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Torpedae*—Their WorK.
A correspondent ol the Mobile Tri
bune think? proper encouragement has
not,been given to the torpedo branch of
the public service, and lor the purpose
ol’ciiHing attention to the subject, he?
enumerates the losses the enemy have
susiaind by this no veljmode of warfare.
Tin? first vessel of war destroyed by a
torpedo was the United states iron-
elad boat Cairo, on the Yazoo river, in
I|ie~i-ill of 1S02, or winter of 1S03.—
The Cairo was a formidable vessel,
carrying 13 guns and a crew of about
300 met:. She was sunk by a torpedo
— ; a simple contrivance, being nothing
more than a demijohn filled with pow
der, and a friction primer inserted
at the mouth. A wire was attached to
this primer, by means ol which the op
erator fired the powder as the vessel
was passing over it. Since that lime
several new and valuable inventions of
this character have been brought to the
notice of the Confederate authorities,
and the total damage inflicted is shown
by the following list of vessels which
have been wholly or partially destroy
ed, during the war, and with the single
exception of the Cairo, as stated above,
all within the past year.
1. The iron-clad gunboat Cairo, as
above stated.
2. The transport Grey Cloud, in the
AtchaJalay bay, in June, 1S63 ; by
Singer’s torpedo.
3. The iron-clad gunboat DeKalb,
(flag ship of the squadron,) carrying an
armament of thirty guns. She was
sunk in the Yazoo river in July, 1S63,
by a torpedo. This vessel was a pow
erful ram, and built with co-partrnents,
so that a ball might pierce her through
and through in any part without sink
ing her. The torpedo sunk her in sev
en minutes.
‘ 4. The United States iron-clad
frigate Ironsides, while engaged in the
bombardment ofCharlestou, wasstruck
by the cigar boat David, carrying a
Lee torpedo. This frigate was so'
much injured by the explosion of the
torpedo that she has not moved from
the anchorage nor fired a gun since.
This was the most formidable ship in
the Federal r.avy, (and probably in the
world,) and was more effective against
our works at Charleston than all the
other vessels of the fleet combined.—
This occurred in October 1803.
5. A gunboat on York river was des
troyed in December, 1SG3, by a torpe
do. This boat, in approaching a sup
ply wharf, ran upon a torpedo a few
miles below West Point, which explod
ed and fired her magazine. The ex
plosion destroyed the vessel with all
hands on board, and seriously injured
another boat near by-—Y 7 ankee ac
count.
G. The United States sloop of war
Housotonic,one of the blockading squad
ron off’Charleston harbor, carrying 13
guns and a crew ot 300 men, was des
troyed by a torped'* on the night ot the
a 1 M. ucn 1 j I J. UIJ tut
was used upon this occasion by the
submarine boat H. L. Hunly, of Mo
bile, and commanded by Lieut. Geo.
Dixon, ot this city. The newspapers
have generally confounded this boat
with the Charleston “David” boat.
7. Steam transport Maple Leaf,
with arms and ammunition, was des
troyed on the 1st of April, 1864, on
the St. Johns river, Fla. The boat
was blown to fragments, and nearly
every soul on board perished.
S. The gunboats Essex and Benton,
on Red river, reported sunk by torpe
does. No particulars received.
9.‘ United States frigate Minnesota,
reported seriously injured by torpedoes
while lying in Hampton Hoad, Va.—
No particulars received.
Several other vessels have disap
peared under such peculiar circum
stances that we are warranted in the
belief that they were also destroyed by
torpedoes, but as their disappearance
is involved in some uncertainty, I do
not include them in the calalouge.
The following from the Charleston
Courier, may be added :
“We learn from a trustworthy source
that something burst under or near a
Yankee transport on the St. Johns Riv
er, Fla., and not far from the place
where the Mable Leaf lately met with
a little accident. It is not yet known
whether this vessel was loaded or not
—she will never be loaded again.”
