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latest News..
Knoxville dates of 7th, represent Grant
having visited the army there, and
^ a speech. The- Federal troops
' j, ^e°tiuie has expired, have re-enlisted
" 0 btain a bounty of $400 and a warrant
flland in Tennessee.
\ Committee in Congress, has been aps
anted to investigate the charge against
^member of the House, of having receiv-
*j goo to obtain a passport beyond our
limits, for mother person.
^ j-jo-id bill to prevent the escape beyond
* lines of parties subject to military ser-
”“e, is now before Congress.
Gen.Morgan was received at Richmond,
iv the Major, with a military escort and
A lar^e concourse of citizens, at 11 o clock
' t |, e night of 7th inst., and escorted to
j te Ballard House. Next day lie gave a
aiblic reception at the City Hall, which
s numerously attended. Gens. A. P.
jliif, Stuart, Branch, Gov. Letcher and
^bers made brief speeches.
4 party of Gen. Lee’s men had captured
■ Hardy county, Va., 200 prisoners, 125
mule*and 125 head of beef cattle.. .
rjVo schoouers owned by the enemy.
Lave been captured, and Tootners mills, iu
puncssion of the enemy in Pearl river,
j iave been destroyed by Lieut. Sibley’s
cavalry.
Xofiriugon Charleston, Stb. The Yau-
j. ceS V ere busy in repairing the damage
jyne to their batteries by the late storm.
SUMMARY.
.In making a large cast, lately', at the
y iV a! Foundry, Selma, Ala. an explosion
of the liquid metal took place, by which
ttto workmen were killed and several
wounded.
..Sir John Crampton, formerly British
Minister to the United States, has recently
been divorced from his wife.
..Moses Wright, of Chcrokoe county
Ls given 1000 bushels of corn to poor fam
ilies who live within six miles of his resi
dence.
Fierpont, the Lincoln Governor of Vir
ginia, is doing official business at Alexan
dria, where with his Stale officers, he is
confiscating the property of rebels.
..Another telegraphic cable, it is said,
will be laid across the Atlantic in. July
next.
..Gen. Forrest has been promoted to the
rank of Major General.
..The Great Eastern, 22,791 tons, 879
feet long, and S2 feet in width, is to be sold
by the mortgages at Liverpool on 14th inst.
.The Yankees are selling fine rebel man-
jions in Fernandina, Fla., at five dollars
each.
..In parts of Tennessee, the citizens are
selling bacon to our cavalry at five cents
per pound in Confederate money.
..Gen. Anderson, of Sumter notoriety,
has decided to lemaiu at Newport, R. I.
until the close of the war. He married
a daughter of the late Gen. D. L. Clinch of
Georgia.
..William H. Graham, the original pro
prietor and publisher of “Graham’s Maga-
ziue,” died in New York, on 23d, ult. from
the effect of intemperance, want and ex-
posore.
..The keeper of the Laurel Grove Cem-
etary, Savannah, reports the interments at
1 iio during the year 1SG3.
..The cars on the Southwestern Rail
road, ran off the track near Montezuma,
killing Robert Large, the engineer, Mon
roe Sheffield, fireman, and a negro boy t
the wood passer, belonging to H. B. Trout
man.
• •For 300 miles, the Raihoad from
Chattanooga, westward has been rendered
unfit for service by the recent freshets.
..Parts of Augusta and Hamburg, have
been submerged by the late freshet in the
Savannah river.
..The City Council of Augusta, has
contributed $10,000 to refit Morgan’s com
mand.
• The ram Atlanta, captured near Sa
vannah by theY T ankees, has been refitted
at the North, and is to take the place of
•he Weeliaukeu, lately sunk off Charles
ton.
• ■W. J. Parks of Jackson county has
slaughtered two bogs, less than two years
old, weighing 425 and 38G pounds.
- Over 15,000 letters for sold ieis remain
ed in the Post Office at Richmond on the
Lt, January for want of paj’meut of post
age.
- ■ W. H. Y oung and other owners of the
Tagle Mills, have taken steps to establish
a tree school for the poor of Columbus.
--Airs. Carter and Mrs. Law of Colum
bus, collected 150 blankets and conveyed
them to the destitute of Gen. Johnston’s
arrny.
