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Newspaper Page TextNUMBER 45. VOLUME XLIII. K M. OlvME & SON, ElHTORS and PROPRIETORS. STEPHEN F. MILLER, associate editor. -a* -pi, ? RECORDER i3 published weeklj, at s si r Dollars per annum, strictly in adcantt. v \u 'ic ipt 10as received for Less than six mouths, paid always in advance. Remittanees by ' at > lU1 ‘ r ’ s k* fibers wishing the direction of their papers h® n „ e i. will notify us from what office it is to be "*i?vE*Tisr.«ESTS conspicuously inserted at j-mi • r square for the first insertion, and 50 - . ,,‘. r square for each subsequent insertion Thsse sent without a specification of the number nner'ions. will he published until ordered out, '* i ‘ irged accordingly. [A square is 12 lines, j of Land and Negroes, by Adm.nistratora, , , utors . or Guardians, are required by law to be iv ; on the first Tuesday in the month, between .'hours of ten in the forenoon, and three, in the '/ ‘noon, at the Court-house, in the county in 'L rh th<* property is situate. Notices of these .. must he given in a public gazette FORTY p**v’ oievious to the day of sale.—f$3 50 per Notices for the sale of personal property must be riven at least ten day’s previous to the day of ' v .-xo to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate published FORTY DAYS.—[$3 IK).] ^- 0 , c ,. that application will be made to the Court' f Ordinal v for leave to sell Land and Negroes, " t be published for two months.—[$4 00.]. Citations for Letters of Administration must • -jabiished thirty days—[$2 75 ] For Dismis- 0 .; jro.n Administration, monthly siz months— t j Fo; Dismission from Guardianship,/<rr- flisys—50 ] ’ Ki’lf.s for Foreclosure of Mortgage must he , ,h ; m mthlij for four months—for establish* •ariosi pa;if.s../hr the full space of three months— ” • iug titles from Executors aud Admtnis- where a bond has been given by the tie red. tin fill space of three months. Publications w ill always be continued according q.jv the legal requirements, unless otherwise or- dered. business in the Hue of PRINTING will meet wi: 1 pro-n;'t attention at the RECORDER OFFICE. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1862. CALENDAR FOR 186?. DAYS. DAYS” r — s S i»9P X\ H} %cd © *2.1 s 8. siis JAN. 5 2|i 5ig. 2 ; !L«? ■ • ae • - i j - „ .78 9|l0| 12 13 14 15 1617 119120.21122S3124 126-27 28>29j30 31 FEB ! Oi ‘ 2 3 4 5 4!JU’Y 1 18 25 6! 7 9 1011(12 1314 116 171 Ini 19-2021 5232425:2627Sit marI.J. ! 2 3 4: 5 (J 7 t 919il 1)1213(14 ll«17'18|192021 12321(25*2627 tit 530 31 ! ! 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H. STEPHENS, OF GEORGIA. C4BI>*KT OF THK CONFEDERATE STATES. f. p. Benjamin, of La , Secretary of State. W Randolph,ofVa., Secretary of War. ;.G. Memminger, of S. C., Sec’y of Treasury, i R. Mai 1 ry. of Florida, Secretary of Navy. Tas H Watts, of Ala , Attorney-General. H. Reagan, of Texas, Postmaster-General. (rEDF.KATC C0Y63ESS—FIRST SESSION 'he following Is a list of the members of the <t Congress of the Permanent Government of Confederate States, which meets in February ;t: (hose marked with an asterisk (*) are members the Provisional Congress. SENATE. il.AKAMA. j MISSOURI. i L. Yancey, John B. Clarke, C. Clay. Jr.* 1 R. L. E. Peyton. ARKANSAS. ! .NORTH CAROLINA. George Davis,* William T. Dortch. SOUTH CAROLINA. Robert W. Barnwell.* James L. Orr.* TENNESSEE. Gnstavus A. Henry, Landon C. Haynes. TEXAS. Lewis T. Wigfall,* S. Oidh^n.* VIRGINIA. (Not yet elected.) :rt\V. Johnson, Mitchell. FLORIDA. is M. Baker, . Maxwell. GEORGIA. . Hill.* rt Toombs,* KENTUCKY. _v C, Burnett, am E. Sims, LOUISIANA. ir>l Sparrow,* S.'mines. Mississippi. . Brown, s Phelan. HOCaE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ALABAMA. w. Dist. NORTH CAROLINA. W. N H. Smith,** R. K. Bridges, O. R. Kenan, T. D. McDowell, A. H. Arrington, J. R. McLean, Ashe, William Lauder, B. S. Gaither, A. T. Davidson,* . vruiauu, SOUTH CAROLINA. M. Patterson. 1.* John McQueen, ■ mplete.) 2. NY . Posrchcr Miles, * L. M. Ayer, M. L. Bonham, James Farrow, W. W. Boyce * TENNESSEE. Jos. B. Heiskell, W\ G Swan, Tibbs, J. B. Gardeushire, Henry S. Foote, Meredith P. Gontrv, George W. Jones, Menses, J. D. C. Adkins,* John V. Wright, D. M. Curriu.* TEX AS. John A. Wilcox. C- C. Herbert, P. W. Gray, F. B. Sexton, M. D Graham, B. II. Epperson. VIRGINIA. M. R. H. Garnett, John B. Chambliss, John Tyler, Roger A. Pryor.* Thos. S. Bocock,* John Goode, Jr., Jas. P. Holcombe, D. C. DeJarnette, William Smith, Alex'r- It. Boteler, Jobu B. Baldwin, Walter K. Staples,* Walter Preston.