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HON. CHARLES J. JgUXINS.
A private letter from a gentlemen of much ex
perience in public affairs, and who justly exerts a
w iJ e influence wherever )ji£|s known, refers to th«
m ,jt election for Governor inihe following terms :
“ I see many suggestions of men for the office of
Governor. I wish the name of the Hon. Charles
j. Jenkins were suggested. He is the wisest,
best, purest man we have, and would, I sin-
cere ]y believe, make the best Governor of any
,„an'in the whole State; for he is a just and a
irooil man,—and leaving off the demagogue, or
rather never having taken it on, he would act, in
all he might do, for the honor of the State, and for
the welfare and happiness of the people. For thesq
reasons, he is my choice over the all the names
that have been mentioned, or could be mentioned,
for the office of Governor. I want once more to see an
elevated, high toned, true, virtuous, talented and
patriotic man in the Executive chair of Georgia,
and such a man we should certainly have in the
person of Judge Jenkins.”
JUDGE LUMPKIN IN VIRGINIA.
\\~e notice in our exchanges that the Hon. Jo
seph Henry Lumpkin, the Senior Justice of
the Supreme Court of Georgia, has lately been at
Norfolk on a vist to the army in that quarter. The
third Regiment of Georgia Volunteers marched to
bis Hotel, and with presented arms made a res
pectful call for him. He appeared on the balcony,
and made a speech full of patriotic recollections,
snd eloquent in phrase and voice, such as no otb
erman in the South can equal. In the course of
Lis remarks he predicted that the time would come
perhaps, not distant, when Norfolk in a commer
cial aspect, would exceed New York, and that the
marble of Steward s Palace on Broadwav, would
ornament the streets of Norfolk. We record the
prediction with no idea of its literal fullfilment, but
as a highly expressive figure of speech, showing
the decline of Northern grandeur. Such alone was
the meaning ot the distinguished speaker, we pre
sume, and in this light we think it will be verified.
Judge Lumpkin has been on the Bench of the
Supreme Court since its organization in 1845. He
declined the offer of Judge of the Court of Claims
at Washington City, which was tendered him by
President Pierce, preferring to serve his native
State with a much less salary. He has several
sous, sous-in-law and grandsons in the Confederate
Army, and the venerable Christian patriot is himself
in itanh of a fight fo drive the invading foe from
the soil of \ irginia. All honor to his name !
bi,n,i " <1 *>“rail The eommi.sion merchant, of N.w-Orteao. ,od
HON. L. Q. C. LAMAR.
We regret to see announced, that this gallant
native of Georgia has been lately stricken with pa
ralysis at Richmond, while on a visit connected with
the public service. Col. Lamar was in command
of one of the Mississippi Regiments in Virginia at
the time of the infliction, and from latest accounts
it is believed that he will be enabled to resume his
post in the field. He represented the State of his
adoption four years in the Congress of the United
States, where he acquired a high reputation in de
bate. His reply to Thayer of Massachusetts was a
scathing exposure of the doctrine and aims of the
Black Republican party, which events have since
verified.
NEW MEAL.
Mr. Noel Goodson, doing business for Samuel
Farrar. Esq., in Jones county, informs us that he
had new meal ground on the 13th inst., from early
yellow or Baltimore corn.
For the Southern Recorder.
Letters to a young Georgian in the Army
of the Confederate States.
No. III.
The hardships of military life serve to qual“y
you for that struggle in society which it is impos
sible to avoid, if you have the noble ambition which
I always imagined you to possess. In youth we
are too apt to regard ourselves in a false light, and
to desire a condition of ease and softness as prom-
otive of enjoyment. We attach ideas of happiness
to the lot of those whom fortune has exempted
from the necessity of toil, and often complain be
cause we have to exert all the energies of mind and.
body to keep us afloat in the world,—that we have
to pursue some laborious avocation to gain our sub
sistence, or to acquire that rank amongour fellows
which large possessions or great social merit, can
alone secure. One or the other of these will ac
complish what most young men desire,—influence
and praise. As if it would be too great a blessing
to unite both in the same individual, fate has or
dered that each path should be distinct, though
converging in the same direction, without the same
reward.
I will not alarm your simplicity, your faith in
men, and the generous confidence which you re
pose in them, by stating in so many terms that decep
tion covers all human deeds,—that nothing has the
reality with which you now invest it,—that fame is
Reheat,power delusive, society a masquerade, and
even that love itself is seriously mixed with the
imperfections of earth. At your age and with your
hopes a very different idea is entertained. You
perceive friendship, sincerity, honor, written every
where, especially among men whose education has
been liberal, or who by tbe strength of their char
acters have conquered adversity, or have taken a
high level in the contest. The complacent address
which you daily witness, and the friendly smile or
the cordial grasp,—the genial flow of feeling, and
hie polite sympathising expressions of a stranger,
or the patronising look of some proud official, all
which you construe to your profit and readily add
to the treasures of your imagination, may indeed
*erve a good purpose, by inspiring genial hopes.
Rod the habit of looking on tbe bright side of all ob-
J ects - A man who has this gift can never be mise
rable long at a time. He will soon recover from
kis depression of mind, and gird on tbe same beau-
titul armor to ward off the poisoned arrows of mis-
Ruthropy. To do this requires a high order of mor
al courage, and a degree of self-control which we
rarely witness. I commend it to your fostering
thoughts;
but I will not impose on you too many specula-
twe ideas, when you need something practical, and
suited to your present condition, which is that of
the soldier—patriot, inarching by day, and sleep-
tug on his arms at night. And here, my young
friend, I cannot do you justice by any conception
°t the toils of war, or of the inconveniences, and
sufferings of the camp, to which you are exposed;
tor I have no experience in the military line which
"ould enable mu to describe them. Nor shall I in
c «r your ridicule by attempting to frame a picture
01 the imagination, when it would be so perfectly
convenient foryou to compare my daub with the orig-
®Rl in your tent and on tbe field of action. Waiv-
• u g the task altogether, I shall resume my views
°u the formation and value of character.
There is no better knowledge with which to be-
o ln i than to impress you with that lesson of inspira-
■on which tenches us, “ not to despise the day of
things;'” for I believe if we could duly ap-
P |p hendthis fact, and patiently, and with resolute
Purpose to conquer, turn all the little affuirs of life
‘"good account, by accepting them as instructors
“* disguise, aud as so many healthy stimulants to
Ie Rl manhood, we should be successful and happy
la whatever sphere we were destined to occupy.—
* have no doubt these very annoyances to which
"care all daily subject, so far from being an im
pediment, are truly the agencies designed by our
^ re »tor to solidity our principles, aud by our re
peated conflicts with our foolish plans aud desires,
t0 shape us for that place in society, aud for those
Providential uses which we should ever consult as
fr't very highest aim of our existence. I know the
^‘fficulty of embracing this view, and while I teach
ll ' I should be a gross dissembler to say that I am
4n example of its fullfilment. Tbe truth has been
gradually and painiully unfolded to me, after an
CRpcrience which would form a curious record, and
a * a y be summed up in the admonition to improve i*i
""“W things,—to apply a common sense rule, and
or-ve wisdom from them all.
