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applause ) The President himself is but
the mere creature of the Constitution o
the United States. He never was elected
bv the popular will, or by the popular
voice of the people of the United States.
f-No, never,’and great applause.J |No,
never, never!] [A number ut voices, ‘nev-
States, for that Executive has but the ex
ercise ofarbitiary power to involve this
country in war with England or France,
anil in the suspension of the habeas corpus,
after creating an army of a million ot men
to ride rough shod over thirty millious ot
hitherto free white men. f Never, never.J
" C 'f Of the four millions and two-thirds ; Our own Judge Hall, in the western part
„f a million of votes cast at the last Presi- of the State, but the other day liberated a
- person, a reverened gentleman—who may
or may not have been guilty of something
deutial election, Mr, Lincoln was in the
a million, among tlie
minority of nearly ...
people ; [applause ;J and though i . < alitoi-
nia and Oregon, under the plurality sy s
tem, he received tlieir electoral votes, in
New Jersey, glorious New Jersey, [cheers
for New Jersey,] he did not receive^ the
vote popular or the vote electoral. *1 bus,
in those three Northern States of the
Union, a majority of the people were
against him, while from the Susquehanna
to the Rio Grande, in fifteen other States,
not a popular nor and electoral vote was
given him. I repeat, then, the President
does not represent, nor never has repre
sented the popular will of the people of the
United States. |A voice, ‘And never
will.’] lie is the mere creature of the
Constitution of the United States, and
our obedience to him as Executive, our fi
delity to him as the Executive is through
and under the Constitution alone. [‘That
is all,’ and cheers.’]
There lias recently appeared from the
administration a document of the greatest
1 know'not what—on a habeas corpus, and
in doing so, declared that, as Congress
had given the President no such power—he
had no such power. [Applause - J Not
withstanding this decision of Judge Hall,
this person w - as taken the moment he was
liberated (a white man kidnapped) to the
Central Railroad depot, put in a freight
car. isolated from the people, and secreth
and stealthily taken from Buffalo to Alba
ny, thence to Washington a State prison
er. [Shame.] And they tell me that for
this free speech, this free and fundamental
discussion of all these things, I may be im
prisoned and incarcerated. [‘No you
won’t.’] But I do uot feel at all certain
that one or two thousand policemen may
not take me any hour of the day from the
midst of my fellow-citizens and incarce
rate me. [‘Never,’ and protracted
cheers, j
[A man in the audience proposed three
cheers for Judge Hall, which were enthu-
and thirst of a two day’s struggle, alter
rapid marches, may swell their list of pris
oners.
W e captured at Corinth three pieces ot
artillery, and lost one peice by a mis
take of the driver, who rau it into
town.
THE RETREAT
Was conducted in a masterly manner
as its results proclaim. A baggage train,-
six or seven miles in length, was brought
off in safety. The smali loss of ten or j
twelve wagons was occasioned by tlic silly i
panic of the drivers, There was but two |
i contests on the retreat. The first occured j
and in line of battle, Uouclson’s Brigade [
being in advance.
The ground between us and the enemy
was broken but without timber. __ It was
found necessary to approach nearer the
enemy for this reason and because ot the
superiority ot their gnus Carnes was or
dered to advance, and was in this move
ment supported by Donelson s Brigade.
’| We advanced about a fouith ot a mile,
and the enemy finding their position un
tenable, retired to another.
We again advanced a quarter of a mile, to
the summit of a precipitous blufi, which
the battery of Carnes could not ascend.
Our lines were here reformed, and orders
at Uavis bridge, on the Ilatchie liver. . . A „ nplliv
° , ,, Cwere received to advance upon tue enemy
near Pocahontas, where the forces or | . , , , . , c_i/i„ i.
Ilurlbut’s division from Bolivar
wards reinforced by Ross’ division from
the same point—disputed the passage of
the Hatchie. The contest was short and
bloody. Morris’ brigade was in the ad
vance, a portion of his force—about five
hundred in number—crossing the bridge.
A part of Phifer’s and a portion of Camp
bell’s brigades were pushed up in support,
making all together about 1,000 meu en
gaged on our side. At that point the no
ble high-toned gallant soldier, and gen
tleman, Major Balfour, on Van Horn’s
staff, fell mortaly woundejl in the effort
to rally our men, pressed and overpowered
by really superior numbers. The enemy
of artillery. They were reinforced du
ring the night, and onr forces fell back to
this place. No light to-day, but will come
off to-morrow. Gen. Smith has this even
ing formed a junction with Bragg’s army
at this place—the enemy within eight
mites ot us.- Near Lawrenceburg. on yes
terday , onr army captured S00 prisoners
and 31 loaded wagons, and the balance of
a division has got away and has joined the
main army Hastily yours,
J. C. Vaughn.
importance, which it may he dangerous J siasticallv given ]
freely to discuss, hut which it is not the "
i succeeded in gaining the bridge, hut with-
What are we to do?’ If this country
less our right and duty lreely to discuss, j was notin the midst of civil war, I would j era ] G reel)
The first thing which strikes a man is, to j have no hesitancy in saying, as Patrick i Hatchie bridge, the
ask, where is'the grant of power in tlie | Henry said, in the Revolution, ‘Resistance i from Corinth, attac
Constitution of the United States which j to tyrants is obedience to God.’ [Enthu- • - - i- . .
gives the President, but the creature of i siastic and long continued cheering.] Cap-
tlie Constitution, authority to annul whole ta*n Rynders—*’i hree cheers for that, it ] a t er point repulsed the enemy with gre
States of the Union, or the laws and iusti- j it is the last cheers that freemen have to , s | an ghter, and that was the last content <
The cheers were
tutionsof whole States in that Uni >n, and
to override all laws for the protection of
loyal men, ev"n if in disloyal States.—
No man can rise and say that there is, any
where, in our written Constitution, any
such authority for the President of the
give
are we to do ?
ive-n.J W bat
An auditor—‘Whore are
the tyrants ?’ ‘Put him out.’| All I pro
pose to do is to appeal to the ballot box.
