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(OT CALENDAR FOR 1861.
bevised by the southern recorder.
SUPERIOR COURTS.
JANUARY.
Ji Monday, Chatham
(tiilouday, Richmond
Lumpkin
"Floyd
FEBRUARY,
lit Monday,Clark
ii Monday, Campbell
Dawson
}JMonday, Forsyth
' tPolk
Glascock
Meriwether
Walton
t Monday, Baldwiu
Jackson
Mom oe
Paulding
Taliaferro
Walker
MARCH.
;u Thursday, Pierce
litMenday, Appling
Chattooga
Cherokee
Coweta
Columbia
Crawford
Gwinnett
Madison
M arion
Morgan
Jo Monday, Butts
Csbs
Coffee
filbert
Fayette
Greene
Pickens
Washington
Webster
Tnndayaft’r. Montgomery
llMonday, Cobb
Calhoun
Hall
Hart
Heard
Macon
Newton
Putnam
Talbot
T attnall
Ware
Tndaar aheyBulloch
la Monday, Clinch
flClialtahoocliee
fiinauuel
Lee
Twiggs
White
Wilkes
Monasy s f. y
ardhMon- ( Echola
a, y . (Effingham
, APRIL.
.‘ ^•d Mon. Carroll
*** “OQiiay, Dooly
Early
Fulton
Gordon
Pike
Rabun
Taylor
Warren
Wilkinson
« Monday, Habersham
Hancock
Harris
Laurens
Miller
Scriven
. Sumter
Utidaynfter .McIntosh
kMonday , Frankl in
Glynn
Haralson
Henry
Jefferso ti
Jones
Libe rty
Murray
Ogletlnrpe
Pulaski
Stewart
Worth
, "bryan
** Monday, Wayne
Banks
Decatur
DeKalb
Houston
J asper
Lincoln
Schley
Whitfield
Wilcox
filter,Telfair
Camden
‘“iriday after,Irwin
o Berrie „
Charlton
may.
"Monday, Clayton
Gilmer
Randolph
^Monday, Burke
Catoosa
Chatham
Fannin
Mitchell
Muscogee
Bibb
Quitman
Spalding
Troup
Union
Baker
ttd «y, Dade
Terrell
Laiiw , Towns
'Monday, Colquitt
lay JUNE.
"Monday, Dougherty
Lowndes
kl\f„ j Milton
j Bd, y, Brooks
iClay
H , Johnson
m^y.Thom,.
Honda
after.
JULY
1st Monday, Floyd*
4th Monday, Lumpkin"
AUGUST.
2d Monday, Campbell
Clark
Dawson
3d Monday, Forsyth
fPulk
Glascock
Meriwether
\V r alton
4th Monday,Baldwin
Jackson
Monroe
Paulding
Taliaferro
Walker
Thursday after,Pierce
SEPTEMBER.
lstMonday, Appling
Chattooga
Cherokee
Columbia
Coweta
Crawford
Madison
Marion
Morgan
2d Monday,Butts
Cass
Coffee
Elbert
F ayelte
Greene
Gwinnett
Pickens
Washington
Webster
3d Monday, Cobb
Calhoun
Hall
Hart
Heard
Macon
Newion
Putnam
Talbot
\V are
Bulloch,
4th Monday, Clinch
j|Chataboochee
Emanuel
Lee
Twigga
White
Wilkes
Monday af- }
the 4th > Echola
Monday y
OCTOBER.
1st A 2d Mon. Carroll
1st Monday Dooly
Early
F niton
Gilmer
Gordon
Taylor
Warren
Wilkinson
Pike
Wednesday after. Rabun
2d Monday, Fannin
Habersham
Hancock
Harris
Laurens
Miller
Scriven
Sumter
3d Monday, Franklin
Glynn
Haralson
Henry
Jefferson
Jones
Murray
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
Stewart
Union
Worth
Thursday } Montgomery
after 5
4th Monday .Banks
Wayne
Decatur
DeKalb
Houston
Jasper
Lincoln
Schley
Tattnall
Towns
Whitfield
Wilcox
Friday after Telfair
Camden
Thursdayafter, Irwin
Monday after Charlton
* Hutiday,
" nd »y, Richmond
NOVEMBER,
list Monday, Berrien
Clayton
Effingham
Milton
t Randolph
Upson
2d Monday,Burke
Catoosa
Mitchell
Muscogee
3d Monday, Bibb
Quitman
Spalding
Troup
Baker
4th Monday, Dade
Terrell
Thursday after, McIntosh
Monday after. Colquitt
do do Liberty
Mon. after Liberty. Bryan
DECEMBER.
1st Monday, Dougherty
Lowndes
2d Monday. Brooks
-Clay
Johnson
3d Monday, Thomas
l»rm *‘ V three weeks, if necessary, at each
tTY
it*,.]. 1 ’j-kange not to take effect till after the next
: A!' r^ rm Court.
eld la' ° Urts in Clay county, which, under the
Sm t’yr? u W sit between now and the times as
«4», act, must stand over till ’the times fix-
W n Unnty 0 f Chattahoochee, by act of this
CWi,’ 18 to, and become apart of the
Is«l a00c nee Judicial District, after 1st January,
^»ks for sale at this Office.
EXECUTIVE DEP1RTHE1VT )
Milledgevilee, Ga., 22d Julv,Y661. <
OSOB.OZA.
BY JOSEPH E. BROWN,
Governor of said State.
To all and singular, the Presidents and Cashiers of
Banks and Banking Institutions of the State of
Georgia.
to an Act of the General Assembly,
entitled ‘An Act to change, point out and regulate
the manner in which the returns of the several
banking institutions of the State shall hereafter
be made, approved February 21, 1650,” I do here
by call upon you, and require each and every one
ot such Banks aud Banking Institutions, to make
and transmit to me within thirty days after the
date hereof, a just and true return under
oath or affirmation of its President and Cashier
of the state and condition of such Bank or Bank-
mg Institution, with the names of its President
and Directors, and a listot its stockholders, on the
day of its regular weekly meeting of the Presi
dent and Directors thereof, next preceding the
date of tins requisition. And it is also hereby ie-
quned, that each and every one of such Bauks
and Banking Institutions, shall set forth, as now
required by law in their respective returns, the
good, had aud doubtful debts of each respectively;
and that each of them shall state, in their respect
ive returns, in a separate item, the amount of spe
cie in its vaults and the bonafide property of the
Bank, at the time of the said weekly Ineeting of
the President aud Directors.