* Albert G. Jenkins. Robert Johnston,* Chas. W. Russell,* J. Foster, f. It. Smith, P. Rills, . L M. Curry . S. Lyon, f. P Chilton,' '■ Cloptou, ■ s. P)gh, • S. D irgan. ARKANSAS. rland. FLORIDA. is. B. Dawkins, . B. Hilton. GEORGIA. iiliaii Hartridge, • 0. Morinerlyn, ines Holt, ug. 51. Kenan, avid W Lewis, r . W. Clark, ab't. P. Trippe, ncius J. Gartreil, ardy Strickland, g. It. Wright. RUNTUCKY. it yet elected.) 4. 6. 1. 4. 5. 6. s! 9. 10. 11. 1. COURT CALENDAR FOR 186?. REVISED BY THE HOUTHKRN RECORDER. SUPERIOR COURTS. januaky. 2d Moaday, Chatham 'Floyd FEBRUARY, let Mouday .Clark Luaipkiat 2d Msuday, Cauipball Daw sob 3d Monday, Forsyth ♦ Folk Glaacoak Meriwether Walton 4th Monday, Baldwin J iAhol Moaioe Paalding Taliaforra Walker MARCH. IstThursday.Piaree lit Monday, Appling Chattooga Chemkoe Coweta Columbia Crawford Gwinnett Madiaon M arioa Morgan 2d Monday .Butte Bartow Coffee Elbet t F ayeita Greene Piakent W ashington \Vabater .. Thar«dayaft’r,Montjomery;3d Monday Cobb Calhoun Hall Hart Heard Macon Newion Talbot W are Bulloch, Thurodayaft. White 4thMocday, Clinch ^Chattahoochee Johnson Lee Miltou Putnam Rabun Twiggs Wilker Thursday af, Habersham Monday af- Y the 4th >Echola Monday ) JULY l»t Monday. Floyd* AUGUST. 1st Monday, Lumpkin 2,1 Monday, Catnpbel. Clark Dawson ■Jd Monday, Ko revih Polk Glascock Meriwether Walton 4 th Meaday .Baldwin Jackson Monroe Paulding Taliaferro * „ Walker Thu rad ay aftet .Pierce SEPTEMBER. latMendoy Appling Chattooga Cherokee Columbia Coweta Crawford Madison Marion Morgan 2d Monday,Butts Bartow Coffee Elbert Fayette Greene Gwinnett Pickens Washington Webster i.n. J. Villere, ns. M- Conrad, P. Kenner,* teien J Dupree, hn L. Lewis, o Perkins, Jr. iississtpri. W. Clapp, tuben Davis, rael Welch, ■ C. Chambers, 11. Singleton, Barksdale, ImJ. McRae. Missouri. • M. Cook, C. Harris, taper W. Bell, lain H. Condoa, 12. G. West, 13. W. Freeman, 14. - Hyer, il5. 16. 3- 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA. 1 E. BROWN, Governor. • ARNETT, Sec’y of State &. Sur. Gen’l. 10NES, Treasurer. SON THWEATT, Comptroller General. RO'.YN. Librarian. ULLURB, President of the Senate. I'JBLEY, Secretary “ “ “ N AKIN, .Speaker of the House of Reps. Kington, cierk “ “ “ “ “ AMPBELL, Secretary Ex. Department Waters. « “ “ ’ WE AND, Snp’t. W. &, A. Railroad. ' iHEEN, Principal Keeper Penitentiary INDSOR, Book Keeper Supreme Court Judge*. LUMPKIN, of Clark. JENKINS, of Richmond. lyon, of Fulton. Efi AND \*LAl ES OF HOLDING COURT. District—Composed of the Eastern, Mid- Brunswick Circuits, at Savannah on the l ».vs in January aud June. ! District—Composed of the Macon, South- E attahoochei aud Pataula Circuits, at ,J the 4th Mondays in January aud June. District—Composed of the Flint, Covre- BiJge, Cherokee and Tallapoosa Circuit*. ,l ( n the 4th Monday in March aud 2d ‘u August. 1 District—Composed of the YVestern and 1 Circuits, at Athens on the 4th Mondays iu*l November. District—Composed of the Ocmulgee and 1 Eirenits. at Milledgevillc ontho 2d Mod- J 5*y and November. 3d Monday, Cebfct Calhoun Hall Hart Heard Macon Newton Talbot Tattnall Ware Thursday af. White Friday after.Bulloch 4th Monday, Clinch Challahoockee Johnson Lee Milton Putnam Rabun T *-igS* Wilke a Thursday af.Haberaham Mo "i a {, ,f -?Echola day. > Effiiigham APRIL. latk 2d Mon. Carroll lat Monday, Dooly Bin an ue 1 Early Franklin Falton Gordon Pike Taylor Warren Wiikiuson Thursday aft.Bank* 2d Monday, Hancock Richmond Harris Laurent Miller Sumter Tuesdayafter .Me In to* It 3d Monday, Glynn Haralson Hoary June* Liberty Murray Oglethorp# Pulaski Stewart Monday J Worth after, J Bryan OCTOBER, talk: 2d Mon.Carroll lat Monday Dooly Early Emanuel F rankliu F ulton Gilmer Gordon Taylor Warren Wilkinson Pike Thursday aft. Banks 2d Monday, Fannin Hancock Harris Laurent Miller Richmond Sumter 3d Monday, Glynn Haralson Henry J one* Murray Ogleth »rpe Pulaski Stewart Union Worth Thursday ) Montgomery after J Town* 4 th Maud v,Decatur DeKalb Houston Jaaper Lincoln Schley Tattnall Wayne Whitfield Wilcox Friday after Telfair Camden Thursdavafter, Irwin Monday after Charlton NOVEMBER, lat Monday, Berrien Clayton Effingham Rs ndol ph Scriren Upson 2d Monday, Catoosa Jefferson Mitchell Muscogee 3d Monday Baker ! Bibb Burks Quitman Spaldiug Troup IthMonday .Dade Terrell Thursday after,McIntosh Monday after. Colquitt do do Liberty Mon.after Liberty. Bryan DECEMBER. 