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Newspaper Page TextaiilOV, MSBET & BiRNES> jpujlisiiers aud Proprietors. >. (!ffl«aTOK,i p4 , . .. .s. V1KBKT. ( Editor*. rtre CL oafcbfotc Union j icd Weekly, in Milledgeviile, Ga., r of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts., <)site Court House.) L ; ,)3 a year in Advance. illTES OF AOVERTIillXG. I’er square of hcilve lines, . i,00, and fifty cents for each subsequent ; Aitiiout the specification of thenumberol ■ •n-. will be publisucd till forbid and charged ... .rdingly. .•ftr-'sional Cards, per year, where they ... i.it exceed Six Lines ... $10 (H) contract will be made with those who with to r by the year, occupying a s/neijied space legal advertisements. L.ud&nd Negroes, by Administrators. Ex- Guar Joins, aterequtred by law to be helu .1. - i'u lay in the month; between (he hours ot : iii iiooii and three in the afternoon, at the ,use in the county in which the property is sit- • f thesesales must be given in a public ga- , davs previous to the day of sale. . tor the sale of personal property must begiv- manner 10 days previous to sale day. .'.•the debtors and creditors of an estate must lubiisbed 41) days. hat application will be madetothe Court of v for leave co sell Land or Negroes, must be d for two months. ion, foriettersof Administration Guardianship. , ist be published 150 days—for dismission from : tration, monthly six months—for dismission •i Guardianship, 40 days. ; ules for foreclosure of Vlortgage must be published mt iily for four months—for establishing lost papers. c tin full spore of three months—for compelling titles > n Executors or ad ministrators, where bond has be en v.-ii by the deceased, the full space of three '.Itlis. ' ibih ations will always be continued according to t lie legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered tin* following RATES: virions, on letters of administration, Sec,. “ d.smissory from Admr’n. “ “ Guardianship. . •— to sell Land or Negroes to debtors and creditors, if personal property, ten days, 1 sqr if land ornegroes by Executors, Sec. pr sqr. 5 0 ; rav*. two weeks * *> ii i n advertising bis wife (in advance,) 5 Oh $2 75 4 51 3 01 4 0b 3 00 1 00 . 1 \ BOOK-BINDING The Subscriber is now pro pared to do Booll'Bind- ing', in all its branches — Old Books rebound, Ac. Ml'SIC bound in the best style. Blank Books : ti nctured to order. Prompt attention will be v . to all work entiusted to nte. S. J KIDD.. Bindery in Southern Fnkral Fnion Office. Miiiedgevillc, March 19th, 1861. 43 C0LRT C ALLENDER FOR 1862. SUfESSCE COURSS. JULY. 1st Monday, F.oyd* AUGUST. '1st Monday Lumpkiat rid M mduy, Campbell Clark Dawson |3<1 Monday, Forsyth i’ola Glascock Merriwetker Walton :4th Monday, Baldwin Jackson Monroe l’aulding Taliaferro AY alker .; yNIJARY. iidav, Chutham. ‘ * Floyd FEBRUARY Mel Wi Monday, Bn iiikin obeli MA ■ Thurs Mulld Taliaferro Tliusday after, Pierce Walker iRCIL SEPTEMBER. ,y. Fierce | list Monday, Appling ■ Ap:>iin2 Chattooga ('Imltoofra I Cherokee Cherokee Columbia Coweta ( ilu.obia Crawford Cii-wford Madison Gwinnett Marion Madnon Morgan Marion 2d Monday". Butts Morgan Bartow Butts Coffee Bartow Elbert Coffee Fayette Elbert Greene Fayett Gwinnett Greene Pickens Pickens Washington W aslilngton Webster Webster (3d Monday, Cobbt Cobbt Calhoun Calhoun Hall Hall Hart Hart Heard Heard Macon Macon Newton Newton Talbot Talbot Tattnal V. n e day after While v alter, Bulloch ouday, Clinch l’uuiam Rabun Chattahoochee Lee Twiggs M i Ikes Johnson M’aic Bulloch Thursday after M bite ;h Monday, Clinch Putnam Chattahoochee Lee Twiggs Wilkes Johnson Milton Rabun |Thursday after H abershatr Milton Monday af-Y . ; iy after Habersham ter the 4tl. / Echols mrsdi.y, Montgomery Monday ) I V *" U ” I EtKngham ' APRIL. \ 2d Mon. Carroll Monday, Dooly Franklin Emanuel Early Fulton Gordon Pike Taylor Warren M'ilkinson r.-d'vafter Banks Monday, Hancock Richmond Harris Laurens Miller Sumter a. silav after, McIntosh Worth « 'Bryan ay .Wayne Decatur DeKalb Houston Jasper Lincoln Whitfield Wilcox 'ter, Telfair Camden after, Irwin “ Berrien Clmrlton MAY ly. Clavton Kane Ups<i Monday, Cati J.-ffe ( hut Fane Mitt Bibl Burl dpi. 3J Mo VOLUME XXXHI.] MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA/ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1862. [NUMBER 22. COUNTING HOl'SE CALENDAR, 1862. Mar. ®AV8, T ~ 5- ~ T 'ri ^ ‘5 i r; * » : : ■- $'? i: 7 1234 iul*. 5- 6, 7‘ 8 9 10 11 6 7 8 'J id 11 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 . ’ 20 21 22 23 2 i 25 20 21-22 23 21 25 26 262. 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31 • I \ COST 2- 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 y 10 11 12 13 14 15 J 5 6 / 8 y 16 17 18 IU 20.2: 22 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12324 25 2627,28 17 IS 19*20 21 22 23 21 252627 2829,30 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3: 1 2 3 4 r> 6 b 10 li 12 1314 15 7 S 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 is 19 20 2! 