Newspaper Page Text
hi? pi'isaenied itseli tb-ar liaiten, were iiien Infcriol
to none who ever served the Confederacy.
Under the excellent administration ot Bog* ;
Mackall, Chief of Staff, the troops were weU eq P
ped aud abundantly supplied The osaug «
nials of the artillery and quartermaster s «- P‘
meat were in better condition on f ee •. 11 % .
We lost no material m
nieces mentioned
than on the 5th of May.
the retreat, except the lour hem ..
aad Quarlf s’. That opposed to us was Grant, s^ar-
my of Missionary Bulge, tin n estimated at eiguty
thousand by our principal officers, increased* us *
thousand by our principal ofScgL-, -
have stated, by two corps, a division, and several
thousand, men. The cavalry of that army v, as
estimated by Major General Wheel; r at 1 .),*
The reinforcements which' joined our mmy
amount* d to fifteen thousand miant-iy and ; ' 1 * 1 ®'
ry, and four thonrand cavalry.- Our scouts lep'oi
el much gna f er numbers joining 110 ^ c
States army; garrison and bridge guards yum
Tennessee And Kentucky relieved by “one hun
dred days’men,” and toe 17ill corps', with two
thousand cavalry. _ .
The loss- of our infantry and aruilery from the
Oth of May lmd been about ten thousand in killed
and winded, and four .thousand seven hmiUrm
from all other causes, mainly siignt sickness p*‘»
jruui i uiuei mauscr*, i»cuuij . - i
Jueed by heavy cold rains* wlnuh P r . ev ^ J ‘ < ; 1 j.
latter bait of June. These and the alig..- A '
O ioi« nts. for
Vo the loss or
ed were beginning to rejoin men
v. ant of reports, 1 am unable to
the services of the cavalry, widen was dps under
niy eye than the rest of the army, i he effective
strength was increased by about two thousand du
ring the campaign. " - f ,
'f ile effective force transferred to Gen. Uoou
was about, forty-one thousand iniaiitry and artii.e-
rv and ten thousand cavalry.
According to the opinions ot our most experi
enced officers, daily reports of prisoners, am. state
ments of Northern papers, the enemy s hiss come,
not have been less than live times as gri at as inns.
In the cases in which we had the means ot csti
mating it, it ranged from seven io one, to ninety-
one to one, compared with ours, and averaged thir
teen to one. The Federal prisoners coucui-red in
saying that their heaviest loss occurred in the dai
ly attacks made in lino of battle upon our skir
mishers in their rifle pits. Whether they suc
ceeded in dislodging our skirmishers or not, their
loss was heavy, and ours almost funding.
At Dalton me great numerical superiority ot the
enemy made the chances of battle much against
us, and, even if beaten, liiey had a safe reluge be
hind the fortified pass of Ringgold, and in the for
tress of Chattanooga Cur refuge, iu case ot de
feat,-was in Atlanta, one hundred mites off', with
three rivers intervening. Therefore, victory tor
us would not have been decisive, while deteat
would have been utterly disastrous.
Between Dalton and the Chattahoochee, we
cotud have given battle only by attacking tho en
emy intrenched, or so near iutrenchments t hat the
only result would liave been his failing baek into
them ; while defeat would have been our ruin. In
the course pursued, our troops always fighting un
der cover, had very trilling- losses, compared with
those they inflicted; so that, the enemy’s numeri
cal superiority w^s reduced daily and rapiu/y, and
wo could reasonably have expected t.> cope with
the Federal army on equal ground by the time the
Chattahoochee was passed. Defeat on. this side
side of the river would have been its destruction.
Wo. if beaten, had a place of refuge in Atlanta too
strong to be assaulted, and too extensive to be in
vested.
I had hoped, also, that by the breaking of the
railroad in its rear, the Federal army might be
compelled to attack us in a position of our own
choosing, or to a retreat, easiiv converted into
a rout. After we crossed the Etowah, five detach-,
merits of cavalry were successively sent, with in-
sti net ions tu destroy as much as they could of tlie
railroad between Dalton and the Etowah. All
failed because too weak. Wo could never spare a
sufficient body of cavalry for this service, «s its as
sistance was absolutely necessary in the defence til
every position we occupied. Captain llarvey, an
officer of great courageund sagacity, was detached
on this service, with one hundred men, on the 11th
of June, and remained for sevef&l weeks near tin-
railroad, frequently interrupting, although not
strong enough to prevent its lisa.
Early in the campaign, the statements of the j
strength of t-he cavalry in the department of Mis- j
sissippi aud East Louisiana, given me by Lieuten
ant General Polk, just from Hie command of t is.it
department, and by telegraphic correspondence
with liis successor, Lieut. Gcu # S. D. Lee, gave me
reason to hope that a competent lore*: could be
sent from Mississippi and Alabama to prevent tie-
nse ef the railroad by the United States a my. I
therefore suggested it toth President dir. etly, on
the Pith of June, and loth of July, and through
General Bragg on .the Ph.li, I2lh, Blrh. i(i.n and
20th of June; and also to Lieut. Gen. Lee on the
10th ot May, and 3d, 11th aud li ill June. 1 did
so in the belief that this cavalry would serve the I
Confederacy better hv cau.-ing tlu.- defeat of Maj. i
Gen. Sherman’s army than by repelling a raid in !
M ississippi.
Besides the causes of my removal, aliegedd i fhe j
telegram announcing it, V'«noiW-<Jila*T:a'.-cn*;itioiis j
have been made against me—some published in j
newspapers in such a maimer as to appear to have
official authority, and others circulated orally in j
Georgia and Alabama, and imputed to Gen. llragg.
The principal are, that I persistently disregard
ed the instructions of the President; that 1 would
not tight the enemy: that I refused to defend At
lanta; that I refused to communicate with Gen.
