some noise which he
heard in the neighborhood. The fire breaking out
near the roof of the building, on the alley where
there was a flight of steps, and where there had
been no fight or fire during Sunday, confirms the
suspicion that we have a set of villains amongst us
that should be ferreted out aud made to swing.
I Georgia Citizen, 1st inst.
Melancholy Accident. — A youth named
Ulyase Saltzmann, 18 or 19 years of age, had his
brains blown out yesterday, between 12 and 1 o’
clock, by the accidental discharge of a shot-gun
which he was handling, at his parents’ residence
on Urquhart street, in the Third District. He was
a son of Mr. Auguste Saltzmann, so long acting as
day clerk of the Third District Police Station, and
latterly clerk pro tem. of Recorder Long’s Court,
in the absence of Augustin Larose,now Captain of
the Bienville Rifles, in Virginia. Young Salrz-
mann, a tall and handsome youth, loved by all his
acquaintance for his manly, chivalrous and upright
qualities, visited his father at the Court yesterday-
morning, to inform him that he had joined one of
the military companies now being raised in the
Third District. The father, proud of his boy and
pleased with his spirit, applauded him iu his course,
and told him to go home and take, as the best
present he could give, the shot-guu which he (the
father) had so long used on his hunting excursions.
The youth, full of glee, ran home, and took the
gun from its corner. The gun. was loaded ; aud,
by some accident which can never he explained,
the gun was discharged, blowing off one side of
the youth’s head and scattering his brains all
round. The youth’s mother was so shocked by
the occurrence, that her own life was believed to
be in danger, for some hours afterward. The ac
cident spread a gloom all over the neighborhood,
for young Saltzmann was well known and much
liked.—Nt*o Orleans Crescent.
Returning to Europe —The New York pa
pers say that the Liverpool packet ships are expe
riencing a sort of revival iu the passenger trade.
Large numbers of English, Irish and Germans,
who have failed to obtain employment here, are
returning home under the conviction that they can
do better there than here. The packets take them
for $$5 to 30.
Great Battle at lartiuborg—Pallenai aid
Cadwallader Kepnlied!
Richmond, Fa., Jnly 5th.—Passengers arrived
here to-day, from Manassas, and the neighborhood
of Winchester, report that the Confederates, un
der Gen. Johnston, had repulsed the Federal for
ces, under Cadwallader and Patterson, three times,
with considerable slaughter. The Federalists were
driven into Martinsburg.
Gen. Johnston had sent word to the authori
ties of that place to remove the women and chil
dren, as he would shell the town.
It was believed that a singuinary fight would
take place last night and this morning.
No statement of the loss in killed, wounded, and
prisoners is given on either side.
Martinsburg is on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
way.
ENGLISH SENTIMENT TOWARD THE CON
FEDERACY.
Louisville, Ky., July 5th.—The London Money
Market Review says: “ We have habitually re
garded the United States with respect, as the pro
vider of cotton, whereby four millions of people
subsisted. Let ns not forget that we must now
transfer this feeling to the Confederate States.”
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
St. Louis, Mo., July 5th.—Official information
places Gen. Zeigle at Mount Vernon, Lawrence
County, with a strong force; and Gov. Jackson
across the Arkansas line.
CAPTURES AT SEA.
New York, July 5th.—The Solferino, captured by
the Vandalia, has arrived here.
A Southern privateer captured the transport
Hannah Balch, off Cape Ilatteras.
EX-GOVERNOR SEYMOUR STANDS UP
FOR THE SOUTH.
Hartford, Conn., July 5th.—In the Honse of Rep
resentatives of the Legislature of this State, ex-
Governor Seymour offered a resolution virtually
upholding tbe Southern Confederacy. His resolu
tion was supported by eighteen fearless Demo
crats.
THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAIL
ROAD.
Nashville, Tenn., July 5th.—The np and down
passenger trains, on the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad, were seized this morning at Camp Trues-
dale, near Mitchelville, by order of Major General
Anderson, and brought to this city. The mana
gers had taken all the engines and rolling stock
except a few cars, to Louisville, against which
policy we had remonstrated. This seizure was a
necessity to protect ourselves. General Anderson
informed the Agent here that no further seizure
would be made, and that the trains should hereaf
ter be allowed to pass unmolested.