22 14 13 16 |7 18,19 20 23 24 25 26 27 23 2'9 • 2i 22 23 21 25 26-27 30 3J 1 2b 23 30 6 7 H 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 5 6 7 8 9 10 | ] 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 12 13 ! I 15 16 17* ig June 2728,2'J 30 1 2 3 Novf.ji 4 5, 6 7 S 9 10 , 11 12 13 14 15 1817 18 19 2021 22 23 24 25 2b 27 28 29 30 31 Decem. 12 3 4 5 8 7 8 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 47 18 1920 21 22 23 24 25 2027 28 29 30 19 2(1 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20 29 30 31 1 2 3 4| 5 6 7 8 9 Id 11 12 13 14 i 5 1R 17 Is 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 .,y 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 |3 14 15 16 17 18 19.,J, 21 22*23 2t25 2f.o7 28-29 710 31 * Treasury OCTOBER, list & 2d Mon. Cat roll |4st Monday, Dooly Emanuel Franklin Early Fulton Gilmer * Gordon Taylor Warren W ilkinson * Ptke Thursday after Banks 2d Monday, Fannin Richmond Hancock Harris Laurens Miller Sumter 3d Monday, Glynn Haralson Henry Jones Murray Oglethorpe Pulaski Stewart * Union M'.rth Thursdav after Towns Thursday J Montgomery after * ■4th Monday, Wayne Decatur DeKalb Houston Jasper Lincoln Schley Tattnall Whitfield Wilcox Friday after. Telfair a Camden Thursday after. Irwin Monday after Charlton NOVEMBER. 1st Monday, Berrien Scrivcn Clayton Effingham Randolph Ups,m l-2d Mondav, Catoosa Jefferson Mitchell M nsiogee 3d Monday, Bibb Burke Quittman Spalding T roup Baker 4th Monday. Dude ' Terrell Thursdav after. McIntosh Monday" “ Colquitt ‘x “ Liberty Mon. after Liberty. Bryan DECEMBER. 1st Monday, Dougherty Lowndes 2d Monday,'Brooks Clay 3d Monday Thomas Counterfeit Confederate Motes. The notes mostly counterfeited are the 20’s, 50’s and 100’s, of. the issue of Sept. 2, ISO I—lithographed by Hover & Ludwig, Richmond. In all the genuine issues of these notes there is a shield in the upper left corner, the the i ight upper corner of which is placed fn the centre between the let ter X in months directly over it. In the counterfeit the corner of the shield is placed directly under the right down stroke of the letter iN. HUNDREDS. . The Sailor in the lower left corner of the genuine note wears a black belt, with a buckle very distinct,—in the counterfeit the belt is very light, and the buckle scarcely to be seen. The face of the sailor in the genuine is fine and regular—in the counterfeit the mouth seems pinched up, and the eyes have a bleared or scratched look. The sailor in the left hand end leans upon an anchor, diagonally across the vignette from left to right, in the gen uine, there is a hair hue* very distinct, as if the stone from which the impres sion was taken had been broken or cracked. In the counterfeit there is no such blurr or hair line. In the centre vignette, right side, near the cotton press, is a mule—in the genuine it is very indistinctly executed, and the mule looks as if he were walking from you, presenting only a tail view—in the counterfeit it is much plainer, and the mule presents almost a broadside view. At the upper right corner of the genuine notes, the white ground ap pears through the shading of tin dallion work; in the counterfeit the entire work is dark. FIFTIES. Several white spots appear just over the figures fiftv, iq the medallion work a r the upper right corner of the gen uine notes; there are none in the coun terfeit. The outside of this medallion work in the counterfeit is covered by a running net work; in the genuine there is none. In front of, and at tached to the chest, in the centre pic ture of the genuine note, there is a padlock; there is none in the counter feit. In the genuine note the head of the man in the lower left corner is nearly bald, tt little hair is combed down on the right temple; in the counterfeit a full head of hair is represented, the hair on the light, temple being slightly dishevelled, as if blown by a pull of wind. In the genuine the head of the fe male between the words Confederate States, is near the centre. In the coun- erf'eit the head is placed so as to touch the letter E in Confederate. TWENTIES. In the counterfeit bills the figure 2, on the right side, in cut by a fine line, entirely separating the tail of the fig ure from the main body of it; in the genuine the figure 2 is perfect. In the genuine bills the hat on the head of the man in the lower left corner of the note, sits more upon the top of the head than in the counterfeit; in the counterfeit the hat seems to be thrown more towards the back of the neck. . . *| • T., tlie genuine tlie crown of the sailor s hat is broader than in counterfeit—the sha ding line on his jacket in t l.e genuine, run square across the both—n. the counter feit they run diagonally across the body. Abo! b,twc,S, the XX on the nght lower corner are two hearts separated and pointing towards each other in the genuine, but in the spurious only one, oi it two, run together. The paper of all the genuine notes A 1 1 in till* f>( 1 J. B. Villepigue, 1 Col. J. N. Ramsay, 2 Col. E. M. Butt 3 Col. E. Walker, 4 Col. Geo. P. Doles, 5 Col. W. T. Black, 6 8 Col. L. M. Lamar, 9 Col. Benj Beck, 10 Col. Alfred Cumtning. 