Bragg in relation to the operations of the nrmv ;
that 1 disregarded his entreaties to charge my
course and attack the enemy ; and gross exagger
ations of the losses of the army.
I had not ihe advantage of receiving the. Presi
dent’s instructions in relation to“ the maimer ot
conducting (he campaign But as the conduct of
my predecessor, iu retreating before odds less than
those confronting me, has apparently bet a ap
proved ; and as Gen. Lee, in keeping on the de
fensive and retreating towards Grant’s objective
point, under circumstances like iniue, was adding
to his great fame, both in the estimation c-f the ad
ministration and people, l supposed that my course
would not he censured. I believed then, as 1 do
now, that it was the only one at my command I
which promised success.
I think that the foregoing narrative shows that |
the am y o T nnessec did fight, and with at least ,
as much effect as it has ever don. before.
The proofs that I intended to hold Atlanta are j
flic fact that under my order:; the work of strength- j
ening its defences was going on, vigorously, the {
communicat.-on on the subject made by mi to Gen. j
Hood and the fact that my family was. in the!
tow it. That the public workshops were removed j
Aud no large supplies deposited m the town as al- j
leged by Gen. Bragg, were measures of common J
prudence, and no more indicated the intention to I
abandon the place, lh.au the sending the wagons of j
an army to the" rear ou a day of battle, proves a i
foregone determination to abandon the livid.
"While Gen. Bragg was at Atlanta, about tin- |
middle of July, we had no other conversation con- l
cerningthc. army there than sucli as I introduced, i
He asked me no questions regard ing ics opera
tions, past or future; made uo conuncrls upon
them., riiiy suggestions, and had net the slightest
reason to suppose that. Atlanta would not be de
fended. He told me that the object of his journey
was to confer with feiout. den. Lee, and communi
cate v’ith Gen. E- K. Smith, in relation to rein
forcements for me. He talked much more of af
fairs iu Virginia than in Georgia, asserting, what I
believed, that Sherman’s army outnumbered
Grant’s, aud impressed me with the belief that his
visits to me were unofficial.
A copy of a brief report Ly General Hood ac
companies this.
Most respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. E. JOHNSTON, Ui-ncral.
1'fGin the Carolina front,
We clip the following frdm the Constitutional
ist of the 8th
From a friend in this city who is well posted v n
consequence of his positiou, we have learned .the
following items:
The Charlotte road has beeu torn up to within j
one nfte above Blackstock. About one halt ot it ..
is destroyed. , * |
The enemy on the 26th crossed at Peay s I eny,
and on the 28th were in Lancaster district, threat
ening Cberaw. They burned aud desofnWi every
thing in their line of march.
On the. 28th, the left wing of their cavalry vyas
within 25 miles of Charlotte, the main body bei.'V
in Lancaster district.
Reports are still current in Charlotte L'.at Lee
had badly defeated Grant.
.Schofield has been repulsed with heavy loss, on
the W. and Weldon Railroad.
Hardee’s columns were at Cberaw and V* ndes-
boro. Sherman was endeavoring to cut him off.
Johnston"was moving to confront the enemy a.
Fayetteville *
The Charlotte and Greensboro Road has been
widened nearly to Greensboro. The accumulated
rolling stock is being sent off rapidly, and will be
all saved.
Wadesboro is in North Carolina about forty
miles N. W. -of Cberaw, and twenty-five N. E. of
Laventou, S. E. of Charlotte, lienee the above
account places Gen. Hardeein the immediate front
of Sherman. -
Fayetteville is on the'Cape Fear River, more
than a hundred miles east of Wadesboro. We
think it is too far east, and that this name has been
mistaken or misprinted for Laurel Hill, which is
about forty miles N. E. of Cheraw, and twelve or
fifteen miles east of Great Pedee river. General
Johnston at Laurel Lill^vould seem to occupy a
much better military position as well as be within
supporting distance of Gen llardee-
Altogether we cannot but regard the Carolina
situation as highly favorable, as the accounts place
Gen. Beauregard on the enemy’s left flank, and
Gen. Johnston in his front. Of course the cavalry
are hanassiug Ihe enemy on all sides.
iauto lecordfr.
m i :>
kV-VA '7 -411;
•' MW ' r-
^ ilT* 1 v,j‘fyf—-—t~~ - • ■
M 1 L L E D G S V I L L £
TUESDAY, IS ARCH 14 1SG3.
Ine Legislature adjourned on lust Saturday
evening. We have not been able to discover &oy
important measures acted upon that rendered it
necessary for its assemblage. The main ground
given by the Governor was, of calling a State
Convention. That, by a decided majority, as here
tofore stated, it very properly refused to call. Mi
nor measures have been passed upon. Increased
expense has been heaped upon the State in various
j wavs. ’Ihe indchteuness oi the State,as reported
! by the Comptroller General at the opening of the
: session in November, was §23,930,693—add the
I appropriations of the last session with this—will
' increase the public debt above forty million dol
lars. (A large portion of this burthen the Confed-
i rate Government would liave assumed, having
imposed taxes for that purpose.) The State tax
was three-fourths of a' cent. On Saturday they
increased it to nine-tenths of a cent. Even this
! taxation will not meet the wants of the State uij-
X-icLt©St
8200 R3E!WABX>,
W ILL BE PAID for MARIA, a dark
iHito woman. fv,j
Report of Ihe Occupation of Charleston.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, of the 22d ultimo, is
to hand, from which we gain the. following inter
esting items:
Ojjirial Dispatch of Gilmore.
Washington, Feb. 21,1365.—To Maj. Gen. Dix,
New York; This Department has received the offi
cial report of Major Gen. Gilmore, announcing the
surrender of the city of Charleston, S. C. t to the
Unifed States forces under his command, at one
o’clock ou Saturday morning, the 18th inst.