That has hitherto been a sufficient couitof
appeal for all the people of the United
United States to exercise any such power States. If they - will permit us to have it,
' arouse and inspire yourselves for action at
the ballot box. [Applause.] The ballot
box is your only - , your lofty and sublime
remedy.
lie assumes to usurp in his proclama
tion- The only authority claimed is, that
lie, as Commander-in-chief of the army—
of the army not in the field, flagrante hello,
hut ns theoretical Commander-in-chief of
tlie army, sitting in the White House at
Washington, has the power to exercise
any authority which appears to him best,
or which he deems right. Now, if this
be law, there is no security that he may
not exercise the same power, if he deems
it best for the people of the United States
to annul the relation of parent and child,
of ward and guardian, of debtor and cred
itor, of mortgagoraml mortgagee—aye, all
tlie rights and obligations of society—for
lie lias the same right as Commander-in-
chief to exercise all power over the North
ern States of the Union, [‘Hear, hear,’ and
cheers.J
There are martial rights, laws of war,
but well known and well recognized laws,
and nowhere is there recorded as giving to
any nominal commander of an army any
such authority as the President attempts
to exercise, not only over the people at
large, but over this Constitution of the
United States. I do not hesitate to say,
cost what it may, the U3e of such power
i-» an arbitrary and despotic exercise of il
legal and unconditional power. [Tremen
dous cheering, j
I could cite w-hat has been deemed high
Republican authority, that of John Quin
cy Adams. We had lil^ controversies
with Great Britain in 1783 and in 1816,
upon the subject of slave emancipation
that we have now. Great Britain, pend
ing the revolution, emancipated and ab
ducted many' slaves from Long Island and
elsewhere, and carried those slaves to
Nova Scotia or the West Indies, there to
re-enslaved; and in the war of 1S12,
[From the Memphis Appeal, j
R.illlr of Coi-tnln- E-,,11 t> ar |i cu | ur( .
liolly Springs, Miss, Oct. 11, 1862.
Editors Appeal-. Truth justice and the
holy cause of independence for which we
i struggle, demand that some corrective
.should be given to the stupendous and
mischeievous errors, rife in the country
and ihe press, touching the late battle of
Corinth, and the conduct of the retreat
of our army from that memorable field.—
It is enough to chill the valor and patriot
ism of the soldier to find his most skillful
and hjs bravest deeds set down to the
account of a blundering and stupid inefii-
! ciency, and bruited by' the press over every
j hearthstone in the land.
I tear that the lamented and immortal
Albert Sydney Johnson is not to be the
only’ general sacrificed by croakers w ho
■ hate the smell of gunpowder ! It may
’ be true, as he said, “that the people are
! right in demanding success as the only test j P r *|“
of merit, but our fathers acted on a dif
ferent idea, or else George Washington
could not long have remained Commander-
in-Chief ot the army' of the Revolution.—
Indeed, no General of that day could have
escaped banishment. The Conway cabel
} did not triumph over the good sense of our
ancestors, and we may hope that the fac-
1 1ions of our day' may not without resistance
blur the fame of officers whose rnilita-
i ry r achievements deserve the nation’s
' gratitude
Of the battle of Corinth, history will
; say T it was only not a victory. In all the
Great Britain exercised a little pow-er
, . /» ,i tt *. i elements ot military' science—conception
over tins slave property of the united . r i i • „ f .
t~i l.i mplan of attack, and execution of design
I —it reflects the highest credit on the gen-
\ eral who commanded our forces, and it
! covered w-ith glory the subordinate gen-
j erals, officers and men engaged in the
i terrific struggle. On the close of the con-
j test, on the night of the first day (Friday),
Gen. Van Horn received the congratula-
i tions of every general officer under his
j command ; and, in the hearts of his men,
i lying prostrate, parched by thirst, and
w eary from excess of valor, there was but
' one feeling—pride that they served under
a commander who had taught them, that
\ day', his capacity to command and
1 guide the currents of a wide-spread battle
; field-
j Brice on the left and center, and Lovell
i on the right, each received on the field,
amid the terrible contest, w ritten cougratu-
i latory orders, for their skill and prowess
I in carrying against superior forces tlie
! entrenchments of the enemy—not forgot-
j ting the noble men they Jed.
At the close of the fight on Friday
Villipugue, Bowen and Rust, under Lovell
1 —Maury, Cabell, Phifer, Hebert, Green,
j Gates, Martin, Moore, Irwin, and all others
| under Price—received the universal meed
i of applause, so grateful to the soldier’s
i heart, when it follows heroic deeds,
i Two lmurs of daylight on Friday would
have made us masters of Corinth. The
place w-as saved by the extraordinary
i exertions of Rosencranz, who, working
w'ith indefatigable labor until daybreak,
brought reinforcements of eight thousand
men—not, as the “very' intelligent gen
tleman who enlightens the Mississippiau
declares, from Cairo and Columbus, by
the oversight of our General in not cutting
the railroad”—hut from Jacinto, llienzi,
I-u-ka and Kossuth.
This force was concentrated at daylight
upon the strong central fortifications of the
town, before which the centre and left
of our army lay, and w here our gallant
and noble soldiers threw themselves with
the early dawn into those formidable
works They were too few to hold the
place their valor had won. These were
the force under the gallant Price. On the
right, Lovell’s division having taken the
exterior line of intrenchments, and after
hard fighting captured a fort, found his
wing «onfronted by the last strongholds
which guarded the town oil tho west.—
His trooops not having been once repulsed
in their victorious march, were in tlie act
of storming these last works, when he
received orders to retire and form the
rear guard to protect and cover thp re
treat .