In pursuance of the 11th Section of an Act of
the General Assembly of tills State, passed 22<1
December, 1657, entitled “an Act to provide
against the forfeiture of the several Bank Charters
m tins State, on account of non-specie payment
torn given time, and for other purposes therein
named, it is further required, that the President
and washier ot cfeh Bank or Banking Institution
iu this State, in their affidavits to their respective
returns as herein before required, shall state, in
the language of said act of 1857, “that the Bank
of which they are officers, has not, by itself, its
officers or agents, in any particular, violated the
provisions of said last recited Act, as amended by
act of 1860, since their last return made under
oath at this Department.
Given under my hand and Seal of the Exec
utive Department, at the Capitol in Mil-
ledgeville, this 22d July, 1861.
By the Governor:
_ TT „ JOSEPH E. BROWN.
II. H. Waters, Sec’y. Executive Department.
July 30, 1861. 3j
A PROCLAMATION.
BY JOSEPH E. BROWN :
Governor of Georgia.
All the arms which were in the Augusta Arsenal,
at the date, ot the Ordinance for its transfer to the
Government of the Confederate States, having
been turned over to the Secretary of War, and or
dered by him out of the State, to arm troops most
ly from other States upon the borders of the Con
federacy, and all the arms taken from said Arsenal
by me prior to said transfer, Laving been placed iu
the hands of troops from this State, now in ser
vice ; aud over seventeen thousand troops, inclu
ding three new regiments now under orders—for
whom full supplies are now beiug actively prepar
ed—having been fully armed, accoutred aud equip
ped by the State, including full supplies of tents,
knapsacks, haversacks, blankets, cartridge boxes,
cap pouches, camp kettles, canteens, &c„ at a cost
of nearly $300,000, in equipments and accoutre
ments, over and above the cost of guns, and the
expense of feeding and rendezvousing twenty' reg
iments; and probably over five thousand independ
ent or Confederate troops Laving gone from Geor
gia to the field, some of whom have taken with
them the States’ arms of which I have no account,
it becomes my duty to announce to the people of
this State, that so soon as the new regiments, above
mentioned, and two or three other regiments, for
which it is hoped a sufficient quantity of scattered
arms may be gathered up and put in order,
are supplied, the public arms at my disposal will
have been entirely exhausted.
In view of these considerations, aud of the fact
that our lives, our property and our all, are at stake
in the groat conflict in which we are engaged, I
appeal to the citizens of this State, to loan to the
State, and through her to the Confederacy, the use
of their private arms.
From the best data at my command, I conclude
that there are, at least, 40,600 good country rifles,
and ‘25,(100 arood double barreled shot guns in the
hands of our people. I hope, iua short time to be
able to announce that ample preparation has been
made to alter the country rifle into a good military
weapon, by changing the bore to a uniform size
and preparing the gun to carry the Minnie ball,
thereby giving it as long range as the Harper’s
Ferry rifle.
I, therefore, appeal to the people of each county
in this State, having one Representative in the
Legislature, to form one Volunteer company, of
eighty rank and file, aud to each having two Rep
resentatives to form two companies aud to arm
said companies with country rifles of good
substance and heavy barrel, and to notify
me in each case, as soon as the guns are col
lected, that I may have them repaired at the ex
pense of the State, for the use of the company from
the county where the guns are collected. This
would give the State an additional armed force of
over thirteen thousand troops.
Judging from ihe prompt and noble response of
the people of this State to every call which has been
made upon them for aid to our cause, I cannot doubt
that each and every county will promptly respond
to this appeal, aud that many counties will do much
more than I have asked. At the end of the strug
gle the guns will be returned to their owners or a
reasonable price will be paid for those which are
lost.
I trust that the Justices of the Inferior Court,
and other active citizens of each count}', will call
pub’ic meetings aud discuss this question. Many
thousands of men, more than the State can arm,
are tendering her their services, aud their lives it
need be. How many will now volunteer to loan
the State the use of their guns ?
Constantly returning thanks to our Heavenly
Father for the splendid victories with which He
has crowned our arms aud humbly and fervently
invoking a continuance of His favor, our watch
word should be, death or victory over the invaders.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Ex
ecutive Department, this 26th day of July,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
July 30, 1861.
H. H. WATERS, S. E. D.
31 2t
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; let us arm ourselves,
and go when ready to any point where our beloved
and efficient Governor shall direct. Old Burke
has several full companies ready. Emanuel 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
b'ave youno- men who may take part with us iu
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 mat., and that Dr. Thomas Parsons will also
attend. J^MES GRUBBS.
July 20,1861—3t.
Central Georgian please copy
8B200 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 jrears of‘
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 I get
him.
Address me at Linton, Hancock County Ga.
W. L. REAVES.
July 2. 1861. 27 *f
Lanterman
H AS JUST received five hundred
yards of GRAY CASSIMERE, Man
ufactured at Columbus, Georgia, which be
is offering at 65 cent* per yard.
Milledgeville, July 23, 1861. t«.
GEORGIA VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE OF THE CONFEDERACY.
The following are the Regiments, Battalions and Companies whose Officers have been com
missioned by the Governor of Georgia.
FIRST REGIMENT.
Colonel—Ramsey Lieut. Colonel—Clark Major—Thompson.
Companies.
Oglethorpe Infantry,
Walker Light Infantry,
Dalilonega Volunteers,
Bainbridge Volunteers,
Quitman Guards,
Gate City Guards,
Southern Rights Guard,
Newnan Guards,
Washington Rifles,
Southern Guards,
Companies.
Macon Guards,
Burke Sharp Shooters,
Wire Grass Minute Men,
Bauks County Guards,
Cherokee Brown Rifles,
Joe Browns,
Columbus Guards,
Buena Vista Guards,
Wright Infantry,
Troup Artillery,
Counties'. Captains.
Richmond, Clark,
Richmond, - Crump,
Lumpkin, Harris,
Decatur, Evans,
Monroe, Piukard,
Fulton, Ezzard,
Houston, Houser,
Coweta, Hanvey,
Washington, Jones,
Muscogee, Wilkins,
SECOND REGIMENT.
Colonel—Semmes Lieut. Colonel—Harris Major—Butt.
Lieutenants.
Adam, Allen, Crane.
Russell, Hood, .
Hardin, Kelly, .
Colbert, Griffin, Fleming.
Stephens, Banks, Cabaniss.
Wylie, Stone, Leydan.