In addition to the above, three rad-
road trains in Tennessee and one on
the Ohio and Baltimore railroad have
been destroyed by torpedoes within
the last six months, and all this ha?
been accomplished at a less cost in
men and money than would be requir
ed to build, man and equip the srnall-
est'gunboat in the Confederate navy.
To the above we may add the gun
boat blown up by a torpedo in the
James River on Thursday afternoon
last.
The Distances in Virginia.—The
following distances may be acceptable
in assisting to understand the opera
tions near the Rapidan : From Orange
C. H. to Fredericksburg is forty-one
miles. The road crosses no liver
Proceeding from Orange C. H., we
come, at ten miles, to Verdiersville;
ten miles further bring us to Parker’s
store; six miles further to Wilderness;
five miles further to Chancellorsville ;
ten miles more to Fredericksburg.
A Mr. Wilkinson, of Sandgate, Eng
land, claims to liRve in his possession the
head of Oliver Cromwell, which was pick
ed np by a toldier after being blown down
from the spike upon which it was impaled
at Temple Bar. Ilia moustache is said to
be still visible, and the wart which is to
be seen in his portraits is plainly visi«
A Detlarttlioa af War npon the Government.
The Augusta Chronicle, which, uti-
dec some malign influence ot ihe.liutes,
ha* changed its' entire nature, and
from one of the, roost dignified and con-
servativc has become the most reckless
and radical of journals in all the South
—the lory Ptear of North Carolina not
excepted—promulgates the - following
extraordinary sentiments in a recent
issue.
“W* are of the opinion that any civil-*
ian arrested by military authority in Geor
gia, will have the right of the writ of ha
beas corpus, if he sees fit to demand it, as
long as Gov. Brown controls the destinies
of this commonwealth. The advocates of
a central government must be exceed ing-
ings after undelegated powers, not to
ly careful in their unconstitutional grasp
trepass upon the rights on liberties of
any citizen of this State. Gov. Brown
has taken his stand by the Constitution,
and will maintain it. He is not the man
to be intimidated ; nor is he the man to
back down when ho is convinced be is in
the right. There is no doubt as to the
correctness of bis position ; neither is
there any doubt as to the feelings of his
constituents. They will sustain him in
- his course. Confederate officials known
full well what his policy will be if tlie
liberty of any citizen of Georgia is in r
fringed npon in the least. Knowing this
they will alone be at fault if any collision
occurs between them and the State an
thorities in regard to*the suspension of the
writ of Habeas Corpus.”
The Savannah Republican, from
which we copy the foregoing, treats at
length of the absurdity ot a crusade
against the Confederate Government
in behalf of State and popular rights,
in which both must be attacked—first
in a usurpation bv the Governor of the
functions of the Judiciary in determin
ing that the law h unconstitutional—a
point of which the Constitution debars
him from till official knowledge,until it
has been ascertained and decided by
the court?. Second, in assuming that
the people agree with him and will as
sent willingly to the order compelling
them to fight the Confederate Govern
ment, when they may not agree with
him, and may’ think it a grievious hard
ship and gross violation of their per
sonal liberty to be forced into a con
flict with the Confederate Government.
Is this the way to vindicate Slate rights
ami the liberty of the citizen.
But more than we seriously fear
any collision between the State and
Confederate authorities, we deprecate
the spirit of the paragraph from the
Chronicle. He seems to itch for a fuss.
He acts the boy with chip on his shoul
der, daring somebody to knock it off,
and “spiling for a fight.” The Con
federate Government will not gratify
his pugnacity. It has enough to do in
fighting the common enemy—it will
neither seek nor permit a quarrel with
Georgia.
We are reminded by this subject of
a letter in our possession from a distin
guished Judge in the Confederacy,
which will illustrate the difference in
lucj u iLi wiii^ii me iiducits V-/iJr|JUfc>
Legislation of Congress was conceiv
ed, and of that in which it is opposed.
