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State Rights & Confederate State.-' Rights.
THE CONFEDERATE UNION,
(Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson streets,)
OPPOSITE THE COt'BT IIOI’ME.
Tuesday Morning, December !), 1862.
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’ Ex. Oov. Johnson's Speech."
On account of the extreme inclemency of the
weather aud our bad health we did not hear Guv
Johnson speak last Thursday night. We under
stand, however, that there was a large and atten
tive audience out to hear him. We hive been
told that he spoke with his usual eloquence,
power and fervor. Wo understand the speech
was reported and will be published. If so, we
shall take an early opportunity to lay it before
our readers.
Anxious to be led into Temptation.
The Editor of the Savannah Republican appe rs
to think that being State Printer is calculated to
corrupt a man, and yet lie was very anxious to In
placed in that position. His prayer was, ltad no
into temptation, aud I will risk the evil.
('niching np.
We give up a large portion of our paper to day
to proceedings of the Legislature. We have been
compelled to publish other matter to the exclu
sion of the doings of the Legislature; but hope now
to catch up. Our editorial space could not be tot
ter tilled than with ai> account of the doings ol
the present General Assembly.
At the C'npilnl.
Vice President Stephens, and Senator Johuson
spent several days at the Capital last week. Their
numerous friends were glad to take them by the
hand.
TOr. IV. A. Campbell'* I.filer.
We publish a letter from this gentleman, ma
king certain charges, ot the truth of which we
are ignorant. The matter appears to be a public
one. If there is any rejoinder by oilier parties,
we promise to insert it, if it is of moderate length
Chriulmna Holiday*.
The practice of giving our negroes a week’ s
holiday at Christmas, has never been productive
of any good in the past. The present is an op
portune time to discontinue if. We believe that
the negroes should have their holidays; but we
do notbilieve that there should beany particular
time set apart for the enjoyment of tins relaxation
from labor. Ltt every man who owns a negro
agree upon his own time for a holiday; and iet
him fix it so as to suit his own convenience, and
as often as he pleases. The congregation of
large numbers of negroes in our tow ns and vil
lages during Christmas week, is hurtful to the
negro and the master If, instead of giving the
negroes a whole week dm nig the month of De
cember, tlieir owners would permit them to have
every Saturday afternoon to work their crops, and
do their little jobs of handicraft, the negroes
w ould be better satisfied and their owners better
remunerated. About Christmas is certainly an
inopportune time to give our negroes a holiday.
It is “hog killing” time, anu moving time—tto
busiest time of all the year—it is the time when
hired negroes arejpreparing to return home, and
when others arc about to find new homes. Espe
cially at this time should our people be more rig-
eious than ever with their negroes; anu our city
and town corporations should be vigilant in look
ing after this portion of our population.
Cot. Pickens on Hilts of Credit.
Governor Pickens in bis late message to t’ e
Legislature of South Carolina says r “There is no
reason for our continuing to issue State bonds to
be taken up by the banks, and our giving them
seven per cent, forlhtir paper in exchange. It is
in substance giving them the credit of the .St; te
i;i exchange for their credit, and seven p> r cent-
difference besides, when in fact the credit of the
State is better, or ought to uc, than that of any of
tire hanks with which it is exchanged. I there,
lore urge you to take up this subject, and use our
own State credit in some such way as I have stig-
g sti-d. True the Constitution says that no State
shall ‘emit bills of credit’, but a ‘bill of credit' lias
a distinct commercial meaning and form. The
form in which I propose to use our State credit on
tin bills of our our bank already in circulation is
not strictly making 'bills of credit.’ ”
Will some one of our Carolina exchanges do us
the favoi to inform us in what Article or Section
of tiie Constitution Gov. Pickens finds the prohi
bition that “no State shall emit bills ot credit”?
Under the recommendations of Gov. Brown this
State is issuing Treasury notes or “bills of credit”
and we are not aw are that it violates any provis.
ion or clause of the Constitution. We think., our
sister State need resort to no shift to grJ r-id pf a
constitutional prohibition which does not exist
W e suppose Governor Pickens f und the ptohi
bition in '.he Constitution of the United States,
and not in the Constittnion of the Confederate
States.
Confederate Currency—« Clcprlu! sipn.
The Richmond Examiner of the 1st inst , gives
the public the following gratifying intelligence.
It will not be appreciated by the speculators, who
have invested their ill gotten gains in all scuts of
property, which will go down, down, down, as the
Confederate currency goes up; but tlx-great ma
jority of the people, whose highest ambition is. to
sae the country prosperous, will he delighted by
this encouraging sign of hotter times ahead. T-.e
F.tamiuer says:
“The issue of Confederate notes fundable in
eight per cent stock, is now at an end, and those
•’ready issued, though still convertible in t ight
per cent, stock will soon cease to be so through the
action of the financial law passed by the late Con
gress. Under its prt ssure an enormous invest
ment in Confederate bonds is now in progress, and
there is no doubt that the currency is about to he
relieved of that redundancy which has nearly bro
ken it down. The vast issue of Confederate mon
ey now in circulation will lie absorbed iu the
bonds; the currency w ill commence alresh; and
the notes hereafter issued by the Government
will for a long time be insufficient for the demand
ot trade. The depreciation ot Confederate notes
has already ceased, and we will soon witness a
prodigious rise in their value, and consequent lall
inthepticqof all real and personal properly.