Gen. Van Dora had cut off all reinforce
ments from Bolivar, by so manteuvring to
im-nace that point, and by cutting the
railroad between it and Corinth.
liosencrantz on Friday' night, expected
to lose Corinth, lie started his train in
retreat towards Farmington, and burnt
some of his military stores. He has
deservedly won a right to promotion
by the toil skill and energy of his de
fense.
As to tlie casualties of tlie fight, we
have every reason to conclude that in the
killed and wounded and in prisoners taken
on the field the loss of tlie enemy was
greater Ilian our own. The stragglers of
States. John Quincy' Adams, as a Min
ister to England, as Secretary of State of
the United States, wrote to the British au
thorities that—
‘They (the British) had no right to make
affy such emancipation promises to the
negro. The principle is, that the emanci
pation of the enemy’s slaves is not among
tlie acts of legitimate war; as relates to
the ow ners, it is a destruction of private
property, nowhere warranted by the usa
ges of war.’
‘No such right is acknowledged as a
law of war by writers who admit any limi
tation. The right of putting to death all
prisoners, in cold blood, without special
cause, might as well he pretended to he
a law of war, or the right to use poisoned
weapons or to assassinate.’
’This is the language of John Quincy
Arlarr:;, in his correspondence with the
British Government upon the subject of
slaves emancipated duriug the war of the
Revolution and the war of 1812. Under
this remonstrance, and through the treaty
of Ghent, one million tw'o hundred thou
sand dollars were paid by the British Gov
ernment to the Southern slaveholders for
property thus abducted and emancipated
during the war of the Revolution and the
war of 1862. |Applause.J lienee, as the
proclamation is not right under tlie Consti
tution, it is no more right tinder the laws
of war ; nor is it right to the loyal meu in
the disloyal States of this Union.
If the schemes of the President are car
ried out there must inevitably’ follow what
the Abolitionists now demand of him, the
arming of tlie slaves, their adoption into
the army’ of the I'nited States, and onr re
cognition of them, not only as fellow-sol
diers, but a.: fellow-citizens also. [Ap
plause and laughter.]
‘And, again. That which has been En
glish libeity since the days of the dark
ages (1215); that which the despotic kings
of England, the two Charleses accorded—
one of whom was executed for his tyranny
and his Government suppressed by Crom
well—that which our fathers have had
since their reign, is new subverted, over
thrown, destroyed, by a mere proclama
tion from the President *of the United
States, annulling both the, right of trial by
jury’ and the habeas corpus, by which ev
ery person has a right to know, before
some judge, why lie has been incarcerated.
The President claims that he has authori
ty, under the Constitution, to issue this
power of suspending the habeas corpus.
Believe you that Washington, rebelling
against the ty ranny of the executive pow
er of King George ; that Madison, Jeffer
son, Franklin, old John Adams, or any of
the fathers of tbe Revolution, ever created
a Constitution by - which one single mail,
having the same flesh ana blood that you
and 1 have, is, without act of Congress,
to have authority over thirty millions of
people ?— that he can take away any of
you, by day or by night, from your wives
and children, and incarcerate you in Fort
Lafayette or Fort Warren, beyond all
hope of redemption? [‘Infamous.’] Nev
er did the framers of tlie Constitution give
or grant such powers to the Executive of
the I nited States. ‘(We will never stand
it.’) If it were given, theie is no liberty
atl J longer for the people of the United
drew after a short contest, on the approach
of Hebert’s division, commanded by Gen-
During this combat at the
the forces of Rosencranz,
eked our rear guard,
six tiiiles distant, at the bridge across the
i Tnscumbia. Bowen’s brigade at this
rent
on
tlie retreat. Van Dorn retired Price’s
division up the Hatchie to Krun’s mill,
preceded by his immense train of bag
gage, unmolested; repaired a bridge at
that point, which bad been burnt by Gen
eral Armstrong that morning—crossed and
camped. Lovell's division followed the
same route, unmolested—and in this order
our efitire army has marched to this point.
“The very intelligent gentleman.” of the
ilississippian, puts down as one of the
two “causes of our reverses,” the burning
of a bridge across Cyprc-s creek ten miles
from Corinth-—at which point the enemy
held a commanding position where our
men ii™a fun down the creek and cross
over a mill dam, etc. 'There « «... bridge
burnt or injured, on our entire route, from j
Corintli to near Pocbontas on tlie Hatchie ;
—that bridge was not burnt—its passage ,
was disputed by’ the, enemy in position
— but the contest cost them dearly. They |
lost upwards of one hundred killed, and j
between four and five hundred wounded, :
among whom, were Generals Ord and
Veitch—while our loss was in prisoners he- :
tween four and five hundred, and about
forty or sixty’ killed and wounded. At
Tuscumbia the bridge was perfect—Price’?
division had crossed it—and Lovell’s
division was approaching it. r I he enemy
were not in position at it—but were sent
howling hack before they reached it.—
Bowen destroyed it after he crossed.
I have spoken in warm, hut merited
of ail the officers and men engaged
n the bloody field of Corinth. There is
a class of soldiers of whom I have not
spoken—a large class—would it were
smaller!-—a class, in numbers, sufficient
to form a brigade---a class of stragglers
who were not at Corinth on either of the
long to be remembered days of Friday and
Saturday—wlio ilesturbed our advancing
columns—who learned the currents of the
fight olny by those eannonades whose dis
tant thunder made the earth reel and
tremble under their feet—whose coward
footsteps turned away from the fields of
carnage, and whose lying tongues spread
a panic on every mile of tlieir ignominious
flight. It is a pity to find their eatift’stories
of blundering generals and terrible disas-
ters^tiffened into type.