Says this functionaiy, (who shall be
nameless):
“I have held Court when Jurymen,
witnesses. Marshal and District At
torney all agreed that their lives and
families and properly were in danger
in the event nf the convictions of per
sons before the Court. I notified the
President, that the Habeas Corpus net
ought to be suspended!"—Macon Tel.
In Ap^laf to ike *>r the CoHfcdenle
Iff .s.
The dfteetors «f H rs Young Men’s
Christian Association of Richmond re
spectfully but earnriofv, Mibmit to tbs
benevolent and th*^ v .siri^tie throughout
the Confederate Stiites *ne appeal in the
behalf of the Soldi-rs* Families ia thi*
Since the eoaims •« .vent of the
City.
refuge for
from their
Thou-
^flutljent Hecflrimv
war Richmond has be*.* a
those who have been driven
home? by our ruthless enemies
sands of helpless worsen and children, not
from the devastated counties ot Virginia
alone, but from nearly every State in the
Confederacy have sought an asylum iu
our midst. Our citizeu* have been ap»
pealed to in numberless instances to re
lieve the sick and wounded soldiers, to
furuish shoes and clothing for soldiers, in
the field and hospital, and to afford food
and shelterfor their suffering familliea, aud
nobly have they, iu the great majority of
instances, responded to every appeal.
The supplies of provisions iu the city at
this time are so reduced, and the difficult
ties of obtaining others by ordinary means
so numerous aud great that the funds eon-
tributed for tbo relief of the poor can ae
complish but little in purchasing the nec
essaries of life.
In a written report, from the Clothing
Bureau, it appears that there are morn
than three thousand females in this city
who are seeking employment from the
government iu vain, aud that those who
obtain work are not fully employed.—
The wages received for their work will
not enable these poor woman to procure a
sufficiency of the plainest lood for them
selves aud children. Without assistance,
then, from the city and country generally,
many instances of the actual starvation
must have occurred. Our City Council had
made mo6t liberal appropriations for thu
purchase of supplies, both for gratuitous
distribution and for sale at eost; but the
agents employed for the purpose have not
been able to procure the quantity of pro
visions required.
Under these circumstances, we feel that
it is our duty to appeal to «ur fellow-citi
zens throughout the Confederate States
to forward without delay, contributions of
money aud supplies to the army commit
tee ot this Association. Since the com
mencement of the war this committee has
labored zealously and faithfully for the
temporal and spiritual welfare of our sol
diers aud their families, and for the suc
cess of our glorious cause. Let those sol
diers not be discouraged now, upon the eve
of our severest, and, as we trust, our last
and most glorious campaign, for want of
the generous sympathy and support of
their friends Rt home.
Shipments made to Roger Martin, Su
perintendent, or Win. I*. M tin ford, Chair
man of the array committee, will he
promptly attended to. Aud iu aceord
auce with a special agreement mad*
with the Superintendent nf the South
ern Express Company, all express
charges will be paid by them at Rich
mond.
Contribution of money should also be
sent to these gentlemen-
WM. WILLS, jR.,Prcs*t
J. D. K. Sleight, See’y.
TUESDAY, MAY 17, 18641
mally suspended the militia laws by which j midst of the Ocean, forever lost to
we were guided iu compiling the table of families and their country 1 1 he it
A Generous Deed.—Several of
his friends were cotiversing with Gen.
Pillow, at one of our hotels, when he
remarked that he was on his way to
the artny, bill needed a horse, and
such was the-destitution to which he
had been reduced by the euemy, that
he w’as unable to buy one, but that God
would furnish him.
A short time afterwaids a gentleman
introduced himself to the general as
having been with him in Mexico, and
during their conversation remarked
that he had a very fine horse which he
desired to present to him as a slight
testimonial of his appreciation of his
gallantry as a soldier, and his charac
ter as a man. The. fact is remarkable
that this generous donor had had no
knowledge of the previous remarks of
the General. The name of this liber
al-minded patriot is Moses Steed, of
Mississippi, a friend and neighbor of
the President, and now a refugee from
his own State.