11 Col. Geo. T. Anderson, 12 Col, Z. T. Conner, 13 14 Col. Felix Price, 16 Col. Goode Bryan, 17 Col. H. L Bi nning, 18 Col. W. T. Wofford, 19 Col W. W. Boyd, 20 Col. J. B. Camming, 21 Col John T. Mercer, 22 Col. Robt. II. Jones, 23 Col Thus Hutchison, 24 Col. Robt. McMillian, 25 Col C. C Wilson, 26 Col. W H Atkinson, 28 Col. J G Cain, 29 Col. W J Young, 30 Col. D J Baily, 31 Col. C A Evans, 32 Col. CAL Lamar, 33 Col. A Littlefield, 34 Col. JAW Johnson, 35 Col E LThomas, 36 Col. J A Glenn. 37 Col. not known, 38 Col. Geo W. Lee, 39 Col. J J McConnell, 40 Col. Abda Johnson, Die- j 41 Col. C A McDaniel, Col. R Henderson, the Confect-rate ser vice, not understood. Its existence in the State is anamalous, due to special legisla tion. The Colonel and four companies were lately prisoners of War—n o w ex- changed. Other com panics are in service as Independent Bat- t a 1 ion s—t o wi t: Phoenix Rifle Battal ion, Major. Geo. A. Gordon—Sava n n a h Volunteer Guar d s , erson: The Irish Jas per Greens, Captain O’Connor, and others. Confederate Regi ment. The composi tion of this Reg. not undeistood, it being mixed command of Georgia and Missis sippi companies. Volunteers. Disband ed. Volunteers Former ly Seemes’ Reg. Volunteers command ed at Sharp.-burg by Capt. K B. Nisbet. V 'ltinteers re-organ ized. Volunteers formerly John K. Jackson's Volunteers formerly A. H. Colquitt’s late ly Co:. Newton's. Volunteeis lately Col. W. T. Wilson’s. Provisional Army. Volunteeis. Provisional Army. Volunteers. Provisional Army. Provisional Army, Volunteers, formerly A. V. Brumby's. Volunteers, formerly Col. Millican's. Provisional Army. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Provisional Army. Provisional Army. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers reorgan ized formerly C W Styles’ Volunteers, lately Levi B Smith’s. Volunteers, formerly T J Wartheu’s. Volunteers, formerly Randolph Spalding’s. Volunteers Volunteers. Volunteers reduced to a battalion. Volunteers reduced to a Battalion. Volunteers. Provisional Army. Provisional Army. Provisional Attny. Provisional Army. Volunteers. Volunteers. Voiun teers. Volunteers. Ilia*, of Regiments, Battalions, Ac., I [From the Augusta Constitutionalist ] From Georgia in the Confederate service, Com- OFFICE AIlLLEDGEVlLLE R. R. Co. ) piled from the Licords of the Adjutant and In- j Augusta, Oct. 6th, 1S62. ) Inspector General’s Office, and other sources. f 0 /} IC Stockholders: commanders. remarks. I At the last annual meeting, it was ex- 1 Col. W. J. MagUI, Regulars. | pected that the road would he stopped at 1 Col. Chas. H. Olmstead, 1st Volunteer Regi- I gpaita. For reasons stated in the annual merit of Ga., State i rpport) was thought that the policy LuouomMs kl'g/t would be forced l T on tbc Company ofsus- ~ ’ pending fmtlier calls upon the Stockbold ers—selling the surplus iron for the road beyond Sparta, and arresting the road at that point until a more auspicious period for its fut liter progress This policy was very unacceptable to a majority of the Stockholders, and it was considered the duty of the directors to make further ef fort to provide means and go <»n with the work. The Company had purchased and paid for the Iron to reach Milledgeviile, and by great exertions, an addition was made to the stock subscriptions of about §400,000. Circumstances referred to by Major John Screven. j] )e Engineer in his report, caused labor to niSarem'serviceln- i unexpectedly abu. about the first dependency, to wit: i nf .January and (he means provided, were Republican Blues, by his estimate deemed fully sufficient to Capt John YV. And- complete the work to Macon. Nothing arson: T bo ir,»h .las. , 8eeme j necessary to ensure the rapid and uninterrupted progress of the work to com pletion, except the iron for the road from or near Milledgeviile to Macon; and it was hoped that before the road should reach that point, the ports would he open ed, and that the iron could be procured in time for uninterrupted progress. At any rate, Milledgeviile w tuld have been an important and profitable point, as stated by the Engineer, and the road completed to that point, would have answered many of the most important objects for Yvliicb the main enterpu’ze was designed. Under these'circumstances the Board deemed it an imperative duty to the Stock holders and to the country to proceed with the work, and the whole road to Macon was placed under contract with responsi ble contractors with heavy force, as stated in the Engineer’s report. A track-laying force was also set to work at Warrenton. and but for unforeseen interruption was expected to reach Sparta early in the past