T here is a base of operations in each military
l '»>npaign, just as Gen. Beauregard holds Manas-
Junction, from which to advance on Washing-
n C ity, or to succor Richmond, or to send off de
ments to meet the invader, as circumstances
require. He has carefully surveyed the
work before him, and with the lives
and property of the Southern people in his hands
as the Hero guardian, tbe Chief does not permit
himself to be disturbed by the petty under currents
of the camp, or by any little defect in the uniform
ot his battalions. He is absorbed in the result,
just as you ought to be in preparing for the battle
of life which you must fight alone, when the trap
pings of war, the music and the banners, the can
non and musketry, and the bayonet charge in Vir
ginia, or the expectation of the conflict in this ex
citing form, shall no longer stir your blood. As a
soldier it is your privilege to enjoy this splendid
opportunity, and to feast on it both in action and
in fancy; for it will be the proudest chapter of your
life, and will constitute a richer fund for narrative
and reference when your posterity shall collect
around your knees, than oar Revolutionary ances
tors brought with them from the battlefields where
Washington commanded. I can well remember
with what interest I listened in my boyhood to the old
veterans as they talked of Brandywine, Trenton,
Eutaw, King’s Mountain, Guilford, Yorktown and
other battles in which they took part. So will you
be bailed as a son of Mars, and as a spectator of
mighty scenes in the Abolition War which Las
been forced upon the South.
As a strongly fortified place has to be approached
in a siege by lines imperceptible, so shall I employ
my moral engineering to reach your mind with
such cautions advances, that when I shall demand
your surrender, you will Lave to capitulate to a
friend who will treat you as becometh. I shall
give you no intimation of the time or manner in
which I shall prosecute my war of conquest, nor to
whose favor I have already consigned you, so far
as my ideas of your happiness have been in unison
with those of another, to whose worth you can
never be insensible. We have a conspiracy on
foot, spiced with romance, and when you discov
er it. you will be the happiest of victims. For the
present, AdieuI
Donations in Laurens.
To the Editors of the Southern Recorder.
I take the liberty of enclosing to you for publi
cation, tbe names of the persons, (with the amount
annexed) who contributed to the fund raised in
this county, for the use of the Blackshear Guards,
a company which has recently left us for the seat
war.
While it may seem to the country, that there
has been tardiness of action on the part of this
county in furnishing her quota of men and money
toward the defence of the rights and honor of the
Confederate States, I feel it due to her citizens and
members of tbe Blackshear Guards to state that tbe
reason, why this company has not long since been
engaged in actual and active service shows no
want of patriotism in them. The company was
organised the latter part of March. Early in April
their services were tendered to tbe Governor un
der tbe twelve month term of service : They were
not ordered out under this regulation, and when
tbe change was made in the term of service, they
again manifested their attachment to their new
Government, by offering themselves for the war,
and not until six days ago, was it thought proper
by our Executive to order them into service, and
permit them to illustrate the chivalry and patriot
ism of their county, and tbe Revolutionary name
by which they feel honored to be known and call
ed. The cause for this course on the part of the
Governor I am not aware of, and perhaps have nc
right to enquire about.
The fund which has been raised by the people
of the county for the support of the Guards, you
will discover, amounts to more than three thou
sand dollars, and this, I think indicates patriotism
in them. It demonstrates the fact, that while cir
cumstances beyond their control forbid them to
take upon themselves the hardships of the soldiers
life, to separate from their families, and neglect
family interests at home, the contributors of this
fund, are willing to tax themselves generously for
the support of those who go to fight the battles of
their country.
Iu conclusion, I feel authorized to say, that no
company which has gone to represent Georgia’s
interest in the struggle now going on for the inde
pendence of the Confederate States, is composed of
men more reliable than those who compose the
Blackshear Guards, and if a position in battle shall
he assigned them, in which prowess is put to the
test, their conduct will show that the confidence
which their country has placed in them was wor
thily bestowed.
LAURENS COUNTY.
List of Contributors to the fund of the Blackshear
Guards.
Hayden Hughes,
$210 00
F. H. RoAA-e,
200 00
S. Elsiuger,
25 00
II. Herrman,
30 00
Jas. A. Thomas,
75 00
Geo. Currell,
75 00
Starkey Swinson,
5 00
Ashley E. Vickers,
200 000
Cullen O’Neal,
100 00
John G. Coats,
75 00
B. C. Allen,
25 00
Robt. Robinson,
10 00
Wm. H. Coombs^
100 00
C. A. Porter,
10 00
Hardy Smith,
50 00
A. A. Fuqua,
20 00
T. B. Fuqua,
40 00
Jas. F. Robinson,
20 00
W. A. Ganey,
5 00
John McNair,
5 00
W. L. Mills,
100 00
D. H. Coombs,
50 00
Q. L. Harvard,
10 00
David Harvard,
15 00
Westley Daniel,
5 00
John J. McLendon,
10 00
E. J. Blackshear,
200 00
F. Pope,
5 00
John W. Yopp,
50 00
A. J. Hobbs,
5 00
Wm. Scarborough,
5 00
John Woodward,
5 00
L. Bashinskie,
15 00
Jas. Scarborough,
5 00
Robt. A. Hill,
20 00
J. C. McCullers,
1ft 00
J. C. Carroll,
50 00
Moses Guyton,
50 00
Elijah S. Coyle,
10 00
Jonathan Mullis,'
10 00
E. F. Blackshear,
140 00
W. J. Kurtz,
20 00
J. T. Duncan,
25 00
W. A. Knight,
200 00
J. T. Coney,
25,Ot)
Mrs. VV. D. Coney,
25 00
W. G. B. Hogau,'
5 00
J. I. C. Stanley’,
50 00
J. W. Gilder,
10 00
Joseph White,
100 CO
David Ware,
50 00
Samuel Yopp,
20 00
J. M. Reinhart,
20 00
Washington Baker,
10 00
W. H. Spurling,
10 00
E. H. Blackshear,
400 00
J. J. F. Blackshear.
100 00
Dr. N. Tucker.
50 00
Mrs. D.. Fort, President of the Soldiers’ Re
lief Society, acknowledges the following dona
tions:
Mrs. N. A. Pratt, $10 00
A Friend,
Mrs. Ramsay, 4
Mrs. Mann, 13 pr. Drawers (Ready Made.)
Mrs. Compton, 12 pr. Socks.
Mrs. H. A. Kenan, 8 pr. Socks.
A Friend, 12 pr. Socks. %
Mrs. H. A. Kenan. 2 Flannel Shirts (Ready Made.)
Mrs. Hartley Hall, 1 piece of Canton Flannel.
Mrs. Dr. Fort, 1 piece of Jeans.
Mrs. Latimer, 2 Flannel Shirts (Ready Made )
Mrs. A. M. Nisbet. 6 pr. of Drawers and 4 Hickory
Shirts (Ready Made.)
Mrs. B. A. White, 1 bolt of Jeans.
Mrs. E. &. M. Waitzfelder, 1 piece of woolen Ker
seys, 1 ps. woolen Plaids, 2 ps. Hickory Shirting.
