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Ai.banv, Feb. 23, 1865.)
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BLAKELY, GA., MARCH 15, 1865.
OFFICIAL.
ll’d-qr’s Confederate Army, {
February 9th, 1865. )
General Orders, No. 1.
lii obedience to Genetal Order No. 8,
Adjutant <fc Inspector General’s Office, 6tii
February, 1865, I assume command of the
Military force of the Confederate States.
Deeply impressed with the difficulties and
responsibility of the position, and humbly
invoking the Almighty God, I
rely for success upon the courage and for
titude of the army, sustained by the patri
otism and firmness of the people, confident
that their united efforts, under the blessing
of Heaven, will secure peace anq- ia'depen*
deuce. ‘
The Headquarters of the Army, to'Srhrc’h
uUqfogMld reports and communications will
! Be addressed, will be for the present with
the Army of Northern Virginia. The stat
ed and regular returns and reports of each
Army and Department will be forwarded
as heretofore to the Office of the Adjutant
& Inspector General.
R. E. Lee, General.
H’d-q’re Confedrate Army, )
February 11, 1885. j
General Orders, No. 2.
Iu entering upon the campaign about to
open, the General-in-Chief feels insured
that the solifieis who have so long and no
bly borne the hardships stud dabgera of
the war require no exhortation to respond
to the calls of honor and duty.
With the liberty transmitted by their
forefathers, they have inherited the spirit to
defend it.
The* choice bet ween war and abject sub
mission is before them.
To such a proposal, brave men, with arms
iij their hands, can have but one answer.
They cannot barter manhood for peace,
nor the right of self-government for life
or property.
But justice to them requires a sterner
adfcnoniliou to those who have abandoned
their comrades in the hour of petal.,
• A last opportunity is offered to them to
wipe out the and escape the pun
ishment of their crimes.
By authority'of the President of the Con
federate States, a pardou is announced to
such desertert* and men improperly abseut
as shall return to the commands to which
they belong within the shortest possible
time, not exceeding twenty days from the
publication of this Order, at the Headquar
ters of the Department in which they may be.
Those who may be prevented by inter
ruption of communication, inay report with
iu the time specified to the nearest Enrol
ling Officer or other officer on duty, to be
forwarded as soon us practicable; and up
on.presenting a certificate from such offi
cer, showing compliance with this require
ment, will receive the pardon thereby of
fered.
’Those who have deserted to the service
of the enemy, or who have deserted after
having been once pardoned for the same
offence, and those who shlall desert or ab
sent themselves without authority after the
publication of *this Order, are excluded
from its benefits. Nor does the offerjpf
pardon extend to other offences than de
sertion and absence without permission.
By the same authority, it is also ddfclar
ed that no general amnesty will again be
granted, and those who’ refuse to accept
the pardon now offered, or who shall here
after desert or-absent themselves without
leave, shall suffer such punishment as the
courts may impose, and no application for
clemency will be entertained.
Taking new resolution' from the fate
which odr enemies intend for. us, let every
man devote all his energies to the common
defense.
Our resources, wisely and vigorously em
ployed, are ample, aud with a brave army,
sustained by a determined and united peo
ple, success, with God’s assistance, cannot
be doubtful.
The advantages of the enemy will have
but little value if we do not permit them
to impair our resolution. Let us, then, op
pose constancy to adversity, fortitude to
suffering, and courage to danger, with the
firm assurance that He who gave freedom
to our fathers will bless the efforts of their
chifdren to preserve it. R. E. Lee.
H’d-qr o Confederate Army, >
• February 11,1865. j
General Orders, No. 3.
The discipline and efficiency of the army
have been grdSftly impaired by men leaving
their proper cominuuds to join others, in
which to find service more agreeable.
This practice, almost «8 injurious in its
cousequeuces as the crime of desertion, by
the Articles of War, expose the offender to
a similar punishment, und subjects the offi
cer reeeiviug him to dismissal from the
army.
It is therefore declared that the provis
ions of General Older No. 2, of this date,
from Army Headquarters, apply to such
men as have left their proper commands
aud have joined others without being reg
ularly transferred. They will receive the
pardon promised in that order upon com
plying with its conditions, or suffer the eon
eequeuofjfc attached to neglecting it.
The names of such Boaouteds will oe
forthwith reported’to the Headquarters by
the officers "with whom they fire serving,
aud immediate measures taken to return
them to thier proper commands.
As soon as practicable, an inspection will
beTmadc, ami charges will be preferred
against those who neglect to enforce this
order. R. E. Lee.
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♦ v- ♦ ~
It stole on pinions of snow to the bed of
disease; and the sufferer’s frown became
a smfte—the emblem of peace and endur
ance.
It went to the house or mourning—and
from the lips of sorrrow there came sweet
and cheerful songs.
It laid its hand upon the arm of the poor
man, which was streched forth at the corn
, mand of holy impulse, and saved hiui from
disgrace and ruin.
It dwelt like a living thing in the heart
of the mother, whose sou tarried long after
the promised time of his coming ; and* has .
saved her from desolation and care that
killeth-.
It hovered about the head of the youth
who had become the Ishinael of society,
and had led him on to the work that evefi
his enemies praised.
It snatched a maiden from the jaws of
death and went with an old man to heaven.
No hope? my good brother. Have it,
beckon it, to your side. Wrestle with it
that it may not depart. It may repay your •
pains. Life is hard enough at best—but
hope shall lead you over its mountains |nd
. sutcain you amid billows. Par with ail
besides —keep hop’e.
One act of charity is worth a century of
eloquence.
Danger should b# feared when distant,
and braved when present.