- The number of miles of sea coast from
Virginia to Rio Grande, Texas, is 3,549.
• The present Congress expires on tlis
Uth of February, and the new Congress
ni eets the next day.
•-The Savannah Republican says that
a merchant of that city who was exempted
by substitution, offered the city marshal
te “ thousand dollars for a birth as night
'v&tehtnao. He desired shelter from the
Conscript Officer.
-•The Yankees have built quite a vill-
Gov. Seabrooks’ Lauding, near Hil-
tou Head, and have filled it with machine
*b°ps, Ship-yards, Puritan churches, negro
«ebool# &c.
..About forty of Morgan's men escaped
from Camp Douglas. Chicago, a few weeks
before their leader took leave of the Ohio
penitentiary. Most of them have arrived
within our lines.
- - A Yankee court m St. Louis lias de
cided that Lincolu's proclamation has
made the negroes liable to punishments
inflicted on the whites, and sentenced a
negro woman, stolen from Alabama, to five
years imprisonment iu the peuitentiary for
vagrancy.
• -Col. Heury P. Thomas, of the 16th,
Georgia, who was killed iu the late assault
on Knoxville, was fiom Gwiuuett county,
and left four sons in the Confederate army.
..Rev. Dr. Wilson repotted the Ther
mometer at 8 degrees above zero at Atlan
ta, on the 2d, inst., the coldest weather iu
the South within the last forty years, ex
cept the bitter Saturday and Sunday in
February 1835, wheu the Thermometer fell
below zero.
..Asa large party of young man and
boys were skating near Richmond, on 2Gth
ult., the ice broke and twenty went under.
Two were drowned.
. - Gen. Thomas Jefferson Green, former
ly of Texas, died in Warren county, N. C.
on the 12th, ult. He was a general officer
in the-Texa#Revolution,attqrVrards a mem
ber of Congress, and leader of the Mier ex
pedition iu 1S41, when be was taken priso
ner by the Mexicans, with Mr. Kendall of
the “New Orleaus Picayune.”
. .The cost of war to the Confederacy,
is given in a Virginia paper at $519,36S,-
659, for the nine months previous to Octo
ber 20th. During the last year the Yan
kee expended over $900,000,000.
-.Two large gunboats, the Nashville
and Tennessee, are now building at Mo
bile.
. .A penalty of $500 is imposed in Mis
sissippi where conductors on rail road cars
fail to furnish water and lights.
. .The City Council of Atlanta has fix
ed the salary of the Marshal at $3,500; his
deputy $2,500, and the first aud second
Lieutenauts of Police at $2,000.
. .The Yankees are offering $700 bounty
for each volunteer to supply the late call
for 300,000. At this rate the cost will be
$210,000,000 to muster in the force.
For the Recorder.
Letters to a Young Georgian in the Army of the
Confederate States.
No. XXL
I think I could not better employ the
first day iu the year, than to give you
some reflections on the probable future of
our country. Laying out of view, at pres
ent, the consequences of the war, as a mil
itary result, and takiug it for granted that
we shall retain our State organizations, I
am very much iucliucd to believe that ex
peiience, when Democracy bad the rule
iu years past, and when we have more re
cently tested a transition or neutral form
of political manhood, in which rival par
ties united at home to repel a foreign en
emy in the South, will dictate the ueces
sity of a new power to meet the crisis. In
other words, we are drifting out of univer
sal suffrage aud instructions from the peo
ple, into a system more or less positive iu
its elements, and which will possess a
guiding faculty. I decline being more
•specific, until I cau prepare you for tbo
change which I shall not hesitate to an
nounce when the proper time arrives in
the course of this examination. Young as
you are, with no privilege at the ballot-
box, except such as the Legislature spe
cially afforded to soldiers in camp, you
have not failed to observe and to deplore
the excesses of partisan strife, when men
did not hesitate to employ means for suc
cess, morally fraudulent, and practically
deceptive’. On the eve of an election I
have known voters to be penned up, aud,
stupefied with whiskey, hastened under
guard to the polls at sunrise to deposit
tickets which had been placed iu their
hands, the names on which they had not
read, and to which they were wholly in
different. They had either been duped
or purchased, in violation of all principle.