STEAMER CATALINE BURNT.
Fortress Monroe, July 5th.—The Federal steam
er Cataline has been burnt.
THE FEDERAL CONGRESS.
Washington, July 4th.—Congress assembled here
to-day.
The Senate organized. The following members
were present and in their seats:
Messrs. Powell and Breckinridge, of Kentucky.
Polk, of Missouri.
J ohnsou, of Tennessee. ’
Pearce, of Maryland’
The credentials of Messrs. Lane and Pomeroy,
of Kausas, and of Ewing for the long term; of
Browning, of Illinois, and McDougal, of Califor
nia, were presented
Copies of all navy contracts were demanded.
Senator Wilson will introduce a bill to-morrow
to confirm the acts of the President.
Notices were given of bills to employ volunteers,
enforce the laws, increase the military establish
ment, for the better organization of the military, to
promote the organization and efficiency of the vol
unteer militia force—to be called the United States
National Guard.
Mr. Nicholson has resigned the Secretaryship
ot the Senate.
The Senate then adjourned.
In the House 150 members answered to the roll
call.
Ou the ballotting for Speaker commencing, Col
fax withdrew. Hickman nominated Blair. At
this the gallery applauded. Grow was also nomi
nated. But there was uo choice. The second
ballot stood thus: Grow 98, Blair 11, Crittenden
12.
GREAT CONFLAGRATION IN BOSTON.
Boston, Mass., July 4th.—A tremendous confla
gration occurred in East Boston to-day. The fol
lowing property was destroyed.
The wharves and salt warehouses of the Suffolk
Mills, the East Boston Iron Foundry, Machine
Shops, Sectional dock, Marine Railway, Marine
and Chemical warehouses, one hundred dwellings,
an immense amount of lumber and Umber, Marine
Stores, moulds, for Paul Curtiss’ new gun boat,
four vessels totally, five badly injured, also twelve
buildings elsewhere in the city.
LARGE FORCES CONCENTRATING IN AR
KANSAS.
Louisville, Ky., July 5th.—5,500 troops, including
1000 Tennesseeians, 2000 Ark&nsians, and 800 Ken
tuckians are now at Yellville, Ark., with ten pieces
of flying artillery. The indications are that an
army of almost 20,000 men will soon advance from
there, and every able-bodied man in Missouri is
enrolling himself.
THE SOUTHERNERS GETTING HIGH.
Alexandria, July 5th.—Everything is quiet here.
Two Southern balloons are in sight, reconr-oiter-
ing.
THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAIL
ROAD.
Louisville, Ky., July 5th.—No goods going for
ward. The merchants here are generally with
drawing their goods from the depot. It is deter
mined to send no train beyond Bowling Green, Ky.,
at present. The Directors are undecided as to the
Memphis branch, it being on neither road. Tiains
will not go beyond the State line.
FALSE REPORT—NO BATTLE AT MAR
TINSBURG.
Richmond, Va., Jnly6.—Passengers from Win
chester to-day deny the report brought by Ex-
Gov. Lowe, of Maryland, and other intelligent
passengers about a battle between Johnston toid
Pattersons’ forces, near Martinsburg, on Thursday
last.
Passengers to-day agree that Gen. Patterson
was at Martinsburg, and Gen Johnston six miles
off.
Senator Mason, who left Gen. Johnston’s camp
on Friday afternoon, at 4 o’clock, says that there
has been no fighting iu that vicinity since Gen.
Jackson’s engagement on Monday or Tuesday
last.
SKIRMISH AT NEWPORT NEWS—DEATH
OF LIEUT. COL. DREUX.
R ichM oK d , Va., J uly 6.—Passengers who reach
ed here late last night report that a skirmish took
place near Newport News on Thursday night last,
between one hundred and fifty Louisianians, un
der Lieut. Col. Dreux, and a Regiment of New
York Zouaves.
The Louisianians were out on a scouting expedi
tion, when they encountered the enemy, and a
brisk fire was opened and kept up on both aides for
some time.
Three of the Confederates were killed, among
them Lieut. Col. Dreux. The number of the en
emy killed and wounded is not yet known.