Wilkes Ilagg, (colored man) 1 bolt of Jeans.
R. HARRIS, 8ec’y.
July 23,1861
Scarcity of Cotton in the Manufacturing Districts.
A letter from one of the largest manufacturers in
the East, received at St. Louis, gives the stock of
cotton in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore,
all told, at about 9,000 bales, with no stock of
manufactured goods on band, while the stock in
Louisville, Cincinnati and Pittsiburg is nearly ex
hausted. The same letter states that the best in-
fo.med Eastern merchants are of opinioq that In
sixty days cotton will H worth twenty cents a
pound.
PRESIDENT DAVIS’ MESSAGE.
planters not to send forward their cotton in the fall
till the ports are opened.
“ A PATRIOTIC FAMILY."
Under this head, a writer in the Macon Tele
graph mentions the fact, that Mr. Alexander G
Slappey, of Crawford county, has eight sons, two
sons-iu-law, and one grand-son, who are either in
actual service, or on the verge of leaving for the
seat of war. [This beats even Judge Lumpkin.
Erf*.] ^
( Communicated.)
The attention of the public has been directed to
a number of gentlemen as suitable persons for
Governor of the State. The writer recognizes the
claims of most, if not all of them, to the confidence
of the public. It is simply his purpose, in the
event of the determination of the people to select
a new man, to direct attention to Col. Augustus
Reese of Morgan, as a person who will he recog
nized as eminently and peculiarly fit at this crisis
to take charge of the interests of the State. Ilis
elevation to the position would give satisfaction
and confidence to every
LOVER OF STATE.
[Special Dispatches to the Mercury.]
THE BATTLE OF BILL’S BIS,
Manassas Junction, Va., July 18—7 o’clock, P.
M.—A battle lias at last been fought ilnd a great
victory gained by the Confederate troops.
Yesterday morning, our scouts having brought
in the news that the 'uvaders were advancing in
heavy column towards Fairfax Court House, the
Southern pickets at that place were withdrawn
aud tell back towards Bull’s Run, where a large
body of the Confederate troops were concentrated
and strongly entrenched.
At daybreak this morning, the enemy first ap
peared in force at Bull’s Run, where it crosses the
road, about three miles northwest of Manassas
Junction, and attempted to pass. Our troops im
mediately opened fire, which was replied to by
the enemy, and the engagement soon became gen
eral .
On our side Gen. Beauregard commanded in
person. It is not yet known what United States
officers conducted the attack. The lighting ex
tended aloug Bull’s Ruu for the distance of one
mile.
The battle lasted, with intermissions, during the
greater part of the day, the United States troops
being three times repulsed with heavy loss, aud
three times rallying again to the attack. At four
o’clock in the afternoon the battle reached its
height. The enemy finally gave way and retreat
ed in great confusion towards Alexandria. At five
o’clock the firing ceased altogether.
The first and seventeenth regiments of Virginia,
volunteers were conspicuous in the action, and
behaved nobly. The Washington Artillery, of
New Orleans, under Major Walton, also occupied
a prominent position, and worked their batteries
with tremendous effect.
The loss on our side was slight. William Sangs-
ter, one of our riflemen, was killed. Capt. Dulany,
of the seventh Virginia regiment, was wounded
in the arm. Col. Moore was also slightly wound
ed. . .
A United States officer of high rank was killed
aud his horse taken. Upon his person was found
$700 in gold.
A shot passed through the house where Geu.
Beauregard was at dinner. The enemy, it is sup
posed, discovered his whereabouts. They also
tired into our hospital, notwithstanding that they
must have seen the yellow flag flying.
We have no authentic information as yet con
cerning the number of the forces engaged or the
amount of the loss of the enemy. It is, however,
known to have been heavy. The impression pre
vails here that the buttle will be renewed to-mor
row.
Richmond, July 18.—I have just seen Col. W.
E. Stark, one of Gen. Garnett’s aids
Gen. Garnett was certainly killed. Gen. Mc
Clellan had his body preserved in ice at Grafton.
Messrs. Bruce and Garnett have gone for it. The
amount of the Southern loss in killed and wound
ed was about one hundred. Our baggage wagons
and artillery were also lost.
Our troops, at last accounts, were retreating in
good order on Monterey, in Highland County,
twenty-five miles southeast of Beverly.
The number of the Confederate troops who
were forced to surrender was 6l>0. Col. Heck’s
command of about 350 Virginians are included.
The rest of those who surrendered was composed
of the following four companies of Col. Ramseys’
Regiment from Georgia : The Walker Light In
fantry, of Augusta, Capt. 8. H. Crump ; the South
ern Guard, of Columbus, Capt. F. G- Wilkins;
the Quitman Guards, of Monroe county, Capt. J.
S. Pinckard, and the Bainbridge Independents.
Capt. John W. Evans.
The official communication received here states
that the Georgia Regiment (Col. Ramseys’) of
Garnett’s command covered then-selves with glo
ry.
The despatch from the North stating that Mr.
Breckinridge had in the Northern Senate support
ed the war policy of Abraham Lincoln, is false. It
was published to influence certain sections of
Kentucky.
But few members of Congress have arrived thus
far. It is thought here that but little business will
he transacted by Congress beyond providing for
the revenue aud for funding or arranging the public
debt.
It is said here that a reorganization of the Cabi
net is likely before the adjournment of Congaess.
, [From another Correspondent.^
Richmond, July 18.—I have trustworthy infor
mation that Gen. Garnett made his retreat without
any considerable loss, without personal injury.
[We give our readers the above despatches as-
we have received them. W<e are uuable to account
for the contradictory statements iu reference to
Gen. Garnett.]
[Special Dispatch to the Charleston Mercury. ]
The Soul hern Victory at Bull’s Ruu.
Manassas Junction, Va., July 19.—One o’clock
p. in.—Up to this hour nothing has been seen of
the enemy.
Owing to the extent of the lines of fighting yes
terday, it is very difficult to gather, at this point,
the correct particulars of the battle. Our total loss
in killed and wounded did not exceed 60. The
carnage in the ranks of the enemy was far greater.
It is generally estimated 900, but may have been
more.
Major Walton’s splendid battalion of Washing
ton Artillery, from New Orleans, held a very prom
inent position in the action, and covered them
selves with glory. With their seven field pieces
they engaged Sherman’s famous battery of U. S.
Flying Artillery. Sherman had fifteen guns, but,
notwithstanding the disparity of force, such was
the galling and vigorous fire of the Washington
Artillery, that he was forced to shift his position
no less than fifteen times. His battery was finally
silenced and Forced to retreat with great loss.
Of the Washington Artillery only one man was
killed and four wounded. Their names are as fol
lows ; killed Private George Mure ; wounded Capt.
Eschirman and privates Barker,Tarleton and Zuhle.
Major Harris, of the Eleventh Regiment Virgin
ia Volunteers, was mortally wounded, and died
this morning.
Private Thomas Sangster, of the Alexandria
(Va.) Riflemen, was shot through the heart and
iustaniy killed.
Col. llay’s Louisiana Regiment was among the
troops engaged. They made a splendid bayonet
charge, scattering the enemy in every direction.