Palmer, Felder, .
Swint, Brown, Mann. *
Rudisell, Evans, Carter.
Leonard, Brooks, .
Colonel-
Companies.
Confederate Guards,
Wilkinson Rifles,
Governor’s Guards,
Brown Rifles.
Blodgett Volunteers,
Athens Guards,
Young Guard,
Home Guards,
Dawson Grays,
Burke Guards,
Counties. Captains.
Bibb, Lamar,
Burke, Holmes,
Ware, Styles,
Banks, Caudier,.
Cherokee, JJickerson,
Fauniu, Campbell,
Muscogee, Ellis.
Marion, Butt,
Whitfield, Glenn,
Clark, Stanley,
THIRD REGIMENT.
Wriuiit Lieut. Colouel—Reid Major—Lee.
Lieutenants.
Freeman, Hill, Brown.
Heard, Thompson, Oakman.
White, O’Neal, Pierce.
Charlton, Allen, Boling.
Harris, Shuford, McDaniel.
Goddard, Germain, Beaver.
Hodges, Clemons. Everett,
Blandford, Wiggins, Mason.
Ault, Edwards, Bruce.
Carlton, Pope, Lumpkin.
Counties. Captains.
Richmond, Walker,
Wilkinson, Beall,
Houston, Griffin,
Putnam, Nisbet,
Richmond, Blodgett,
Clark, Billups,
Newton, Lee,
Morgan, Reid,
Oreene, M’Wliorter,
Burke, Mnsgrove,
FOURTH REGIMENT.
Colonel—Doles Lieut. Colonel—Mathews Major—Whitehead
Lieutenants.
Snead, Tutt, Phillips.
Clay, Washington, Wall.
Trippe, Wiggins, Mims.
Turner, W. T. Reid, J. S. Reid.
Stallings, Bennett, Moore.
Daniel, Langston, .
Jones, Luckie, Levy.
Andrews, Schelpart, Harris.
Sanders, Geer, Wilson.
Burton, McCullers, .
Companies.
Macon Co. Volunteers,
Southern Rifles,
Glover Guards,
Twiggs Volunteers,
Albany Guards,
LaGrange Lt. Guards,
Toombs’ Volunteers,
Sumter Light Guards,
West Point Guards,
Baldwin Blues,
Counties. Captains.
Macon, Prothro,
Talbot, Curley,
Jasper, Bartlett,
Twiggs, Folsom,
Dougherty, Rust,
Troup, Smith,
Gordon, Mayes,
Sumter, Johnson,
Troup, N atliews,
Baldwin. Caraker,
FIFTH REGIMENT.
Colonel—Jackson Lieut. Colonel—Beall Major—Saulsbury.
Lieutenants.
Willis, Hall, Worsham.
Wimberly, Daniel, Little.
H. B. Jordan, W.F. Jordan,Meriwether
Champion, Nash, Morton.
Smith, Jones, Wight.
Hill, Morgan, Jones.
Sullivan, , ——.
Toole, Brown, .
Hill, Lanier, .
S. McComb, Walker, Fair.
Companies.
McDuffie Rifles,
Cuthbert Rifles,
Georgia Greys,
Upson Guards,
Griffin Light Guards,
Hardee Rifles,
Irish Volunteers,
Clinch Rifles,
Dawson Volunteers,
Schley Guards,
Counties.
Captains.
Warren,
Pottle,
Randolph,
Long,
Muscogee,
Iverson,
Upson,
Beall,
Spalding,
Mangham,
Decatur,
King,
Richmond,
Hull,
Richmond,
Platt,
Terrell,
Wooten,
Schley,
Burton,
Lieutenants.
Shivers, Hundley, Nelms.
Douglass, Janes, Byrd.
Sandilord, Saulsbury, Burns.
Ring, Black, .
Wright, Cline, Blood worth.
Whitely,
Duffy, O’Conner, .
Ansley, Adams, Moore.
Whitlock, Weston. Nelson.
Green, Hudson, Wyche.
SIXTH REGIMENT.
Colonel—Colquitt Lieut. Colonel—Newton Major—Tracy.
Lieutenants.
Simmons. Fowler, McCrary.
Hulsey, Keaton, West.
Barden, , .
J.M. Reid,-R. P. Jordan, W. F. Jordan.
Wilcher, Caldwell, Bateman.
Harris, Dozier. Grattan,
Baggs, Russell, Hudspeth.
Richardson, McBateman, Mims,
Crocker, Wimberly. Slappey.
Pittman, Head, .
SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Colonel—G.artrell Lieut. Colonel—Cooper Major—Dcnwoody.
Companies.
Counties.
Captains.
Crawford Grays,
Crawford,
Cleavelaud,
Mitchell Independents,
Mitchell,
Shackelford
Look Out Infantry,
Dafle,
Hancock,
Hanna,
Sidney Brown Rifles,
Arnold,
Butler Van Guards,
Taylor,
Griffin,
Gilmer Blues,
Oglethorpe,
Lofton,
Baker Fire F.aters,
Baker,
Plain.
Beauregard Volunteers,
Houston,
Anderson,
Twiggs Guards,
Twiggs,
Barclay,
Butts Volunteers,
Butts,
Dupree,
Companies.
Davis Infantry,
Confederate Volunteers,
Franklin Volunteers,
Coweta Guards,
Cobb Mountaineers,
Roswell Guards,
Paulding Volunteers,
Stone Mountain Vol’rs,
DeKalb Light Infantry,
Confederate Guards,
Counties.
Captains.
Fulton,
Ballard,
Fulton,
Foreacre,
Franklin,
Brown,
Coweta,
Lee,
Cobb,
White,
Cobb,
Dunwoody,
Paulding,
Jenkins,
DeKalb,
Hoyle,
DeKalb,
Fowler,
Cobb,
Lindley,
Lieutenants.
J. Thompson, Howell, J. E. Thompson.
West, Dillard, Moore.
Stallings, Featherston, Houston.
Bryant, Bowers, Benton.
Winn, Butler, Anderson.
Bishop, Wing, .
Weaver, Anderson, Compton.
Browning, Brogan, Holley.
Powell, Hawkins, Wilson.
EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Colonel—Mercer Lieut. Colonel—Rockwell Major—Olmstead.
Lieutenants.
Black, Lamar, Giles.
O’Conner, Ford, Dooner.
Bassinger,-Rice, Habersham.
Stiles, Hopkins, T. F. Screven.
Werner, Umback, .