Among the captured property are two hundred
pieces of good artillery and a supply of fine ammu
nition.
The enemy burned their cotton warehouses, ar
senals, quartermaster stores, railroad bridges, two
iron-dads, and sonic vessels in the ship yard.
E. M. Stanton, Sec’y of War.
.Stanton also ordered that a national salute be
tired on tbe22d instant at West Point, and at ev
ery fort and arsenal and army headquarters in the
United States, in honor of the restoration of the
Yankee gridiron over Fort Sumter; and Wm. H.
Seward, Secretary of State, has ordered the de
partment buildings to he illuminated on the same
night, and a salute of one hundred guns to be fired
during the day, in honor of the occupation of
Charleston.
Six thousand bales of cotton were burned by the
Confederates prior to the evacuation of the city,
and the Inquirer supposes that before the tire could
he subdued, two- thirds of the city would be des
troyed. *
Admiral Dalilgren, father of the hen-roost rob
ber, wffio was killed while plundering the people
of Middlesex county was the first Yankee that
reached Charleston.
Another Peace mission Enterprise,
A special dispatch to the New York Herald, from
Washington the 22d, says :
Gen. Singleton and Judge Hugh ear, late of the
Court of claims, left to-day for l?ichinond, via Bal
timore and ; Fortress Monroe. xThey have received
parses through our lii*-s from the President.—
Wbat tlie object of their mission may he is not
positively known; hut leading Peace Democrats
intimate that it may be the inauguration of anoth
er effort to convince the rebel leaders that further
persistence in rebellion is useless, and that the con
stant succession of disasters which has fallen up
on them during the last three months proves that
the end must he reached soon, and that it is bet
ter t.i• make the best terms possible now than to
maintain their present attitude until their military
power is entirely destroyed.
The Herald remarks editorially:
The object these gentlemen have in view has
not been made public, but their leaving lor Rich
mond at this time has necessarily given rise to
surmises that their visit may be made with the de
sign of endeavoring to renew peace negotiations.
The following table shows the whole population
of the Confederate .States, excluding Missouri and
Kentucky, as determined by, the United Stales
Census of I860:
Total White.
- 520,491
524.191
77,743
591 ,538
357,029
353.901
031,100
291,388
" 826,722
421,294
1,047,411
* . dor its nresent organization. We are glad to see
ihe House of Representatives have passed a bill . . . , ,
. v 1 ; that the Legislature has put one ball iu motion
i tne crime of horse stealing with death. , . , , ... , ,
■ which we hope wnl not sfop till it has accomplisu-
od its end, viz: an investigation of the disburse
ment of the millions of money appropriated since
the war commenced. A committee was appointed
j to examine into the disbursement ot the Commis-
i sary and Quartermaster’s departments. Yv e are
j the last person to malign the character ot officials,
( but we do think this Investigation was called for
! as alike due iu justice to the officials and the
! public.
One Consolation.
We have one consolation tor our troubles up to-
i wards Richmond. 1 here is a pretty fair prospect
of Sherman’s catching onr Congress. If he will
to puni
It provides whipping for the first offense and death
tor the second. Passed, yeas 51, nays 41.
Also a bill to exempt from taxation the proper-!
ty of resident widows having sons in the Confed
erate army or minors in the State st?rvice. where
the same does not exceed §>2000 in value.
A bill to legalize marriages of first cousins con
tracted since December 11th, 1863.
A hill to amend the law of this State iu regard
to lapsed legacies.
A bill amending an act in reference to the banks
suspending specie payment until June 1st, I860—
amended by inserting “during the war.”
Resolution ad\erse to putting- staves in the ar-; Richmond and Lee alone, he may have
»y as soldiers. j our Congress and nothing to pay. A more useless
FROM CHARLOTfE.
It 16 thought that the raiders, and not the main
column, will visit this city.
During the retreat from Columbia, a train of cars
filled with ladies broke down, aud the enemy
threatened to capture it. Hampton threw his cav
alry in front, promising to defend them with the
life of every man iu his command.
Hampton. Butler and Wheeler did most of the
fighting in the retreat, the main force not being
generally engaged.
Figbtiog near Acvpert to Florida—Yankee
Vessels off St. Harks.
A special to the Columbus Enquirer, dated Ma-
riaua, March Gtb, says the enemy, about twelve
hundred strong, landed on East River, near St. v y. .— .... j, "" In-
Marks, on the evening: of the 4th. Lieut. Col. j a 4 *' er c, ‘ nL C °^ erjte terffffcate for
j. m. i ... . ; ^ or mp-
dmni hf icrh U with the features of the African
doubt she w about Mffiedgeville, or vicinity con
cealed and harbored by her colored friends, as she
was ou a former occasion lately. Any information
leading to her detection, will be mutably rewarded
K. H. RAMSAY
Midway, March 14, 1865 o.
Grand Jury Presentments.
W E, THE GRAND JURY of Baldwin conn-
ty, February Terra, 1865, make the follow
ing presentments:
Tne Committee on the County Treasury report
that they find the books well kept, and a balance
in the hands of the Treasurer of §.-5,21111 07
Scott, with two hundred men, engaged the enemy- * 7 ;„ f i A tin ; •?
% _ v a xv 1 .. 1 . 7 *. v . - •; All the roads ana some ot the onuses r*
near Newport. After short but sharp hcnting, . 3 - , , , tw i. f . rtll 0 ^ n * Alt re *
Col. Scott fell back, aud bei&. rei»forceM, con-
some speedy measures may be adopted for their
improvement.
SENATE BILLS ON THElll PASSAGE.
A bill to extend the time of settlement with
collectors to 1st July, 1865.