Whatever may be sum of hurtful and
erroneous criticism heaped upon some of
ibe general's who fought at Corinth, by
those ignorant of their action or. the field
it ought to be a solace to officers thus
defamed to know that they are cherished
by tbe soldiers they led in so much that
even retreat could not stifle their cheers of
admiration.
Rosencranz is of course, inferior to the
military critics who denounce the action of
Van Dorn—but it is safe to say that lie
would not readily undergo again the toil
by which he saved Corinth.
As to Lovell, so bitterly and unde
servedly assailed—his cool courage, self-
possession and skill in handling his force,
attracted the admiration of the army.
I see that in the list of the meritorious 1
have failed to mention Gen. Armstrong
and Col. Jackson, who commanded our
cavalry. Each of those, gallant officers
greatly distinguished themselves by their
admirable use of their respective forces in
protecting the flanks of onr line. Indeed,
:lt a ( l ull ^ e quick across open fields unob
~ a 1 ‘ 1 structed, except by stone and rail fences.
With terrific yells and unbroken front we
advanced upon the enemy, two batteries
playing upon Cheatham’s Division, ad
vancing under this lire and enfiladed by
the batteries of the enemy. When with
in one hundred and fifty, yards of tho. ene
my they opened on us with grape and can-
uister. " When withia eighty yards they
opened on us with musketry, and now the
fight became general. About this time
Mauey’s Brigade with Donelson’s were
sent round to the enemy’s extreme left to
capture a battery which had been so de
structive to us. The battery was taken,
and here the Yankee General Jackson
fell. This was half an hour alter the
light became general.
Every inch of ground was bravely con
tested. It became known that Jackson
had fallen, and the enemy retired, proba-
f’or this reason, but more probably because
they could not withstand the impetuous-
valour of our troops. About this time,
probably a little earlier, Stuart’s brigade
moved into action, in perfect .order aim
with great coolness. The troops first en
gaged, worn aud weary rushed on with
Stuart’s men, and the rout on tlie left be
came general.
The enemy reformed their lines several
times but were no sooner restored than
they were broken.
i he fighting was kept up till night put
au end to the conflict. We hail then
driven the enemy from three to five
miles along the whole line of the two ar
mies.
We formed our lines and.remained on
t , j the ground during the night. On the, morn
ing of the Stli, believing it would be haz-
] ardous with his weary troops to renew
- it... with a reinforced army of the
i enemy, Gen. Bragg or Folk ordered our
; army hack to Ilarrodsbui-g.
We captured all the artillery of the en-
| emy except one battery, and quantities of
ail descriptions of small arms.
The loss of the enemy in killed and
wounded was enormous. The field of bat
tle was everywhere strewn with the kill
ed wounded aud dying. In places they
were piled up oil each other.
W e retired in perfect order, each regi
ment and brigade in proper position to
Gamp Dick Robinson and its vicinity,
where our array was concentrated.
Onr loss in killed, wounded and missirfg
and missing will not reach 2,500. The
killed in Cheatham’s Division number 209
anil about 1250 wounded. This Divis
ion suffered most.
At half past 4 o'clock on Monday morn
ing, 13th instant, Colonel Tyler left Gen
eral Polk, and of subsequent events, he
j is, of course not advised.
Tennesseeans in this fierce conflict
maintained their ancient reputation for dis
tinguished valor not only maintaining it
hut winning new and imperishable laurels.
’The instances of individual valor occur
ring among these troops in "this bloody
conflict would fill a volume.
Polk, Cheatham, Donelson, and all our
leaders were everywhere seen cheering
on our troops with reckless exposure of
their person to the hottest fire of the eu-
emy.
Gen. Wither’s Division was not in the
fight, being in our rear, between us and
General Kirby Smith.
We took on this Wednesday’s fight
about 500 prisoners.
Hardee’s command, and three Brig
ades of Cheatham’s Division were alone
engaged.
TROOPS ENGAGED.
We cannot give accurately the number
of the regiments engaged nor tlieir status.
The following is the best statement we
can make just now:
Maney’s Brigade.—1st Tenn., Col.
Fields; bill Term., Lt. Col. Buford; 27th
Tenn., Col. Caldwell, (not Bob) 6th Tenn;
Col. Porter.
Stewart’s Brigade—8th Tenn., Col.
M oore, 15th Tenn., Col. Tyler; 16th Tenn.
Col. Savage; 51st Tenn., Ool. John Ches
ter; 38th Tenn.; Col. Carter.
Lieut. Colonel Patterson of the 1st Ten
nessee was killed.
Cant. Win. Waltering was shot dead
with the colors of Col. ’Tyler’s regiment
in his hands, tlie Color bearer, McFarland
without exception the conduct of all our having been wounded a second time. Cap-
ofiicers of every grade, was worthy of all
praise. And Adams, in his vigilance- in
watching the enemy advancing from Bol
ivar to Hatchie bridge, commanded the
thanks of the commanding general.
Sidney .
Detail* of the rerent Battle in Keutucity.
Valor of Tennesseeans and Texans!—Polk!
Cheatham—Donelson—Instances of IIc-
roism—The Hattie. Field—Our /asses.
[From the Knoxville (Tenn.) R-gister, Oct. 18.]