Hartridge, Hardee, Herrman.
Wilson, Lamar, Cope.
Oliver, McFarland, Mercer.
Companies.
Counties.
Captains.
Phoenix Riflemen,
Chatham,
Gordon,
Irish Jasper Greens,
Chatham,
Foley,
Sav. Vol. Guards—A.,
Chatham,
Screven,
Sav. Vol. Guards—B.,
Chatham,
Davenport,
German Volunteers,
Chatham,
Stegin,
DeKalb Riflemen,
Chatham,
Wetter,
Savannah Artillery,
Chatham,
Gallic,
Anderson,
Republican Blues—A.,
Chatham,
Republican Blues—B.,
Chatham,
Davis,
NINTH REGIMENT.
Colonel—Goclding Lieut. Colonel—Tcrnipseed Major—Mocngek.
Lieutenants.
E. H. Doles, Watkins, McGregor.
Heaton, Allen, Hoge.
Companies.
Counties.
Captains.
Baldwin Volunteers,
Baldwin,
Walker,
Beck,
LaFayette Volunteers,
Gordon,
Chattooga Rifles,
Chattooga,
Jones,
Americas Volunteers,
Sumter,
King,
Hillyer,
Walton Guards,
Walton,
Toombs’ Guards,
Bulloch,
Belt,
Irvin Guards,
Wilke*,
Norman,
Fort Gaines Guards,
Clay,
Brown,
Brooks Rifles,
Brooks,
Jones,
Talbot Guards,
Talbot,
Gaulden,
Dudley, Cobb,
Arnold, Bacon, Ragan.
Talbot, Knight, Connelly.
Wingfield, Arnold, Andrews.
Webb, Tennille, Hill.
Cockerell, Rainey, Hardee.
McCrary, Jameson, Hagerman.
TENTH REGIMENT.
Colonel—Anderson Lieut. Colonel—GuERRY Major—Goode.
Lieutenants.
Guthrie, Little,
Companies.
Beauregard Rifles,
Waltou Infantry,
Gainesville Lt. Infantry,
Gilmer Boys,
■Fannin Young Rifles,
Murray Rifle Company,
Mrs. Joe Brown’s Boys,
Quitman Grays,
Houston Co. Volunteers,
Lee Volunteers,
Counties.
Captains.
Murray,
Wood,
Union,
Anderson.
Hall,
Mitchell,
Gilmer,
Welch,
Fannin,
Dobbs,
Murray,
Luffman,
Fannin,
Hyde,
Quitman,
Guerry,
Houston,
Goode,
Lee,
Stokes,
McDaniel, Nunerly, Arnold.
Bowen, Jackson, .
Milton, West, May.
Noblett, Trammell, Paris.
Jackson, Leonard, Ramsey.
Johnson, W. N. Crawford, J. E. Crawfd,
Dozier, Bledsoe, Smith.
Birch, Wimberly, Riley.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
Colonel—Brumby Lieut. Colonel—Ramsay .
Companies. Counties. Captains.
Ramali Volunteers, Wilkinson, Folsom,
Confederate Volunteers, Monroe, Etheridge,
Lester Volunteers, Forsyth, Lester,
Blackshear Guards, Laurens, Ramsay,
Jeff. Davis Riflemen, Butts, Price,
Jasper Infantry, Jasper, Jordan,
Etowali Guards, Cass, Jones,
Yancey Independents, Worth, Harris,
Cher’kee Brown Rangers Cobb, Fielder,
Johnson Grays. Johnson,
...Major—Price.
Lieutenants.
Kelly, Solomon, Lingo.
Haupt, Hammond, Mays.
David, Patterson, Reves.
Yopp, Chappell, Rowe.
Boynton, McMicliael, Hall.
Lane, Ward, Walker.
Burge, Fields, Goldsmith.
Giddens, Johnson, Weeks.
Hunt, Abbott, Thompson.
Fortner. Clegg, Kent.
Harman.
TWELFTH REGIMENT.—[CHANGED TO FIFTEENTH.]
Colonel—Thomas Lieut. Colonel—Stephens Major—McIntosh.
Companies.
Delhi Rangers,
Fireside Guards,
McIntosh Volunteers,
Bowman’s Volunteers,
Poole Volunteers,
Stephens Home Guards,
Tugalo Blues,
Hancock Conf. Guards,
Lamar Guards,
Hancock Volunteers,
Counties.
Captains.
Lieutenants.
Wilkes,
Cade,
W. B. Cade, McClendon, Quinn.
Elbert,
Martin,
Heard, Bourne, Lofton.
Elbert,
McIntosh,
Smith, Shannon, Clark.
Elbert,
Burcli,
Clark, Craft, Edwards.
Hart,
Poole,
Linder, Johnson, Knox.
Taliaferro,
Farmer,
Tilley, Flint, Ivey.
Franklin,
Millican,
Lester, Young, Terreli.
Hancock.
Stephens,
DuBose, Latimer, Culver.
Lincoln,
Lamar,
Harnesberger, Paschal,
Hancock,
Smith,
Bird, Culver, Lamar.
FIRST
BA TTALION.
Companies.
Etowah Infantry,
Ringgold Volunteers,
Brown Infantry.
Independent Volunteers,
Companies.
Macon Volunteers,
Floyd Rifles.
City Light Guards,
Spalding Grays,
Companies.
Lee's Volunteers,
Washington Artillery,
Major—Villipigce.
Counties. Captains. Lieutenants.
Cass, Larey, Howard, Sprout. Johnson.
Catoosa, Spraybcrry, Hackett, Whitman. Thompson.
Bibb, G. A. Smith Nixon, J. Jeffers, Price.
Bibb, Aderhold, E. G. Jeffers, Poe, Fields.
SECOND BATTALION.
Major—Hardeman.
Counties. Captains.
Bibb, Smith,
Bibb, Ross,
Muscogee, Colqnitt,
Spalding. Doyal,
INDEPENDENT COMPANIES.
Counties. Captains. Lieutenants.
Fulton, Lee, Rhodes, Brown, McConnell.
Richmond, Girardy. Barnes, Jacobns.
GEORGIA REGULARS. *
Lieutenants.
Butts, Kuight, Conner.
W. H. Ross, Redding, Turpin.
Moffatt, Shingler, Chapman.
Dnpree, Redding, Bryant.
This Regiment is commanded by Col. Charles J. Williams, and has been stationed at Fort
Pulaski and Tybee, until recently, when it was ordered to Virginia, by the Secretary of War.