A resolution expressive of thanks to the officers
aud men of the Militia for gallant conduct.
Resolution requesting the Governor to keep a
mounted guard above Savannah for the purpose j
of kef ping slaves from deserting.
The House hill was passed to authorize Admin
istrators, Executors, Guardians raid Trustees to
sell Confederate bonds in certain cases, for the 1
purpose of paying taxes.
House bill to appropriate ,*32,000,000 additional
to the amounts already appropriated for the bone-
tit of soldiers’ families. Passed. The Senate
passed an amendment thfo said funds are*to he
raised by ihe issue of State Treasury notes instead
of by the safe of bonds.
Bill to increase the lees of county officers ten
per cent.
GEN. JOHNSTON’S REPORT.
We lay before our readers the official report of
Gen. Johnston after lie took command of the Ar
my of Tennessee, at Dalton. As there are jiiany
opinions as to the propriety and necessity of the
retreats of Gen. J., especially among Georgians,
it is but proper that the Commanding General
should he heard in his own defence, and the rea
sons given weighed. It is certain, however, that
the enemy has a mortal fear of him, aud greatly
prefers to go round instead of meeting him face to
face.
> concern never clogged the wheels of any machine.
It has been in session for three months, and we
■ have yet to see one thing it has done tor the good
of the country-. The members of the House es-,
pecially. are so good in icind, we don t think Slicr-
mail's fleetest horses can overtake them when
! once they stmt to run. By this time we expect
the whole concern is 00 its best legs.
Wo take the above from the Confederate Union
j of last week. It bears upon its face a most un--
calied for reflection upon our Congress. We have
no hesitancy in saying that the members of Con-
oil's::- are just as sensible, intelligent, patriotic and
farsighted as the editors of the Union. Until our
neighbors can convince us and the rest of their
reader- that they have more brains than those
"they slander, we will write them down as self-con
ceited faultfinders. Wo have yet, to read in the
columns of ihe Union, any hold, original or states
manlike suggestions, suggestions that carry upon
their face convincing evidence of sound logic, or
self evident truths. Enlighten Congress—enlight
en (1,0 people—state clearly what ought to be
done and how it should be done.
W
K<
B um, Petitioner,
versus
The enemy, twenty thousand strong, have as
sembled at Pensacola, with Generals Ashboth,
Andrews, Davis and Steele commanding.
It is reported that the enemy intend cutting all
communication witli Mobile, which place they be
lieve is on the eve of being evacuated.
On Sunday, 5th inst., an order was issued to
the Yankee troops* on dress parade, that they
should, while passing through the country', respect
all private property unless otherwise ordered.
We notice amongst the Judges reappointed up
on the nomination of Gov. Brown, that of-Judge
Looiirane. Our recollection is, that gentleman
was appointed originally in November, i861. If
we are'right, this reanpointment has been made
too soon, as a Judge's term is
remembrance is correct, the 1
should have made the nomin.
Senate confirm it.
Alabama,
Arkansas,
Florida,
Georgia,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
N. Carolina,
8. Carolina,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Virginia,
White Males.
270,199
171,177
41,128
391,066
189,649
186,073
313,670
146,169
422,779
228,565
528,842
5,449,373 2,799,818
Of this number of malesi-those between the ages
of 17 aud 50 are represented by the following ta
ble, the calculations of which are based on Ihe “ex
pectation of life,” in the State of Maryland, the on
ly test we have at hand. Whatever may be the
variations from this standard, the practical deduc
tions are quite near enough to the truth for our
purpose, the right hand column shows the number
that have arrived at the age of 17 since 1860 :
Between 17 and 50.
Alabama,
125,409
32.429
Arkansas -
79,190
20,532
Florida,
19,000 ’
4,932
Georgia,
139,399
36,129
Louisiana.
88,599
22,092
Mississippi,
86,100
22,344
N. Carolina,
145,909
37,fi:’.-»
S. Carolina,
67.599
17,532
Tennessee,
195,190
59,672
Texas,
197,660-
27,429
Virginia
248,100
• 59,360
‘1,299,799
331,656
,1,631,356
331,656
The following ha> been found, after several
years experience, to constitute one oi the best nia-
xiuies for fruit tVei s generally :
A mixture of peat or s-vamp muck, with one-
half to one quart 1 r of its bulk of stable manure,
and about one-twentieth of lem-hed ashes. These
ingredients should lie iu a heap .together for a
fo-eek, and then be worked over. If for peach
10 «cep, the soap suds from the laundry thrown ovi-i
Hll C heap will improve it. It for cherry trees, wnieh
tin*
1 not bear high manuring, the proportion of
it or muck shuuldJbe larger, and with less of
•J manure aud ashes.
Worth Knowing.—The great difficulty
0 --‘.-Li 1—, surroundiu
tion. is well known,
of get-
huilU-
:j"og horses from a stable where s
,.igs are in a state of conflagratk
fand that in consequence of such difficulty, arising
Vfrom the animal’s dread of stirring from the scene
of destruction, many animals have perished iu the
flames. A gentleman whose horses were in great
qjeiil from such a cause, having in vain tried to
sa>»-, them, hit upon the experiment of having
tliem narnegsed, as though they were going to
their usual work, when to his astonishment, they
Were fed from the stable without difficulty.
[Spirit of the South.
Sirtp Thousand Persons Drowned in India.—Lat
w or advices reveal tlie full extent ot the disaster in
.dieted by the terrible cyclone in India. A Cal cut
tu fetter to the London Times, just ffeceived, sa vs
1 sco that the news of 12,090 persons having
been lost in the cyclone was received with incredu
lity in England. The estimate was wide of ^ho
truth, but only because it vastly underrated ihe
calamity. As one who knows this country will
readily conceive, there is no possibility of ascer
taining precisely the loss of life, because hundreds
might be swept away and leave no trace behind.