summer. Sad experience, however, soon convinc ed us of the uncertainty of all private enterprises in the midst of the calamities of war. Early in April the work was sud den!' arrested by the. forcible seizure of the whole of the iron of the company ex cept a few* miles already laid down, and a small quantity already hauled to the track for the tracklaying force engaged in the work. The whole iron left to us will not cover more than ten miles—a distance too short to be run with any benefit to the company. In a time of war, private rights are often made to yeild to the necessities of Government, but it must have been a most extraordinary public exigency to jus tify such an invasion of private rights as that involved in the seizure of this iron A case can scarcely he conceived where tlie damage would be greater in proportion to the maiket value of the property seiz ed. It had been specially provided for a particular putpose—was actually being used for that purpose—could not be re placed at any price, and its loss not only involved its own value, but the loss of profit upon the entire capital expended in the enterprise. The case differs nothing in principle, and but little in degree from a seizure of iron upon a finished road in actual opera tion ! If not in actual profitable use.it was in the process of being made so, and but for the seizure, would shortly after have been in profitable use to Sparta, and with hope of but little delay at that point. In view of the vital importance to the company of this seizure, the most stren uous and persevering efforts were made to 43 Col Skidemore Harris, Volunteers, 44 Not known, 45 Col.Thos Hardeman, 46 Cut. PH t'olquitt, 47 Col. G W M lAtlliams, 4-8 Col Win Gibson, 49 Col A I Lane, 50 Col. W K Manning. 51 Col. W M Slaughter, 52 Col Wier Boyd, 53 Col. L T Doyal. 54 Col. C H Way, 55 Col. C B Harkie, 5G Col. G P Harrison, Jr., 57 Col W Barkaloe, 58 Col. E P Watkins, Volunteers, formerly R A Smith’s. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Army Vol’s and Con scripts. Army Vol’s. and Con scripts. Army Vol’s. and Con scripts. Volunteers. Army Vol's. and Con scripts. Army Vol's. aud Con scripts. 59 Col. Jack Brown, Cavalry Volunteers and Conscripts. 1 J J Morrison, 2 W J Lawton. 3 M J Crawford, Cavalry—Provisional Army. 1 Lieut. Col. Chas. Spanlding, 2 Maj. M Camming, 3 Maj. D L Clinch, Legions. 1 Col, TRR Cobb, Provisional Army. 2 Col. Wm. Phillips, Volunteers. Battalions. 1 Maj. G W Ross, Volunteers. 2 Lieut. Col. J B Stovall, Volunteers. 3 Lieut. Col. W H Stiles. Provisional Army. 4 Unknown, Provisional Army. 5 Unknown, Provisional Army. G Unknown, Provisional Army. | 7 Lieut. Col. J H Lamar, Vol’s , foimerly C A| L Lantsr s. 8 Lieut Col A Littlefield, Vol’s. * formerly Regiment. 9 Unknown, 111 Maj J E Rylander,. 11 Not known, 12 Not known, 13 Not known, 14 Not known, 15 Not known, 1G Not known, puny. Full indemnity for the damage done ns we do not expect, but that the market price of iron at the time of seizure will at least he awarded to us, we do hope and expect. As contracts had been made, we had : o alternative hot to proceed with the work, and the work of preparing the road bed is making satisfactory progress. The gra ding to MilledgeviPe will be done in a few months, and the whole road-bed to Macon will probably be done during the next year. There is, however now no object in pushing the work. We cannot replace our iron until peace shall be again restor ed to the country. If to be purchased now, it would cost us S250 per ton, and after procured would most likely be seized by the Government. This state of uncer tainty is not very encouraging, but the po sition has been forced upon us, and we can only submit. The policy will be to finish the road-bed complete, ready for the iron and on the restoration of peace, to purchase the iron and complete the work as rapid ly as possible. For this purpose our stock subscriptions are believed to be am ple. They now amount to §1,600,000 which making all fair allowances for loss, will mine (ban cover the estimate of the Engineer, independent of outfit, and should furnish a part of that. Should the former prosperity of the country be restored by peace, the directors have full confidence that the road, on com pletion, will he profitable, one to tbe Stock holders. besides answering all the valua ble purposes designed by its original pro jectors. The line from Vicksburg to Mont gomery is making rapid progress, and will soon he complete ! to Selma; and the short road from Greensborough, N. C., to L)an- j ville, Va., is also progressing under the I auspices of the Confederate Statoo. These : roads are important to our road, as hasten- j ittg the line between Richmond and the South-west and the Gulf States. For | further details, the Stockholders are re- | ferred to the report of the Engineer and the financial statement of the Treasurer, hereto annexed. It will be seen by the latter