1st Monday. Dougherty Lowndes 2d Monday. Brooks *C lay 13d Monday, Thomas * May hold three weeks, if nceessary, at each t'Tjuare not required to draw Jurors for two weeks; and not obliged to hold two weeks Court in the counties of Cobb and Lumpkin. Tax Receiver*' and Tax Receipt Book*. The Recorder office keeps on hand for sale- printed on good paper, blanks to form the above books. Price seven cents fer sheet, and 25 cents to be added for light binding-we paying postage- The money in every instance must be sent iu advanee. Recorder Qffife, Feb. 18, 1662 HouaTaRTut for Sa'e. T HE LARGE and commodious House, at pres eot occupied by James E. Haygood, will be ,otJ A P P^ TT 4 CARAKKK j»]j s. im o lf Itli Monday,Wayne Decatur DeKalb Houston Jasper Lincoln Schley Whitfield Wileox Friday after,Tclfair Caiudcn Thursday afler.Irwin Monday “ Berrien Charlton MAY. lat Monday .Clayton Gilmer Randolph Striven Upton 2d Monday, Catooaa Chatham Fanniu Jefferson Mitchell Muscogee 3d Monday .Baker Bibb Burke Quitman Spaldiag Troup Union Thursday aft. Town* 4th Monday, Dade Terrell LastMen day .Colquitt JUNE. tatMonday, Dougherty Lowndes •JdMonday. Btooka Clay 3d Monday .Tbonia# GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Executive Department, f MillcWgeville, Nov. Gib, 1862. 5 To the Seriate and House rf Representatives: For a statement of the condition of the Treasury, you are respectfully re ferred to the reports of the Treasurer and the Comptroller General. It will be seen by reference to these reports that the whote public debt ol this State, including the Treasury notes issued up to ibis period, amounts to S.8417.750, and that the public property of the State, including Bank stock, Railroad stock, and the Western and Atlantic Railroad, which is the property of the State, amounts at a low valuation to S3,840,124 68. It would therefore he in the power of the Stale to pay everv dollar of her debt with the proceeds of the sale of her public property, if her creditors would consent to receive the money before due. The Five Million Appropriation. Of the five millions of dollars, appro priated at youi last session for military purposes, only $2,539,290 25 have been drawn fiom the Treasury during the fiscal year. Of this sum$350,000 has has been returned by Lieut. Col. Jared I. Whitaker, Commissary General, and ■■550,000 by Lieut. Col. Ira R. Foster, Quartermaster General, and $58,286 by Major L. H- McIntosh, Chief of Or dinance,Tor stores in their respective departments, sold to officers under the army regulations, and to the Confede racy after the 8tate troops were trans ferred. The amount of the appropria tion which has been used, is therefore, $2,081,004 25. Of this sum $100,000 was expended in payment for arms pur chased in England prior to your last session ; anti $50,000 40 for iron to be used in fortifications and upon the gun boat called the “State of Georgia.” This boat was built under the supervi sion of Major General Jackson while in command, and completed after he retired. The balance of the money for its construction was contributed by the cities of Savannah, Augusta and other corporations, bv soldiers, and chieffy by the ladies of this State, wno have shown since the commencement of our struggle, on all proper occasions, a liberality and patriotism worthy the most distinguished matrons of the dev olution of 1776. For support, equipment, pay and transportation of two companies now in service as Bridge Guards on the State Road, S10.000* This leaves $1,- 921,000 S5, which, together with a special appropriation of $100,000, was expended upon the Georgia army, and for other cbntingent military purposes. It will be seen, however, by reference to the Reports of the Quartermaster General and the Chief of Ordnance, that very considerable sums were ex pended for the purchase of horses, ar tillery, &c., which were transferred to the Confederacy with the Georgia army, for which no payment has yet been made to the State. These sums, with contingent military expenditures, when deducted from the above mentioned sums, will leave the whole cost ofthe Georgia army of nearly S,000 men, for nearly six months, including pay, cloth ing, subsistence, transportation, and ev erv other expense, a little short of 32,000,000. Treasury Notes. The Appropriation Bill passed at your last session made it my duty, in case there should not, at any time, be money in the Treasury to meet any ap propriation, to raise it by the sale of State bonds, or by issuing Treasury notes, as I might think best. In each case where I had the discretion, I did not hesitate to decide to issue Treasury notes, bearing no interest, in place of bonds bearing interest; and I have found these notes not only current, but in great demand as an investment. The whole amount of Treasury notes issued is $2,320,000. Finding it difficult to get good paper and to get the work properly executed, I sent Hon. James Jackson as the agent of the State to New Orleans, to make the necessary arrangements for the im portation of the paper and the necessa ry contract with a competent