I have also known foreigners, newly ar
rived in this country, who could not speak
a half dozen words of Knglish intelligibly,
hurried on the cars with party escort from
a certain town to the Superior Court of
another couuty, just in time to have the
oath of naturalization administered, and
random papers filed, so that the adopted
citizens might vote at the election then at
hand, when the rival parties were so near
ly balanced that these foreign votes, man
ufactured tor the occasion, turned the
scale, and the result was proclaimed as a
triumph of principle ! Suffer me to add
that the lot of German Jews to whom I
refer, as a notable instance, with others,
were unable to tell, after they had gone
through the forms of naturalization, what
kind of an oath they bad taken, or even
to understand a solitary word of the oath !
Aud yet this is but a specimen of the
trickery used by party leaders to succeed
at the ballot-box.
Allow me to adduce au example iu point,
while I utterly disclaim all bias in the
statement. Iu 1844, the vote of the State
of New York would have elected Mr. Clay
President of the United States. Just pre
ceding the election, it is said that 13,000
foreigners, 110061 them going from the
ships on which they arrived, direct to the
tribunals where, uuder Capt. Rynders and
bis democratic satellites, they were at once,
by an order of the democratic Judge, con
stituted American citizens, with the privi
lege of controlling the destiny of the Re
public ! Such has literally proved to be
the fact. By the aid of this illegal for
eign vote, Mr. Polk carried New York by
about 5,500 majority. He had avowed
himself in favor of the annexation of Tex
as, while Mr. Clay bad declared himself
opposed to it; and the issue having been
made iu the canvass, it was decided in fa
vor of Mr. Polk. Now mark the conse
quences. But for this enormous fraud in
New York, Mr. Clay would have been the
President, iu which event Texas would
not have been admitted into the Union at
the time she was, and of course there would
have been no war with Mexico. Without
such war, there would have been no ac
quisition of territory on which the Wilmot
proviso was to be laid by the majority from
the iion-slavebolding States in the popu
lar branch of Congress. By the admission
of California as a free State, tlie equilibri
um in the Senate was lost to the South,
and the Northern fanatics for the first time
had control of that hitherto conservative
body. This injustice gave birth to the
Georgia platform in 1850, from which
sprung that firmness of co-operation which
finally terminated in -the withdrawal of
the Southern States from the Union. This
result is logically deduced from the prem
ises stated, whether the war growing out of
secession is admitted to be a blessing or
an evil. I only state the facts in illustra
tion of the potency of the ballot box, aud
of the decisive character of the foreign
vote smuggled in by the most palpable
fraud. Y’et, in spite of these recorded
facts, tlie election of Mr. Polk was pro
claimed over the world as the signal tri
umph of Democracy, aud as establishing
the capacity of the people to govern them
selves ! From that time, I lost all confi
dence in the wisdom aud integrity of the
source of power, and often expressed my
apprehensions that the country would
reap a bitter harvest from this very out-
r age on political morality. The prejudice
which I confess as a partisan, of course
does not alter the law of cause and effect.
I have now reached a ciirnax whence I
shall proceed to the main question, and I
respectfully desire, iu advance, that you
will not be alarmed until you shall have
heard me through, and carefully weighed
my observations. In addressing myself
to one of your limited experience, I labor
under the disadvantage of Laving to ren
der uiy sketches somewhat minute, in or
der to impress you with the lesson I aim
to conveys in regard to the sovereigns
whom I shall depose for want of discre
tion and self respect, without which there
can be no true majesty of character, so
appropriate to those who exercise the high
est power in a State.
In this connection you will naturally
picture to yourself a multitude of intelli
gent and virtuous citizens, each striving
to acquire knowledge and personal digni
ty, with such influence as these qualities
may exert on society for the elevation of
character, aud for the still nobler design
of public usefulness. To deserve the good
opinion.and special confidence of his fel
low citizens, it is necessary that a man
should possess merit; aud this qualifica
tion implies sobriety, diligence, judgment,
firmness and integrity. When these unite,
there is a guaranty of fitness in social and
public relations, and a man’s power will
be felt iu both, just in the ratio of bis self-
respect, and his regard for the sensibility
of others. He that places a high estimate
on bis fellow-men will be sure to demean
himself with modesty, and it will be im
possible for him to insult the honor or the
understanding of his neighbor by experi
ments on his credulity, or by the attempt
to gain his vote for sinister purposes. I
have seen all classes, and a variety of
stratagems, on the political chess board,
some very disgusting and disreputable:
and I have witnessed the temporary suc
cess and glory of such management; but
in no instance did the parties escape pun
ishment. The recoil was sure, though some
times long deferred. And thus it wili ev
er be while good and evil are antagonistic
in the world. Another phase of the sub
ject will be presented in my next letter.