document that the company is well supplied with ready means. In' fact, the Stockholders have paid rai Iter faster than was desirable, and to save interest §100,- 0O0 of South Carolina Railroad bonds were purchased at a premium ot 10 pe, cent, which could now be sold for a con siderable profit. In behalf of the Directors. John P. King, President. October 1st, 1S62. To the President and Board of Direc tors: Gentlemen—The operations in the engineering I Jepartment are herewith re spectfully submitted: The work of giaduation since the last Report has been vigorously continued, not only with the forces then on the road, but with large additions. No; withstanding the hesitation and distrust ielt t.y all at the commencement of the tvotk, the policy of the Board in ordering the extension has been shown to be judicious, and has been attended with the happiest results. The caution of other companies inducing th« nt to suspend and curtail operations, tender ed work difficult to be obtained, and ena bled us to let our contracts to advantage. | The line between Sparta and Macon was contracted to Messrs. (Jrr, Lockett, Thompson, Jossey, Collins, Phillips and Gilbert, Lane and Brown, Culver, Bowen and some smaller contractors. The forces now engaged on the ri ad number one thousand hands, wot king two hundred and ten carts. The prices paid ate the same as those under (be fi-ut contracts, with' a variation only in the mode of payments, the prices being sixteen cents per cubic . yard each way, without reference to haul, induce the department to release at least a • ei htg lo be takeil in the st0 ck of the few hundred tons to reach C ulverton, | thereby increasing subscription where the road would have been of some , to the ital btuck t0 that extent. '1 he use to the citizens of Hancock. But ev- , time desi „ ated for the completion of the ery appeal upon this subject was entirely wQrk ig lgt j anuary> 1864 . disregarded, and the further appeal recom- | wuh , Le , force mentioned above mended by the Engineer won c lope wg ) lave made great progress, and 1 am the the _ , fine between Warrenton and Sparta, twen- can forcibly hold at 3 i cents per pound, ty _ ono mi , e8> Two sma U po iuts of rock when, hi open market iron is worth from r * emain in cuts m ar Culverton, which could not be removed for want of powder. The grading and masonry between mended by tbe Engineer woum oe nope- we ]jave made t progreSS , alld J , less. Whatever may be the importance leased t 01 & t the completion of I to the Company, the department shows £ radu . ltion> IliaS(inry and bridging of t little disposition to release iron watch it » between Warrenton and Sparta, tw< Provisional Volunteers. 33d Army. 12 to 15! Under these circumstances of oppression to the company, it was reasonably sup posed that, at least, the fair maiket value j ““TVT","' Z-T’t "'VoYTd of the iron would have been allowed, but j vanced, being fully two-th.rds tarnished, not so; the iron was valued by the Govern- Some of the contractors have a ready com ment agent at SS0 per ton, which it now | pleted their work between these points, seems was intended to include all expenses a.» d moved their forces west of HiUeoge- and duties! It was about the price of . "He. Others will soon follow, and should pig iron at the l ime, was 25 per cent less nothing unforeseen occur, we may look than the market price of railroad iron in i forward with cet tamty to the con.pletion the hands of those who had it to sell, and of the graduation by the time presc bed is not half the value of the article at pres- , by the contract 1 he grading of the e . seventy-five miles is as heavy as that of en ' , .,ii -n any other running road in the State, and Iron, like other articles has been rapidly . ^ execution of sueb a W o.k during the rising, and from the same causes. 1 , i e l oom iest days of our revolution may well demand is much in excess of the supply i a<Jxnimtion . and whilst the demand is urgent, the sup-, , Wo.e__ r i ply cannot be increased in consequence of j I he line between V a re on ai d S p, the blockade. Another cause of advance | ta crosses many large creeKs and streams i is the depreciation of our local currency, | funning into theOgechee as also the river compared with a specie basis, or .foreign “self. A Howe truss br.d exchange. Our currency is in good credit j at home, but as a fund to replace our iron, Artillery. it will serve us but little purpose. It will 1 Capt. L P Girardy, Volunteers. | probably appreciate after peace, but too % JJET; ?S Army. "lowly for Zr purpose, as our demand 4 Capt. If N Ells. will be urgent. It is impossible, there- NOTE-Many of the above regiments and Bat- fore, now to estimate what our damage talions have been ehaneed, and their status can will be, in consequence of this unfortunate only be ascertained from the Secretary of War. ge i zure , independent of tlielossofinterest- We publish at trr as we know, and