engraver for the execution ofthe work. In both particulars he was successful. While the work was progressing in a satisfac tory manner, but before its completion, the* city was so seriously threatened by the enemy, that I thought it prudent to have the work in its unfinished stale, with the stones, pLtes, paper, See., re moved to this State. Under my in structions, Judge Jackson returued to the city for this purpose, settled with the contractor for the work done, and had all the printed bills and material in transitu for Georgia, when the cit\ fell into the hands ofthe infamous ty rant, Butler, whose name will descend to posterity on history’s darkest page. £ then employed Mr. Howell, uf Savan nah, to complete the job, which was done in a manner quite satisfactory. The notes are payable in specie or eight per cent, bonds, six months after a treaty of peace, or when the Banks of Augusta and Savannah resume specie payments if before that time. These notes have generally been laid away as a safe investment bv banks and oth ers into whose hands they have fallen ; and it is a rare occurrence to see one iu circulation. Should it become neces sary, as it probably will, to extend the issue to meet part ’of the liabilities of the Treasury for the present fiscal year, f respectfully recommend that no alte ration be made in the form of the notes, as there is on hand a very considerable amount of the printed bills that can soon be issued without expense, which would be useless in case of any change in the preseut form, and it would cost great delay and expense to procure paper and have others prepared. .The only objection insisted upon against the issue' of Treasury notes, in place of the sale of bonds to meet the demands on the Treasury, is, that the issue of a large amount of notes to be circulated as currency, depreciates the value of paper currency in the market. This is unquestionably true, as evi denced by the present stale of our cur rency. But it is equally true that enough of paper currency must lie is sued, in the present condition of the country, to meet the demand. Sup pose the Stale needs a million of dollars, and puts her bonds in the market to raise it, and receives paper currency in payment for them, it is quite evident that the Confederacy, or the Banks, must issue a million to meet this de mand, in addition to the issue they would otherwise make for other purpo ses; and the same depreciation growing out of a redundancy of paper currency follows, which would happen, were the Slate to issue a million of dollars in her own notes, and thus meet her own demand. The question is not one of the depreciation of the currency by over issues of paper, as the number of dol lars in paper currency to be placed up on the market is the same in either case, but it is simply a question of imtercst. Shall the State use her own notes, which pass readily as currency without interest, and are generally laid away as an investment, or shall she pay interest to a corporation for the privilege of usingand circulating its notes, founded upon a less secure basis than her own ? In my opinion there is no room for hes itation in making the decision in favor of Treasury notes. The amount of in terest saved to the Treasury in one year at seven per cent, upon the issue of notes already made in place of bonds, isS162,400. To this might have been added the further sum of$i70,S70, bad l been authorized by the statute* to is sue and use Treasury notes in place of bonds to meet the Confederate war tux. This statute was a special .one for a special purpose, however, and confined me to the use of bonds without giving me discretion to issue Treasury notes. Confederate JVar 'Tax. ^ An act passed at your last session as sumed the payment of the Confederate War Tax, assessed against the people of this Slate for last year, and made it my duty to raise the amount by the sale of State bonds, wiih but one re striction, which was that they should not Bear exceeding eight percent, inter est per annum. As the Confederacy and the other States generally, were paying eight per cent., it was not sup posed that this State would be able to raise the money upon bonds bearing a less rate. Before I could get ibe Treas ury notes prepared, which I was au thorized to issue for other purposes, I had to negotiate some temporary loans rily have been commited against the Slate. This matter was brought to the attention of the Chief Collector for this State and the Secretary of the Treasu ry, after some correspondence,the Comp trailer General visited Augusta, and af ter a careful examination of the books with Judge Starnes, the obliging Col lector, it was found that the quota ofthe