It lias been ascertained that Geu. McDowell, in
person, commanded the attack.
Among the fruits of the victory I may mention
a very large quantity ;pf improved arms, thrown
away by the Yankees in their hasty retreat, and
taken by our forces.
THE LATEST.
Nine O’clock, p. m.—Everything has been qui
et this afternoon. The enemy, having obtained
permission, under a flag of truce, to bury their
dead, have been busily engaged in so doing for
several hours. Their loss certainly exceeded 500.
Our loss was less than twenty killed, and thirty or
forty wounded. Gen. Bonham, who command the
brigade that did the fighting, had under him only
3000 men, made up of Virginians, South Carolini
ans and Louisianians. The enemy had between
5000, and 6000, engaged. We have taken two can
non and 500 stand of arms from the enemy.
It was Thomas Sangster, and not William, who
was killed among the Alexandria Riflemen.
We have intelligence that Patterson has crossed
the Potomac at Harper's Ferry, doubtless to make
a junction with Geu. McDowell.
Fifty Northern prisoners, principally Pennsyl
vanians, arrived here to-day from Winchester.
We are hourly looking for a renewal of the at
tack.
[From the Memphis Avalanche of the 15th.]
Little Buck Ark., July 14.—Mr. A, M. Wood
ruff, of this city, arrived here to-day from Pocahon
tas and reports that news had been received there
of an engagement between Ben. McCulloch’s army
and the Federalists at Springfield Mo. McCul
loch with 12,000 men attacked the enemy, who
were strongly posted, with 14,000, at Springfield.
The fight resulted in the unconditional surren
der of the Federals. The killed were 900 Federal
ists and 200 Southerners.
I The dispatches from St. Louis seem to point to
this engagement in a mysterious allusion to later
news at Little Rock, and to McCulloch having driv-
-To the Congress of the
Confederate Stales of America:
Gentlemen : My message addressed to yon at
the commencement ot the session container such
full information of tbe Confederacy, as to render
it necessary that 1 should now do no more than
call your attention to such important facts as have
occurred during the recess, and to matters con
nected with the public defence.
I have agaiu to congratulate you on the acces
sion of new members to our Confederation of free,
equal and sovereign States. Our loved and hon
ored brethren of North Carolina and Tennessee
have consummated the action foreseen and pro
vided for at your last session; and I have had the
gratification of announcing by proclamation, in
conformity with the law, that those States were
admitted into the Confederacy.
The people of Virginia, also, by a majority’pre-
viously unknown in her history, have ratified the
action of her Convention uniting her fortunes
with ours.
The States of Arkansas, North Carolina and
Virginia have likewise adopted the permanent
Constitution of the Confederate States, and no
doubt is entertained of its adoprim by Tennessee,
at the election to be held early next mouth.
I deemed it advisable to direct the removal of the
several Executive Departments, with their ar
chives, to this city, to which you had removed the
seat of Government, immediately after your ad
journment. The aggressive movement of the en
emy required prompt, energetic action. The ac
cumulation of his forces on the Potomac sufficient
ly demonstrated that his efforts were to be di
rected against Virginia; and from no point could
the necessary meatftres for her defence and pro
tection be so efficiently directed as from her own
capital.
The rapid progress of events for the last few weeks
lia§ fully sufficied to strip the veil behind which
the true policy and purposes of the Government
of the United Slates had beeD previously con
cealed. Their odious features now stand fully re
vealed. The message of their President and the
action of their Congress daring the present montti,
confess the intention of subjugating these States by a
war whose folly is equalled only by its wickedness—a
war which it is impossible to obtain the proposed re
sult:—whilst its dire calamities, not to be avoided by
us,“will fall with double severity on themselves.
Commencing, iu March last, with the affectation of
ignoring the secession of the seven Stutes which first
organized this Government; persisting, in April, in
the idle und absurd assumption of the existence of a
riot which was to be dispersed by a posee eomitaliis ;
continuing, iu successive months, the false represen
tation that these States intended an offensive war—iu
spite of conclusive evidence to the contrary, furnished,
as well by official action, as by the very basis on
which this Government is constituted—the President
of the United States and his advisers succeeded in
deceiving the people of those Stutes into the belief
that the purpose of this Government was not peace at
home, but conquest abroad—not the defence of its
own liberties, but the subversion of those of the peo
ple of the United States.
The series of manoeuvres by which this impression
was created—the art with which they were devised—
and the perfidy with which they were executed areal-
ready known to you; but you could scarcely have sup
posed that they would be openly avowed, and their
success made the subject of boast and self laudution
in an Executive message. Fortunately for the truth
of history-, however, the President of the United
States details with miuuteness the attempt to reinforce
Fort Pickens, in violation of an armistice, of which
lie confesses to have been informed, but only by ru
mors too varue aud uncertain to fix attention.
The hostile expedition dispatched to supply
Fort Sumter, admittted to have been undertaken
with the knowledge that its succes was impossi
ble; the sending of a notice to ttie Governor of
Seuth Carolina of his intintion to use force to ac
complish his o'oject, and then quoting from his
Inaugral Address the assurance that there conld
be no conflict unless these States were the aggres
sors,—lie proceeds to declare that his conduct,
as just related by himself, was the performance of
this promise, so free from the power of ingenious
sophistry as that the world should not be able to
misunderstand it; and in defiance of his own state
ment, that he gave notice of the approach of the
hostile fleet, he charges these States with becom
ing the assailants of the United States. Without
a gun in sight or in expectancy to return their
gre, save only a few in the fort, he is. indeed, ful
ly justified in saying that “the case is so free
Irom the power of ingenious sophistry that the
world will not be able to misunderstand it.”
Under cover of this unfounded pretence, that the
Confederate States are the assailants, that high func
tionary, after expressing his concern that some foreign
nations had so shaped their actions as if they supposed
the early destruction of our National Union probable,
lie abandons all further disguise; and proposes to
make his contest a short one, by placing at the control
of Government, for the work. 400,000 men and § i00,-
000,000. The Congress, concurring in the doubt thus
intimated as to the sufficiency of the force demanded,
has increased it to a half million of men.
These enormous preparations in men and money for
the conduct of the war on a scale more gigantic than
any which the New World ever witnessed, is a dis
tinctive avowal, in the eyes of civilized man, that the
United States are engaged in a conflict with a great
and powerful nation. They are at last compelled to
abandon the pretence of being engaged in the dispers
ing of rioters and the suppressing of insurrections,
and are driven to the acknowledgment that the an
cient Union lias been dissolved. They recognize the
separate existence of these Confederate States by the
interdiction by embargo and blockade of all commerce
between them and the United States, not only by' sea
but by land—not only- on ships, but in cars—not only
with those who bear arms, but withthe entire popula
tion of t ho Confederate States ; finally they have repli
ed , the foolish conceit that the inhabitants of this
Confederacy are still citizens of the United States, for
they are waging an indiscriminate war upon them all
with a savage ferocity unknown to modern civiliza
tiou. In this war rapine is the rule—private resi
dences and peaceful rural retreats are bombarded and
burned, grain crops in the field are consumed by the
torch, and when the torch is not convenient careful
labor is bestowed to render the complete destruction
of every article of use or ornament remaining in pri
vate dwellings after their inhabitants have 11 ed from
the outrages of a brutal soldiery.