trust that per- Qn ()Ur w h 0 le expended capital, it will sons v ho are better informed, will furnish us, or , * 1 some other Press, facts which may enable us to probably be heavy. correct the list from time to time and thus perfect j t ; s „ ot t he intention of the Board to it. Editors Confederate Union. [ criticise harshly the action of the Govern ment. In a time of war encroachments upou is Of pGof quality, fiutjn Die ^«ounei- , j— *HmisbuVg“*(Pa) Union and sometimes are necessary, hut a just feit it is of a fair quality of ban paper, Quittman Spalding Troup Union Baker Trarsday after T"wne 4tli Monday, Daile T ' Terrell 1-vt Mondav, Colquitt JUNE. Ht Monday, Lowndes Dougherty -d Monday, Brooks •>j Clay 'I lav. Thomas 'May holds three weeks, if necessary, at each term. t.Indire not required to draw Jurors for two w ® 'ks : and not obliged to hold two weeks’ Court U! counties of Cobb and Lumukin nfallible test, — out a famil- onty Sth-T- ^ofibe jailor on.he genuine dll W ight. •N«TE. The hair „ fan.il- bill will enable you to detect the false on^ on SPECIAL notice. ed from Mil- to hie. All persons indebtedI are of j A not es at accounts are ' v „ho are author!- Breedlove, and P H Law # If n „ t ar . zeu to collect and make s , 8 vv j)i be enforced tanged at an early day, settlements win b) law. . c'VAlL, Agent. 13, tf, A ' v ' Lincoln’s Proclamation—A War- individual rights are often submitted to ' ' but a jnsl will make sa J a 'i ,, 1 these sacrifices as equal as possible. If A\ e warn the revolutionists in time. ^ exigencies of the public are so urgent If they proceed in their purpose, let it as to justify the forcible seizure of the be with their eyes open to all the con- p r0 p er tyof the citizen, the principle of sequences. Before they succeed in abol- .indemnity should be recognized, and the ishiug slavery, in violation of the (Jon- public should make just compensation for stitution, and elevating the negro to the injury done. There is no justice or their own level, their revolution must propriety in makmg individual.-, or classes meet and subdue a movement indepen- ; tbe victims, of a orce economy ort e meet auu a, iuv «= i benefit ofthe rest of their fellow citizens, dent of, and different from, the South- , Af>pr BQme hesitation, it was deemed best ern rebellion—a movement whose ob- toaccept t h e amount offered by the Gov- ject will be to maintain the Constitu- I ernmen t officials in this rxparte and op tion inviolate, and crush to the earth pressive proceeding, and appeal to the jus- every rebel impious enough to raise his t ice of Congress for at least some mitiga- hand against it. I tion of tbe losses thus forced upon the com- fo the bridging between Milledgeviile and Macon. The progress of the track laying has not kept pace with that of the grading ; we have but seven miles laid and running Our iron, with the exception of ten miles, was seized by the Government in April last, and we have had uo inducement to put down the small balance on hand. We therefore brought our track-laying to c close, and have devoted the dry months of the summer to clearing with the train some wet cuts near Warrenton. 8o soon as the approach of winter shall stop this woik, we will resume the track laying, and can finish to the Ogeeche in two weeks time. Unless some arrangement can be made with the Government to release five or ten miles of iron, so that we may reach either Culverton or Sparta, I doubt the policy of running regular trains over this short distance to the Ogeechc. The seizure of the iron has been a se rious drawback to the road, as, without the track, the work expended on the gra ding would be dead capital. Could we have made a connection with the Central Railroad at Milledgeviile, as anticipated when the iron was purchased, we should have done a good business. The right of way has been secured from Warrenton to Milledgeviile, excepr iu throe or four instances. The city of Milledge viile has donated to the Company the free r 8.1-e through the city lots atid streets, . . many parties between Milledgeviile and Macon have also granted us the right of way. I am happy to state that the liberality shown in the matter, by all on the line, attest their interest in the success of the road. T he Central Railroad has generously aeceeded to a proposition for a junction of it ks a::d an exchange of freight and pas- sengets in Milledgeviile; a measure of Croat convenience to the public, and of mutual advantage to each road. The statement attached shows the a- mount of payments at the date of the last estimate on the 10th August; to this must be added the amount due on the 10th of this month, approximately fifty thousand dollars : Graduation and Masonry $360,415 45 Bridge aud trestleing ,....2t,uuft tin | 8upeistructure oi bridges 1,025 27 .‘spikes .!. 2,*293 41 Bajing Track 2.890 INI Cross ties •. 