State, after deducting the ten percent., amounted to only $2,494,112 41. The amount saved to the treasury of the State by the correction of these errors committed by sub collectors, and de tected by the Comptroller General, is $60,016 16. Finding the sum raised by the sale of the bonds, together with interest on call certificates, and from in dividuals on coupons, to be $33,974 01 less than the amount of tax due on the final settlement, I ventured to taise the money by the use of Treasury notes at par, without interest, in place of bonds bearing interest as directed by the sta tute, which, I trust, will meet the ap proval of the General Assembly. While it was difficult to raise the money on seven per cent’ bonds at par when first plaeed on the market, and the banks acted with liberality in agreeing to take them when other good securities were offered ateight percent, and by their action attracted the atten tion of private capitalists to them, they have lost nothing by their liberality, as the bonds have since that time greatly appreciated in the market, and are now regarded a most desirable investment at a considerable premium. Comptroller General's Department. The report of this able officer is re plete with valuable information, statis tical tables, &c., which have been pre pared with great care and labor. It is but justice to say that Cob Thweatt, the vigilant and active head ot this depart ment,has by its annual reports, furnish ed much valuable information to the present generation, and important ma terial for the use of the future historian of the State. The law imposes upon that officer very laborious duties con nected with the finances of the State, the collections of the taxes, and the au diting of claims against the Treasury. All settlements with Collectors are made in that office. Col. Thweatt by his active energy, has secured to the Treasury many thousands of dollars due by Collectors prior to the com mencement ofhis term of office, and baa prevented the accumulation of these claims. The correspondence imposed upon hitn in making settlements and in furnishing information to the Tax Col lectors and to the Inferior Courts of the Stale, in connection %ith the taxes, it very laborious. This with the other duties of his office, is more than any one man ought to be required to do. i therefore recommend, as an act of jus tice, that he be allowed a clerk, with a salary sufficient to secure the strvices of an intelligent, experienced busines man. * State Troops. In compliance with the resolution of the General Assembly passed at its last session, directing me to transfer the with the banks at eight per cent, to | Slate troops to the Confederacy with theconsent ofthe troops, I ordeied the question of transfer to be submitted to a fair vote of each organzied body of troops, and the majority against the transfer amounted almost to unanimity. Soon after the passage of the Conscrip tion Act however, which passed after the expiration of the term of enlistment of part of the men, but a short time before the end of the term of much the larger portion of them, the Secretary War in formed me that all the Slate troops be tween IS and 35 years of age mu.-t go into the Confederate service. At that time an attack upon the city of Savan nah was daily expected,and for the pur pose of avoiding conflict and collision with the Confederate authorities in the face ofthe enemy, I agreed to yield the point, and I immedially tendered the State Army to Brigadier General Law- ton, who then commanded the Military District of Georgia, Major General Henry R. Jackson, who commanded the State troops, having retired from the command lo prevent all embarrass ment. General Lawton accepted the tender, and assumed ifie command of the troops. The claim made by Secre tary of War did my include those un der IS or over 35 ^’ears of age, but it was thought best to tender the whole together, as the detachment of those be tween IS and 35 from each organiz ition would have disorganized the entire force. While referring to the subject, I feel it a duty which l owe to the gallant of ficers and brave men who composed the Slate Army, to say that they were, at the time of the transfer, as thorough Iv organized, trained and disciplined, as probaly any body of troops of equal number on the continent, who had not been a much longer time in the field.