But we are not without data for arriving at a con
clusion, and it has now been calculated that there
cannot be fewer than 60,999 persons drowned, or
otherwise killed, by that fearful storm. In the
Island of Sangor alone, before the cyclone, there
were 8209. There are now about J290; imr have
any left it to go elsewhere. ISeven thousand were
carried clean away by the storm wave. All up
the river the population has been swept off, if nut
in the same proportion, yet in very large numbers
As we all anticipated, disease is raging everywhere
—cholera, fever and sma'l pox. The epidemic fe
ver,-which I have mentioned in previous letters
this year, is depopulating whole districts.
Gen. Grant recently stated, in answer to an in
quiry, that lie had effected an arrangement for the
exchange of prisoners, man for man, and officer
for officer, or. his equivalent, according to the old
cartel, until one or the other party has exhausted
the number they now hold. And he also stated
that, with no impediment, exchanges could be ef
fected at the rate of three thousand per week.
been reappointed
Judge O. A. Loom»ame hr
Judge of the Macon Circuit.
Judge I. L. IIakgi.s has also
.Judge of the Ocniulgee Circuit.
Judge Wm. M. Reese, of the Northern Circuit.
Judge Dawson A. Walker, of Cherokee do.
Appointsiknt and Confirmation of SoLirn-oas.
Tallapoosa Circuit, Joseph A, Blanco.
Brunswick Circuit, Joseph 8. Wiggins.
Chattahoochee Circuit, John Peabody.
Middle Circuit, George T. Banjos.
We have had until within a few days, contin
ued freshets throughout the winter. Streams have
been out of their banks and the roads have iu
many instances, been impassible. . Planters are
unusually backward iri preparing for crops, both
in fencing and the preparation of the ground for
planting. Yfheat is promising.
) Habeas Corpus. Before
[ Judge Harris, in Bald-
| win -Superior Court, 7th
Eur’g Officer. J March, 1865.
Tie- facts of this case appeared on full -investi
gation to bo these : That Babb was a private in
the Confederate Reserves ; that he came home on
furlough ; that having overstayed his time, by or
ders from Head Quarters at Augusta, the Enroll
ing Officer arrested said Babb upon the charge of
ills being absent from his command without leave.
When about to be returned to Head Quarters—by
his petition, whicli was sworn to—he alleged that
being over 59 years of age, ho was illegally arrest
ed for mil'll ary service, and prayed a Habeas Cor
pus. Upon the hearing of the Habeas Corpus,
petitioner was permitted 10 prove his age, which
appeared to be a little over fifty years.
The Judge, after argument, said thal in the view-
lie entertained of the matter from the facts before
him, it would he improper now to i.iakp a decis
ion whether Babb" was entitled to a discharge in
consequence of his being over fifty years of age.
That it was evident that the arrest of applicant
v.ms a legal one ; was for a military crime—‘‘ab
sence. without leave;” that military crimes are
generally triable before the military courts organ
ize,! by the Confederate Government, over many
of which those Courts have exclusive jurisdiction.
That this case is one of that description, and that
until the applicant was discharge J or free from a r-
be.ea reappointed rest therefor, lirf would not insider and decide
the question of liability to further military service.
Tlie applicant, Babb, was remanded to the cus
tody of the military officer arresting him.
four years. If our
• Governor elect
:iun and the next
fol-
We take the following from the Confederacy, as
part of the proceedings of the House ot Represen
tatives. As the legislature has adjourned w e pre
sume the bill is now a law :
The House took up the income tax bill, which
was lost on Friday, and again reconsidered, which
was a bill to iav a tax on net income for the year
1865, and to punish violations ot the'same,
The bill provides a tax on net income
lows:
'On all sums under .-$1009, ! percent.; on$1000
and under $5090, 24 percent.; on $5009 and un
der $19,009, 5 per cent.; on $19,000 and under
7.1 per cent.: on $20,009 and under $50,-
009,10 per cent'.; on $50,000 and under $100,900
12.1 per cent.; on $199,900 and under $200,900,
15 per cent ; on $209,000 and under $500,000, 2!)
per cent ; ail over $509,999, 30 per cent.
The report 5' as agreed to—the hill was read
the third time and-passed.
The House took up the special order of the day.
which was a bill to re-organize the militia. Tli£
bill was taken up by sections. All of the class b(w
tween lb and 17 were declared by this act as ex-
Gen. Hodge is reported to have defeated the
enemy on the 7th near Baton Rouge, capturing a
number of wagons and mtties.
The enemy are making preparation for an at
tack on Mobile.
Wilmington has fallen into the hands of the en- empt from any military service
emy with about two hundred men. Hardee has
formed a junction with the main body of our army
near Wadesboro’, N. C. The enemy is said to be
progressing very slowly since he left Chester,
they arc said to cover about sixty miles in width
tis they move, our troops operating on their north
side, skirmishing nearly every day.
{short IFog Cror.—The number of hogs packed
in this city, says the Cincinnati Gazette, is esti
mated, upon porkers' return, at 33,000, being a
deficiency, as compared with last season, of 32,-
000 head. At Chicago, the packing foots up 750,-
•990, against 094.090 last year, being a falling off
of about 159,900. The falling oft’ in the whole
West will fall little short of 709,909 head.- In the
number shipped East there is also a deficiency.
The income fetx bill as it passed the Legislature
levies a tax on all incomes and profits over $10,-
090, where the profits realized were 19 per cent,
realized from 1st of April, 1864, to 1st of April*
1865.
A negro named Tom, belonging to Messrs.