Passengers also report heavy firing in tbe neigh
borhood of Newport News yesterday morning.
The Petersburg Express ot this morning reports
e killing of Col. DeRui
Richmond for Yorktown <
tiie killing of Col. DeRassey, bat as Cof. D". left
an on Thursday BiNtuf, it
is evidently a mistake, and refers to Lieut. CeL
Dreux, the name ot the
killed.
Lscecohd DiSriTCH.]
Richmond, July 6, P. M.—Passengers inst ar
rived confirm the killing of LientTcoL Drenx at
Newport Neff* on Thursday last.
. .* >n , v * u \ Mor K mB Kennedy, of Now Orleans, was
killed in the same skirmish,
Richmond, Va., July 6—Jnffre Meredith to
day decided to hold Hutbeit, thq supposed spy, as
a suspicious person.
THE CONSTITUTION.
The returns received at the Executive Depart
ment upon the vote for “ Ratification” or “ No
Ratification” of the New Constitution, are too few
to predict a result. The vote however is small,
some counties not voting. In our next we will
publish the returns.
Forty thousand dollars has been paid into the
State Treasury as the earnings of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad for the past month—June.
MILITARY NOMINATIONS.
Riuhmond, July 6.—Capt. John B. Weems, of
the “Letcher Guards,” of Augusta, has been ap
pointed Major of the Tenth Regiment of Georgia
Volunteers. Dr. M. E. Swinney,of the same com
pany, has been appointed Assistant Surgeon.—
Both of these officers are citizens of Augnsta, Ga ,
Every field officer of this Regiment is from An
gus ta.
GREAT FIRE IN ALBANY.
Albany. N. Y., July 6.—A large fire occurred
here to-day. A whole square, including two
freight depots, a passenger depot, and elevators,
together with fifty freight cars, fifty-four of them
loaded, five canal boats, were burned. Loss half
a million of dollars. Several lives were lost.
FIRE IN PITTSFIELD, MASS.
Boston, Mass., July 6th—A fire occurred in Pitts
field, Mass., yesterday. Loss $30,C0U.
IMMENSE FIRE IN MILWAUK1E. V7IS.
Milwaukee, Wis., July 6th.—An immense fire oc
curred here to-day. Loss $100,000.
Washington, July 6th.—Gen. Patterson’s whole
force is at Martinsburg.
The Federal Pickets fired ou each other, killing
ten of their own number.
Gen. McClelland is reported as being within two
days march of Martinsburg.
Gen. Johnston is within three miles of Martius-
burgwith 4.COO men less thau the Federal forces.
Failures.—The Boston Bulletin gives the fol
lowing statistics from its reports relative to failures
and suspensions, for the three weeks ending June
1, 1861, in the following cities :
New York, three weeks, endiug June J, forty-
two.
Boston, three weeks, endiug June 1, fifty-five.
Philadelphia, three weeks, ending June 1, thirty
two.
Cincinnati, three weeks, ending June 1, ten.
St. Louis, three weeks, ending June 1, seven
teen.
New York.—The New York Herald, of the 13th
nit. says : “A general conviction obtains that, with
very few exceptions, our great jobbing houses
must go to pieces sooner or later, and, under the
circumstances, even three to four per cent, a month
proves toe feeble au inducement to persuade capi
talists to buy their paper.”
Hon. L.P. Walker, Secretary of War, has pub
lished a notice in tlie Richmond Enquirer, request
ing newspaper correspondents to be careful in
avoiding all allusions to army movements which
might be useful to the enemy, and consequently,
prejudicial to our cause.
Bishop Polk, of Louisiana, has been appointed
Major General of the Provisional Army, in the de
partment of Mississippi and Red River. He is a
graduate of West Point Military’ Academy.
Brigadier-General D. H. Hill.—It gives us
pleasure to record the following appointment by
Gov. Ellis, by and with the consent of the Milita
ry Board:
Col. D. H. HlLL, First Regiment of North Caro
lina Volunteers to be Brigadier-General of First
Brigade North Carolina Volunteers, for distin
guished services at the battle of Bethel Church,
Virginia, to take rank from June loth, 1861.