This result will be hailed with satisfaction by the
country, but will cause terrible loss to those who
have hoarded goods purchased at present prices
in expectation of a still further rise, and w ill in
flietdeep mortification on others who, when pos
sessed of Confederate nrtes, have wildiy hasten
ed to invest them in town lots and houses, from
the fear that these notes would soon be worth noth
Against this absurd practice we have per
sistently advised the public: and, under present
circumstances, we »re justified in reiterating that
advic* with mors emphasis than ever.
A Christmas Trrr
Several ladies have requested uj to call atten
tion to a “Christmas Tree" for the children. The
plan proposed is to erect a Tree for exhibition on
Chiistmas day, loaded with goodies tfnd other
pretty things, which the children are expected to
”U) . as far as their money goes. The proceeds ’
derived from the sale, to be given to the Poor o! ^ ^ ^ , u j( |() .
the City. This is a good idea and we hope that j great’ injVity'of" t vermnon r,' I ,'y re- I , a *' ederal officer on , affa j' 8 at *!*? Smith.—
10 r * he cu - y wi " onite in erecting tins ' Rte ,| And authenticated appeals hV h t- ' } “ e " li,cr that the fortifications at
tree, and put th„r hands to work to manufactur j| er in tb e form of charges of the naved I , )ru N v ’ 8 ^luff-winch are mounted With
toys and sweetmeats to pu t upon it. The chi’- j characfer against this par.y, to the com ? lie hcavie8t g™. English make-have
oren w;!, be pleased, and their Christmas money 1 ma ndant ot the camps of instruction, Ms j. ! b . een connected by smaller forts and rifle
will be spent in doing much more good than if Dunwoody, and have not even elicited an I P lts WIt1 ' ,L
thrown away on fire crackers, and jumping raon
kies at the shops.
Morgantown, Ga., Kov. 30th. 1S62. : broke out. As they scattered as soon as
Hide. Confederate Union: j-lbey got loose, it is impossible to s.?v
Having exhausted the proper means of j " bat became ot them,
removing the sub. EiirdHing officer ot this , _
« . . , v ,, « - , A federal View ol the SMtuntion of the
county, (hannin) A. 1?. Long, who has J koi.sIj
not even attempted in good faith to c.xe.- . , . , v v u n ne
cute the Conscription , ( -t, but on ,j :c t .„n- „, A , lcUcrin tl,c Wk I ? ( 0ra “. 1 * ‘ W (
trary, has intentionally evaded it to the ‘\«»l»»gton, gives that paper the views ol
information. pub i; sh the following statement of facts in I u a ho . ut a complete investment on all
an has kindly furnish- your paper, that the government mav ‘ s ,' des ^ a " arm J °L th ™ e or four hundred
wing letter from Lieut, i know the acts of its officers in reference ! ll0U 1 sand ™ en ,' lle . s f>'* th , e - Mern " ,ac
Important Information
Hon. A. II. Kenan
ed us with the folio
Col. W gems, on an important subject.
Headquarters Camp Instruction, )
Camp Cooper, s
Macon, Ga., Dec. 1st, 1862. )
lion A. II. Kenan, Milledgecille, Ga.
Dear Silt : In reply to your communi*
cation of yesterday, I have the honor to
submit, that since I assumed command of
works around Richmond,
| enquirv into the charges on the part of his ! and that th ® a 1 utl,orit ‘ e8 arld P e °P le ° f ,bat
j superior officers, will you do the loyal ! ^ now . feel ? ec,,re; for ’ a ? C 1 ° rtl, “? t0
l’ ■ . * l heir notion, the city cannot be taken
*' **■ i Ii'itlinnf ■% n/.mnlnfa lnroefmont flTl ^]J
citizens of Fannin county tl
to the execution of the conscription law in
this county, and speedily remedy the evil.
Believing it to be the duty of every loyal
j citizen to aid the Government in the spee
dy execution of the Conscription law, last
spring, soon after X. B. Long was appoint
ed in this county, I being acquainted with
him for the last eight years, wrote Maj.
Dunwoody in substance that Long as a
. . . man was not worthy of the least confi-
t te .amps of Instruction in this State, m deuce in an any way whatever, and that
no instance, have I impaired the right o^ he belonged to a somewhat secret organi-
volunteering in Companies and Regiments, zation of disloyal individuals in i annin
in service on the 10th of April last. Per- ~J hat said organization was quite formid-
... , . able in point of number and influence, in-
sons subject to conscription are only requi- , i- *, ,, , , , ,, .
. . r J i eluding the Colonel and Major of the Mii-
reo, prior to the,r enrollment to report at j,ia and other county officers, and a large
one of the Camps of Instruction, where number of the most prominent
they wiil be mustered and immediately
assigned to the company of their selection.