Col. R. C. Tyler of tho loth Tennes
see regiment, reached this cily on yester
day directly from the scene of conflict in
Kentucky. He advises us that the skir
mishing commenced on the 6th between
the cavalry, and occasionally there was
an artillery duel. On the 7th Buell occu
pied Perryville, making it the centre of
his line of battle. On the night of the 7th
Hardee moved up his division fronting
Buell’s army. On the evening of the 7th,
a portion of the right wing of the army of
tho Mississippi (Cheatham’s Division,
composed ot Donelson’s Stuart’s and Man-
ey’s Brigades.) moved from Harrodsburg
to Perryville, where they rested on their
arms in line of battle till daylight. 'J he
pickets skirmished all night. On the
morning of the eighth, at daylight, at the
centre of the lines, there were cavalry
fights and many were wounded on- Lot li
sides. About half past nine cannonading
commenced. I
At half past ten we discovered that the
enemy were massing troops on
turn our
Cheatham
was moved from the left to the right of
our lines, about one and a half miles. Du
ring thU time a brisk fire of artillery was
kept up. Carnes' battery was immediate
ly brought into action, which, admirably
served, did great execution. ( I his was
Jackson’s battery at Columbus, Ky.)
Cheatham's Division was now about
tain W. is from Memphis, where his fam
ily now reside. lie belonged to the Wash
ington Rifles.”
Lieutenant Spitaller, of the same com
pany, commanding the Swiss Rifles, of
the same regiment, had his leg shot off by
a cannon hall. He refused to be borne
from the field. To the solicitations of
Col. Tyler he replied, “No, Colonel! Let
me die on the field. I know that I must
die.”
Lieutenant Johnson, of Georgia, pro
moted for gallantry at Shiloh, was also
killed.
Lieut. Ed. I)oylc, of Memphis, is fear
ed to be mortally wounded.
There were but few field officers in
jured.
Col. Savage was slightly wounded in
the leg and side. 11c has before distin
guished himself for soldierly bearing and
chivalric conduct. IIis regiment proba
bly lost more than any in this, Cheatham’s
Division.
The Adjutant of the 5fst, Tally, we
believe, was severely woundec.
Tho Texan regiment, C>d. Young’s
fought with that valor which distinguished
tlieir fathers at San Jacinto and the, Al
amo.
We can give no details as to losses nor
as to the conduct of Regiments and Brig
ades in Hardee’s command. _ These will
he hereafter furnished.
The number of the Yankee army which
fought us at Perryville was stated, by
prisoners, to he from 80,000 to 120,000.
Our force did not exceed 15,000
our army worn out by the excessive beat I three fourth's of a milo from the enemy
Perryciile.—In addition to the details
- their left to | gi ve n in another place, we furnish a letter
right wing At this juncture, ! trom Gok-iih \ aughn, the gallant comman-
’s division, above mentioned, der of tl,e Th *rd Tenoesse Regiment. His
statement confirms the news published in
our columns.
Harrodsborg, Ky., Oct. 10‘ 7 P. M.
On the 8th inst. Gen. Bragg’s forces
met the enemy 10 miles west of here, and
a bloody fight ensued. We had from 300
to 500 killed, and probably 1.000 wound
ed—the enemy’s loss more than ours. We
captured some 500 prisoners and 19 pieces
Gni. Aiidivaa to tbe People of Ibe
Gen. Bragg has issued from his head
quarters at Bardstown, Ky., one of the
strongest addresses which has been issued
by any military man during this war. It is
addiessed to “The people of the North
west.” He assures them that the Confed
erate Government is waging this war with
no design of conquest, but “to secure peace
and the abandonment by the United States
of its ] retensious to govern a people who
never have been their subjects, and who
prefer self government to a union with
them.” “lie further assures them that the
Coufederat Government ar.d people, depra-
cating civil strife from the beginiug, and
anxious for a peaceful adjustment of all
differences growing out of a political separ
ation, which they deemed essential to their
happiness and well being, at the moment
of its inauguration sent commissioners to
Washington to treat for these objects, but
that their commissioners were not received
or evcil'allowed to communicate the object
of their mission ; and that on a subsequent
occasion a communication from the Presi
dent of the Confederate States to Presi
dent Lincoln remained without answer,
although, a reply was promised by Gener
al Scott, into whose hands tlie communica
tion was delivered.
That among the pretexts urged-for the
continuance of the war, is the assertion
that the Confederate Government deprive
the United States of tlie free navigation of
the Western rivers, although the truth is
that the Confederate Congress by public
act prior to the commencement of the war
enacted that “peaceful navigation of the
Mississippi river is hereby declared free
to the citizens of any of the States upon
its borders or upon the borders of its tri
butaries”—a declaration to which our Gov
ernment has always been and is still ready
to adhere.
From these declarations, people of the
Noitbwest, it is made manifest that by
the invasion of our territories by land and
from sea, we have been unwillingly forced
into a war For self-defence, and To vindi
cate a great principle once dear to all
Americans, to wit: that no people can be
rightly governed except by their own
consent. U’e desire pea.ee now. Wedesire
to see a stop put to a useless and cruel
effusion of blood, and that waste of nation
al wealth rapidly leading to and sure to
end in national bankruptcy. We are, there
fore, now. as ever, ready to treat with the
United States, or any one or more iff them,
upon terms of mutual justice ami liberali
ty. And at this juncture, when our arms
have been successful on many Lard fought
fields ; when our people have exhibited
a constancy, a fortitude and courage wor
thy of the boon of self-government—we
restrict ourselves to the same moderate
demand that we made at the darkest peri
od of onr reverses—the demand that the
people of the United Stats cease to war
upon us, and permit us in peace to pursue
our path to happiness, while they in peace
pursue tlieirs.