Good.—A company, in Walton, says the Madi
son Visitor, will soon be armed with rifles made in
the county. William Watkins, manufacturer.
This is furnishing the men and means for carry’-
ing on the war.
The Arsenal.—A vast amount of machinery,
and many artizans, (something like 100, we be
lieve, many with their families,) from Hurper’s
Ferry, have arrived here.
The machiuery is, we understand, that necessa
ry for the manufacture of Minnie, rifles, bayonets,
moulds, Ac. It is said that 150 rifles per week
cau be made. The musket machinery is retained
in Richmond.
We rejoice in the accession of such a body of
skillful men, and iu the employment of the Arsen
al here to some useful purpose.
[ Fayetteville (N. C.) Observer.
Cotton Statement of Saturday.
According to the Charleston Courier’s Weekly
Cotton Statement, the total receipts at all of the
ports for the present season are, 3,487,783 bales,
against 4,431,509 bales tlie same time last year;
decrease 443,726 bales. The total exports to for
eign ports are 3,101,4-iS bales, against 3,680,298
bales last year; decrease 578,69(1 bales; and the
total [stock on hand and on shipboard is 71,875
bales, against 234,654 bales last year: decrease
162,779 bales.
Fearful Tornado is Illinois—Lives Lost.—
On the 19th instant, a terrible tornado swept over
Champaign county, Illinois. A correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune says:
After the wind had tested the moving capacity
of every thing portable, then came a shower of
hail, which converted our immerse crops of ripen
ing wheat and waving corn into a barren waste.
There are many farms in tlie vicinity of Cham
paign City upon which there is not a green leaf or
blade of grass left. Wheat, oats, barley and rye,
are entirely ruined. I visited many fields to-day,
and found the small grain mown to the ground as
with .a(scythe; and the stalks were beaten and
shivered, looking as though they had passed thru’
a threshing machine. Corn which was one and a
half feet high, was cut off even with the ground,
and the stalk beaten to a jelly an inch below tlie
surface. Up to this date we have heard of five
persons who were killed, and quite a number who
were more or less seriously wounded.
COST OF THE WAR.
According to the verbal statement of Gen. Scott
last week, there are now under arms and in the
pay of the Government ot the United States 2d0,-
000 men. To maintain this army after its equip
ment, will require $ J ,000,000 annually to each re
giment, or $220,0<it) 000 a year. The Navy will
require, in addition, at least, half that sum, so that,
with the ordinary expenses of the Government, we
may safely put down our national expenses at this
time at the rate of $365,000,00(1 a year, or $ 1,000,-
000 a day.—New York Times.
Three hundred and sixty-five million dollars a
year! One million dollars a day ! Forty .one thou
sand six hundred and sixty-six dollars every hour!
If the war shall continue two years, the Admin
istration will have imade a public debt of $780,-
000,000!
In seven years, if the Northern people should
not become satisfied of the impossibility of con
quering the South for so long a time, that debt will
reach the enormous sum of $2,555,000,000!
There are yet twenty-four States, with about
22,060,(Mill inhabitants, iu the Union. If none of
these States should withdraw from the Union, it
would take a direct tax of sixteen dollars and fifty
cents ou each man, woman and child in them iu
pay the war debt for a single year.
John Mitchell on the War.—John Mitchell
writes from Paris to the New York Irish News as
follows:
You are right in sympathising with the South.
The South has not thrown off the shackles of the
Union one hour too soon. She has not been the
aggressor, but has suffered much and long from
the greedy, commercial, altogether British com
mercial. and industrial system forced upon ber by
the North. Her cause is a just cause; her institu
tions are safe, and sound,and beneficent; and I
am happy to say that the Irish citizens of the
Southern States are standing loyally with their
adopted country. The Irish companies of Sooth
Carolina militia have distinguished themselves by
their zeal in volunteering upon any service. In
the regular army of South Carolina, a very near
relative of your correspondent lias the honor to
hold a commission as an officer of artillery. Anoth
er very near relative belongs to the First Regi
ment of Virginia Volunteers, and may be at this
moment in Washington, or thereabouts. There
is no better cause—no more houorable service,
and I think it highly desirable that young Irish
men should learn the art of war somewhere, seeing
it is a transportable offence to learn it at home.