A compliance with this requirement gives
tu ever}' conscript a right to volunteer in
one of the companies from Georgia in ser
vice in April last, and as there were no stated, that lie need not
less than 450 companies iu service at that from Long. Not being
citizens of'
the county, and numerically stronger,
(leaving out the soldiers in service) than
the loyal citizens, and that the most of the
men in this county then liable to service,
was akin to, or greatly influenced by this
Union loving party, and from these facts
expect any good
acquainted with
time, from our State, the complaint that Maj. Dunwoody, I give such references as
the citizen has been deprived of his right to myself that lie could not t;a\e duuuted
to volunteer is without foundation. mj statements. . T • i
About the first or last month 1 again J
Ami further, after a person is regularly wrote to Maj. Dunwoody, giving Long’s j
enrolled, I am required by General Or- character and acts as enrolling officer, j
ders No. 82, to consult his wishes in assign- more in detail, stating that Long ltad done
ing him to a company.
You are at liberty to dispose of this
not" ns your judgment may approve.
I remain, sir,
Very Respectfully,
.1X0. B. WEE3/S, Lieut. Co!.
A. A. Gen. Commanding
Camps of Instruction
of Georgia.
A l.ilxnil Spoliation.
Hon Richard F. Lyon has tendered to Gov.
B.o»vu one thousand bushels of coni at his farm
in i>aker county, as a donation for the benefit ot
destitute families of soldiers iit the Cheiokf e
coniitsy. Tuis example deserves imitation.
as I anticipated he would do,* and that
there were then, as there are now, able
bodied men enough in the county between
tlse ages of 18 and 35 to make a good
Captains company, to the knowledge of
Long, that lie bad not or would not enroll
them, that those 75 or 100 men not enroll
ed were mostly tories, many of them stay
ing at home and saying they were not
afraid of Long, as he was their ftiend, that
j some forty or fifty- of these men were thus
I collected in a company designated as wood
’ choppers, and rendesvoused under n very
’ 'Mansbury, at
has been fitted out with English machin
ery and nine guns, including a 250-pound-
er. The number of troops around Rich
mond is estimated at sixteen thousand,
lie adds:
I he Southern people manifest satisfac
tion at the present condition of affairs,
and appear to be in no alarm about the
future ; so say those who have lately been
with them. They are aware of the dis
advantages they fight against, yet the
events of the war have inspited them with
confidence in Jeff Davis and their Gener
als, and they believe they will succeed.
( oniplr.\iou of l!i(‘ next Conijrcs*.
The Chicago Times of the 12th classi
fies the members elect to the next Con-
gtess as 78 Conservative and 75 Republi
cans. In tlie present Congress the dele
gations from the sixteen States in which
elections have been held,stand as follows :
Conservatives, 45 : Republicans, f)0- Of
the States yet to elect 37 Congressmen it
is likely the Republicans will elect 8, and
the Conservatives 29. This will make
the nexf House stand thus: Conserva
tives, 107 ; Republicans, 81 ; Conserva
tive majority, 26. The present House is
divided as follows: conservatives, 71;
republicans, 107 ; republican majority.
36.
LATER FROM NORTH AND EU
ROPE
Petersburg, Dec. 4.
The New York Times, of Dec. 2d
has been received here.
The Abolition Congress met on
Monday, Dec, jsi, at wasnington Ci
ty. Lincoln’s annual Message was
read to both Houses on that day. It
makes seven columns in the New York
Times, and is a very sorry document.
It opens by saying that, since the last j
assembly of Congress, another year i
of health and bountiful harvests has!
ISiai’iiittg; ISritlgr* oil fhe 9fnl«* Hoad.
Asthsarmy supplies, gathered in Kentucky and
Tennessee, have been sent down the State Road to
Atlanta and other
released from any liability to enrollment
“ 1 by Lient Phillips tho enrolling officer for
points, below Chattanooga, the ! U J , . 7 T 1 > . , & ,
... . „ ,, . ... this District, I also stateu that Long was
enemy will make every effort to prevent their re- I p ,, , „ , . r , l i,
. „ ... . i usually to be found in town at Crawford**
turn to our army m lennessee when they may be . . .y , , n r i, • i • t t
, , b ,, , t c.\ 1 and Franklin s Grocery, following ins old
most needed. Pressed by a heavy force of the en- , - ”. .
c , ... ... - . . , occupation, and that L)y reason or tuts mau-
emy from Nashville, our army will he in a • tern- ^ i ’ , , r .
; agemeti ton the part of Government officers
b e condi tun if tbe bridges on the btate Road c . .
. ., i ,, , , . » t . .i , „ the disloyalists were becoming more bold
should be suddenly destroyed. Let them be well J , & „
, , r and defiant, ana was a source of great ail-
guarded with a stiong force. I &
i noyance to the true men of the county,
3.co!t osii, A2»Mrntrcs from *he Army. | and again asked him to itt'.estigale this
Adjutant General Cooper as issued an important j matter for himself, and if he declined to
prominent tory Esq., Sol
or near the Tern., and N. C. line, by the
approval of Long. I would here men-
tion that the same crowd of self-styled passed; and that while it hasnot pleas-
wood choppers are still following their i ed the Almighty to bless tbe United
leader and tearing no evil, having recent- | States with peace, we can but press
ly, as I have good evidence to believe, trusting that in God’s own good
Order—No 96—under date of November 27th,
which slionld bo published in every paper in tbe
State. We will publish it iu our next issue. It
c m be found in the Chronicle & Sentinel, and in
the Atlanta Intelligencer. All absentees from tbe
army would do well to read it, and acquaint them
selves with its provisions.