In 1781 Great Britain when invading her revolted
colonies, took possession of every- district of the coun
try near Fortress Monroe now occupied by the troops
of the United States; the houses inhabited by the
people after being respected aud protected by the
avowed invaders, are now pillaged and destroyed hy
men who pretend that the victims are their fellow -cit
izens. Mankind will shudder to hear the tales of out
rages committed on defenseless females, by tbe sol
di, rs of the United States, now invading our homes.
Yet these outrages are prompted by inflamed passions
and the madness of intoxication, but who shall depict
the horror with which they regard the cool deliberate
malignity with which under the pretext of suppressing
an insurrection said by themselves to be upheld by a
minority only of our people, they make special war on
the sick, including women and children, by carefully
devised measures to prevent their obtaining tbe med
icine necessary for their cure ? The sacred claims of
humanity, respected even during the fury of actual
battle, by a careful diversion of the attack from the
hospitals containing the wounded enemies, are out
raged in cold blood by a government and people that
pretend to desire the continuances of fraternal con
nections. All these outrages must remain unavenged
avo by the universal reprobation of mankind. In
all cases where the actual perpetrators of the wrong
escape capture, they- admit of no retaliation, the hu
manity of our people would shrink instinctively from
the base idea of waging a like war upon the sick, the
women aud the children of the enemy. But there are
other savage practices which have been resorted to
by the government of the United States which do ad
mit of repression by retaliation. I have been driven
to the necessity of enforcing this repression.
The prisoners of war taken by the enemy on
board the armed schooner Savannah sailing under
our commission, were, as I was . credibly advised,
treated like common felons, put in irons, confined
in a jail usually appropriated to criminals of tbe
worst dye, and threatened with punishment as
such. I had made application for the exchange of
the prisoners, to tbe commanding officer of the ene
my's squadron off Charleston: but that officer bad
already sent the prisoners to New York when my-
application was made. I, therefore, deemed it my
duty to renew tho proposal for exchange to the
constitutional commander-in-chief ol the Army and
Navy of the United States—the only officer hav
ing control of prisoners.
To this end I dispatched an officer to him, un
der a flag of truce, and in making the proposal I
informed President Lincoln of my resolute pur
pose to check all barbarities on prisoners of war by
such severity of retaliation on prisoners held by
us as should secure the abandonment of the prac
tice. This communication was received and read
by the officer in command of the army of the Unit
ed States, aud a message was brought from him,
by the bearer of my communication, that a reply
would be returned by President Lincoln as soon
as possible. I earnestly hope this promised reply,
which has not yet been received, will convey the
assurance that prisoners of war will be treated in
this unhappy contest with that regard for human
ity which has made such conspicuijps progress in
the conduct of modern warfare. As measures of
precaution, however, and until the promised re
ply is received, I still retain in custody some offi
cers captured from the enemy, whom it had been
my pleasure previously to enlarge on parole and
whose fate must necessarily depend on that of pri
soners held by the enemy.
I append a copy of my communication to the
President and Commander-in-chief of the army and
navy of the United States and of the report of the
officer charged to deliver it, marked ‘document A.’
Tiiere are some other passages in the iemarka-
ble paper to which I have directed vonr attention,
having reference to the peculiar relations which
exist between this Government and the States usu
ally termed border slave States, which cannot be
properly withheld from notice.
The heart of onr people are animated by senti
ments towards the inhabitants of those States
which found expression in your enactment refus
ing to consider them enemies, or authorize hostili
ties sgainst them. That a very large portion of
the people of those 8tates regard ns as brethren:
and if uurestrained, by the actual presence of large
armies, the subversion of civil authority, and the
declaration of martial law, some, of them at least,
wonld joyfully unite with os- That they are, with
tion of the war waged against ns, are facts of
which daily recurring events fully warrant the
assertion.
The President of the United States refused to re
cognize in these, onr late sister States, the right
of refraining irom attack on ns; and justifies his
refusal by the assertion that the States have no
other power than that reserved to them in the U-
nion by tbe Constitution—no one of them ever hav
ing been a State ont of the Union,
The view of the Constitutional relations be
tween tLe States and the General Government, is
a fitting introduction to another assertion of the
Message, that the Executive possesses the power
of suspending the writ of Habeas Corpus, and of
delegating that power to military Commanders at
his discretion, and both of these propositions
claim a respect equal to that .which is felt for the
additional statement of opinion in the same paper
that it is proper in order to-execute the Laws, that
some single law, made in such extreme tenderm ss
of the citizens liberty that practically it relieves
more of the guilty than the innocent, should, to a
very limited extent be violated. We may well
rejoice that we have forever severed onr connec
tion with a Government, that thus tramples on all
principles of Constitutional Liberty, and with a
People in whose presence such avowals could be
hazarded.
The operations in the field will be greatly ex
tended by reason of tbe policy which heretofore
secretly entertained, is now avowed and acted on
by the United States. The forces hitherto raised
proved ample for the defence of the States which
originally organized the Confederacy, as is evinced
by the fact, that with the exception of three (3)
fortified Islands, whose defence is efficiently aided
by a preponderating Naval force, the Enemy has
been driven completely ont of those States and
at the expiration of five months from the forma
tion of the Government, not a single hostile foot
presses their soil.
These forces, however, must necessarily prove
inadequate to repel invasion by the ha'f million
men now proposed by the enemy, and a corres
ponding increase of our forces will become neces
sary. The recommendations for the raising and
efficient equipment of this additional force will be
contained in the communication of the Secretary
of War, to which I need scarcely invite your earn
est attention.
In my message delivered in April last, I referred
to the promise of abundant crops—with which, :
we were cheered. The grain crops generally j
have since been harvested, aud the yield proved j
most abundant known in our history. Many be- !
lieves the supply adequate to two years consump
tion of our population. Cotton, sugar, aud tobac
co, forming the surplus production of our agricul
ture, and furnishing the basis of our commercial
interchanges, preseut the most cheering promise,
aud a kind Providence has smiled on the labor
which extracts the teeming wealth of our soil in,!
all portions of our Confederacy. It is the more
gratifying to be able to give you these facts, be
cause of the need of large and increased expen
ditures in support of our army.
Elevated and purified by the sacred cause they
maintain on our fellow-citizens of every condition
of life, exhibit the most self-sacrificing devotion.
They manifest a laudable pride in upholding their
independence, unaided by any resources, other
than our own, and the immense wealth which a
fertile soil, and genial climate, have accumulated
in this Confederacy of agriculturists could not be
more strikingly displayed than in the large reve
nues which, with eager zeal, they have contributed
at the call of their country.