INDEPENDENT REGIMENTS.
Under an act of Congress, President Davis has accepted a number of companies from Georgia,
which have been formed into Regiments. The organization of the latter has mot been reported to
the State Executive, and therefore the oflicers cannot be ascertained from the Adjutant General’s of-
The Regiments are generally known, however, as Bartow’s, Conner s, MeLaws’, Printnp’s and
Jr!' rhe latter being called the Toombs Regiment. In addition to these, there will soon be in
Hispid TRfi Cobb’s Legion, Gov. Cobb’s Regiment, and several others now in process of forma-
S-n' Phillip*’ Brigade has been several week* in camp of instruction near Marietta,and is
to revive marching orders. AU these show aforce ofab<mt25,000 men which Georgia has far-
nUh*A nfe Confederate States, ana more than double thia number can be raised when neceaaary.
be found where the examrnation
the record of commissions issued since the warcommenced If any erren are.
course be corrected on notice of the fact. Officers are sometimes changed by promotion, which Or
comstance is not always notified to the Executive. ,
SPEECH OF THE
Hod. John C.Breckinridge.
Delivered in the United States Senate on the llkh Day
of July, 1861.
Mr. Breckinridge (Dern., Ky.,) proceeded to speak
at length in opposition to the resolution. He said un
der ordinary circumstances be might content himself
simply with" a vote, but now he thought it required to
give expression to his views. It was proposed by res
olution to declare the acta of the President approved —
The resolution ou its face seems to admit that the acts
of the President were uot performed in accordance
with the Constitution and the laws. If that were the
ease, then he would be glad to have some reuson as
signed, showing the power of Congress to indemnify
the President for a breach of the Constitution. He de
nied that one branch of the Government can indemnify
public officers in another branch of the Government for
violation of the Constitution aud laws. The powers con
ferred on tlie Government by the people ot the Stutes,
are the measure of its authority. These powers are
confided in different departments, aud their boundaries
are determined. The President lias rights r nrt powers
conferred, and the Legislative Department its powers
and the J udicial Department its powers, and he denied
that either can encroach on the oilier, or indemnify the
other for usurpations of the powers confided by" the
Constitution.
Congress lias no more right to make constitutional
the unconstitutional acts of tlie President than the
President to make vulid tlie act of the Supreme Court,
encroaching ou tlie Executive power or the Supreme
Court to make vulid an act of theExecutive, encroach
ing on the Judicial power. The resolution snbstanti
ally declares that Congress may add to tlie Constitution
or take from it iu a manner not provided by that in
strument; that her bare majority can by resolution
make that constitutional which is unconstitutional by
the same authority. So, iu whatever view, the power
granted by this resolution is utterly subversive of the
Constitution. It might be well to ask if the President
had assumed power uot conferred. He should confine
himself to tlie acts enumerated iu the resolution acts
which he .declared to be usurpations on tlie part of
the Executive; and so far from approving the arts,
he thought this high officer should he rebuked by
botli houses of Congress.
The President lias just established blockade
Where is tlie clause iu the Constitution which authori
zes it'! Tlie last Congress refused to confer authority,
aud by what authority did the President do it after
they refused ? The Constitution declares that Con
gress atone have power to declare war; yet tlie Presi
dent lias made war. In tlie last session the Senator
from lilinoins (Douglas) delivered a speech, ou the
loth of March, which he would read. He then read
an extract of Mr. Douglas’ speech, declaring that tin
President had no light to make a blockade at New Or
leans or Charleston, more than at Chicago. He also
read from a speech of Daniel Webster; delivered in
1832, ecdlaring that Gen Jackson had no right to block
ade Charleston. He said lie approved the sentiments
uttered by these eminent statesmen, who were former
ly regarded as sound, and thought the time had agaiu
come when it would uot be thought treason to maintain
them.
The resolution proceeds to approve tlie act of tlie
President enlisting men for three and rive years. By
what authority of the Constitution aud law lias he done
this! The power is not in tlie Constitution, nor gran
ted by law. Therefore, it must be illegal and uncon
stitutional. Again, the President by his own will has
added immensely to the army; whereas tlie Constitu
tion says Congress alone have power to raise armies,
lie lias also added to the navy, against tlie warrant of
the Constitution. These acts are not defended on
constitutional or legal grounds, and he pronounced
them usurpations. This resolution goes ou to recite
that the President has suspended the writ of habeas
corpus, aud proposes to ratify and make that val
id.
We have a great deal of talk about rights—the
rights of Stutes, the rights of individuals, and some of
them have been said to be shadowy and imaginary;
but the right of every citizen to be arrested only by a
warrant of law, and his right to have his body brought
beforea judicial authority, iu order that the grounds
of that arrest may be determined on, is a real right.
There can be no dispute about that.—lt is the right
ofrights to all—high, low, richorpoor. It is especial
ly the right of that clase wliish his Excellency the
President calls plain people. It is a right the res-
? ect of which is a measure of progress and civilization,
t is aright that has been struggled for, fought for,
guarded by laws and backed up in constitutions.
To have maintained it by arras, to have suffered
for it, then to have it established on foundations so
immutable that the authority of the sovereign could
not shake it, isthe chief glory of the British people,
from whom we derive it. In England the legislative
power alone can suspend it. Tlie monarch of Eng
land cannot suspend that right. But the Trans Atlan
tic freemen seeui to be eager to approve and ratify
acts which a Europen monarch dare not perform- lt
needs no legal argument to show that the President
caunotsuspeud tlie writ of habeas corpus. I content
myself with referring to tlie fact, that it is classed
among tlie legislative powers by the Constitution.
Andttiat article conferring powers on the President
touches not the question.
I may add that upon no occasion lias it ever been
asserted iu Congress, so far as I recollect, that this
power exists on the pait of the Executive. On one
occasion Mr. Jefferson thought the time had arrived
when the writ might be suspended, but lie did not
undertake to do it himself, and did not even recom-
me.nd it. He submitted it to Congress, and iu the
long debates which followed, there was not tlie least
intimation that the powers belonged to the Executive.
I then point to the Constitution and ask Senators from
what clause they deduce tlie right, by any fair con
struction of the'instrument itself, what part confers tlie
power on the President ? Surely not that clause which
enjoins him to take care of the Constitution aud tlie
Laws, and faithfully to execute them. Tlie mort emi
nent commentators of the Constitution declure it to be
a legislative right.