For the Confederate Union.
Messrs. Editors: If the Constitution
do so, to send me a copy of my first letter
as I reserved none, aud intended to pub
lish it if the same course was persisted in,
which copy be did not send. The above
in substance is what I wrote to tbe best of
my recollection. Capt. >S. C. Dobbs, of
tbe 11th Go. Regiment, says that he wrote
Maj. Dunwoody about the same time near
ly to the same purport in substance.
Long himself, recently stated to Judge
. Claiborne and others, on being told by
of the Confederate States by that clause tbem ifhe did not arrest a prominent tory
which gives Congress power to “ raise I lea d er by the name of Win. Webster, who
armies” authorizes the Government to j had been lying out for some time, sup-
take your son or mine from ns by fierce | posed to be harbored
when he is eighteen years of
put him in the army .for three
authorizes it to put him in for life
is no limit to three years in the pi
“raise armies.” And-it is equally true i citizens of this county,
that the Government, nnder the other \ against him, Me., but tfi
attention to thf
time all will be well. He calls his
famous emancipation proclamation
compensated emancipation.
A Captain in a Texas regiment, and
a clerk in the Quartermaster’s depart
ment, at Richmond, deserted near
Fredericksburg, on Friday night last,
and went over to the enemy. They
make all sorts of disclosures, as usual.
A Washington dispatch says that it
is no longer a question that the Army
of the Potomac owes its failure to
cross the Rappahannock promptly
at Fredericksburg to the inexcusable
delay in furnishing the means of trans
portation. It is rumored that Gen.
Meigs has been removed, aud Gen.
Woodbury arrested for causing this
delay.
It is stated on good authority that
J 80,0U0 soldiers are now absent from
the Federal army with out leave.
Gen. Blunt, after a forced march, on
routed
I
making charges
t lie had paitl no
know nothing for
power given to Congress to “provide and
maintain a Navy” has the power to take Jn ( j lis countyi bllt have no doubt Long
our sons from us by force at eighteen and j t() j t ] j be ttuth this one. time, as I know of
put them in the navy for life, and send j numerous letters having been sent from
them to the remotest parts of the earth ? this county, preferiing and substantiating
, ... -I i - . - ' diaries against Long, besides mine anu
as the power to “provide and maintain a . Q » ®, , T . ° . ■ ,
• Capt. Dobbs’. Ido not pretend to say
navy is ns unlimited, as that to “raise | w ,/ etber Maj .Dunwoody or Lieut .Philips
armies. 11 tnis is tbe Constitution uu- b ] arat . t qj- indeed whether either of
der which we live it is not the one we j tbe m, yet I am not willing to believe that
thought we were adopting, as we thought j tlie Government only intends to enroll the
our sons could not be compelled by Con- loyal citizens ot the county, and let the
gress to enter cither tbe regular army or I disloyal escape without even an effort to
„ , n r i . - enroll them, especially now since tlie con-
the navy of the Confederacy without our | scr5ption law £ being 'enforced in East
consent. If our Government really has q enl ' iesse e.
this power it is one of the most absolute j From my knowledge of Lieut. Col.
governments on earth, and we have none Weems, 1 feel confident that he will at
of the freedom o f which wc are accustom- least investigate the niutier, and do jusiiee
ed to boast. It cannot be that a true
construction of the Constitution gives any
such unlimited powers. GEOKora.
in tlx; premises when in possession of the
facts. I presume that this matter has all
been brought about by ihe strategic
movement of this so called Union party |
— "here. As Lieut. I’bilips has no personal
Fyr the Confederate Union. . acquaintance in this county, it is reasona-
HJessrs Editors : A proportion is, I believe, be- ble to suppose that he would not have
fore the legislature to adjourn over till some time ma( | e tbe appointment without the retom 1
in the Spring and then meet for another session d ti r ot some prom inent man. and I
Tills under tlx- circumstances would be a strange meiiuauuu u e c. j .i,„
proceeding. The Constitution limits tbe session am much inclined to believe, m the absence
t > forty days, and it can only be extended by a evidence to the contrary, that Long
vote of two-thirds recorded upon the journals. , wa(J rcc0 mmended fav some one or more of
I be session will be at an end without this vote on COU nt v officers, and that Lieut. Philips
Monday next, and if tho members will stop ms- ourtuum; ... ,
ng long speeches on every little question, and on account of their high position notwii-
ttke up and dispose of a few important measures ]j n g to disbelieve any thing said by them,
they can adjourn Monday. Some ot the little utt but this is all supposition as 1 know noth-
i nportaut business before them may as usual be | ow tbe appointment was made.
ft without action and the country will be rather ’”5 a oo ,u >- lllc "1 1 ”
hencfi’.ted than injured by it. But why take a re
I am ive.,
WM. A. CAMPBELL,
Late Capt. of the Joe Browns, 2d Ga.
Battalion.
The Eisgine Thieve*.