A more chivalrous or gallant officer
or a more estimable man and sei-sac-
rificing patriot than Gen. Pillow, is not
in our army, aud this evidence of. the
appreciation of his services and char
acter by an old comrade in arms, must
have been peculiarly gratifying to his
feelings. All honor to him and to hi
nohlc friend.—[Selma Mississtppian.
Death or the Heaviest Man in the
World..—A correspondent at Dalton sends
to the Rebel the following for the truth of
which he vouches. The writer was
neighbor of Stacy’s :
Henry Stacy, a citizen of Hawkins
county, East Tennessee, died on the 18th
April,(’lS64, He was about forty-six years
of age, six feet, six inches high, and
weighed over six hundred pounds. For
many years previous to bis death he had
not left his house. His health was gener
ally good. He was very talkative, and
fond ofcoinpany. A great many persons
visited him from curiosity.
In his young days he excelled all his
school mates in running, jumping, etc.
He left a wife aud two children.
Gen. Robert Toombs was in Columbus
Georgia, a few days ago. In conversation
he stated that “the present it the brightest
day which has ever dawned upon our
Confederacy.”—Mr. Stephens and Gov.
Brown would have os believe that it is
about the darkest.
ALABAMA SUPREME COURT. -
The Montgomery Mail thus report* a
decision of the Supreme Court ef
stitutes iu the army :
Ex Parte G. IK Tate.
[Petition for habeas carpus, »u appeal
from the decision of Chancellor J. R. John,
in the county of Dallas.]
Iu this case the majority of tha Supreme
Court of Alabama, hold the following :
A. J. Walker, C. J. and J. D. Phelan, J.,
concurring,
1. That the War and Peace power, con*
ferred on the Congress of the Confederate
States by the Constitution, is the highest
and most vital trust confided to that Gov
ernment, because upon its proper exercise
the maintenance and protection of every
valuable right, whether nf individuals or
the body politic, and involving the very
existence of both, must in ease of insurrec
tion or foreign invasion, ultimately de
pend.
2. That to execute this high trtft it is
the imperative duty, as it is the manifest
right, of that Government to vxbaust, if it
becomes necessary, the vwtiro military
force of the country, in men. money and
every other available material of war;
but especially to hold undrr its control,
and to employ all the males of the coun
try capable of bearing aims or of perform
ing othermilitary service.
3. That in view of this high trust and
this great correlative duty conferred upon
that Government for the public defence
and the preservation ot lil«. liberty and
property, it is not in the power of any
Congress to grant permanent and irrepeala-
blt exemptions from military service upon
any terms or any consideration whatsoever ;
but that all exemptions granted by Con
gress must be taken uuder the implied
condition that, if the exigencies of the
country require, they may be revoked and
set aside ; aud that each successive Con
gress must be the judge of wlint tlie pub
lic defence and the necessities of the
country from time to time require.
4. Proceeding upon these principles, we
decide, that the act of Congress, of Janu
ary 5th 18G4, which declaims “that no per
son shall be exempted from military seri
vice by reason of bis having furnished a
substitute,” and the act ot February the
17th, 18G4, which repeals.all previous ex
emptions, both have the effect «*f repealing
so much of the act of April !Gth-T8G2. as
allows an exemption to any ene furnish
ing a substitute, aud are valid aud eonsti
tntional; and that the petitioner in the
case is now liable to military aerviee,
agreeably to the provisions of the said acts
of January 5th. and February 17th, I8G4
notwithstanding he had furnished a substi
tute.
The decisiou of tho Chancellor is affirm
ed.