We are, however, debarred from the
renewal of former proposals for peace, be
cause the relentless spirit that actuates the
Government at Washington leaves us no
reason to expect that they would be receiv
ed with the respect naturally due by na
tions in their intercourse, whether in peace
or war It is under these circumstances that
we are driven to prefect our own country
by transfering the seat of war to that of an
enera}’ who pursues us with an implacable
and apparently aiailess hostility. If the
war must continue, its objects must l*e
changed, and with it the policy that has
heretofore kept us on the defensive on our
ownso.il. So far it is only our fields that
have been laid waste, our people killed,
our homes made desolate, and our frontiers
ravaged by rapine and murder. The sacr
ed right of self defence demands that hence
forth some of tlie consequences of the war
shall fall upon those who persist in their
refusal to make peace. With the people of
the North west rests the power to put an
end to the invasion of their homes ; for, if
unable to prevail upon the Government of
tlie United States to conclude a general
peace their own State Governments, in the
exorcise of their sovereignty, can secure
immunity from tlie desolating effects of
warfare on their soil by a separate treaty
of peace, which our Government will be
ready to conclude on the most just and liber
al basis.
The responsibility then rests with you
the people of the Northwest, of continu
ing an unjust and aggressive warfare upon
the people of the Confederate States. And
in the name of reason and humanity, 1 call
upon yon to pause and reflect what cause
ot quarrel so bloody have you against these
States, and what are yon to gain by it?
Nature has set her seal upon these States,
and marked them out to be your friends
and allies. She. has bound them to you
by all the ties of geographical contiguity
aud conformation, and the great mutual
interests of commerce and productions.—
When the passions of this unnatural war
shall have subsided, and reason resumes
her sway, a community of interest will
force commercial anil Socialties between the
great grain and stock growing States of
tho Northwest, and the Cotton, tobacco
and sugar regions of the South. The Mis
sissippi river is a grand artery of tlieit
mutual national lives, which man cannot
sever, and which never ought to have been
suffered to he disturbed by the antagon
isms the cupidity and the bigotry of New
England and the East. It is from the
East that have come the germs of this
bloody and most unnatural strife.
It is from the meddlesome, grasping
and fanatical disposition of the same peo
ple wiio have imposed upon you and us
alike those tariffs, internal improvement
and fishing bounty laws, whereby we have
been taxed for their aggrandizement. It
is from the East that will come the tax
gatherer to collect from you the mighty
debt which is being atfiassed mountain
high for the purpose of ruining your best
customers and natural friends. When this
war ends, the samo antagonism of mer
est. policy aud feeling which have been
pressed upon us from the East, and forced
us from a political union, where we have
ceased to find safety for interests or res
pect for our rights, will bear down upon
you, and separate you from a people whose
traditional policy it is to live by their
wits upon the labor of their neighbors.
Meantime you are being used by them to
fight the battle of emancipation—a battle
which, if successful, destroys yourprosper-
iiy, and with it your best markets to buy
and sell. Our mutual dependence is the
work of the Creator. With our peculiar !
productions, convertible into gold, wt j
should, in a state of peace, draw from you !
largely the products of our labor.
In us of the South, you will find rich j
and willing customers; in the East you
must confront rivals in production and
trade, aild the tax gatherer in all the forms
of partial legislation. You are blindly .
following abolitionism to this end, while '
they are nicely calculating tlie gain of ob
taining your trade on terms that would :
impoverish your country. You say you are j
fighting for the free navigation of tlie Mis- j
sissippi. It is yours freely, and lias always
been, without striking a blow. Yon say j
you are fighting to maintain the Union.
That Union is a thing of the past. A Union
of consent was the only Union ever worth
a drop of blood. When force came to be
substituted for consent, the casket was
broken and the constitutional jewel of your
patriotic adoration forever gone.
I come, then, to you with the olive
branch of peace, and offer it to your a:cep-
tance in the name of memories of the past,
and the ties of the present and future.
With you remains the responsibility aud
the option of continuing a cruel and
wasting war, which can only end after
still greater sacrifices in such treaty of
peace as we now offer ; or of preserving
the blessings of peace by the simple aban
donment of the desingn of subjugating a
people over whom no right of dominion
has been conferred on you by God or
man.
Braxton Bragg,
General C. B.
A.XXIAL REPORT
OK THE
COMPTROLLER GENERAL.
Comptroller General’s Office, )
Milledgeville, Oct. 21, 1862. j
To His Excolleucy, Joseph E. BruWX, Gov
ernor :
Sir: In compliance with the provisions of Acts
of December 28th, 1843, and December 11 th, 180‘J,
1 have the honor to lay before your l'.xcellency a
statement of the receipts and disbursements at
the Treasury during the fiscui year, leC2, showing
at the end of the year, a
Cash balance in the Treasury of $693,002 42
The appropriations undrawn amount to $519.-
373 51; leaving a ballance in the Treasury of
$173,628 91, after paying all appropriations for
the political year 1862.
In this statement, of course the unexpended bal
ance of $2,918,995 75 of the $5,000,000 Military
Appropriation, is not included. Only $50,000 of
this fund is included in this statement, as it is
believed that that sum will cover ail possible de
mands upon that fund—unless the enemy should
come upon our mainland this winter, and it may
become necessary to again cat! out tbe citizens of
tbe State in her defence.
Good. Assets belonging to the State.