The Winchester, Tenn. Bulletin ha
been favored with acop^ of theCincinna-
ress and go liom- when the session is within less
t iAii a week ol its close, aud come back for these
i-w days? I c*n see no good reason tor it. Have
,r,e members reflected that their mileage homo and
back will amount to" some fifteen or twenty tbous-
, n j ffollars? ‘ Why spend fifteen or twenty thons-
• ..d dollars of the .State’s money in this way?
If tbe important business cannot be done by
Monday, let the Session be protracted three or
i ordavs and finish the business«nd go home as • U . M “
sual This is what tho people expect. I can see tl Enquirer of the 21st November, in the
no justification for holding another session under telegraph columns ot which it appears that
ilu-ulea of coming back, to bring up » little ntjlin- two f ,t' the engine thieves who escaped
i *5 r4sksr.fi *«■ -x «*<»
rasr.‘:«ch c»M Ml I»V« l*™ ft “ !>»»• lll " r »«.'■ '» "lie N '" r,!,etn B»v-
Cairo, November 30.
A letter from Corinth says that John
fxua session for any cause, and if they rojourn
t ey could ?ot assemble agam It is o
lie hope
id there will be no necesity for an extra
“ mh n ‘sued We D would do well to remember Porter, of tbe Twenty-first Gbio and Wil
b wndioms the ci nveution of South Carolina made liams, ot the Thirty-third Ohio, arrived at
i-.ielf to the people by adjourning from time^to that place, from Atlanta, Ga. They be-
time to perpetuate its P°"'! r 1 . “ „„ r ,; on of both long to a party of twenty-four men sent
good sense of the c 7.u mVestion, ? and that they out by General Mitchel last summer and
2m fiSiTh tte taStrtantbusiness■■ soon as possH captured by the rebels. They make tbe
wounded. Gen. Blunt thinks that the
rebels will not again venture North
of Boston Mountain, Ark, this winter.
The steamship Hibernian has arrived
at New York from Europe, with Liv
erpool dates to Nov. 21st.
Another Confederate steamer had
left Liverpool, and still another was
nearly ready to leave.
Nothing is said of intervention by
this arrival.
Riciimonil 'lurket.
Financial and Commercial.-—December
2, 1862. The demand for Contederato
stock continues unabated. The Treasury
Department is unable to transfer the stock
as rapidly as it is bought, aud is still sev-
ctal days behind in its delivery. The new
seven per cent, notes are not ready. In
deed, they have not yet been printed.
They say at tbe Treasury that they will
be ready in two or three weeks, but it is
not likely they will be prepared iu suffi
cient number to enable the Government to
begin paying them out before the 1st of
January, 1863.
Leaf Tobacco— The amount of Leaf
Tobacco offering this week is not so great
as during tbe last, but the prices still keep
up for all grades except fine shipping,
which suffered a slight decline yesterday.
The following quotations for yesterday we
obtain from Mr. John M. Sheppard, com
mission merchant: Inferior Lugs, 7 00 to
9 00; good, 11 50 to 13 00; fine Lugs, 15
00 to 17 00. Leaf-'-inferior, 17 00 to IS
00 ; good, 20 00 to 23 00 and 25 00; fine
shipping, 30 00 to 37 50; fine manufactur
ing, 40 00 to 50 00. A few hogsheads of
fine manufacturing were sold yesterday at
60 00 and 67 00.
Manufactured Tobacco.--The market
I for common grades has not been animated
this week. Fine grades maintain their
prices. The transactions iu dark sweet
tobacco have been large, speculators seem
ing to have come suddenly to the conclu
sion that there is money in the article.
There are at present a number of South
ern buyers iu the city.
At a large sale on Monday, at the
auction house of Mr. Samuel D. Hicks,
the following prices were obtained; Dark
sweet, 35 to 69 cents, common grades,
35 to 50 cents; good, 75 to 85 cents ; very
line 90 cents to 81 10.
.: insurgents as biJIigetents, would soon re-
! cede from that position ; but temporary
I reverses to tbe national arms have delay-
j ed that act of simple justice,
j Our struggle, he says, has been eon-
: template;], by foreign nations, with refer
ence less to its own merits than to the
j supposed effects on those nations.
The organization of banking associa
tions to which the Government might
furnish,circulating notes on the security
of United States bonds deposited in tbe
Treasury, is recommended. Those notes
being uniform in appearance, attci security,
and conveitible always into coin, would
protect labor against the evils of a vicious
currency, and facilitate commerce by cheap
and safe exchanges.
In his inaugural address, says lie briefly
pointed out tbe total inadequacy of disu
nion as a remedy for tbe differences be
tween the people of the two sections. This
language is repeated. He says that there
is no line, r*"night or crooked suitable for
a t ational t. undary upon which to divide.
'1 he fact of separation if it comes gives
up on the part of tbe Seceding section, the
fugitive slave clause, along with other
constitutional obligations, upon the Section
Seceded from. Another objection to a
separation into two nations is the people
of the great interior region would be cut
off from tlieir inlets to tbe coast by embar
rassing trade regulations.