— They performed, without murmur, an almost incredible amount ot labor in erecting fortifications and held works necessary to the protection of the city, and had made their position so strong as to deter the enemy, -vith a force ot vastly superior numbers, from making an attack. While they regretted lhai an opportunity did not offer to show their courage and efficiency upon the battle-field, they stood like a bulwark of stout heartsand strong arms, between the citv and the enemy, and by their chivalrous bearing and energetic prep aration, in connection with the smaller number of brave Confederate troops near, saved the city from attack and capture, without bloodshed and car- nage. It is but just to Major General Jack- son, that it be remarked, that lie had, with untiring energy and consummate raise money lo defray the expenses ol the aimy till the notes, ''uld be issued. It is butjustice, however, that I remark, that all the Banks except the Bank of Commerce and the Bank of the State, refused to accept more than seven per cent, on settlement for this temporary advance. The war tax was due the 1st of April, and as I anticipated some difficulty in securing promptly so large a sum, I visited Savannah in Lhe latter part of January, and had an interview with some of the most prominent hank ers of the city, which resulted in a proposition on their part to take the bonds of the State running ten years, bearing 7 per cent., payable quarterly, and advance money to meet the emergency if I would pay interest from first of February. To this I consented, and the banks advanced $2,000,000, a portion of which was placed to the cred it ofthe Treasurer after the first of Feb ruary, and bore interest only from the date when it was placed to the credit ofthe State. Having no use for the money till the first of April, the date when the tax was due, I proposed to pay it to the Secretary ofthe Treasury, it he would allow seven per cent, upon the advance, till the tax should become due. This proposition was declined, and I then invested it in the six per cent, stock of lhe Confederacy, and was able to realize six per cent, upon it till first of April. Bankers from other States would have taken the balance of the bonds, but I thought it best tQ put them on the market in this State, and let them go into,the hands of our citizens it they would purchase them. This was done by a publication asking bids for them at par Lili first of March. The bids were more than sufficient to cover the whole balance ofthe proposed issue. The issue and sale under this aei amounts to $2,441,000 in bonds. The precise amount ofthe State’s quo ta of the tax could not be ascertained ■on the first of April, and the Secretary of the Treasury proposed that I pay the amount supposed to be due, and that a final settlement be made when the necessary data could be obtained To this I agreed. Recently I was fur nished with a statement making Geor gia’s quota, less the ten per c*mt., $2.- 554,128 57. Upon the receipt of this statement, the Comptroller General, who has so often saved the State Treas ury large sums by his vigilance and in dustry, carefully compared the returns ofthe counties wiih the returns of tax able property made to the Slate Receiv ers, and found that die difference in some counties was so great that mis takes for large amounts must necessa- ability pressed forward the preparation ofthe defences and the training of the army, and that the people of Georgia owe much of gratitude to hirn for the safety of the city of Savannah and its present freedom from the tyrannical rule of the enemy. There is not prob ably, an intelligent, impartial man in the State who does not regret that the services of this distinguished son of Georgia should not have been properly appreciated by the Confederate author ities, and that he should not, after the Georgia army was transferred, have been invited by the President to a com mand equal to his well known ability and merit. This was requested by the Executive of this State, which request was presented to the President by her entire delegation in Congress. It is also due Brigadier Generals G. P. Harrison, F. W. Capers, and VV. H. T. Walker, that their names may be honorably mentioned for enlightened generalship and efficiency as comman ders of their respective brigades. The Executive ofthe State, appreciating the merits of these officers, asked for posi tions for them as commanders in the ar mies of these Confederacy, but neither of them, so far as I know, has been tendered any command. IF this might be excused as lo Generals Harrison and Capers on the ground that they were not graduates of West Point anil old army officers, though one of them has a thorough military education, and ihe other is known to he a most valua ble, energetic military man having the confidence of the whole people of the State, this excuse does not apply in the case of General Walker, who is a son of Georgia, a graduate of West Point and an old soldier, who has shed his blood