Adieu !
The Ft. Jackson Mutiny.—The North
ern account sent from New Orleans of
this affair is as follows :
The excitement occasioned here by the
report of a mutiuy at Fort Jackson on the
8th, has barely subsided yet. The most
wild and improbable rumor* prevailed,
that every white man iu the fort had been
massacred, that the negroes were about t<»
kill every white man in the vicinity, etc.-
Tho following are the facts :
The negroes had taken offence at one of
the officers in command and swore ven
geance. In trying to get possession of bis
person they encountered more opposition
than they anticipated and fired some shots
at random and into the air. But they
never intended to create a mutiny or shed
blood. Not a person was injured.
The whole affair did not last half an
hour. The officers easily quieted the
men, and they have not 6iuce made any
demonstration.
Exploits of Forrest in the West.
Neak Holi.y Springs via Watekford,
Dec. 29—Gen. Forrest crossed the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad safely on
the 27th, after several fights, in all of
which he was successful. He defeated
the 7th and 9th Illinois near Summerville,
with heavy loss ; recaptured Lafayette ;
drove the enemy into liis works at Collier
ville ; captured the wagon train of the 7th
Illinois and sixty prisoners; fought the
enemy, infantry and cavalry, at Jack’s
creek, uorth of Jackson, Tenn., on the 22d
and 231, and drove them back. They
did not advance again. Chalmers formed
a junction with him yesterday.
VlDETTE.
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
A friend in a neighboring city writes us :
“Just returned from Mississippi. Provisi
ons plenty, and prices far below the prices
here in everything. Leather, which sold
here for $8,40c. per pound can be bad at $2.
And I say to you that the gorernmeut is
uot giving the prices there, that it is here,
by half. Can you account for the “milk
in the cocoa-nut ?”
Canuot—but are glad that the Govern
meat can buy somewhere at reasonable
rates. As to leather, judging from what
one sees in the shops, there is plenty of it,
enough at least to sink the piice within
guu shot of reason. A dealer told us some
days ago. that in liis judgment there was
enough leather in the Confederac y to make
every man, woman and child in it four pair
of shoes apiece and leave a surplus. We
doubt whether there is so much as that,
but the man who looks about him will see
there is no scarcity.
The price of shoes in Georgia is unnec
essarily high, and ought to come down, un
dor the operation of the right kind of a tax,
and a proper system of details. The shoe
maker who expects to get a detail, ought
to he careful to get a reputation for mode
rate prices aud fair dealing. Character
aud certificates will settle the question.
Macon Telegraph 8th.
FROM NORFOLK.
We conversed with a gentleman yester
day, who left Norfolk a few day# since.—
He informs us that one inau in Norfolk
holds out firmly against Butler’s order, re
quiring all male citizens of the place to
take the oath of allegiauce to the Lincoln
Government. This is Wm. W. Hall, Esq.,
who will suffer death before lie will re
nounce bis allegiance to the Confederate
Government.
The enrolling of all males between tlie
ages of 18 and 45, was progressing rapidly,
Butler haviug ordered that the work must
be completed by the 1st January, to day.
The draft will immediately go into opera
tion, and it is estimated that there are 500
young white men iu Norfolk city aloue,
who have been enrolled.
The negro regiments are all uniformed
aud equipped, aud the blacks in military
toggery put on a great many airs.
Business, except among Yankee settlers
who have squatted there since the war, has
been completely paralized, and many of
the old residents, particularly females, are
suffering for the necessaries of life.
Among the few in Portsmouth who have
peremptorily refused to take the oath is
Arther Emmersou, Esq., County Court
Clerk.
Butler, the Beast, lias visited Norfolk but
once, and then tarried but a very brief pe
riod. He confines himself closely to Fort
ress Monroe, thinking doubtless that his
bloated carcass is safer behind the stout
walls of that fortificatiou than auywhere
else. He still indulges his inordinate ap
petite for strong drink, and is rarely entire
ly free from its effects.