After a further discussion of tbe subject,
lie says : “Our strife pertains to oursel
ves, to the passing generation of men, and
it can, without convulsion, * be pushed
forever, with the passing of. one genera
tion.
He then recommends that Congress
propose amendments to tbe Constitution,
providing for abolishing slavery before
the year 1900- the owners to be com
pensated, and all slaves of disloyal own
ers, now enjoying actual freedom, to be
forever free. This proposition is discuss
ed at length to show that it would shorten
the war and perpetuate peace.
Neither the war, nor proceedings under
the proclamation of Sept. 22d, will be
stayed because of tbe recommendation of
this plan.
He closes as follows : “We say we are
for the Union. The world will not forget
that we say this. We know liow to save
the Union. The world knows we do
know how to save it. We say we here
hold the power and bear the r®oponoibility
and we sh-Jl nobly save or meanly lose the
last best hope of earth. Other means may
succeed ; this cannot fail.
The way is plain, peaceful, generous,
jitst---a way which, if followed, tlie world,
will forever applaud, and God will forever
bless.”
NOI.D3EKM KES.SEE-’ SOCIETY.
The Soldier? Relief Society "ratnfully acknowledge
the following donations;
Mrs. F. Carter of Scottsboro - - $10 00
The Inferior Court of Baldwin Cbunty,
through B. P. Stubbs, Esq , - - $8 00
A Soldier, - - - - $10 00
A Friend, 20 blankets.
The needy wives and families of soldiers of
Baldwin are requested to beat tbe society room
every Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock, to teceive
meal. They wiil please come prepared with bags
or buckets.
Mrs. M L. FORT, Pres.
R. Harris, Sec’y.
On the 3d of Nov. last, at liis residence near
Monticello, Ga., Joxas li. Holland, in the
65th year of his age. The deceased was a kind
husband, a doting father, a humane master, and a
warm friend to those with whom he lormed at
tachments, and his loss to the community iu which
lie resided is irrepaiable. II.
Edward Wares, h member of the Baldwin
Volunteers, from tiris city, was killed in tiie bat
tle of Sharpsburg. About tiie close of the fight
lie received a hail in tiie head and died almost
instantly. He was in tiie faithful discharge of
his duty and ‘fought like a soldier. He was be
loved aud respected by his company, as the fol
lowing extract from a letter to his mothef wiil
show:
“As your son Lee writes you, your son Ed
died in the performance of his duty. Every word
in this letter will be vouched for by all of the men
in this company. Tiie company unite in a unan
imous regret of his death. He was respeettd fur
bis manly principles and high soldierly qualities.
Ho was a son of whom you have just cause to he
proud. He lias sacrificed his life upon the altar
of liberty for his country—the noblest death a man
can die. In his death you have lost a worthy-
son. ilia company a most efficient member and the
Confederacy a noble soldier. All tender you their
sympathies in your sad bereavement.
Very respectfully, K. B. H.
PUBLIC LAWS
„QF 1802.
rpo
i A f ORE for ihe
1 1'JL o! Public 1
i nually for several v
; j ose to publish, as li
j pr. sent twss on.
j price of printing and
\ the fact that most, of
I sect in the sciviee
of ku/tiing up the series
It/have published an-
t han for profit 1 pro-
■e tin si passed st the
lo the unusual high
liing materials, and to
subscribers' are ah-
I to advance
the price of the Paiufdih t to twNdoliais. Neither
labor nor expense if ill prevent niiC from getlio
out the Pamphlets speedily as I Hjave dun
former j ears.
Bubscriptioij/ remitted by mai! at myYjsk.
H H. WATERS.
iP'Newsofcpers giving the above one insertion
and secdiiigin ' the issue marked, will receive a
copy dfeiheramphlet therefor. H. H. \V.
MilledgeCille, Dec. Ist,l?62. 29 tf
S IX 1 Y days rilt
to the Court o
leave peil tire
Wiii y Carter, lat
Nov. 29 h, ISfiY
Cavalry Mruits Wanted.
authorized by tiie War Depart-
rt-ase my command to a Battalion
hose desiring to join this arm of
do well to apply to me at once.
hN^eceivcd either individually or
tter to me at my camp
o of Copt. John W.
horses.
TTAV
XX nirn
ot Cav
the st-rvie
Reeru
in orga:
AppiV personally or
at Cunee Bluff, or at th
Anderson in Savannah
Recruits must furnish their
/ EDWARD C
Captain Ram:
Nov. 25th, 1862. (8av. News)
Notice.
4 LL persons having demands against the es-
tatc of Henry J. Girtnlan, late of Pulaski
couzty, deceased, are requested to present them
iu terms of t lie law, aud all pyrsojurindebted to
said estate are notified to maj^iromediate pay
ment. JOHN W. CABUi'HEKB, Adm’r.
Dec. 5th, 1862. / \ 39 6t.*
GEORGIA, Bulloch county.
Tu nil whom it may concern.
\\THEREAS Rebecca Gibso*i.apgfies to me for
*T letters of Admiuist/diou/onjthe estate of
John E. Gibson late of sahficoipity, deceased.