In compliance with the Act of 1859,1 herewith
furnish a statement of the "Assets belonging to
the State,” as shown by tbe books of the Treasury
and Comptroller General’s office, viz:
1833 shares of stock in Bank of State
of Georgia.. $I83,3U0
890 shares of stock in Bank of Au
gusta 89.0C0
186 shares of stock in tbe Geo. liail
Koad and Banking Company 18 COO
7,000 shares of stock in tho Atlantic
and Gulf Kail Koad Company 700,000
Central Bank Assets, estimated by
General Bethune, agent at 1,500
On account of Deaf and Dumb Asy
lum—For the support-of 6,500 CO
On account ot Lunatic Asylum—For
salary of Superintendent 1,800 00
On account of Lunatic Astli/tu—
pay of officers, servants. «&c.... 12,b00 00
Ou account of Lunatic Asylum—For
support of I’auper Fatients.... 18,17998
On account of Lunatic Asylum—To
pay debts ot 6,762 54
Oil account of Georgia Military In-
stituie—For support of State Ca
dets • - - 1,500 00
On account of Georgia Military In
stitute—.Salary of suyermten-
dent 1,000 00
On account of Georgia Military In
stitute—Fay of Treasurer 389 85
On account of Georgia Military lu-
rt stitute—Fay balance of salaries
of Professors in 1859 and 1861.. 2,644 39
On account of Georgia Military In
stitute—Furniture and Military
Goods purchased in 1859 3.02T 35
On account of appropriation for
making salt 10,000 0V
Ou account of Appropriation to John
11. Seal8 for extra pay ioi print
ing Cote 3,000 00
Onaecsunt of appropriation to pay
the Electoral College.’. 1 869 80
On account of a Iditioual pay to cum-
missioners to Southern States,
1861, 1,400 00
On account oi other Miscellaneous
appropriations, which will be
seen in nil abstract accompany
ing this report, amounting to 7,320 34
Total $7,924,617 39
Leaving a ballance in the Treasury of $693,-
002 42.
In the above exhibit, it will be seen that $2,-
539,290 25 is charged as having been drawn from
the Treasury on the $5,000,600 appropriation.
But Col. J. I. Whitaker, the States Commissary
General, has refunded to that fund $350,000 ari
sing from sale ot Commissary stores remaining on
hand after tbe State troops were disbanded or
turned over to tbe Confederate States Govern
ment: $5<t,Ut*0 has been refunded by Ira R. Fos
ter, Quartermaster General, as money arising
from sale of Quartermaster's stores; aud $58,286
fit has also been refunded by L. II. McIntosh,
Chief ot the Ordnance Department, as money
arising from sale of Ordnance stores. These sev
eral sums amounting to $458,286 00 being cred
ited to the $5,000,000 Fund, wi.l leave the actual
amount expended, of that Fund, $2,081,004 25.
Having thus exhibited the operations of the
Treasury for the past twelve mouths, 1 have deem
ed it not inappropriate to allude to, and make an
approximation to ihu ordinary receipts and re
ceipts of the ensuing fiscal year. The anticipa
ted receipts into the Treasury for the fiscal year
1803, may besotted ns follows:
From General Tax of 1862
“ Nett earnings Western & At
lantic K. li
“ Tax on Banks
“ Tax on Railroads
“ Bank Dividends
“ Miscellaneous ittms
Add balance after paying appropna-
tions for le62
$906,615 56
440,000 00
34.000 00
8,000 00
27.000 00
5,000 00
$1,420 615 58
173.623 91
$992,400
Also,
the Western & Atlantic Rail
Road (zntue not to be put upon the
some by the Comptroller or Treas
urer ) This Road, however,
paid into the Treasury as nett
earningc in 1859, $420,000; I860
$150.01)0: : n 1861 $438,000 and
in 1862 $4^0,000.
Receipts and Disbursements of the T/cas-
ury for t\c fiscal year 1S62.
Of the Receipts in'o the Treasury
fiscal vear 1868, there was received:
during the
From General Tax of 1861
“ Nett earnings Western and At-
$604,634 69
lantic Railroad
4tfl,00 00
“ General Tax of 1862
93,384 54
“ “ “ 1860
590 02
“ Tax on Banks
36,517 42
“ “ Railroads
“ “ Foreign Ins urar.ee
7,275 81
Companies
420 30
?t “ Foreign Bauk Agents
321 86
“ “ Express Companies...
270 96
“ “ Insurance Dividends..
83 89
“ “ Bank Dividends
“ “ Fees on Head Right
25,935 U0
Grants
104 50
“ “ Fees ou Copy Grants
30 00
“ “ “ Testimonials
“ Railroad Bonds of other States,
bought of Penitentiary under
30,00
Act of 1859
“ Money refunded by Central R.
R. Bank declining to receive
11,522 38
more than 7 per cent
Refunded from the sale of Comtnis
426 76
ry stores
“ fiom the sale of Ordnance
350,000 00
stores
“ from the sale of Quarter-
58,28600
master's stores..
From sale of State Bonds to pay
Coonfederate war tax $2,441,01) 00
From interest on 6 per
cent. Confederate
States call certificates
to 1st of April 18,271 20
50,000 00
$1,394 244 47
lbs ufu'ii the Treasury for the same
year, ma} - be approximated as follows:
To pay Members and officers of Leg-
. islature 65,000 00
“ Civil Establishment 70,000 00
“ Contingent Fund 16,000 00
Printing Fund-... 20,000 00
“ Reduction of Public Debt com
ing due. 104,000 00
' “ Reduction of Public Debt
pasti.ue 82,000 00
! “ Interest on Fublie debt com
ing due 396,875 00
I “ Interest on Public Debt due
(not called for.] 245,000 00
“ Support of Pauper patients of
Luuitic Asylum 20.000 00
Salary of Sup't Lunatic Asy
lum 2,400 00
“ Officers and servants Lunatic
Asylum 12,00000
“ Sunpart of Pupils of Deaf &
Dumb Asylum 8,000 CO
“ Support of Pupils of Acade
my for tbe Blind 8,000 00
j “ Support of State Cadets of
Georgia Military Institute 2,400 00
“ Salary ot tbe Superintendent
Georgia Military Institute.... 2,000 00
j •* Chaplain of Penitentiary.... 150 00
“ Purchase of Books for State
j - Library 1,000 00
“ Salary of Librarian —..... 500 00
“ Salary of Military Storekeep
er at .Milledgeville 500 00
j “ Salary of Military Storekeeper
at Savannah 200 00
j “ Educational Fund 150,000 00
“ Subscription to Atlantic «fc
GulfR.R 100,000 00
| “ Miscellaneous appropriations 50,000 00
$1,356,025 00
Showing a surplus at the end of the year of
$238,219 47.