All the residences and other property
of refugees from Norfolk, have been seized
by tlie Federal and Pierpout officers, and
are now occupied by the minions of either
Lincoln or the tory Pierpont. The city is
said to be rapidly filling up with the scum
and dregs of Yankee society, and serious
fears are entertained by many who have
resided tbeie from childhood that some
flimsy pretext will be seized upon to roust
them from their homes.
Petersburg Express.
From Charleston.
The Courier of Thursday says:
During last week a negro, who says he
was the servant and cook of Gen. Gilmore,
was captured on John’s Island by a ser
vant of one of the members of the “Rebel
Troop.” He states that he had been sent
from Folly Island td 1 - John's Island to
bring oft’ some pumpkins for Gen. Gilmore,
but that he had lost his way and had been
out exposed to the severe weather for
several days previous to his capture, wheu
he was discovered by the servant above
mentioned and brought in a prisoner. He
was much emaciated, ami when captured
was badly frozen and exhausted. He was
sent to the hospital on John’s Island. In
the account the negro gives of himself he
says that he belonged at one time to a
Virginia planter, who gave him his freedom
when he was twelve years of age. and that
he then went to New York. He has been
iu the employ of General Gilmore for
fourteen years and accompanied him from
New l r ork to Hilton Head. He states
that he has heard Gen. Gilmore say that
he despaired of ever being able to take
Charleston, and that it was -his intention
to remove his headquarters soon from
Folly Island to Hilton Head. General
Gilmore, he says, has aboift nineteen
thousand troops in the whole department.
The negro believes there will be no further
demonstration agaiust Charleston, but
that from what he has heard, thinks they
meditate^an attack by way of the Ogeecheo
river, upon Savannah.
lies—said Agent to furnish sack supplies
at cost to Soldiers’families, or gratuitous
ly. whenever said families are unable to
pay for them.
Resolved 3d, That we assure the Inferi
or Court of the hearty approval by the
popular voice of the county, of their levy
ing such a county tax as may be needed,
when added to the State appropriation, to
place the families of our brave soldiers
above the want of the necessaries of life.
Resolved 4th. That each Baldwin coun
ty Soldier’s family who fiud themselves in
a needy condition, aud each Baldwin
county Soldier who may have reason to
think his family to be in a needy condi
tion, be requested to communicate the
facts to the Clerk of'the Inferior Court;
and we request the Court to makejt one
of the duties of the Relief Ageut, whose
appointment we have recommended, to
promptly' investigate all such eases, aud
furnish the needed relief.
Resolved 5th, That a copy of these reso
lutions be forwarded by the Secretary of
this meeting to each of the Captains of
Companies now in the service from our
county, with the request that lie read them
to his command at the earliest practicable
day.
Resolved Glh, That as to those non pro
ducers of our county who, having; funds,
find it difficult to purchase supplies, it is
the sense of this meeting that the best
plan to attain the end in view, will be to
form a "Supply Association," and send
out an Agent to purchase supplies, either
in this county or elsewhere, on the best
terms practicable.
On motion of N. Hawkins, Esq., it was
resolved, that the Planters of Baldwin
county bo requested to convene at Mil
iedgeville, on Saturday, the 16th inst., to
consult upon and adopt the best plan of
operations to accomplish the object pro
posed by this meeting.
The proceedings were ordered to be
printed in the city papers, when, on mo
tion. the meeting adjourned.
O. P. BONNER, Prcs’t.
L. H. Briscoe, Sec’y.
OBITUARY.
Died in this city, on the morning cf the 3d
instant, in the 17thyear of her age, Saraii An
toinette, daughter of Robert A. and Alary J.
McCcmb.
She had just returned from school in Columbia,
S. C., buoyant with hope, and looked forward to a
bright and joyous future. Her strong affections
bound her, as with links of adamant, to a large cir
cle of friends, who had promised themselves much
happiness in her society. But, alas ! how frail the
tenure of earth’s happiness 1 How vain all human
hopes and aims! How liable to decay, death, the
strongest affections, tl£ highest promises ! Soon
after her return, the
The best medical skill
She lingered, alternati
pair, nearly sixynonth
because the o
of medical skill
Notwithstanding
bound her to life,
God to bid adieu to ea:
depart with entire resi
There was iu her Clin
of presumption; she
unbought gift of her
sufficiency of the a
maud of the sinner, t
the end with steady
[oiler, consumption, came,
s exerted iu her behalf,
between hope and des-
.ud at last fall a victim
[ectiou aud the appliances
*no further.