In the single article of cotton the subscription
to the loan proposed by tbe Government cannot
fall short of fifty million dollars, and will probn-
bly exceed that sum, and scarcely an article re
quired for consumption by the army is provided
otherwise than by subscription to produce loans
as happily devised by your wisdom.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in a report sub
mitted to you, will give you the amplest details
connected with that branch of the public service;
but it is not alone on their prompt pecuniary con
tributions that the noble race of freemen who in
habit these States evince how worthy they are of
those liberties which they know so well how to
defend. In numbers far exceeding those author
ized by your laws they have pressed the tender of
their services against the enemy. Their attitude
of calm and sublime devotion to their country—
the cool and confident courage with which they
are already preparing to meet the threatened in
vasion. whatever'proportions it may assume—tho
assurance that their sacrifices and their services
will be renewed from year to year, with unfalter
ing purpose, until they have made good to the
uttermost their right to self-government—the gen
erous and almost unquestioning confidence which
they display in their government during the pend
ing struggle, all combine to present a spectacle
such as the world lias rarely, if ever, seen.
To speak of subjugating such a people so uni
ted and determined, is to speak a language in
comprehensible to them—to resist an attack on
tlieir rights or their liberties, is with them an
instinct.
Whether this war shall last one or three or five
years, is a problem they leave to be solved by the
enemy alone. It will last till the enemy shall
have withdrawn from their borders, till tlieir po
litical^ rights, tlieir altars, and their homes—are
freed from invasion. Then, and then only, will
they rest from the struggle, to enjoy in peace the
blejsings which, with the favor of Providence,
they have secured by the aid of their own strong
hearts and sturdy arms.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Significant .-From the New York Herald’s news
tumniary we make the following extract. It is
■ ather a bitter pill to our enemies:
Lord John Russell has given another and important
English reading of the law of blockade in Par
liament. He was asked if the government recog-
iized the right of the New Granadian Confedra-
ion to close its ports by blockade, when he replied
that, in case of rebellion, the government had a
right to close the pi r:s, but if in case of civil war
he ports were defacto occupied by the insurgents;
they could not take that step according to interna
tional law. The British naval commander would
not, therefore, recognize the right of closing the
ports.
Arrival of Arms from England.—New Or
leans papers inform us, that the Confederate States
war steamer Sumter had arrived at that port with
55,000 Enfield rifles, together with other accoutre
ments and a number of rifled cannon. Ont at sea
the Sumter met an English vessels with these arms
bound for New Orleans. They were trauferred to
the Sumter and safely landed in New Orleans.—
What of the blockade!
We saw this intelligence rumored in a Memphis
paper several days since ; but now it is confirmed.
Montgomery Mail.
SAFETY OF THE GEORGIA REGIMENT.
Richmond, July 20.—A dispatch from Stannton
yesterday morning confirms the report of the safety
at Monterey of Ramsey’s Georgia Regiment and
all the survivors of Pegram’s command.
Patterson has crossed the Potomac at Harper’s
Ferry and will probably make a junction with Mc
Dowell near Manassas.
A Liberal Offer.—Nashville is competing for the
honor ot being chosen as the seat of the Confeder
ate Government. Her City Council has voted
$750,000 to be appropriated for public buildings iu
furtherance of this object, together with “the hos
pitality of the city,” &c.
TO ARMS!! TO ARMS!!
The Citizens of Johnson and the adjoining coun
ties who wish to serve in the war, will please re
port themselves to me at Summerville, Emanuel
county, that we may arm and prepare for the fight.
They will bring with them good double-barreled
shot Guns, and such clothing, by way of uniforms,
as can be made in their families, all to be as nearly
alike as possible, say substantial blue jeans. Do
not wait for the Government; Jet as arm ourselves,
and go when ready to any point where onr beloved
and efficient Governor shall direct. Old Burke
has several full companies ready. Emannel has
some four. There are yet in Burke, men who will
join this double-barrel company, and therefore some
of us propose to receive the names of all who will
join,—the men to elect their own officers. I have
sent to Charleston and received thirty of these
guns for the company, and will give them to those
brave young men who may take part with ns in
forming the Regiment which it is intended to raise
in defence of the South. It is requested that all
such will meet at Johnson Court House on Friday,
26th inst., and that Dr. Thomas Parsons will also
attend. JAMES GRUBBS.
July 20, 1861—3t.
I S’" Central Georgian please copy.
Isanternian
H as just
yards of G
ufactured at Colum
is offering at 66 cents
Milledgeville, July £
d five hundred
SSIMERE, Man-
a, which he
yard:
1861. tf.
MARH.IED,
In Twiggs county, on 14th inst. by the Rev. M
R. Steeley, Mr. Noah A. Magrath, of Macon
j (formerly of this city) to Miss Rob a, daughter of
William Bryan, Esq.
DIED,
S In Athens, on 13th inst. Mrs. Billups, wife of
j Col. John Billups.
Also Mrs. Mell, wife of Rev. Prof. R. H. Mell
In Savannah, on the 17th inst. Francis H.
, Welmax, Esq., aged 80 years.
NO PARTY—NO PARTY !
The Southern Watchman of the 17th makes the
following just remarks:
We are pleased to sec that many of our exchau-.
ges have raised tlieir voices against everything iu
the shape of a party contest for office. This is
right—it is commendable—it is patriotic—and most
heartily do we join such of them as are honest iu
raising the cry of “ no party.”
But we have observed with pain and regret, that
a portion of them—notwithstanding this no party
cry—recommend none but members of the former
domi limit party to office. If this is the entertain
ment to which we are invited, then we shall have
nothing to do with it.
In the formation of the new Government, the party
with which we acted iu the late Presidential election
was ostracised—not a member of it was appointed
to any place iu the Executive Government. Iu
the Congressional delegation from this State, but
barely one member of our party was appointed.—
Individually we care but little for this. To us it
is a matter of no consequence whether office-hol
ders have formerly acted with us or not. But as a
question of right aud justice, aud a matter of poli
cy, becomes important, it we expect to have that
perfect unity of sentiment so necessary to success,
to distribute the offices aud honors alike among all
parties. Our North Carolina aud Virginia friends
understood this thing, aud hence the Congression
al delegations from those States are equally divid
ed between the old parties.
We call attention to this matter, not for the pur
pose of complaining of the unfortunate blunders
already made, but to prevent a repetition of them.
Those who honestly desire to see party ism laid
upon the shelf—and we trust all do—will never ob
ject to a fair division of the honors, burdens, res
ponsibilities aud offices of the Government.
MORE TROOPS.
Gov. Brown lias ordered two more Regiments
to rendezvous at Atlanta, on Monday, 15th instant.
The 11th Regiment will consist of the following
companies:
J. Ramah Volunteers, Capt. R. W. Folsom,
Wilkinson county.
2. Confederate Volunteers, Capt John H. Eth
ridge, Monroe county.
3. Lester Volunteers, Capt. Lester, Forsyth
county.
4. Blackshear Guards, Capt. W. S. Ramsey,
Laurens county.
5. Jeff Davis Riflemen, Capt. Felix Price, Butts
county.
6. Jasper Infantry, Capt. C: W. Jordan, Jasper
county.
7. Etowah Guards, Capt. W. H. Stiles, Cass
county.
8. Yancy Independents, Capt Wm. A. Harris.
Worth county.
9. Cherokee Brown Rangers, Captain Fielder,
Cobb county.
10. Joliuson Grays, Capt. W. P. Harman, John
son couuty.