The opinion ofthe present Chief Justice, which has
never beeu answered, makes all farther argument
idle and superfluous; and oue of tlie worst signs of the
times is the manner in which that opinion has been re
ceived. A subordinate military officer in Baltimore
arrests a private citizen and confines him in a fortress.
His friends get a writ of habeas corpus, but it cannot
be executed. The Chief Justice then gives anopinion,
which is commended, not only by the profession of
which he is so great an ornament, but by all thoughtful
men in the country. The newspapers of the coun
try, and tlie men excited by violent passions, have
denounced the Chief Justice, but have not answered
his opinion. There it stands, one of those productions
which will add to his renown.
The abuse of the press, and the refusal to respect
just authority, and the attempt to make that- high ju
dicial officer odious, will yet recoil on these men. I
honor him for tlie courage with which he did his duty,
as well as for the calm and temperate manner in which
lie performed it. I am glad he yet remains among us,
a man so remarkable for his honored length of years,
and liis eminent publicservioes, and for'therectitude of
his private life, that he may be justly ranked among
the most illustrious Americans of our day. You pro
pose to make this act of the President valid without
making a defence of it, either ou legal or constitution
al grounds. What would be the effect? In thus ap
proving what the President has done in tlie past, you
iuvite him to do tlie like in the future, and tlie law of
the country will lie prostrate at the feet of the Execu
tive, and in his discretion he may substitute the milita
ry power for judicial authority.
Again Mr. President, although there are few of us
here who take the view of the Constitution by this
right, which I am advocating to-day, I trust we wiil
not, under any circumstances, fail to protest in tem
perate but manly language against what we considera
usurpation of the President. Let me call tlie attention
ofthe Senate briefly to another act against which I
protest in the name of tlie Constitution, and the peo
ple I represent. You have practically martial law all
over this land. The houses of private citizens are
searched without warrant of law. The right ofthe citi
zen to bear arms is rendered nugatory by their being
taken from them without judicial process, and upon
mere suspicion- Individuals are seized without legal
warrant, aud imprisoned.
The other day, since Congress met, a military
officer in Baltimore appointed a Marshal for that
city. Will any man defend the act? Does it not
override all other law? Is it not substituting the
rule of a military commander for the laws ofthe
land? What more authority had this officer to ap
point a marshal for the city of Baltimore than he
had to appoint a pastor for one of their congregations
or a president for one of their banks? The Con
stitution guards the people against any seizure
without a warrant of judicial authority. Has not
the President of the United States, by one broad
sweeping act, laid bis bands upon the private cor
respondence of the whole community ? Who de
fends it as conformable to the Constitution?
I am told, sir—and if I had the power I would
offer a resolution to inquire into it, in the name of
the public liberties—I am told that at this mo
ment, in the jail in this city, there are individuals
who have been taken by military authorities from
Maryland and other States, aud now lie here and
cannot get out, and in some instances they have
actcally been forgotten. I was told of one in
stance where a man was put in jail here and for
gotten. His friends made application at one of the
Departments, and they loosed into the case and
found nothing against him, aud he was discharg
ed. Bnt in the rush of events, the very existence
of this man. and the canse of bis imprisonment,
were forgotten. We may have this joint resolu
tion to approve these acts, and make them valid,
bnt we cannot make them valid in fact.
I know that Congress, in the exercise of its
legislative functions, may appropriate money, bnt
it lias been expended by the President without
warrant of law. But whatever unconstitutional
act be may have committed cannot be cored by a
joint, resolution. It stands there, and will stand
forever. Nor can thia Congress prevent a suc
ceeding Congress from holding any officer of the
Government responsible for a violation of tba
Constitution. I enumerate what I regprd as tbe
usurpations of tbe Executive, aud egarnat which
I wish to record the protect of tboae who are un-
.witting to aee the Constitution aubverted, tinder
whatever pretext, necessity', or otherwise.
Mr. B. then re-enumerated the several acts, in
tbe resolution to which he had referred, These
great fundamental rights, sir, the sanctity of
which isthe measure of progress and civilization,
have been trampled under foot by the military, and
are being now trampled under foot every day in
tbe presence of the two Houses of Congress; and
yet so great on one side is the passion ofthe hour,
and so astonishing the stupid amazement of the
other, that we take it as natural, as right, and as
of couise. We are rushing, sir, and with rapid
strides, from a constitutional government into a
military despotism.
The Constitution says, the freedom of speech
and of the press shall not be abridged, yet, three
days ago, in the city of St. Louis, a military of
ficer. with four hundred soldiers—that was his
warrant—went into a newspaper officer in that
city, r-moved the type, and declared that the paper
should be no longer published, aud gave among
other reasons, that it was fabricating reports in
jurious to the United States soldiers in Missouri.
Is there a Senator here, a citizen of this land,
who will say that the slightest color of authority
exists on the part of a military officer for depriv
ing a citizen of liberty or property without a war
rant of law, or to suppress the freedom of the
press. And we are all told by the same despatch
that tbe proprietors of the paper submitted, and
intended to make an appeal. To whom? To the
judicial authorities? No, sir. But to Major-Gen
eral Fremont when he should reach St. Louis.
The civil authorities of the country are par
alysed, and practical martial law, is being estab
lished all over the laud. The like never happened
in this country before, and it would not be tolerated
in any country in Europe which pretends to the
elements of civilization and liberty. George
Washington carried tiie 'Thirteen Colonies through
the war of the revolution without martial law.
The President of the United States could not con
duct the Government tiiree months without resort
ing tn it. 1 presume every Senator has read the
opinion of the Chief Justice to which I have re
ferred. I shall content myself with reading a few
extracts, to present my opinion on the subject.
(Mr. B. read from the closing part of Judge
Taney’s opinion.)
Thus the President has assumed the legislative
aud judicial powers, aud concentrated iu liis
bands the executive, legislative and judicial pow
ers, which in every age iias been the very evidence
of despotism: and lie exercises them to-day, while
we sit in the Senate chamber, and the.other
branches of the Legislature at the other eud ofthe
Capitol. Mr. President what is tbe excuse—what
isthe justification? Necessity? I answer, first,
there was no necessity. Was it necessaiy to pre
serve tlie visible emblems of Federal authority
here that the Southern coast should have been
blockaded? Did not the same necessity exist
when Congress, at the last session, refused to pass
the Force bill? Was it necessary to the existence
of the Union, till Congress should meet, that pow
ers not conferred by the Constitution should be
assumed.