,reugth of the ties that
uabled by the grace of
cheerfulness, and to
to the divine will
character no element
iglit salvation as the free
iuur; but her faith iu the
iiuent to meet every de-
her to look forward to
id unfaltering hope, which
Passports.—We learu that under the
direction of the President, the following
rule will hereafter regulate the issuing of
passports for foreign destinations :
“No passport will be issued from tlie
Department of State during the pending
war to any male citizen, unless the appli
cant produce and file in the Department a
ceitificate from the proper military au
thorities that he is not liable to duty in
the army.”
Public meeting in Baldwin County.
Pursuant to adjournment and tlie call of
the Chairman, a respectable number cf
citizens convened at Milledgeville on Wed
nesday, the Gth inst., to consider farther,
the most efficient and practicable meas
ures to relieve the wants of Soldiers’ fam
ilies in the county.
Appropriate remarks were made by the
Rev. C. W. Lane aud the Hon. Iverson
L. Harris, when, on motion, the following
Resolutions, introduced by the former,
were unanimously adopted :
Resolved 1st, That we cordially approve
of the purchase of 1500 bushels of corn,
recently made, under an informal under
standing with the Inferior Court, by the
efforts of our active and patriotic fellow-
citizens, Col. Grieve and Gen. Myrick, tor
the relief of Soldiers’ families in our county.
Resolved 2d, That the Inferior Court of
Baldwin county is hereby requested to ap
point a Relief Agent for the couuty, whose
duty it shall be to purchase, either iu the
county or elsewhere, to take charge of,
and distribute such supplies as may, from
time to time, be needed by Soldiets’ fami-
grew brighter aud stronger as the end drew near.
It is a remarkable fact, that during her whole ill
ness, she was not known to express dread of
death. She has left for her bereaved friends the
the full assurance of hope that she is sweetly re
posing on the bosoin of her Saviour, and that sho
will rise to the “resurrection of eternal life” at the
last day.
Sweet Nettie, fare thee well.
Can I think of any other?
How fair thou wast let others tell,
When thy last words were—“Mother! ’
CRANMER.
Died, jit his residence in Laurens county, tia.,
on the 12th of December, 1863, Dr. W. L. Mason,
aged 77 years 2 mouthy and 12 days
Tlie subject of this notice was born in Halifax
county, North Carolina, on Sunday, October 1st.
1786. At the age of 10 years, he moved with liis
father, Turner Mason, a Revolutionary soldier,
to Jefferson county, Ga., and remained there one
year, after which he moved to Buck Eye, in Lau
rens county, where he resided until his death
Dr. Mason wielded great influence in liis county
during his life, and was distinguished for practi
cal wisdom wherever he was known. During his
last illness, which lasted fm^MK££al months, lie
suffered the most excruci^^^? pain, but bore it
with patience aud fortitnR He gave repeated
evidence during his prjgraeted illness that he
would be at rest when dovb with this world. Only a
few moments before be «ed, when his words were
almost inarticulate, h<w threw his feeble hand
heavenward and exclamed, my way is clear!
waving his harf|k.agaiaglie bid his almost heart
broken wife aiicKitfmren farewell; a moment
more and bis spiri£hud parted from its house of
clay to dwell, as weOse firmly convinced, in a
house not made by haimaSgternal in the Heavens.
The writer lias been for years an intimate friend
of the deceased, m|^ew had a better opportunity
of knowing hi^PlmrSfcer. He was noble, g*-ner
ous and kind; ty^^eaaLv to assist liis fellow-man
so far as lay inmn^^uA. He was devout, hum
ble and conscierUiuusT^MMlriptian distinguished
for true benevol^ce: and many owe him a debt
of gratitude that ca&jiever be paid in this life.
We sincerely grieve that one so looked to as a
friend and adviser, must fail by the inexorable
hand of death, that this strong, bright link in his
large family of children is forever broken ; but
such is life.