11l temper puts a* many briefs into the
lawyer’s bag as injustice.
True eloquence consists in saying all that
is necessary,'aud nothing more.
* Adversity is the true touohstoue of mer
it. . ‘
Religion is the best armor in the world,
but the worst cloak.
He that never changes any of his opin
ions never corrects any of his errors.
The prettiest lining for a bonnet is a
tweet face.
The bride s orange blossom often bears
bitter fruit, •
He is truly wise who cau endure evil
and enjoy good.
It has been said that the difference be- ,
tween a carriage-wheel and a carriage horse
is, that one goes better when it is tired and
the other doesn't.
There are some men who will walk up
to a cannon’s mouth, and some women who
will walk up to a lover’s—- Without Shrink
ing.
A good character is a coat of triple steed
giving security to the wearer, protection to
the oppressed,, and inspiring the oppressor
with awe.
Yohug people contemplating marriage
-should be careful to nnrke delusive impress
ions upon each other’s minds. Do your
courting in your everyday clothes.
“ My dear husband, am I not your only
treasure ? ” “ Certain ly, and I Bhould like
to lay you up iu heaven.”
Why do we feel so aafe and secure?
Because there is a great impenetrable For
rest between us and the euemy.' *
To begin an important enterprise in a fit
of passion.is as unwise as to embark in m
vessel in the midst of a storm.
Keep doing, always doing—remembering
that wishing, dreaming, intending, murmur
jog, talking, sighiDg, and repining, are ali
idle and profitless employment.
A very pretty lady was cne day asked if
she would wear a wig when her hair turn
ed gray. “Ohi” said she, *• J eouid not
endure it, I would </ye firet.”
Honesty ia Times of Scarcity.
“The wor.d moves/’ undoubtedly. Hut
the movements sometimes seem to take a
backward direction. Has if. not done so
siuce the wur began '! )q there among our
people no abated sense ot' right in the mat*
ter of fiimhoial gaiu ? Compare vrlvit ij
represented as occurring daily ou every
hand, with a case put down by Cicero wheu
laying down rules oetweeu man and man,
and cited with approval by an eminent di
vine a hundred years ago. “Antistheoe*
brings a ship load of </oru to Rhodes, at
a time of scarcity. The Riiudians flock
upon him to buy. He knows that fivo
other ships laden will corn will be there
rp-mc. row. Ought he to tell the Iwdinus
tiiis before he sells his own corn ?" “ Un
doubtedly he ought," says the heathen,
* ( otherwise he makes a gain of their* igDO
rance, and so is no better than a thief or n
robber.’* What then shill we say of those
who hoard articles of prime necessity, or
keep them buck from market to create a
ficticious scarcity, and makes » gain of
their own arts of uoception and the neceS
sines of thp public T Would dot Oicertf
class them with thieves and robbers of tho
worst wad most infamous type? And
would the classification be uujnst? Wo
see not a shadow ot injustice in it
Religious Herald,
How to go it.
Go it strong in your praise of the absent.
Home of it will be sure to get round.
Go it strong when you make lovo to *
pretty widow. More people have erred
by too little than too much in this particu
lar.
Go it td.roug when taking up contribu
tions’ for a ehaiyub'le purpose. . It will
P* v - . i
Go it strong when you make a public
speech. Nine people out of leu uever take
any allusion unless it cuts like a short han
dled whip or a rhinocerous cow-hide.
Go it strong when you advertise. Bus
iness is like architecture—its best support
ers are columns.
Go it strong and pay the printer,
er grudge him his price. Recollect it ia
he who brings customers to your very door,
who otherwise would never discover your
Whereabout*.
• Fight in Florida.
TP e learn that a severe .fight occurred on
the GtU. twelve miles from Tallahassee,
with the Yankee’.force that advanced from
St. Marks.- The eaehiy numbered 2200
men, and were driveu by the Confederates
under Maj. Gen. Sam. Jones They left
forty dead negroes on the field'. Our lo.sa
was fJx killed'and twenty-five wounded.
Among the killed was Capt Simmous, of
A ppalachicoh. Col. Williams was dan
gerously wounded. ' Our forces wore pur
suing. The enemy destroyed the salt works
at St. Marks. For this, and to prevent
blockade running at St Marks, it is suppos -
ed the expedition was made, with the end
of capturing Tallahassee if it could be done.
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A special to the Enquirer, dated Marian
na, March fith, says the enemy, about
twelve hundred strong, landed on East riv
er, near So. Marks, on the evening of the
4f.h. Lieut. Col. Scott, with two hundred
men, engaged, the enemy neor Newport.
After short but sharp fighting, Col. Scott
foil back, and being reinforced, confronted
the enemy again, fighting till a late hour
last night. Troops and artillery are mov
ing rapidly U> the front. The enemy burn-
Nowport. Skirmishing continues to-day.
A large number of the enemy’s vessels ara
reported at Spanish JLlole, off St. Marks,
this morning?
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. On Tuesday, the 24t,h uit.,.tvvo soldiers
were brought before Hon. U. S. Bibb,
Judge of the Criminal Court of Montgom
ery county, Ala., to receive sentence. The
first, Private Win. li. Warren, of the Ist
Georgia Battalion of Sharp Shooters,.con
victed of the orinao of bigamy, was senten
ced to three yejtrs imprisonment in the
penitentiary. second, Private L. C.
Porle, of the 53d Alabama Regiment,
found guilty of the murder of George Lap
rgde, was sentenced to be hung on Friday,
the 31st of this month.
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The Londou %'iniem( which ought to be
good authority) says England and France
will not recognize the Confederacy, eve a
it slavery should be abolished.
No. 21.