3.937 73 Division Houses 537^36 Right ot way .6,686 73 Real Estate 12,884 00 Iron rails, say for ten miles 42,500 0tl Engineering *20.01.0 00 474,269 95 Add as above. 50,000 00 Total 524.269 95 A portion ot tbe Hue near Macon not being defi nitely located, I cannot present any mote accu rate statements of Jhc cost of the wh le road than lias been hitherto submitted, but the progress of ihe work thus tar shows that it will vary but little from the first estimate. Very respectfully, gentlemen. Your obedient servant. Geo. ii. Hazlehurst, Chief Engineer. Statement of the Reciipts of the Milledgeviile Bail- road Company to the 4th oj October, 1862. Ani’t Rec'd from Stockholders on ac count ot Stock $651,938 34 Am’t rec’d from Thomas M. Turner for Stockholm's in Hancock coun ty 23 228 50 Rec'd from sale of railroad iron 28,b39 67 Rec’d bom Confederate Government for railroad iron seized, in Bonds $92,1 Oil, Treasury notes $144,743- 42 236,743 42 Rec’d interest account 1 7(f7 68 Total amount $941,557 61 Siateoient of the Disbursements of the Milledgeviile lluilroad Company to the 4th day of October 1862 Graduation - $360,415 45 Bridging and Trestling 21,000 00 Superstructure ot Bridges 1 .'>25 27 8 pi lies 2 293 41 Track Laying 2,890 00 Cross ties 3,037 73 Division Houses 537 36 Right of way 6.6^6 73 Real estate 12,884 00 Engineering... 20.1:01) 00 Iron Rails 184,928 19 Office Expenses and Salaries 4,481 33 Ineidental Expenses 872 13 Interest Account 3,6l2 68 Masomy ot Bridges 70 00 Total $624,734 28 Deduct stock received in the hands of the Company as per contract with D. W. Orr and others 39,447 78 585.286 50 Assets in hands of the Milledgeviile Railroad Com puny, Oct 4, 1862. South Carolina Kailtoad Bonds and in . rest, $111,688 35 Confederate States 8 per cent Bonds, 92,000 00 7 30 per cent. Treasury notes, , 144,743 42 VI m. Mays’ note for stock 2,500 (JO C. Battles note 100 00 Cash balance in G. R. R. Bank 5,289 34 $356,271 11 Receipts, $941,557 61 Disbursements $585,286 50 Ar-ets 3 .6,271 II 941.557 61 Respectfully submitted, W. MILOOLIN, Secretary and Treasurer. itself. A Howe truss budge oti granite piers spans the river, but in crossing the other streams, Golden, Whetstone, Rocky Comfort, Ivey Branch, Along, Howell, Fulsom, Dry, Little Ogeeche, and two Mile Greeks, I was compelled to resort to trestle work, not in consequence of dif ficulty in procuring material for the heavy embankments, but also from the inability of building the arched culverts necessary for passing these stieams. With the com- j pletion of the track this woik can be eco- j nomicaly done, however, by using cars for I tilling the embankments and piocuringthe j rock lor the culverts from the more cott- j veuient quarries- The culverts will be j ten in number, ranging from fifteen to i thirty feet span ; the amount of two huh- ! dred and fifty thousand yards of earth j will be required for making tire embank ments. Tbe masonry between Sparta and Milledgeviile can be made thorough, and there will be but five hundred feet ot this temporary and objectionoble trestle, tins , over Town and Rocky Creeks. In c m- I sequence of the fine following a ridge to the Oconee, small square culverts will sul- ■ fice for the drainage. The Oconee river will be crossed by a Howe bridge of five hundred feet; it being useless to attempt the erection of the blidge at this time, we shall put up the piers and abutments lor the same. A similar course will be adopted in reference The Greatest Battle.—The more we view it and familiarize ourselves with its details, the more clearly the fact stands out that the battle of Sharpsburg, or Antietam, was, on our part, the greatest, engagement of mod ern times. Our correspondent’s de claration, that we fought 40,000 against a force of 125,000, is sustained by Gen. Lee in his address to the ar my. That so small a force, ragged, hare-foot,, half-starved and worn down by a long series of battles and severe marches, should have proved a full match for three times their number of fresh and well disciplined Yankees, is indeed a marvel. History will so record it, and it will stand out for all time as incontestible proof of our superiority over the North in all that goes to make up a brave and warlike people. And again: the fact that our army has remained for weeks within a few miles of McClellan, without his venturing to attack us, is evidence that his forces were so badly crippled i i the fight that they have been totally , unable to renew it. [Sar Rep. Cotton Owned by Foreigner*. The following copy of a note from the British Charged* Affaires at Wash ington, settles a question in respect to which there has- been considerable discussion: Washington, August 10, 1S62. Sir: Her Majesty’s Government have considered iu connection with the Law Advisers of the Crown, Mr Covinsul Rinch’s despatch of May 12th and Mr. Molyneux’s despatch of May 10th, enclosing copy of a letter ad dressed b> the Secretary of State of the so styltN,Confederate States, to a mercantile