“The flowers of remembrance will be thickly
strewn around his grave, and upon it wiil fall the
warm tears of affection.” Dear friend, farewell!
May we again meet upon the shores of eternity.
Happy spirit, peaceful sleeper.
Calmly rest beneath the sod;
Thou hast past the shining portals,
Thou hast gazed upon thy God.
Soft as sinks the golden sunlight,
Sunk his spirit to its rest;
Sweet as dies the summer wave,
Calmly past lie to his grave.
Fond friends, cease thy weeping,
For beneath the green sod
He is calmly sleeping,
While his spirit dwells with God.
A FRIEND.
S. C. Advocate please copy.
Died, in Macon, on 4th inst., Joh* H. Far.z-
mev, son of John Freeney, late of Baldwin co.
TO SUBSCRIBERS IN ARREAR.
Wo are dailj mailing circular* to snch
of our subscribers as are indebted to the
office, and we are gratified at the prompt
return made by a number of' them in sat-
ibfaction of their accounts, and also for ad
vance payment, as they desire to continue
on oar list of patrons. But theie is a class
upon our books who owe us for many years
subscription, who seem to be entirely cal
lous to our appeals, and to the eommon dic
tates of justice We shall make one more
effort to obtain our rights, through circu
lars sent to each of these delinquent sub
scribers, and if they do not remit the sums
due by the first of March next, their names
will be stricken from our mail book, and
the earliest means will be adopted to col
lect the amount by law.
This course is a matter of necessity, to
protect ourselves from loss. With print
ing paper at $30 per ream, the cost to its
is $3 25 for the blank paper alone on
i which the Recorder is printed for each
subscriber, to say uothing of the composi
tion, ink, press work, See. If we continue
to supply the paper without payment, the
actual loss to us will be more than four
thousand dollars per year, as a gratuity to
one thousaud nominal subscribers, and at
tbnsame rate for a greater or less number.
We canuot afford to make the sacrifice
from any mistaken notions of courtesy, and
we hope that all just minded persons will
be of the same opinion, and no longer de
tain what rightly belongs to us.
We have stated the case frankly, and
with all due respect. Our course is mark
ed out, and in no instance shall we deviate
from it. High prices of materials aud la
bor have brought us to a cash footing,
squaru up as we go. It is ouly on this
plan that we can ascertain the state of our
business. With the New Year wo give
uotice to all.
Milledgeville, Dec. 29, 1863.
G eorgia, Hancock county.
On the first
apply to the Co
letters of guardiai
Wilson, orphans of Bp
December 29, 186
in February next I will
inary of said county for
osephine and Burton
,VV. Wilson, dec'd.
JOHN LAYF1ELD.
49 5t*
G eorgia, decatur county.
All persons having demands against William
Donalson, deceased, late ot said county, are here
by notified and required to present them, properly
attested, to the undersigned within the time pre
scribed by law, and all persons indebted to said
deceased are hereby required to make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
JOHN M. POTTER.
R. DONALSON,
November 28, 1863 [hub] 49 6t
Adin’rs.
M USIC TEACHER WANTED,
sic Teacher can fin
Wilkinson county, Ga
pupils, and the Teacher
instruments. For fu
at the above pi ice.
January 12,1864
A good Md-
inton,
of 2U
~his or her own
lars, address ma
SIMMONS.
2 It*
W ANTED TO PURCHASE, in Milledge
ville, or wjthin'Hixc antes of Milledgeville,
a good RESIDENCE 6 rooms,
and good out-houses. Hm^^MMMlBDrder office.
Milledgeville, Jan’y/12, 1863 2 4t*
One Thousand Negroes Wanted for
the War.
C. S. ENGINEER OFFICE, >
Savannah, ma., Dec, 28, 1863. j
I N ORDER to furnish M permanent laboring
force for the defence ofsavannah, and to ol>-
viate as far as possibl&^n|BM|^^^^Ujp»press-
ment, the uudersignefflLu i^ty from
the Secretary of War to hire thousand negroes
for the war, and it is desired ^Lcollect this force
without delay. The terms are&eral, and it is be
lieved will be satisfactory to th^pwners.
For particulars, application must be made to
this office. JOHN McCRADY, Captain,
and Chiet Engiueer State of Georgia.