SIT AUTHORITY.
From interest on War
Tax Bonds from indi
viduals
867 20
2,460,133 40
From debts due to alien enemies 3,631 42
“ Temporary loans from Faults 1,820,000 00
“ Issue of Georgia Treasury
notes 2.320,000 00
“ Nett earnings of Georgia Pen
i tentiary for 1862 10,000 00
Total Recepts $8,293,51395
Add to this the cash in the'Treasury,
Oct. 21st, 1861 324.105 86
And, we have a total Fund of ..$-6617 619 81
Of the Disbursements during the samo time,
there has been paid:
O., account of civil establishment of
1861 $17,990 03
“ “ of civil establishment o.
1862 46,257 09
“ “ of Contingent Fund, of
1861 9,531 16
“ “ of Contingent Fund of
1862 3,093 60
“ “ of Overpayments 8,176 70
“ “ of Priming Fund, 1861.. 2,812:i7
“ “ “ “ “ 1862.. . 14,085 41
“ “ “ Educational Fund 136l 119,690 00
“ “ “ Special Printing Fund
for 1862 10 00
“ “ “ Pay of mem-
and officers of the
Legislature of
1861 55,463 86
“ “ of Pay of Clerk of
House of Repre
sentatives 3,940 50
“ “ of pay of Secreta-
uf Senate 3,440 00
62,849 36
On account of $ 1,000,000 military
appropriations of 1860 for State
defence - 26,975 03
On account of $100,000 appropria
tion for support of State (loops
in 1861 .... 100,000 00
On account of $5,000,000 lor milita
ry defence of Georgia 2,539,290 25
On account of $350,000 lor tlie man
ufacture of arms 51,150 00
On account of $200,0n0 appropria
tion to the Ga. Relief aud Hos
pital Association for tho purpose
of taking care of the sick and
wounded Georgia soldiers in tho
army. 130,000 00
On account of tbe Confederate war
ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS
of the Sixth Session of the
PROVISIONAL CONGRESS
OF THE
CONFEDERATE STATES.
1363.
(No 1.)
JOINT Resolution of thanks to Captain Raphael
Homines, Officers and Crew ot the Steamer Sum
ter.
tir.soired by the Congress of the Confederate States
of America, That the thanks of Congress are due,
and are hereby presented to Capiain Raphael
Seinms. and the officers and crew of the steamer
Sumter, under his command, for gallant and meri
torious services rendered by them, in seriously in
juring the enemv'9 commerce upon the high seas,
thereby setting an example reflecting honor upon
our infant »avy which cannot be too highly ap
preciated *by Congress and the people of tbe
Confederate States.
Approved, September 9, 1862.
(No 2.)
AN ACT making appropriations to comply with
the provisions of certain Acts of Congress, &c,
The Csngress of the Confederate States ~>f Amerin
do enact. That the sum of thirteen thousand five
hundred dollars be and tho same are h-reby ap
propriated out of any money in the Treasury, not
otherwise appropriated to pay the Choctaw Na
tion of Indians the interest due July 1st. 1862. by
the State of Virginia upon four hundred ar.d fifty
thousand dollars invested in the ‘Choctaw Gen
eral Fund, which interest has been placed by the
said State in the Treasury of the Confederate
States, in trust fertile said Indians.
Approved September 1U, 1862.
. (No 3 )
JOINT Resolution on thanks to Commander
Farrand of the Confederate Navy, Senior officer
in Command of the Naval and Military forces,
and Captain A. Drewry. Senior Military Officer,
and the officers and men under their command
at Drewry’s Bluff, on the 15th May, 1862,
tirsolced by tbe Congress o f the Confederate States
of America, That the thanks of Congress aie em
inently i. ue, and are hereby most cordially tender
ed to Commander E Farrand, senior officer in
command of the combined naval and military
forces engaged, au 1 Captain A. Drewry, senior'
military officer, and ibe officers and men under
'heir command, for the ‘great and signal victory
achieved over the naval forces of the United
States, in the engagement on the 15th day of May,
1862. at Drewry’s Bluff; aud the gallantry, cour
age aud end ura me in that protracted tight, which
achieved a victory over tbe fleet of iron clad gun
boats of the enemy entitle all who contributed
thereto to tbe gr-titieie of the country.
Ilcsolred further, That tho President be request
ed in appropriate General Orders, to commuuicate
the (oregoing resolution to the officers and men to
whom it is addressed.
Approved September 16,1862.
On
tax.
Loan
account of Temporary
from banks
On account of reduction of public
debt
On account of Ioterest on Public
debt and temporary loan from
Banks
On account of sufferers by fire in
Charleston in 1861
On account of subscriptions to A. &
O R. R -
On account of Academy for the
Blind—For tho support of
(No 4.)
I AN ACT to amend an Act entitled an act to pro
vide for the Public Defence.
The Congress of the Confederate Statts of America
lio enact, that the sixth section of the act to pro-
| vide for the public defence, appro-ed on the 6th
j of March, 1861, be amended by adding alter the
! words “brigade and divisions” the wmrds ‘ and di-
j visions into army corps,” and such army corps
160,000 00 shall be commanded by a Lieutenant General, to
b-* appointed by the President, by an! with the
advice and consent of the Senate, who shall re
ceive the pay of a Brigadier General.
Approved September 1$, 1862.
2,477,397 32
1,800,000 00
81,626 00
170,297 91
50,OCO 00
6,000 0*