Bad Campaigning.—There ia a good
story told of Moohaj the native East In
dia General. His followers took from the
English a lot of hermetically sealtd pro
visions, in tin caus, aud not having seen
anything of the kind before, he mistook
them for canister shot and fired nothing
from liis guns for three days but fresh
lobsters, pickled salmon and other delica
cies, thiissupplying the Britisheauip (which
he was tryiug’to starve into a surrender,)
with a shower of the freshest English pre
visions.
“STATE EXEMPTIONS.”
In commenting on the Governor’s sched
ule of exempts, as arranged iu the South
ern Recorder, the Confederate Union did
not use the following language :
The table of the Recorder, purporting
to show the number of persons attached to
the militia, as probably falling within the
exemption claimed by Gov. Brown, is not
applicable nmler the act of the Legisla*
tore, “to re-organize the militia of the
State of Georgia, and for other purposes,”
approved December 14, 1S63. which sus
pended the organization made the basis of
the Recorder's estimate. The new sys
tem, however, is only in process of com
pletion, there being tLe largest number of
Senatorial Districts not yet declared by
the Governor, (as the 7th section requires)
to relieve the former officers from com
mand until a treaty of peace is made, when
their commissions shall be restored. At
present, the militia organization of Geor
gia is in a transition state. The Major
Generals and Brigadiers, with their Staff,
and all the other officers, commissioned
and non-commissioned, appearing fin the
table, are truly represented. Not one is
given in excess of the lawful number, as
may be seen by reference to the Code.
The figures of tlie Recorder correctly show
the officers as classified, aud the number
of Militia Districts; but owing to the
change already noticed, the result is cal
culated to make a false impression, and to
subject the Governor to complaint for the
breadth of his shield, when in fact tlie
whole reconstruction by tlieAids-de Camp,
under the new law, will greatly dimiuish
the districts, and of course the number of
officers, who at present are only 2,726, as
we are informed by the Adjutant General.
Had the editors of the Recorder applied to
this gentleman, instead of consulting the
Cede, they might have been furnished
with the number of officers actually iu com
mission, without speculating on obsolete
data to the prejudice of the Governor,
who, it is well known, is no favorite with
the Recorder. As to the 10,100 Sergeants
and Corporals embraced in the table,
“supposed to be covered by the Governor’s
claim, as a part of the militia organiza
tion,” there was at least some doubt im
plied, for w-hicli we cheerfully award jus
tice to the Recorder. The Militia is made
up entirely of Officers and Privates, there
being no intermediate class. We think it
quite probable that the editors of the Re
corder, who seem to be great admirers of
the Code, had seen §1062—“Noncommis
sioned officers sl'-n >*» rl«orr»di»d to
—.‘j vy sentence ot a company
court martial,” from which it might be in
ferred that as they were not “privates” (in
the ranks) they must belong to tho oppo
site elass, “officers,” all of whom the Gov
ernor expressly claimed as jexempt from
conscription. Still, as the footing up of
the table gave 15,GOO, when the true num
ber of officers was but 2,726 in the State,
the margin of 12,874 is attributable to mis
information, which has no other excuse
than too great a reliance on the Code, and
too much delicacy in forbearing to ask
courtesies which tho Adjutant General
would cheerfully graut to any citizen. It
would be charitable to “suppose” that the
Editors of the Recorder had never seeu
the act of December 14, 1SG3, suspending
if O i rr n 11 n n . k,.» ikL
its “Code” organization ; but this excuse
is taken away by the editorial analysis of
that very act published in tlie Recorder
months ago. Tlie best we can do for that
journal is to place it in a transition state
between the old and new militia systems,
so that while its table is in substance cor
rect, it is practically erro^ous, and un
just to the Executive. Having stated the
facts, we leave the Recorder to extricate
itself as best it can. There tnay have
been a motive for the error, which we had
rather waive than possibly misinterpret.