These are th refore to efTb and admonish all
persons iuterestef. to be and aufcear at my office
on or belbre the second Monday In January next,
and show cause, iff any the^sjave, why letters
should not issue to /he ipplii mlT 1 i
Given uuder m>^iid and official signature this
2d day of DecenitftrTfefh^- \
29 5t. (D til WILLIAM LEE, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, Bulloch county.
To nit whom it may concern.
"VITYIEREAS, tiie estate of William Deal is un
it represented, and unless some fit and proper
peruon applies for the ad minis'ratjpu I shall ap
point the Clerk of the SuprfiVir Tlc^rtYadmiuistra-
tor on said estate. J /
1 liese are therefore to jerw/nd admonish all
persona interested, to hr
on or before tiie secoftd
and show cause, if an
should not issue to the
Given under my hand aud
2d day of December, 1862.
29 ot. D B. WILLIAM LEE, Ordinaly.
pear at my office
iu January next,
ve. why letters
id.
facial signature this
Administrator's Sale.
B Y virtue of an order of the Court of Ordina
ry of Bulloch cpguty 1 *wilj._b#sfdd b-fore the
Court House doer Si;fifbor< > *tTi said county,
on the first TuesddMu FEBRUARY next, witti-
in the legal hourspc safe, the following property,
to-wit: " .
Two thousand acres of land Maaip qj'lhss, bound
ed by Big Lotts Creek i ffin J” 1 nn h l Inn I
of Absolom Parish, SjywWiJffauy Bland. Thomas
Alderman, Mitchell Waiewr'-ffnd Washington
Waters, with about two hundred acres under
cultivation, with comfortabl
ing to the estate of WilBain
county, deceased. Sold for i
heits. Terms on tiie dav of
TALBERT!
Dec. 2d, 1862. (db)
buildings; belong
T duXlate of said
ivision among the
LITTLE, Adm’r.
29 tds.
GEORGIA, Pierce county.
To alt whom it may concern.
W HEREAS, Mrs. Isabella Tuton, having in
proper form Applied to me for permanent let
ters ot administration on the estate of Abram M.
Tuton, late of said chpnty. ,
This is to cite all and sipjfuiar the creditors and
next of kin of Abram Si, T utou, to be arid appear
at my office withinftfe rlnie allowed b. law, and
show cause, if an^rthey edn, why permanent ad
ministration should not be glinted to Isabella Tu
ton on Abrajjf'M. Tuton’s esta _
Witnessriny official signature this December
1st, 1862.
LUTHER H. GREENLEAF, Ord’y.
Paid §2 75. 29 5t.
Not
A LL persons having de
tate of Elijah Sapp la
deceased are requested
tjfieti, and those -DdeJ^feil
quested to make
Dee. 3d, I -
gainsl the es-
>p[ing county,
them duly < - er-
said estate are re
mediate payment to me.
W. J. MANN, Adm’r.
29 iit.
GEORGIA, Pierce county.
To all whom it may concern.
W HEREAS*Mrs. Annie M. \vdsou, having in
proper forin applied to im»Tor permanent let
ters of administration on tire estate of John T.
Wilson, fate ot s
This is to cite a\ antPsiugular the creditors and
next of kin of JohnJr Wilson, to he and appear
at my office .withilrtiie time allowed by law, n.d
show cause, if a^y tl\ry cm, why permanent ad-
niinistrationjmould not be granted to Annie M.
Wilson otyBohn T. Wilson’s estate.
Witnjjds my official signature this December 1st,
1862.
LUTHER H. GREENLEAF, Ord’y.
Paid $2 75. 29 5t.
GEORGIA, Appling county.
\\7 HEREAS, JacobXMoody, Administrator on
TT tiie estate of Mosfcs Martin, represents to
tiie Court of Ordinary, ni Ids petitifcn duly filed
and entered on record in this office, that he has
fully administered said ejsvite.
These are therefore.Mt riftp and admonish all and
singular the kindredtnnd creditors of said deceas
ed to show cause/tf any th<U have, why said ad
ministrator shouffi riot be discharged from his ad-
ministiation jfiid receive letVrs of dismission on
the first Mgflday in July next
J. L1GHTSEY, Ord’y.
Decfiyher'dd. 1862. 29 tn6m
rnwo months after date application will be
_L made to the Cyirt^s-'Ordinary of Baldwin
county for leave tofyfa negro woman belonging
to the estate of>P!ms\H Morris, late of said coun
ty, deceased.
HARRIET M. MORRIS. Adm’rx.
Dec. 6th, 1862. 29 9t.
hie and go home as their constituents expect them flowing statement. “Captain A. G. D.
to do. OBSERVER- Wfison, M. llose r P. G. Sliadrock, Wil-
Tinrstial Killed. liani Campbell of tiie 2d Chios and Sam-
on r era e p jj—Confederate ue l Blavcus, of the 32d Ohio, were, tried at
Marietta, December , ^ j OBt besn Knoxville and hung at Atlanta, Ga., on
Mates > ars a T om _ Houge —The particu- j June 18th. The others remained in con
shot dead at the Kennesaw House * v ( finement —
lars have not yet been ascertained.
„ 1L.UIUXMVU LWU-
till 22 days since, when they
Administrator's Safe.