January 12, 1863 % U
To the Next of Kin of Mary Wilson, for
merly Widow of Drury Murphy.
N OTICE.—You are eutitled by the wiil of Dru-
*ry Murphy, deceased, to one-half his net es
tate, which is now ready in ca-.fi. Claim soon,
for a bill of interpleader to settle your conflicting
claims must he filed to the next Court. Write to
me at Milledgeville, Ga.
JOHN 31 ANDERSON, AdmV.
December 29. le>63 52 4t*
T WO MONTHS afterdate. I will apply to the
Court of Ordiuary of Coffee county for leave
to sell the lands belonging to the estate of James
K. Hillard, late of said county, deceased.
B. H. TANNER, Adm’r.
December 29, 1863 [am] 52 9t
S IXTY DAYS after date, application will be
made to the honorable court of Ordinary of
Tattnall county, for leave to sell the negro slaves
and lands belonging to the estate of Benjamin Al
exander, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors.
BENJ. H. ALEXANDER, \ .
JAS- H. ALEXANDER, j A
December 29, 1863 52 9t
ITotace to Bebtors and Creditors.
A LL PERSONS having demands against the
estate of Benjamin Alexander, late of Tatt
nall county, Ga , deceased, will present them, du
ly attested, within the time prescribed by law, and
all persons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment.
BENJ. H. ALEXANDER, , .
JAS. H. ALEXANDER.
December 29, J863
Adm’rs.
52 fit
F OUR MONTHS after date application will
be made to the honorable Court of Ordinary
of Tattnall county, for an order to distribute the
estate of Benjamin Alexander, late of said coun
ty, deceased.
BENJ. H. ALEXANDER, / . . .
JAS. II. ALEXANDER, \ AQm n ‘
December 29, 1863 52 9t
Strayed.,
F RO31 MITCH EL ETHE HEDGE, in Pulas
ki county, on the 17th of November last, one
bay horse MULE, medium size, his right eye out,
and some white spots on the shoulders, caused by
the collar. I sappose he haq been taken up some
where in lower Georgia. I will pay all charged
ter the apprehension of said Mule, or any infor
mation of him. JAMES VAUGHN.
Ifawkinsville, Ga., D *c. 22. J863 51 5t*
G <EORGlA, DECATUR COUNTY.
I" Ou the first Monday in February next, Rob
ert E. Whighani will apply to the Court of Ordin
ary of said county for letters of administration on
the estate of T. E. Whigham, deceased.
H. M. BEACH, Ordinary.
December 17.1863 61 5t
Plantation for Sale.
T HE SUBSCRIBER offers his plantation for
sale, six miles from Milledgeville. known a*
the “Turk place.” Said plantation contains &IG
acres of land.
Call quick and examine the place.
Gen. S. P. Mvrick is du
Gen. S. P. Myrick is duly authorized to
act for me in my absence.
3 G. T. MYRICK.
December 15, 1863 5° *'
G eorgia, decatur county.
All persons having demands against V. A. 8.
Parks, late of said county, deceased, are hereby
notified and required to present them properly at
tested, t« the undersigned, within the time pre
scribed by law, and all persons indebted to said
deceased, are hereby required to make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
JOHN M. POTTER, Ex’r.
November 28.1863 ^
$109 Reward—Thief! Thief!!
ray THE night of 25th November,J1863. a light
VJ sorrel horse MULE was stolen from uiy
premises, eight miles west of Milled!.eri!ie, near
Camp creek Church, on the Clinton road. The
Mnle belongs to mv son, Lieut. R. T. Gibson, of
the Artillery, in Gen. Bragg’s Army. I will pay
a reward of one hmvircil'dolbirs for the delivery ot
the mule at my residence, in Baldwin coimty.
PATIENCE GIBSON.
December I, 1863 ^
"W^anted to Hire.
[ WANT TO HIRE eight or ten able bodied
negro men,for the year 1864. to be employed in
getting Cross ties in Ware county, uuder uiy owu
supervision. I will pay IqreJor eaefb/md
feed rii.d clothe well.
December 22. 18o3
lam now in Milledgeville.
B. A- WHITE, Jr.
51 2t
Blanks far Sale at ibis Uttce.