Mr. Russell on America# Introduu-
tioms.—There is an embarrassing custom
in America, scarcely justified in any code,
of good manners, which in the South at
least, is too common, and which may still
'be more general in the North ; at ell
events, to e stranger it is productive of the
ennoyance which is experienced by one
■who is obliged to inquire whether tlie be
haviour of those among whom he is et the
time, is intentional rudeness or conven
tional want of breeding. For instance,
my friend and myself as wo are riding
along, see a gentleman standing near his
| battery or his tent—“Good morrow, Col-
says my friend—“Good morrow, (imagin'
ing military rank according to the notion
possessed by speaker of the importance
>f the position of a General’s A. D. C.)
Ellis.” “Colonel, etc., allow me to intro-
luce to you Mr. Jones of London.” The
Oolonel advances with effusion, holds ont
his hand, grasps Jones' hand rigidly and
nays warmly, as if he had just gained a par
ticular object of his existence. “Mr. Jones,
I am glad to make your acquaintance. Sir.
Have you been pretty well since you have
been in this country, Sir ?” etc. But it ia
most likely that tbe Colouel will just walk
away when he pleases without saying a
word to, or taking the least notice of, the
aforesaid Jones, as to whose acquaintance
he had just before expressed such friendly
feeling, and in whose personal health he
had takeu so deep an interest; and Jones,
till he is accustomed to it, feels affronted.
The fact is, that the introduction means
nothing; you are merely told each other’s
names, and if you like, you may improve
your acquaintance- The handshaking is
a remnant of barbarous times, when men
with tbe same colored skin were glad to
see each otber.—London Times.
DJLtdij,
In Putnam county, May 28th, Mary A., wife of
William Garrard, aged 59 years, 2 moots and six
days. She had been a member of the Baptist
Church for 40 years, aud lived as a Christian should
live. Was confined to her bed for four years with
a painful chrome disease, and was never hea d to
murmur, but said she was resigned to (lie will of
the Lord. iShe was aski d if willing to die t and
replied, “Who would not be willing t > die with
such feelings as these ? I always wanted to have
suc!> feelings when dying.” She refused to take
auyihing except water, saying she wished nothing
artificial about her when dying, and tha: her way
was perfectly clear. It is with au aching heart
aud a sense ot loneliness that we feel that she can
be with us no more. Z. R. P.
In Laurens county. Ga., on Sunday eveuing,
the 23d ult., Elizabeth Elaxora, only child of
W. F. and S. G. Linder, aged 8 months. “Suffer
little children to come unto me and forbid them
not for cf such is the kingdom of God.” We do
not mourn the loss of her as many do, for we know
of a truth, that her little spirit is basking in the
sunshine of perfect beatitude.
RELIGIOUS NOTICE.
The Rev. S. J. Pinkerton will preach in the
Episcopal Church, on Sunday, 14th July. The
public are respectfully invited to attend.
il^ PEWS FREE.
July 9, 1S6J 28 It
"“council proceedings^
REGULAR MEETING.
Council Chamber, (
June 17, 1861. (
Present—His Honor, Charles H. Hall, Mayor,
pro tem.
Aldermen—Huson, Myrick and Vanghn. Ab
sent—Aldermen Haas and Barnes.
The Minutes of the last meeting were read aud
confirmed.
Tbe wards were called in order and special busi
ness reported.
On ^motion of Alderman Myrick, a Board of
Health was appointed by the Mayor, to-wit: W.
H. Scott, Esq., Drs. S. G. White. G. D. Case, G.
W. Fort, and Cols. R. L. Hunter and Peter Fair,
who are requested to act promptly’ and report to
the Council, making such recommendations they
may deem best for the health of the city.
On motion, the Council adjourned.
N. C. BARNETT, Clerk.
July 9, 1869 \ 28 J.
Milit
I ^OR IMME
men are d<
Black Spring Rifle;
ply to
July 9, 1861
S IXTY DAYS' after
made tothe ordinary
leave to sell a piece
estate of S. M. C
ceased, at private sale.
July 9, 1861
otice.