TWELFTH REGIMENT.
1. Delhi Rangers, Capt. Drury B. Cade, Wilkes
county.
2. Fire Side Guards, Capt. Luther H. O. Martin,
Elbert county.
3. McIntosh Voluuteers, Captain Wm. H. Mc
Intosh, Elbert county.
4. Bowman Volunteers, Capt. John C. Burch,
Elbert county.
6. Stephens Home Guards, Captain S. J. Farm
er, Taliaferro county.
7. Tugalo Bines, Capt. Wm. T. Millican, Frank
lin county.
8. Hancock Confederate Guards, Capt. Linton
Stepheus, Hancock county.
9. Lincoln Confederates, Capt. Lafayette La
mar, Lincoln county.
10. Capt. T. J. Smith’s Company, Hancock
county. _
Vote for Field OfBcera 11th leglmeat,
FOR COLONEL.
A. V. Brumby, (no opposition) 749
FOR LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
W. S. Ramsay, 397
Wm. H. Stiles, 350
FOR MAJOR,
Felix Price, 479
James M. Johnson, 258.
TRIBUTES OF RESPECT.
Soldiers’ Relief Society, )
Eatontou, July 12rh, 1861. )
At a meetirg of the Soldiers’ Relief Society of
Eatonton, Friday morning, July i3th, intelligence
being received of the death of our worthy youn_
sister, Mrs. Mary Tripps DkJar.nette, a member
of said Society, who departed this life July 11th,
1861. The Society was called to order by the
i President, and the ioliowing tribute of respect was
| offered and unanimously adopted:
Resolced, That this Society deeply deplore the
loss of our dear young sister, whose lovely charac
ter and modest deportment has won our hearts,
hearts, and by her unremitting care for the inter
est of our Society, has grca'tly contributed to its
success.
Resolced, When We remember but two weeks
ago she participated with us in our pleasant du
ties, her kind voice gladdened our hearts with
encouragement, we greeted her with hopes of re
covery and happiness, we little thought our loss so
near. But we remember with great comfort, our
loss is her eternal gain ;*aud though we miss her
quiet smile and lovely companionship, we feel that
these earthly virtues are but stars in her immortal
diadem.
Resolced, That a copy of these Resolutions be
tendered the iamily of onr deceased sister, also a
copy of said resoIutions.be preserved in the -V i-
nutes of our Socie’y, and the same be published
in the Southern Recorder and Constitutionalist.
Mrs. ANDREW REID, Pres’t. S. R. S.
Miss Mary E. Reid, Sec’y.
Camp Jackson, \
Near Norfolk. Va., July 15tl),lS61. >
At a called meeting of the Baldwin Blues, Lieut.
Samuel McComb in tbe Chair, J. H. Williams act
ing Secretary, the following preamble and resolu
tions were unanimously adopted:
It having pleased the Almighty in the exercise
of his divine will to again enter our ranks and take
from among us another of our brethren iu arms,
we bow with humble submission to this decree.
Resolved, That it is with feelings of profound
sorrow we hear of the death of our estimable and
much loved brother in arms, Serg’t. Fred. Shoen-
bien. That in his death this Company has lost a
valued friend and a most worthy and efficient
member, and the community at large a true and
loj'al citizen. A native of a foreign land, he readi
ly espoused the cause of his adopted country, and
took arms in her defence. Being afflicted with an
incurable disease, he was not long allowed to re
main iu her service; death kindly came to his as
sistance aud relieved him of his many sufferings.
Possessing ail that is requisite to constitute the
gentleman, he had,in his intercourse with his fel
low-men, won for himself many friends and an en
viable reputation. Though dead, and his presence
will no longer enliven our meetings, he will long
live in our memory.
Resolced, That his character is worthy of imita
tion aud that we will endeavor to emulate his ma
ny noble traits.
Resolced, That we extend to his relatives, though
fir away they be, our heartfelt sympathies in this,
tlieir sad affliction.
Resolced, That these proceedings be placed up
on the Company Minutes and published iu the Mil-
ledgeville papers. ’*
Serg’t. JOSEPH STALEY,
“ R. V. JONES,
Priv. J. H. WILLIAMS,
“ JOHN W. W. SNEED, 1 £•
“ ROLAND HALL, J S
!I
Executor’s Sale.
O N THE FIRST TUESDAY in October next’
will be sold at tbe Court-house door of Bald
win county, between the legal hours of sale, all
that tract of land containing 320 acres, known as
No. 7, in the Flournoy suriMy, in the Salem dis
trict in said county; that tract containing 100
acres, known as the Ttwnipoii land, and 25 acres
known as the Leonard laM. all in suid district.
The tract of 320 acres adjjztra^Vbite’s Mills, and
lands of Levin J. Smith Jlrs. shifph, and others.
AH sold as the propertyWf Samuel Johnson, late
of Baldwiu comity, deceased, under an order of
the Ordinary of said county.
Terms of sale.—One half payable 25tli Decem
ber next, and tlie other half twelve months from
sale, in notes with approved security.
MARY PROSSER, Ex’rx.
July 23, 1861 30 tds
Administrator’s Sal*.
S TATE OF GEORGIA, Coffee Cocsty.
On the first Tuesday in September next, will
be sold at the Court-house door in Douglass, in
said eonnty, within the lawful hours of sale, loti of
land, Nos. 216 and 245
district of originally
Sold as the property of
for the benefit of the In
deceased. Terms made
GABR1
July 23, 1861
iproved, in the 6th
sw Coffee county.
Imtiei cb^er, deceased,
creditors of said
sown on the day of sale.
CARVER, Adm’r.
a m] 30 tds
C 't EORGIA, COFFEE COUNTY.,
f To all whom it may concern.
Whereas Hiram Sears has applied to me for let
ters of administration on ve’e^i^re of Elish Kirk
land, late of said con
These are, the:
parties interested, whel
show cause, if any the,
scribed by law r , why
to said applicant.
Witness my hanJTthis 21st July, 1861.
A. McLEAN, Ordinary Coffee eo.
and admonish all
kindred or creditors, to
.ve, within the time pre
ers should not be granted
July 23, 1861
30 5t
S TATE OF GEORGIA, Coffee County.
Whereas Matt. Ashley and William R. Man
ning, administrators of Nathaniel Ashley, repre
sents to the Court in their petition, duly tiled and
entered on record, that they l^e fully administer
ed Nathaniel Ashley’s estata
This is, therefore,persons concerned,
kindred or creditors, 'to^^M^uuse. if any they
can, why said admini^Wtors sTOtihl^iot be dis
charged from their a^mnistration atu^eceive let
ters of dismission o^Tlie second Monday in Janu
ary next, being 1862.
Given under my hand, this 29th Jnne, J861.
A. McLEAN, Ordinary.
July 23, 1861 30 m6m
'TATE OF GEORGIA, Coffee County.
Two months after datj
made to the Court of Ordii
leave to sell the lands and
tbe estate of William Ft
division among the heirs ol
BYRD FUS
LOVE M.
Adairs, witl
July 23, 1861
[am]
application will be
•y of said county for
egroe^^elongi ng to
eased, for a
deceased.
gtx;
JLBREATH,
the will annexed.