Was there a necessity for overrunning tbe State
of Missouri? Was there a necessity for raising
the largest army ever assembled on the American
continent, aud for collecting the larg:st fleet ever
collected in an American harbor? Congress may
deem it was necessary in contemplation of a pro
tracted struggle for the preservation of tbe Con
stitution and the Union. What I mean to say is.
that there was none of that overruling necessity
for present preservation which may apply to
usurpations of the Constitution. In the case of
the man in Maryland who was confined so long in
Fort AIcHenry, was there any necessity of con
fining liim instead of turning him over to the civil
authorities?
The chief charge was, that weeks before he had
been concerned iu treasonable acts. Was not tbe
judicial authority there to take charge of him, and
if convicted, to punish him? If there was a ne
cessity in the present state of affairs and Congress
in session here, then what a long necessity we
have before us and impending over us. Let Con
gress approve and ratify these acts, and there may
occur a necessity which will justify the President
in superseding tlie law in every State iu this
Union, and there will not be a vestige of civil
authority left to raise against this usurpation of
military power. But I deny this doctrine t f ne
cessity. I deny that the President of the United
States may violate the Constitution upon the
ground of -necessity.
The doctrine is utterly subversive of the Con
stitution. It substitutes the will of one man fora
written constitution. The Government of the
United States, which draws its life from the Con
stitution, does not rest upon an implied consent
It rests upon an express and written consent, and
the Government may exercise such powers aud
such only as are given in this written form of gov
ernment. The people of these States conferred
on this-agent of theirs just such powers as they
deemed necessary. All others were retained. The
Constitution was made for all contingencies—for
peace, and for war; and they conferred all the
power they deemed necessary, and more cannot be
assumed. If the powers be not sufficient, still none
others were granted, and none others can be ex
ercised. Will this be denied?
Is the idea to be advanced that all constitu-
tonal questions are to be made subordinate en
tirely to tbe opinions and ideas that may prevail,
at the hour, with reference to political unity? It
has been held heretofore, and 1 thought it was
axiomatic and received by the world, that the
terms of the Constitution of the United States
were the measure of power on the one side, and of
obedience on the other. Let us take care how we
establish a principle that, under any presumed
stress of circumstances, powers not granted may
be assumed. Take care aud do not furnish an
argument to the world and history that it shall not
respect that authority which no longer respects its
own limitations.
These are a few of the reasons that will control
my vote against this resolution. I hope it will be
voted upon, and if it should receive a majority, as
I fear it will, it will be an invitation to tbe Presi
dent of the United States, in the absence ot all
legislation, to do the like acts whenever, in his
opinion, it may be necessary. Wbat will be the
effect of it in Kentucky, and Missouri, and every
where? In liis discretion he will feel himself war
ranted in subordinating the civil to the military
power, and to imprison citizens without the war
rant of law, 8nd to suspeud the writ of habeas cor
pus, aud establish martial law, to make searches
aud suppress the press, and to do all those acts
which rest on the will and authority of a military
commander.
In my judgment, if we pass this, we are upon
the eve of putting, so far as can, in the bauds
of the President of the United States, the power
of a dictator. With such a beginning as this,
what are we to expect in the future? When we
see men imprisoned within hail of the Capitol,
without warrant, and Congress iu session, and the
Courts paralyzed, and Congress not rising in a
protest ot indignant terms against it. we may well
be filled with gloomy borebodings for the future
Wbat may we expect, except a line of conduct in
keeping with what has been done? Is this a con
test to preserve the Union? If so, then it should
be waged iu a constitutional manner. Is the doc
trine to obtain that provinces are to be entirely
subordinate to the idea of political unit} ?
Shall the rallying cry be, the Constitution and
the Union, or are we prepared to say that tbe Con
stitution is gone, but the Union survives ? What
sort of a Union would it be ? Let this principle
be announced, and let us carry on this contest
with this spirit, winking at or approving the vio
lations of this sacred instrument, aud the people
will soon begin to inquire, wbat will become of
our liberties at tbe end of the experiment? The
pregnant question for us to decide is, whether
the Constitution is to be respected in this strug
gle, oi whether we are called upon to follow the
Sag over the ruins of the Constitution ? I believe,
without questioning the motives of any, the whole
tendency of the present proceedings is to estab
lish a Government without limitations, and radi
cally to cliange our frame and character of Gov-
ment.
I was told the other day by a distinguished
American that many Americans abroad, when
asked about the present condition of things here,
said : “We thought your Federal Government
rested on consent, and how do you propose to
maintain it by force?” Often the answer would
be, “It was intended to rest on consent, but it
lias failed. It is not strong enough and we in
tend to make it strong enough, and to change the
character of the government, and we will give it
all the strength we deem essential without regard
to tbe provisions of the Constitution, which was
made some eighty, years ago, and has been found
not fit for the present condition of affairs.”
I think it is well that the attention of the coun
try should be called to the tendency of things.
I know there are thoughtful, conservative men—
thousands of men who love tbe Constitution-
scattered through the adhering States, who would
never consent to make this contest with any pur
pose to interfere with the personal rights of po
litical communities. He then referred te a
tion in a Northern paper that a chan,
character of the Government was cent
’and also to a speech made by tbe present
tary of War, in wtudsbe said tba Souf
must be enbdued. «»d, et tbe mad . of
there would oe no Virginians, as such,
nians, but aQ Americans.
I call on Senators to defend the Constitutional
ity of these acts, or else admit that they carry ou
this contest without regard to the Constitution.
I content myself in saying that it never was con
templated by the framers of the Constitution that
this Government should be maintained by milita
ry force or by subjugating differert political com
munities. It was declared by Madison aud by
Hamilton himself that there was no competency
in tbe Government thus to preserve it. Suppose
the military subjugation is successful—suppose
tbe at my marches through Virginia and the Gulf
Statt s to New Orleans—then the wai is prosecuted
unconstitutionally. Even if there was warrant of
law for it, it would be the overthrow of the Consti
tution. There is no warrant in the Constitution
to conduct tbe contest in that form.
In further proof of how they intend to conduct
this contest, 1 refer; to the speech of the eloquent
Senator from Oregon, fMr. Baker.) when he de
clared he was for direct war, and said that for that
purpose nobody was as good as a dictator. Is
anything more necessary to show that, so for as
that Senator is concerned, he proposed to conduct
the contest without regard to the Constitution ?