Cook & Cheek of Bibb, has been captured since
his escape from Jail in that count) and shot. lie
acknowledged being one of the parly who mur
dered Mr. Bloodworth and Mr. Leonard. The lat
ter formerly of this county.
The pontoon over the Oconee at this place has
been re-laid since the freshet.
, Col. Alex. A Spoor, has been appointed Judge
of the Flint Circuit, in place of Judge Floyd.
A special to the Constitutionalist from Richmond
says the negro soldiers' hill was laid on the table
by one majority, in the.Senate on the 21th uit.
tien. Johnston s Ordrr.
He a 1 Kill art mis Armv of Tennessee, ?
Charlotte, Fob. 25. )
In obedience to orders of the conimandor-ia-
Chief, the undersigned assumes command at this
point, and all troops iu the Department of Georgia
and Florida.
lie takes this position with strong hopes, be
cause lie will have in the council and field the aid
of the talents and skill of the distinguished gener
al whom he succeeds.
He exhorts all absent soldiers of the Army of
Tennessee to rejoin their regiments and again
co 11 flout the enemy they have so often encoun
tered in North.Georgia, and always with honor.
He assures his comrades in his army who are still
with their colors, that the confidence in their dis
cipline and valor which he has publicly expressed,
nndiminislied.
[Signed! J. E. JOHNSTON, General.
Reported Proposition ok \ ice President
i e ph kns.-A special dispatch to the Chicago Times,,
i dated Cincinnati, Feb. !>th, says :
! ' “Reliable information was received here to-day
that, at the conference between Mr. Lincoln and
j the Confederate commissioners, at Fortress Mon-
r6e, Mr Stephens proposed the foliowing to the
President. The eleven seceded states to take a
vote, whether they will come back or remain out
of the Union ; the vote to be taken on a day to be
fixed by Mr. Lincoln, and commissioners from the
United States to be appointed for the eleven States
to see that tlie vote is iairly taken ; without intim
idation from the army or any quarter. If three-
fourths af the votes of eight States, and a majori
ty of the voles of three other States,did not vote to
remain out of the Union, the Confederates would
lay down their arms and return to ihe Union with
out conditions. Mr Lincoln declared the proposi
tion to be inadmissible.
If he did, however, the rejection by Lincoln
will at least serve to convince the Northern peo
ple that.the stories circulated by their leaders, of
serious divisions-iu the South,are all humbug, and
not credited by their author.' The people of the
South, from the Ohio to the Gulf, would he glad to
have an opportunity of settling the strife, in the
manner indicated.
The New Flag.—The new Confederate Hag
adopted by the Senate, Saturday, is as follows;
The width two-thirds of its length, with the tuffon
(now used as the battle-flag) to be in width threc-
lifths of the width of the Hag, and so proportioned
:ts to leave the length of the field on the side of the
Union twice the width below it; J;o have the
ground red and a broad blue saltier thereon ; bor
dered with white and emblazoned with mullets or
five pointed stars, corresponding in number to
that of the Confederate States; the field to be
white except the outer half from the union, which
shall be a red bar -extending the width of the
UafJ- - ' .
A most important discovery lias just been made'*
in South America. It is that the great river Ama
zon has been found to be navigable from one end
to the other ; that, in fact, a new route has been
opened between the Atlantic and the Pacific. The
Moroua, a Peruvian steamer, which was sent to
explore the Amazon, has arrived at Mayre, about
three hundred miles from Lama. The Morona
navigated about two thousand miles of the Ama
zon proper, and six hundred of the Y'eayali and
Pachitea rivers, which, until then, had seen only
Indian canoes. The country is, of course, inhabit
ed only by savages, but it U of wonderful fertility.
fronted the enemy again, fighting till a late hour
last night. Troops and artillery are moving rap
idly to the front. The enemy burned Newport.
Skirmishing continues to-day. A large number
of the enemy’s vessels are reported at Spanish
Hole, off St, Marks, this morning.
The Columbus Sun of the 8th says :
We learn that a severe fight occurred on the 6tli,
twelve miles from Tallahassee, with the Yankee
force that advanced from St. Marks. The enemy
numbered 2200 men, and were driven by the Con
federates under Maj. Gen. Sam Jones. They left
forty dead negroes on the field. Our loss was six
killed and twenty-five wounded. Among the
killed was Capt. Simmons, Appalachicola. Col.
Williams was dangerously wounded. Our forces
wqre pursuing. The enemy destroyed the salt
works at St. Marks. For this, and to prevent
blockade running at St. Marks, it is supposed, the
expedition was made, with the end of capturing
Tallahassee, if it could be done.
Headquarters, Feb. 24.—Hon. J. C. Breckin
ridge, Secretary of War: General Uarly reports
that Lieut. McNeil, with thirty men, <>n the mor
ning of the 21st. entered Cumberland, captured
and brought out Generals Crook and Kelley, the
Adjutant General, two privates and the headquar
ters flag, without firing a gun, though considerable
force is stationed in the vicinity. McNeil and his
party deserve much credit for this old exploit.—
Their prisoners will reach Staunton to-day.
K. E. LEE, Geu’l-
Headquarters, Feb. 20.—Hon. John C. Breck
inridge, Secretary of War: General Echols re
ports that a detachment of Vaughn’s cavalry struck
the railroad beyond Knoxville, at Sweetwater and
Athens capturing tlie garrison of both places—
sixty men of the 2d Ohio Regiment, with then-
horses and equipments, were captured.
li. E. LEE, General.
Charleston.—The Mobile Tribune is informed
by a retugee from Charleston that there were
about fifteen thousand troops added to the army
iu the field by the evacuation of that city. The
impression is that these troops were in front ot
Sherman, which the Tribune sftys is not the case.
The newspapers of the city were enquired about.