23 2m
S TATE OF GEORGI
Notice is here
demands against
county, deceased, to
made out, within the
to show their char;
sons indebted to said
ed to make immedi
BYRD FUSS
LOVE M. G
July 23,1861
offee County.
to all persons having
"ussell, late of said
them to us properly
bed by law, so as
and all per-
ereby requir-
| am]
LBRETH,5
/ Admr’i
30 2m
I3akery, &c.
T HE UNDERSIGNED having bought the es
tablishment of his late friend, F. Shoenbein,
deceased, respectfully informs the public that he
will continue the business in the same manner as
heretofore and respectfully'solicits a share of public
patronage. WM. SEHEIHING'
Milledgeville, July 16, 1861 29 ly
A PROCLAMATION.
By Joseph E. Brown, Governor of Georgia.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, >
Atlanta, Ga., July 18th, 1861. >
Whereas, it is believed there are many old mil
itary guns of one kind and another scattered over
the State, and not in the possession of organized
volunteer companies, which, by being collected up
aud altered from flint and steel to pereuscion, or
otherwise repaired if necessary, could be made
scvvieable in the present crisis. I therefore issue
this, my Proclamation, calling upon all good and
loyal citizens of the State, to maire diligent enqui
ry and search for such guns, beiiirf the property of
the State, and to collect them up vwrever found and
deliverthem to the Clerk of tliq^uperior Court of
each county ; an
cause to be paid t
gun, (which can be repaired
so-delivered to him aud for-
store-keeper at Milledgevill
to apply to guns alreai'
the order of the Co
those in the hands of re
isting volunteer comp.
each
made fit for use)
rded to the military
This is not intended
lected and subject to
der-in-Chief, nor to
rly organized and ex-
but to such guns on-
en the enemy into a neek.—E»s. Union tf Atner. | *lm*t entire unanimity, opposed to tbe proseca-
The 12th fteglmcat,
This Regiment was organized' in Atlanta on
Wednesday by the election without opposition of
Hon.T. W.Thomas. Colonel; Hon. Linton Ste
phens, Lieutenant Colonel ; and Hon. W. M. Mc
Intosh, Major.
ly as are scattered oveiyhe country and would not
otherwise be returned so the State arsenal aud made
available in the present emergency. The two
dollars thus offered by the State for the return of
each of such guns, will be paid to the clerks re
spectively on the receipt of the guns at Milicdge-
ville; and the Clerk will pay over the money to
the persons who gathered them up and delivered
them to him. The Clerks thus receiving the guns
will p[ease to put them up iu boxes, or other
wise, and ship to Milledgeville, consigned to Capt.
T- M. Bradford, military store-keeper, accompa
nied by a letter stating particularly the number
and kind sent and where sent from, and that they
have been collected and forwarded iu pursuance of
this Proclamation.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
By the Governor:
H. H. Waters, Sec’y Ex. Dep’t
July 23, 1861. 2t.
I
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Adjutant Gexeal’s Office.
Atlanta, July 17th, 1861. )
General Orders, No. 12.
The President of the Confederate States highly
approving of the polic* of establishing camps for
preparing and training troops for service in the
field, has called nponthe Governor of this State to
establish two morAcahips of instruction, at the
expense of the Confederate Government, and to
receive three thoustMd men to be sent to them
for the purpose of betfc mustered in, organized
and disciplimaMk*^^^^
To carry out tnra<7 | n»r^eu9MjWjL^b e President,
the Governor invites all in the
State that are armed, am^mive alreadymade ten
der of service for the war,make sufeh tender to
him now, at this place; or, mot disposed to make
such tender, to surrender the^^rms to companies
that are willing to serve for Se Avar. Companies
making tender of service unler this invitation,
w'»ll report the number of arnB and kind, with ac
coutrements, equipments, tentsfend camp equipage
in possession. And those unwilling to make sneb
tender, are desired to report the number of arms
and accoutrements they are ready to torn over
to companies volunteering for the war.
No company will be received that has less than
sixty four, rank and file.
Bv order of the Commander-in-Chief.
3 HENRY C. WAYNE,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Julyes, 1861. 90 2t
The Best Bargain
IS OFFERED in the purchase of my Plan
tation, 21 miles east of Thomasville. The
tract contains near 1,000 acres, embracing
good HAMMOCK aud PINE LAND, with 350
acres cleared. It is well watered with never fail
ing streams, and as healthy as any place in Geor
gia. The Avhole, or 650 acres will be sold. Pro
visions and stock can be supplied Avith the place
Any information desired will be promptly given
by addressing me at Thomasville, Ga.
SAM. B. SPENCER.
US’" Confederate Bonds Anil be taken at par.
July 16, 1861 29 tf
U NDER AN ORDER from the Court of Or
dinary of Tattnall county, will be sold on the
first Tuesday in September next, before the Court
house in the town of Reidsville, Tattnall eonnty,
800 acres of land, lying on the waters of Beard’s
creek, in said eonnty, adjoining the lands of James
Surrcncy, Easterling, Al. M. Alattox, and others.
Sold as the property of the late James S. Strick
land, for the benefit of the creditors of said estate.
Terms on the day of sale.
STOUTEN HAMANS, Jr., Adm’r.
July 16,1861
29 tds
XTotice to Debtors and Creditors.
A LL PERSONS indebted to the estate of Oll-
A-cr J. Powell, late of Hancock county, de
ceased, are required to make immediate payment,
and those having demands against the same, Avill
present them to the undersigned in terms of the
law. JOHN J. SKRINE, Adm’r.
Sparta. July 1G, 1861 f'r h a] 29 6t
rpWO MONTHS after date application will be
A made to the Court of Ordinary of Potnam
county, for leave to sell the real and personal es
tate of Joseph H. Wingfield, deceased.
JAS. T. NISBET, Adm’r.
July 9,1861 [wacj 28 2m
S200 Be ward.
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, abont 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 I get
him.
Address me at Linton, Hancock County Ga.
W. L. REAVES.
July 2. 1861. 27 tf
TTNDER AN ORDER of the Inferior Coart of
vJ Putnam county, when sitting for ordinary
purposes, will be sold at the Court-house in Ea
tonton, on the first Tuesday in August next, with
in the legal hoars of sale, one hundred and forty
acres of laud, more or less, it being the doAver of
the widow of Daniel Wliite, deceased in the real
estate of said deceased. Terms on the day of sale.
BLUMER WHITE, Adm’r.
Jane 25,1861
26 tds
Hancock Postponed Bxecntor’s Sale.
W ILL BE SOLD on the first Tuesday in Au-
gnst, 1861, at the Court-house door in said
county of Hancock, between the legal hoars of sale,
a tract of »««»3 in said county belonging to tbe es
tate of Silas Herringdine, deceased, containing
408 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Isaac
Blount, Eli Johnson and others, 200 acres in cul
tivation, and all in good repair. Sold ander tbe
provisions of tbe last will of said deceased, for tba
benefit of the legatees under said will.
SILAS S. HERRINGDINE. Ex’r.
Jaaell.1861 24 ftd«