While the Confederate Union held no
•uch language as the foregoing, its last
number did contain an editorial, of which
the following is an extract :
“The Recorder puts down fifteen thou
sand six hundred (15,600) Militia Officers
as exempt by the Governor. On enquiry
at the Adjutant & Inspector General’s
office, we find there are but two thousand
seven hundred and twenty-six Militia officers
in the State, and it is well known that a
large portion of these, on account of age,
infirmities and other causes, would have
beeu exempt without the interposition of
the Governor. Of all the- Militia officers
iu the State, it is not probable that fifteen
hundred would bo liable to conscription it
they did not hold that office. But suppose
they were all liable, then we find the Re
corder has told only twelve thousand eight
huudred aud seventy four falsehoods in one
sentence, which is pretty well for the Re
corder. To make his showing appear
plausible the Recorder puts .down 13 Gen
erals of divisions, and twenty-six Briga
*ier Generals. Now there is but one
Major General in the State, who is also
the Adjutant General ; and there is not a
■ingle Brigadier General iu the State. All
then which the Recorder sayS about these
Generals aud their numerous 6taff officers,
is sheer fabrication, without one word of
truth to sustain it. The Recorder lias al
so a long list of Division aud Brigade
Quartermasters, Paymasters, Commissa
ries, Judge Advocates, Surgeons, fee., &c.,
not ene of which has any existence except
in the columns of the Recorder ; they
have all been manufactured out ot Buck
ram for the occasion. As to the 10,400
Sergeants and Corporals which the Rocor
der has paraded for effect, every body but
•fool knows they are not commissioned,
aud of course, are not exempt.”
Before we notice its beauties of style and
temper, we shall join issue on the facts in
the article quoted above, premising that
as yet the new organization has not for
guided in compiling
officers.
t. The Union asserts that “there is but
one Major General i:i tliu State. ’ At
page 771-2 of Cobb’s Digest, thirteen Di
visions are given, with the Brigades and
eonnties which constitute the Divisions.
If vacancies exist in all, the Governor has
negleeUd his dnty in not ordering elec
tions to fill them. Tli**jurisdiction of ter
ritory iu the General officers is not changed
by the Code, nor lias even the suspension
yet been accomplished by the late act of
the Legislature.
2. The Union declares that “there is
not a single Brigadier General in the
State.” We liave already referred to the
taw which created twenty-six Brigades ;
and as to vacancies, we have nothing to
add. The worthy gentlemen who have
commission? in their pockets will hardly
subscribe to the alleged vacation of them.
When peace ia made, they resume their
commands, as if no new organization had
taken place.
3. The Union affirms that the “list cf
Division and Brigade Quartermasters”
and ether Staff officers is wholly unfound
ed, and ha? no existence save in the col
umns of the Recorder. To put ourselves
right, and to show that all the officers
named in our table are something more
than imaginary, we refer to the Code.
Ҥ1029. The following grades of militia
officers shall be recognized : Commanding
each division, a major general ; each brig
ade, a brigadier general ; each regiment,
a colonel, lieutenaut colonel and major;
a separate battalion, a major; each com
pany, a captain, first and second lieutens
ants and ensign.”
Ҥ1032. The captain of each company
shall divide liis company into four squads,
as nearly equal as may be, and appoiut
one fit and proper person in each as sers
gcant, and one as corporal, and he shall
also appoint a first sergeant.”
Ҥ1045. The division staff shall be
constituted as follows : a division inspec
tor, with the rank of lieutenant colonel,
two aids de-camp, one quartermaster, one
judge advocate, and one surgeon, each
with the rauk of major, to be appointed by
the major general. The brigade staff
shall consist of a brigade inspector, with
the rank of major, one aid-de-camp, or
quartermaster, each with the rank of cap
tain, to be appointed by the brigadier
general. The regimental staff shall con
sist of an adjutant, a quartermaster, a pay
master, commissary’, judge advocate ami
surgeon, each with the rank of lieutenant,
to be appointed &y the colonel of the regi- 1
meat.”