fi»m, respecting the des truction in the presence of the enemy of cortcn held by foreigners, and I have consequently At^en induced by harl Bussell to direct you to give advice in the following sense to any of her Majesty’s subjects wffoce proper ty may be destroyed in those States; It is the opinion of Her Majesty’s Government that foreigners being the proprietors of cotton in the Southern States, will ha\*e no ground of com plaint agains the de facto Government of those States if cotton should be destroyed with the sanction of that Government, and for the purpose of preventing its falling into the hands of the opposing forces This is one of the liabilities to which foreigners are ex posed who hold property in a State which is carrying on a war. Should, however, the Coufederate States here after attain the position of a recogniz ed kingdom or confederation, the losses thus occasioned to foreigners might form a fair and reasonable ground for appeal to tbe equitable consideration of the government so established, and it will therefore be desirable that the best and most authentic evidences should be preserv ed of the true ownership of the prop erty which may be thus destroy ed. I am, sir, your most obedient hum ble servant. (Signed) Wm. Stuart. H. B. M. Charg de’ Affairs, Wash ington. James Magee, Esq., Mobile. Changes in the Army.—A corres pondent writes us under date of Win chester, 4th October, as follows: “As Senior Brigadier, General Dray ton took command of the division when Gen. Toombs left, which posi tion he held until within the past five or six days. Toombs’ and Col. Ander son’s brigades have been transferred to General J. B* Hood’s division, and Drayton’s to McLaws.’ Hood is no office man, determining everything by the red tape rule; but he is a field man, a fighting man, a practical man, a man of sense, who determines everything by its merits. Gen. Hood came into the srvice as a Lieutenant Colonel. He is now commanding one ofthe best divis ions in the army. How this w’ill effect Gen. Toombs’ just claims to promotion, I cannot fore^ see. It is currently reported, and very* generally believed, that Gen. Lee has highly recommended him lor the posi tion of Major General. Certainly noth ing could be more deserved. He has shown the most consummate skill in selecting positions, and exhibited the most conspicuous bravery in the hot test ofthe battle. It is also said that our model Colonel, Benning, has like wise been recommended for the posi tion of Brigadier General. Not ouly the brigadier, but the whole division are enthusiastic in his praise. Our regiment, (the 12th Geo.) is commanded by Capt. John A. Mc Gregor, of Mitchell county. His con duct upon tbe battlefield, and his calm yet rigid enforcement of discipline, have rendered him very popular with the regiment. In case of Col. Bening’s promotion, Capt.. McGregor is the declared choice of the entire regiment for the responsible post of Colonel. To say the least of it. they could not, in my judgment, make a better selection, in or out of the regiment. Gen. D. R. Jones has been granted a sixty days leave of absence. Jt m whispered around that he will not re turn. Nobody will cry if he don’t. When we had driven the enemy six hundred yards, aud sent to him for a battery, he was a stonished to hear that the enemy had not taken the town. He had left it! P. S.—His numerous friends will be rejoiced to know that Lieut. Jud- son Butts, whom I mentioned in a former letter as killed or captured, is safe and uninjured. He and his compa ny escaped without serious loss. • Why is it ?—Georgia spun thread is selling in this market at §2 90 cents perpound, while cotton command 5on- ly 20 cents perpound. Is it worth SI 40 cents to spin it? No! Well, how do they get it up to $8 a block ? For our lives we cannot see, unless it pas ses through the hand of about a dozen speculators, all of whom have to make a heavy profit. Tennessee thread sells at 90 cents per pound, 70 cents less than Georgia thread. Is not that a tremendous difference ? Georgia is a cotton growing country, Tennessee is not, all the cotton she spins has to be shipped from the South, and stiil she can furnish thread 70 cents cheaper in the pound than the Georgia mills.— Somebody is making a tremendous profit on thread. Cleveland (Tenn.) Banner, Oct. 9. The Duration of the War.—Va rious speculations are now being indulged as to the duration of the War. The Selma Ala. Reporter ex presses tbe opinion that “the war be tween the people of the North and South will not end finally until the former are utterly exhausted, or the latter exterminated”—that “few of us who are old enough to weep over the depravity of human nature and the direful results of abolition fanaticism, will live to see the end of this war.”

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The Confederate union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1862-1865, October 21, 1862, Image 1