in his country’s service on many a battle-field. His ability and gallant- try are acknowledged by all who ad mire cool courage and hightoned chiv alry. But no one of the Georgia Gen erals who commanded the State army has since been invited to a position, and even this gallant old soldier is permitted to remain in retirement, while thou sands of Georgia troops who enteri 1 the service of the Confederacy order requisitions upon the Slate, and whose right, under jhe Constitution, ic be commanded by Generals appointed by the State is too clear to admit of doubt, are thrown under the command of Gen erals appointed from other States, many of whom have had neither the experi ence in service, nor the distinction, which Gen Walker has, while confront ing hisenemiesof his country,purchased with his blood upo« tjje battle-field State Armory. In accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled an Act to provide for the manufacture and purchase of arms for the public defence and to appropri ate money tor the same, which appro priates $350,000 for the purpose indi cated in the title of the Act, and Au thorizes lhe Governor, if the money is not in the Treasury, when needed, to raise it by the sale of 8 per cent, bonds with discretion to issue part of the amount in Treasury notes, &c., I direct ed the establishment of an Armory in the Penitentiary, and employed Mr. Peter Jones, who was long connected prominently with the Armories and manufacture of arms, foi the United Slates, to take charge of and superin tend the works. He has secured as much material as lie could, and made all the machinery in his power and has made as good progress as could have been expected, considering the many embai rassments in the way, and our in ability to import any ot the mateiial or machinery needed. We can now turn out an excellent arm at the rate of about i.25 per month, and will in lire course of a few months, it is hnpBd, be able to extend the capacity ofthe works, so a*; to make them a source of substantial aid in the achievement of our indepen dence. I have not been able to purchase any small arms during the year, nor have I been able to get jtossession ot much the larger portion of those purchased in England prior to your last session and since imported. About 4,300 of the excellent Enfield rifles which were imported by the Stale at risk and ex pense, have been seized at the different ports where they landed by officers of the Confederate Government and car ried bevond my reach. 1 have remon strated against these unauthorized seizures ofthe property of the -State, and while my remonstrances have been met with respectful language by ihose in authority, and lhe act generally apologised for, as a mistake, they have neglected to restore the projierty seized and have, after my remonstrance, re peated the seizure on the arrival of oth er arms. As the rights of ihe St t were disregarded by the Confederate authorities, 1 thought it unwise to send more money to Europe to invest in oth er arms to be lost at seao* seized with out consulting the authorities of the Slate, on their arrival. In this connection, I would remark that the State troops generally brought with them into service such country arms as were at their command, which were turned into the State Arsenal wh°n better arms were furnished to them.— Many of these were taken possession ot by the State authoritiee and distributed among Confederate tr*ops who were without arms. Part of D. J. Bailey’s regiment, Confedetate troops, were ar med with them, as were ptirt of Lieut Col. Littefield’s battalion and part of Col. Sumner J. Smith’s Rangers*^— Compensation has not yet been made to the owners. I therefore recommend that some one or more proper persons be appointed under authority of law to qudit the claims of citizens who were thus deprived of their arms, and that provision be made for payment of just compensation for all that have been takeu for the public service. Change Bills. The Superintendent of the W. & A. R. Road, finding it impossible to attend to the duties ot his office and sign all the change bills, which he was requir ed by the Act of 27th December, iS6J f to issue, with my assent, employed Mr. Wm. Gresham to sign the bills for him. The whole amount of bills is sued to 30th September is, in round numbers, $S0,000. Most of these are signed by Mr. Gresham for the Super intendent and by Ben. May, Treasu- . rer. The balance of the $200,000 will be issued as soon as the bills can be prepared, which has been found to be qnile a laborious task. By Act of 30th November last, each chartered Bank in this State, which claims the provisions ofthe suspension Act, is required, upon the