VICE, a few more
np the ranks of the
ther particulars ap-
“ W. WHITE.
28 tf
application will be
f Wilkinson county for
land belonging to the
te of said county,|de-
WELL, Adm’r.
28 9t
O RDINARY’S OFFICE, Montgomery Co., Ga.
Whereas ftlalcom N. Gill i, exeentor of tho
last will and testament of Rod rick Gillis, late of
said county, deceased, makes is application for
letters of dismission from his e: icutorship—
nd admonish all
ce within tho
ny they
n shouHPsaot be
These are therefore
concerned to be and appear
time prescribed by law to sho
have, why letters of dismiss!
granted to said applicant after lie expiration of a
lawful publication of this citatF
(liven under my baud and official signature at
office, June 22d, 1861.
F. McRAE, D. C. C. O.
July 9, 1861 28 m6m
A LL PERSONS indebted tto the estate of Jo
seph H. Wingfield, latelf Putnam county,
deceased, are requested
those having demands againstwSa de
present them in terms of the 1 ai.
T. NISBE1
yment, and
deceased, will
JAS.
July 9. 1861
[ W B c]
SBET, Adm’r.
28 6t
T WO MONTHS after date
made to the Court
county, for leave to sell the
tate of Joseph H. Wingfield,
JAS. T.
Jnly 9, 1861 [wbc
plication will be
of Putnam
personal es-
d.
Adm’r.
2m
Iff otice.
B EING UNABLE TO attend to bnsiness in
person, I am compelled to adopt the
CASS SYSTEM,
and in future shall expect ALL to pay CASH
for any article purchased at my establishment.
I would respectfully ask those indebted to me
to call and settle the same.
r. sBoszrssxsr.
Milledgeville, July 2, 1861. 27 3t
S200 Reward.
W ILL PAY THE above reward to any one who
will deliver to me my runaway negro man
George; said negro is about thirty years of age,
light complexion, about five feet ten inches high,
thin visage, rather round shoulders, slow spoken,
and weighs about one hundred and sixty or seventy
pounds.
If he is caught and lodged in jail anywhere,
I will pay one hundred and fifty dollars, if 1 get
him.
Address me at Linton, Hancock Countv Ga.
W.L. REAVES.
July 2. 1861. 27 tf
C yEOKGIA, BALDWIN COUNTY.
I Whereas Thomas F. Welis, guardian of Geo.
R. Tncker, now deceased, has filed his final ac
count aud petitions for letters of dismission, hav
ing closed up said estate according to law—
These are therefore to cite all persons adversely
concerned, to file their objections on or before the
first Monday in September next.
Given under my hand, officially, this 25th June,
1861. JOHN HAMMOND, Ordinary.
June 25,1861 26 6.
TTNDER AN ORDER of the Inferior Court of
vJ Putnaiu comity, when sitting for ordinary
purposes, will be sold at the Court-house in Ea-
tonton, ou the first Tuesday in August next, with
in the legal hours of sale, one hundred and forty*
acres of laud, more or less, it being the dower of
the widow of Daniel White, deceased in the real
estate of said deceased. Terms on the day of sale.
BLUMEE WHITE, Adm’r.
June 25,1861 26 tds
G eorgia, putnam county.
Whereas James A. Davis and William D.
Terrell apply for letters of administration on the
estate of Allen A. Beall, late of said county, dee’d,
This is therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceas
ed To be aud appear at my office within the time
prescribed by law and show cause, if any they
have, why said letters should not be granted.
WM. B. CARTER, Ordinary.
June 25. 1861 26 St
Voitpoied Executor's Sale.
W ILL BE SOLD on the first Tuesday in Au
gust, 1861. at the Court-house door in said
county of Hancock, between the legal hours of sale,
a tract of HtHI In aaid county belonging te the es
tate of SOas Herringdiue, deceased, containing
466 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Isaac
Blount, Eli Johnson and others, 200 seres in cul
tivation, and all >« good repair. Sold under the
proristoaa of the last will of said deceased, for the
benefit of tbe legatees uuder said will.
SILAS S. HERRINGDINE. Ex’r.
June II. 1861 24 tds
Blanks for sale at this Office.