The Mercury, long before the evacuation of tlie
place was decided on, had made preparations to
remove to Columbia. Home of its material had
already been sent thither, to the establishment of
Evans A. Cogswell. Of course, they are lost, for
that establishment was destroyed by Sherman.
The old time Courier had resolved-to remain,and
take what fate the enemy had in store for it.
The latest advices from Europe are to the T2th.
The London Globe says no French Minister at
Washington will he appointed until late.
Mr. Dayton’s post is filled by bearer of satisfac
tory instructions respecting threats made against
Mexico.
The London Times says that when the French
Minister, Count Mercier, was recalled from Wash
ington, America was led to understand that no
new agent would be accredited until President
Lincoln should recognize the Emperor of Mexico.
This recognition not having been forthcoming,
there is no French Minister at Washington.
United States bonds have depreciated two ’per
cent the receipt of news dispelling peace pros
pects.
Important Rumor.—A Captain, rvounded in
the encounter, says the Augusta Constitutionalist,
informed the Rev. Henry Spann that a battle of
considerable magnitude had bee:; fought between
Winnshoro and Chester, resulting in a defeat of the
enemy with a loss of 2099 iu killed and wounded
aud 8999 prisoners. *
We give this as we heard it, without vouching,
forits truth.
CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
Senate hill authorizing the Secretary of War to
negotiate with the Governors of the several States
for the employment of slaves to labor with the ar
mies in the field upon fortifications, amended and
passed—yeas 45, nays 9.
Tlie House, (Confederate) in secret session, to
day, passed the bill authoi izing the employment
of negro troops, yeas 49, nays 37.
"The bill authorizes the President to ask for and
accept from owners of Slaves, the services of such
number of able-bodied negro men as he may deem
expedient to perform military service, in whatever
capacity he may assign them.
If a sufficient number of troops should not be
raised, the President may call upon the States for
their quota of the 260,009, to he varied. But no
thing in the act is to be construed to authorize
any change in the relations .such slaves shall bear
to their owners and property except by consent of
the owners of the States in which they may reside
General Lee addressed a letter ou the iStli Feb
ruary to lion. E. Barksdale, chairman of the mili
tary Committee,on the subject of arming negroes as
soldiers. He says that negroes under proper cir
cumstances will make efficient soldiers. They
possess the physical qualifications, aud tlieir hab
its. of obedience constitute a good foundation for.
discipline. He thinks those thus employed should
be freed ; that the measure is not only expedient,
but necessary ; that the enemy will certainly use
them if he gets possession of them; and that as
his present numerical superiority enables him to
penetrate in many parts of the country, he cannot
see the wisdom or policy of holding them to await
his arrival,when we maj’ by timely action and judi
cious management use them to arrest his progress-
From the Telegraph Sf Confederate.
GEORGIA CARETS.
Milledgeville, Ga., March 4tli, 1865.
Mr. Editor :—For the information of the young
men of the Confederacy who desire to pursue mil
itary studies, I take pleasure in stating, that any
respectable young men under the age of sixteen
years, will be, admitted into the Georgia military
institute now at this place.
The number for the ensuing'year is unlimited.
We desire at least three to five hundred.
Report by the 15th inst., if possible.
“A Friend to Education.”
The resolution expelling H. S. Foot was adop
ted by yeas 73—no negative vole. The House
then went into secret session.
It is understood that both houses of tlie Virginia
Legislature have passed resolutions instructing
Senators from this State in the Confederate Con
gress to vote for bill putting negroes in tlie army.
X>I£31>,
At the residence*of his son-in-law, J. J. Mash,
in Thomas comity. Ga. on the morning of the 2d
inst. Dr. Thomas W. Terrell in the 70th year of
his age. He was bom in Greene comity, Ga. but
practiced Medicine for many years in Twiggs
cou*ity r . He was a consistent membi-r ot the Bap
tist Church for over thirty years, lie feared not
to die, and so expressed himself on Ids death bod,
nor did he murmur at the dispensation of provi
dence, although at times his sufferings were great,
lie leaves six children, four sons and two daugh
ters, but “their loss is his gain.” T.
A LL PERSONS indebted to the estate of John
Stephenson, late of Telfair county, deceased,
are requested to come forward and settle the same,
and those having demands are notified to present
them within the time prescribed by law.
DAVID IIULETT. Adm’r.
March 14,1865 11 6t
T WO MONTHS after date application will be
made to the Court of Ordinary of Hancock
county, for leave to sell the lands and negroes be
longing to the estate of Ann H. Brooking, late of
said county, deceased.
ANDREW J. LANE, Ex’re
Match 14, 1865 [pd. $lu] 11 9t
The County Jail requires some repairs, which
should be attended to at once.
The records of the Superior and Inferior Court,
and Court of Ordinary neatly and correctly k u t
We beg leave to call" especial attention ^
great and growing evil, existing throughout tin-
land, of negroes hiring their own time, living apart
from their owners premises, and trading anil traf
ficking on tlieir own account. Iu the pre.sentcon-
d it ion of the country, this is becoming a serious
matter, and we suspect that numbers of our citi
zens are aiding slaves in evading the laws ou this
subject,nominally hiring the negro, but allowing
them their own time, and exercising uo contr"|
over them whatever. The municipal authorities
might do much to enforce the law, but, for some
reason, they have not. We earnestly call upon
them now, to do their whole duty iu the matter,
and do it unflinchingly; and we respectfully re
quest his honor the Mayor, to take such steps as
will secure the faithful execution of the laws with
in his jurisdiction.