Now, we maintain, in spite of the Union
to the contrary, that every officer and
class of officers specified in our table, will
be found in the sections of tlie Code re
ferred to, and that the number below Brig
adier Generals is ascertained by tlie regi
ments and militia districts, for all which
we gave distinct data in the table itself.
Til® fact that man»» —
ly shows inattention on the part of the
Gomman de r-in-Chief, for which we are not
to blame. We have looked to the law as
our guide, which presumes that every offi
cer, from the. Executive to a constable,
has done his duty until the contrary ap
pears. Had the Union been influenced
by any such principle, it would have for
borne charging the Recorder with wilful
inaccuracies, until a demand was made
for the data on which our table was pred
icated. So utterly incapable of-any such
fairness, aud so lost to all ideas of self-
respect, the Uuion has rushed incautiously
into a pitfall from which there is no de-*
liveranee. Its fate merits no compassion,
because it has lacerated itself in trampling
down the civilization of the Press, and in
wonndingits vital honor.
The personalities of the Union will re
ceive no attention from us. The extract
we have given from that paper will be a
sufficient reason in tlie estimation of all
editors, and of all people who.value the
common decencies of life. When tlie-e
arc violated with shameless audacity, as
iu the case of the Confederate Union, we
cannot afford to play at a game in which
all the proficiency from practice is on one
side, and of which it is impossible that we
could learn tlie rules, judging by the spe
cimen which our readers are respectfully
invited to examine. A mind so brutal
and vulgar, and a heart that teems with
such malignity, must have enjoyments
within its own sphere which we have not
tho ambition to invade.
tlioir
idea of
such enormities is really terrible, and the
Governor deserves the homage of
whose reason has been eclipsed by tliig
dazzling light of the Executive. It only
needs one additional touch to comply
the awful picture, and that is to have the
10,000 “Birds of Art” which Prof. David-
son proposes to construct at Richmond,
each with tha President's order in lfij
beak, flying at the rate of sixty miles an
hour, and pouncing day or night, upon the
selected victims, and carrying them off to
the Island where Robiuson Crusoe w* s
monarch of ail he surveyed. In his next
publication it ia hoped that the Governor
will wake up to the full breadth of tb«
emergency, and clothe it with the gorge,
ous apparel of liis patriotic conceptions !
As a companion to this frightful possi
bility’, we cull from the last message of
the Governor:
“I recommend the confiscation of the
property of this class of persousalso [Geor
gians who had gone to tho enemy’ in East
Tennessee,] and in case they have left
families behind that are a charge to the
county, that no part of the relief fund be
allowed tbem ; but that they be earned to
the enemy’s lines, and turned over to those
in w’hose cause their husbands now serve.”
Calling into exereme a little of the im
agination displayed by the Governor
while depicting the scene of “irons” and
“dungeons” under the habeas corpus sus
pension, we see the Vice President and
his brother the Judge—one to make alfid*.
vits aud the other to issue warrants—iu sol
emn pursuit of the wives and children of
Georgia traitors, who (the “families”) are
arrested by “due process of law,” and “car
ried” beyond the limits of the State in
strict conformity with the Constitution!
Such an example of Confederate and
State harmony, in expelling women and
children, is refreshing. The second officer
of the Confederate Government, repre
senting its honor, and the judicial func
tionary of Georgia with bis “Resolution* 1
iu hand, representing the sovereignty of
the State, is an admirable compound, wor
thy of the “trio” who concieved it. To
touch the person of a citizen, woman or
child, without due process of law, is an
absolute breach of the Constitution, as
this influential “trio” hare affirmed.—
Hence affidavits and warrants by the hun
dred will bo necessary, and the “execu
tive” officer who best understands the
whole question, will be iu demand to serve
them triumphantly.