I heard no rebuke administered to the eminent
Senator, bnt, on the contrary, I saw warm con
gratulations, and the Senator declared that, unless
the people of these States wete willing to obey
the Federal Government, they must be reduced
to the condition of territories, aud, he added, he
would govern them by Governors from Massacbu-
setts and Illinois. This was said seriously aud af
terward repeated.
Mr. Baker explained- He said he was deliver
ing a speech against giving too much power to
the President, aud was keeping liis nsnai consti
tutional, guarded position against an increase of
the standing army, aud gave, as an excuse for
voting for the bill, the present state of public af
fairs. He did say he would tako some risk of
despotism, and that he would risk a little to save
all. He hoped the States would return to their
allegiance, hut if they would Hot he thought it
better for civilization and humanity that they
should be governed as territories. He did say so
tlien, and believed so now, and thought the events
ot the next six months would show that it would
he better if the Senator believed it too.
Mr. Breckinridge said the answer of the Senator
proved what he said, and contended that it was
evident that the Constitntiou was to be pnt aside.
It was utterly subversive of the Constitution and
of public liberty to clothe any one with dictatorial
powers. Ho then referred to the specchof Mr.
Dixon, of Connecticut, who said, in substance,
that if African slavery stood in the way it must be
abolished.
[Mr. Dixon had the Secretary read what he did
say on the subject, as published yesterday.]
Mr. Breckinridge said it appeared to him that
tbe most violent Republicans had possession of
the Government, and referred to tlie bill intro
duced by Mr. Pomeroy to suppress the slavehol
der’s rebellion, and which also contained a pro
vision for the abolition of slavery. He contended
that the very title was enough to show that the
Constitution was to be put aside.
Mr. Bingham (Rep.,Mich .) asked ifhecontend
ed this was not a slaveholders’ rebellion.
Mr. Breckinridge—1 do, sir ; I do. He then
referred to the refusal of last session to make any
compromise, though tho Southern leaders said
they would be satisfied with the Crittenden Com
promise. Bnt all efforts were refused, and now
any offers of peace are ruled out of order in one
House, and it is vain and idle to argue for it.
He wanted to let the country know that Congress
deliberately refused tlie last effort to avert the
horrors of an internal struggle. But why utter
words ? I shad trouble the Senate no longer. I
know that no argument or appeal will have any
affect.
I have cherished all my life an attachment to
the Union of these States, under the Constitution
of the United States, and I have always revered
that instrument as one of tbe wisest of human
works; but now it is put aside by the Executive
of the United States, and those acts are about to
be approved by tbe Senate, and I see proceedings
inaugurated, which, in my opinion, will lead to
the utter subversion of the Constitution and pub
lic liberty. It is vain to oppose it. I am aware
that, in the present temperof Congress, one might
as well oppose his uplifted hand to the descend
ing waters of Niagara, as to risk an appeal against
these contemplated proceedings. The few of ns
left can only look with sadness on the melancholy
drama being enacted before us. We can only
hope that this flash of frenzy may not assume the
form of chronic madness, bnt that Divine Provi
dence may preserve for us and our posterity,
out of tho wreck of a broken Union, the price
less principles of constitutional liberty and self-
government.
Mr. Lace (Rep , Ind ) said he wanted to know
if the President had uot saved the country by
prompt action. He sanctioned all done, and tho
people sanctioned it; and he sanctioned all to be
done when our victorious columns shall sweep
treason from ail Virginia. The President had
suspended the writ of habeas corpus, and he only
regretted the corpus of Baltimore treason had not
been suspended at the same time. Suppose the
Senator from Kentucky had been elected Presi
dent ; would we have refused to defend the Capi
tal when he found that armed rebellion was en
deavoring to capture it ? He believed not. He
proceeded to allude to the seizure of telegraphic
despatches, severely commented on as a usurpa
tion of power by the Senator from Kentucky.—
That seizure would be necessaiy, perhaps, to im
plicate certain Senators on this floor. He had
read this day, in a paper, that a Senator had
telegraphed that President Lincoln's Congress
would not be allowed to meet here on the 4th of
July.
Mr. Breckinridge said he supposed tbe Senator
alluded to him.
Mr. Lane replied that he did.
Mr. Breckinridge replied that bis personal re
lations with the Senator precluded him from be
lieving that he would do anything nnkind; bnt
he had to say that the statement that he sent such
a dispatch was totally unfounded. He would not
pretend to deny all the charges made against him
in the papers. He had attempted it once, but
fonnd the charge reiterated iu the same journal
the second day after he had expressly denied it-
He would say, however, now, that the statement
that he had telegraphed Mr. Jefferson Davis, or
written him, that Kentucky would furnish him
with 7,000.armed men, was, iike other charges to
tally false. And be had been infoimed by the
Governor ofKentncky that the charge in respect to
him was equally false.
Mr. Lane then proceeded to defend the suppres
sion of certain traitcrons newspapers, disarming
the people in rebellion, and other acts which tho
Senator from Kentucky deemed unconstitutional.
Allusion had been made to the compromise of i&st
session, but he would only say that none was
made because of traitors who occupied the now
vacant seats. All they asked now was the Ken
tucky remedy for treason—hemp.
Very Like a Yankee.—The Eev. Mr.
Chase, who had come to Washington all
the way from Maine, to take care of the
ghostly concerns of the Third Maine Keg-
ment, iu the capacity of chaplain,' has oc
cupied bis leisure moments in peddling
about the camps letter envelopes which
he had induced Yankee members of Con
gress (who doubtless shared with him in
the proceeds) to frank for him. It was,
or should have been, a penitentiary crime,
but to the Yankee Colonel, who investi
gated tbe matter, it seemed only a cute
trick, and so the parson was let off. What
an exalted race isthe Yankee.
fRichmond Whig.
What Mr. Bussell Thinks.—A special
despatch to the Baltimore Exchange, from
Washington says, that Mr. Russell, of the
London Times, was present at the battle
of Manassas, on tbe 21st. He estimates
the loss of tbe northerners in killed and
wounded at 12,000 and of the Confederates,
4,000. He writes that history record ino
such defeat for the past century; no ronte
so utter and complete as that of the Nor
therners. The fighting and conduct of
the Confederates,.in his opinion, were su
perb and magnificent They fired with
tbe coolness and precision of veterans.
They would fall to permit their artillery
to fire, and then rising, would discharge
their muskets and charge bayonets in
lied order. 8ome of the evolutions
tnperb, and all were performed with
coolness, rapidity and discipline.
Seep yonretH innocent, If you would
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