Before closing these presentments, we feel it
our duty to give utterance to our views upon (In
state of the country. None will question that this
is tlie darkest and gloomiest period of our national
existence; but, if true to ourselves, there is no
cause for faltering or despondency. United in
sentiment and action, encouraging one another
and heartily sustaining our Government in even
measure for public good and public defence, we
have only to stand firmly and unwaveringly, and
our success will be triumphantly secured. We
should all heartily re-affirm our determination to
stand by our Government, right or 1 crong; to dis
courage every aud all attempts to weaken its pow
er or divide its counsels: the nation should be a
unit iu resistance to Yankee rule, aud l* t every
man do his whole duty—sustain the Government,
support the army, and cheerfully aid the destitute
at home. Our armies are invincible, our Beuer-
ais unequalled tor skill, and we ought not, and
mast not, do or listen to an£ thing that may weak
en their arms or discourage our caqpc.
As union is strengtii, we sincerely deprecate th -
differences ar.d disputes that exist and have exist-
ed between .State and Uor.federate authority. As
Lincoln has laid down his ultimatum for per.c •, we
can imagine no good, but fear much evil, troni
the assemblage of the people at this critical period,
to discuss national affairs. For these reasons wv
are entirely opposed to all conventions, or union
meetings, or any other meeting where opportuni
ty might be furnished to excite opposition detii-
mental to the Confederate cause. Ttiis is no time
for such meetings. If we would succeed, we must
now make a strung pull—a Ions pull, and a pull
altogether, and determine that we can never again
affiliate with, or take the hand or cup at the com
munion table with those reeking with the blood of
our brothers, sous and friends; and with Ged's
blessing, we will aud must be tree, and forever
flee from Yankee dominion.
In taking leave of his Honor Judge Harris, we
tender him our thankff for the fidelity ami urbani
ty exhibited in the discharge of his official duties,
and take this occasion to congratulate him andtl;*-
community upon his re-appointment.
We need scarcely say, we are under obligations
to our courteous, and able Solicitor pro tern., L. II.
Briscoe, (or his kind attention, aud advice to onr
body.
We request the foregoing to be published in tie
Milledgeville papers.
K. M. ORME, Sr., Foreman.
W. G. Lantertnau,
Peter Fair,
John A. Breedlove.
James C. Whitaker,
L. N. Callaway,
Joseph Staley,
A W. Callaway,
E. Waitzfeldor.
James Supple,
John M. Tucker.
Sanr’l G. White,
H. A. Barnwell,
Thomas Humphris,
David M. Edwards,
William A. Williams,
P. M. Compton.
Wm. T. Williamson,
William A. Cook,
David P. Brown,
E. D. Brown,
On motion, ordered, that the foregoing Present
ments be published in the city papers, as requit
ed by the Grand Jury*.
L. H. BRISCOE, Solicitor pro'fern:
True Extract from the Minutes Superior Court,
February Term, 1865.
B. P. STUBBS. Clerk.
March 14,1865 il It
A DMINISTRATORS’ SALE—Agreeably to
an order of the honorable Court of Ordinary
of Telfair county, will be sold before the Court
house door in the town of Jacksonville on the first
Tuesday'in May next, within the usual hutirs <i
sale, a negro man by tiie name of Willis, about -8
years old, and lot of land. No. 28, in the 7ti; dis-
trieT of said county. Sold as the property of J«i-
Steel, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors of said deceased. Terms on the day.
REBECCA STEEL, Adm’x.
E. G. McBUFFIE, Adm’r.
March 14, 1865 [j m’d j II tds
T|pWO MONTHS afterdate application will fe
a made to the Court, of Ordinary of Tel:
couuty-for leave to sell the real estate of John S’
phenson/late of said county, deceased.
DAVID HU LETT, Adm’r.
March 14, 1865 * 11 Ik
G t EOKGIA. MONTGOMERY COUNTY
I” Isabella Galbreath has tiled her petition in
the Court of Ordinary of said county for letters 0:
guardianship of John A. Galbreatli, a minor—
Notice is hereby given to all concerned to tik
their objections, if any exist, within the time pre
scribed by law, otherwise fetters of guardianship
will be granted the applicant.
Given under my hand and official signature, fe -
February I8th, 1865.
JOHN McLEOD, Ordinary-
March 7.1665 19
1OXFEDEKATE TAX.—I am fostrurted w
t collect all tax now due forthwith. All per
sons who have not paid, will call aud settle iim“ t '
diately. "
The tax on salaries and income of the last year-
are now due; all persons are requested to •*“
soon and make their returns.
Office at Mrs. Carr’s.
J. C. WHITAKER, Collector-
R. MICKLEJOJIN, Assessor-
Milledgeville, Eeb. 21,1865 ' *L
T here will be an election beiaj
the usual plac&of holding elections in h‘-
win county, ou Saturday, the first day ot Apt-"
1865, for a Justice of the Interior Court, to fe •
vacancy occasioned by the refusal of the Hon- 1 -
ter Fair to qualify.
By order of the honorable Inferior Court.
B. P. STUBBS. Clerk
Februttrv 26, 1865 -,t
MEDICAL NOTICE.
r 1 'HE CASH system being the prevalent
X the undersigned, Physicians of Milk 11 -.,
ille, arc compelled to adopt the same. Tbey
1 ere fore, from this dare expert their fees upon 1
therefor
termination of each ease.
Fcbrttary 28, 1865
GEO. D. CASB,
SAM’L G. WHITE-
W. H. HALL.
J. H. HOLMES.
9 h
S TRAYED OR STOLEN on Sunday the/J
instant, a small BAY HORSE, woli .
ears aud long hair, mane trimmed off, also a
spot in the forehead. Said horse is the P T
of Wm. Supple. Any person returning tne
to the subscriber will be amply ygppLfe
Milledgeville, Feb. 14,1865
G t REENAND ^DRY HIDES
r Georgia Penitentiary, for which the n*
market price will be paid. ^ fit
February 7, 1865 -
Blanks for Sale at tkk '0$ ee '