As the Governor has perceived “irons"
and “dungeons” following the suspension
of the habeas corpus, it is equally legiti
mate for us to behold women and children
loaded with the one, and marching to the
other, as the result of the Message, under
the official escort of the “trio,” with the
Constitution as a staff ••-♦•in “^•so
lutions” on its apex fluttering in the breeze 1
emblamatic of State sovereignty ! And
when the Constitution bas exhausted its
power in the banishment of women and
children, it will have no restraining efficacy
to prevent these helpless people, (driveuto
insanity by their sufferings, and fears,)
from wandering to the Rocky Mountains,
and who, after being scalped by the Cam-
anebes on the route, will naturally feei
more alarmed than ever. Expelled from
their homes in Georgia with all the form
alities of the Constitution, even supported
by “oath,” they yet feel that it is a cruel
necessity. Without provisions, friendless,
alone, among savages, these exiled women
and children, many of them native daugh
ters of Georgia who had no share in the
treason of their husbands and fathers, will
perish of hunger, unless in the last resort,
their lives are preserved by voluntary
drowning in the Pacific ! !
People of the South, ponder these tilings
well, and the nature of affidavits. Io a
have no guaranty, while the habeas cor
pus is suspended, that the fate of these
innocent women and children may not be
vouis, as there is nothing in the constitu
tion to forbid bucIi a stupendous calamity.
Wake up before it is too late, aud consid
er where you are drifting !
HABEAS CORPUS PIC TURK !
The Brigade of Gen. George T. Ander
son having adopted certain resolutions,
that officer as Chairman of the meeting
transmitted its proceedings to Gov. Brown,
whose message, reflecting on. the Presi
dent and Congress, was condemned, to
gether with his policy for securing peace
by the offer of negotiations after each vic
tory in the field. From the Governor’s
reply we select the following passage :
“Whatever may be the opinions of those
A CORRECT VIEW.
I'lie.Savannah Republican contains the
charge of Judge Fleming to the Grand
Jury of Chatham county, abounding
many wise and patriotic thoughts on the
war, and the duties of good citizens to
support it. We commend to the attention
of a certain clique in Georgia the follow*
iug passages:
“Akin to this spirit of fault finding. 15
the spirit of those—few in numbers,
hope—who contemplate reconstruction
Indeed, I do not consider reconstruction'
ists as a separate class from the fault tub
ers. Both classes, I apprehend, are 1®*“®
up of the same individuals. Recoustro-*
tionists are but fault finders in a more •
vanced stage of existence.”
In another place, the Judge says:
‘We are engaged in a death strugg
rUiTgfe :
dis
cus? abstruse questions of constitution*,
law ? Do so, and we are lost-. D<> * u ;
discord will reign in our midst. U ,lS
could not stand. What we waLt,
absolutely need, is unanimity. I je [
Government, the army and tho pe»p‘ e
a unit.”
officers who managed the meeting over t shall we relax our grasp that we may
which you presided. I venture to say, that
not one soldier in every ten in your Brig
ade, believes it is right for Gongress to
suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus, and authorize the President to ar
rest the people, anil send them in irons to
the Islands or dungeon* of other States;
and confine tbem at his pleasure.”
It is manifest that the .Governor has
given the reins to liis imagination, so that
any one disposed to revel with him in
pictures of fancy, can see harmless citi
zens of the Confederate States diagged
out of their bed* at midnight, ami hurried
away by order of the President to tlie Gu
ano Islands, or St. Helena, thereto lan
guish in “irous” and “daugeous,” in the
th
Judge Longstreet is publishes 1 *
e Columbus Times, a number of * r?lC '
' w+ich
ment®
on “Gov. Browu’s Extra Session,
effectually overturns tho argu ^
Stepheus Sc Co. agaiust the suspe® 8 ' 0 ^
the Habeas Corpus, aud also those sg* 1
the other measure* of the late Coog 1 ® 4 *]
No 5 is the last we hare seen at the p rC
writing.