application ot any person, to issue aud keep in cir culation during its suspension, small hills in lienomiuations of five, ten, twenty-five and fifty cents, to the ex tent of one per centum upon its capital stock, with privilege to extend the issue to three per centum. The Act 17th De cember relieved all individuals and corporations who hail issued and put change bills in circulation, from the penalties ot the existing law, upon the redemption of said hills, but provided that they should not be authorized to issue any other change bills, or to re issue those in circulation when redeem ed. This law has been constantly evaded, if not openly violated, by in dividuals and corporations, and large amounts in change bills, in shape of promises to pay certificates of deposit, acknowledgements of indebtedness to be discharged in specific articles, &c., &c., have been put into cireulanon.— Many ot these bills have been printed upon very inferior paper and are soon worn out by circulation. If these illegal issues are not effectually checked, it cannot be doubted that they will result in heavy losses to our people, I ihere- forere recccunmend the enactment of a law, makng it obligatory upon each chartered Bank of this State to extend its issues of change bills to as much as three per cent upon iis%apital stock; and making it the duty of the Treasu rer and Comptroller General of this Mate to issue anil put in circulation Slate change bills of five, three, two and one dollar and the usual denomina tions under that sum, to the amount of three hundred thousand dollars, re deemable in the Treasury notes of the Confederate Slates, when as much as S20, is presented at ihc43tate Treasury. Aud I lurther recommend trial the is sues by the Western Sc Atlantic R. Koad be extended to $300,000, in bills ot different denominations from five cents to rive dollars, and that it be made highly penai for any other corpo ration or person to issue, circulate, pay or tender iu payment any other change bill, whether it be a direct promise to pay, a certificate ol deposit, or in any any other form, intend io circulate as currency, except those issued under the authority ofthe laws ot this State. This legislation would, it is believ ed, provide for the issue of as many change bills, as might be ncessary lr» meet the demands of our people, until it may again be possible to procure sil ver change and the people might more safely refy upon the ultimate redemp tion of the bills issued as above recom mended that upon those now in circu lation. Tiie law should allow a reasona ble time for the redeinpton of illegal issues now in circulation, mid to secure the suppression of illegal issues in fu ture, it may be necessary lo impose upon the person violatiag the statute, a heavy pecuniary penalty to be paid to the informer. Bridge Guards and Home Protection. The people of the Slate have been informed through the medium of ihe public press ot the facts connected with the daring attempt made by a band of spies sent by tne authority of the enemy to burn the bridges on the W. & A. K. Road. The conduct of Mr. Fuller, the Conductor, and some others in ihe hazardous pursuu, while the spies were in possession of the train, deserve s the highest commenda tion and entitles them to the consider ation of the General Assembly. I therefore recommend the appointment of a committee of the two houses to enquire into the facts and report ujion them, and that such medals or other public acknowledgement be awarded to the parties wh<>>p conduct was most meritorious, as will do jus tice to their services and stimulate others to like deeds of daring when necessary (or the public sesuritv, tsooi. after this bold attempt to burn all the bridges ot the Road (iwo of which had been burnt ami replaced but a short time previous,) I folt it my duiy to organize a military company to guard this v duable property. Some lime after the companv had been rais ed, the Committee of the House of Representatives visited the Bead and joined^in a unanimous recommenda tion that I add another company to the Guard. In deference ^ the recom mendation of the Committee, which my own judgement approved, I direct ed the organization of a second compa ny. These companies now consist of about 150 men each,theonecommanded by Capt. E. M Gah. theiHher by Capt. Albert Howell. They are mustered into service for an indefinite period of time and may be ditbarrded at rt* pleasure of the Slate. There are six teen valuable bridges, betides smaller ones, upon the Road which is a great

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Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1820-1872, November 11, 1862, Image 1