YYnLL he sold on the 23rd day of this month, 1
T T at the late residenceNif Alcxaafier Hearston |
of Wilkinson county, dcchaseiU' one and a half j
liuli s from the 15th Statiory Central Railroad, J
north-east course, tho following property, to wit:
Twelve hundred bushels o£ corii and the fodder—
the peas and potatoes—tfle pork hogs and stock
hogs—cows and calvofi and sti\k cattle"—3 head
of horses. 1 mule, 1. yoke of ox\n and 1 cart—
house hold and kitchen furnitare—plantation
tools and all otherfirticles too tedious to mention.
Sale to continue till all is sold. Terms cash, as
all the heirs i\cdof age, and desire it. \
B. O. BANNONMdm’r.
December 6. 1862. 29 tds.
Bulloch Administrator's Sale.
B Y virtue of an or order of the Court of Ordi
nary of Bulioeh county, will be sold before
tiie Court house door in Sta'.esbojp’. ip pai^coun
ty, on the first Tuesday in Fetg'ua^V^rext, within
the legal hours of sale, the fo)lowiiig property
Twelve hundred and thirty acres of Itrni more or
Jess; bounded .n the west by Big Lott’s Creek:
South, by William & John/Deloatch ; east, by
John M Martin, north, by X. Kickiighter, with
a good framed huilding^rryiTTvith all necessary
out buiiJings, and otherwise well improved, it
being the late residence of Elias E. Martin, de
ceased. Also one negro boy, by tiie name of Al
len, about fifteen years ot age, belonging to the j
estate of Elias E. Martin, aud sold for a division
among the heirs’. Terms on the dav of sale.
JOHN M. MARTIN, AdnYr.
Dec. 2, 1862. [1>B] 29 tds.
v\
GEORGIA. Jasper cLuLty.
\T II ERMAS, hy tlio\<Ynt
application n i l be made
pary of Echols county for
Te> the estate of
deceased.
s. Carter, Adm r.
2)9t.
. aths of Nancy 8pecr.
him U illiain H Ap.ar. ad-mii.-tratrix and
Rdoui.i-trator on tbe csYio of/Whlism 8pear, of
sai,l C Hiory deceased. thA.yCte ot s i 1 William
Spfter, decease,! is left presented and uuad-
miefstered.
’i hsse are thcrefortf to Uite and admonish all
persons interested iff said *tate tube and appear
st the Court of Ojrninary fe\ said coauty on the
second Mondayiu JanuarA next, and take out
letters of administration de bVnis non. on the es
tate of said .William 8poer, Yleceased, or show
cause why ine same shall not\devolve upon the
Clerk ofjfhe Court or other tit t»rsou as provided
by law/
Given under my hand and official signature, this
IstJDecfember, lc(J2.
-*0 51) M. H. HUTCHISON. Ord’y.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A LL persons indubteako the estate of Wiliiam
H 8peer, late of JAjper county deceased,
are requested to make immediate payment, and
all those having demands aaaiust said estate are
req’tested tc- prtsei>»rineiii iX terms of the law.
J\8PEEKS, Adm’r.
Dec. 1st, 186S (Mil'll) 29 Gt.
Executor's Sale.
B Y virtue of the last will and testament of Lu
cinda Pearce, late <ATwiggs n unty. rifr eas
ed, will be sold on the fi-si, Tuesday iq FEBRU
ARY next, within sale hiUDjjs^Tfflire the Court
House door in Marion,in sfa comity, one negro
man Alfred, about 36 vjUfrs »f age. said negro is
an excellent farm AIRiid auq of good character.
Sold expressly li/a division between two legatees
under said will. Terms on the day of sale.
HENRY V. SOLOMON. Kx'r.
Marion. Dec. 1st, 1862. (l,i) 29 tds.
GEORGIA, Jasper county.
HEREAS. Mrs. MV Banks.
W
akes applica
tion to me for lette'
the person and property
minor child of John C
These are therefore to ci
sons concerned to show cam!
term of the Court of Ordina_,
why letters shall not ba /ranted
iu terms of the law. /
Given under my haku officially, this 29ih Nov.
1862. /
29 5tj /I. H HUTCHISO^. Ord’y.
f ffuardianship for
tha Jane Banks,
deceased,
admonish all per-
the next January
'or said county,
tho applicant
HEAD’QRS MILITARY DIST. OF GA, )
(savannah, Nov, 24tli, 1862. ;
r/5==»Col nel Ira D. Foster, Quarterinaater-Gen-
'Lsr era! State ot Georgia, liaving been appoint*
od by the Government of the State of Georgia as agent
to furnish negroes, on the part of the State, tm the de
fence of Savannah and other poii ts, it is hereby ordered
that the varii Us railroads throughout the State shall
receive and transport the agents lie may appoint, and
the negroes they may collect, from and to the points
which he may designate, taking the certificate of said
agent for such transportation.
Conductors will be careful to require of agents their
authority iu writing from Colonel Foster.
By order of Brig. Gen. Mercer, Com dg.
JOUS McCRADY,
Official.- Captain and Chiet Engineer.
Kobt. M. Stii.es. 1st Lient. Eug’rs.
HEAD QRS MILITARY DIST. OF GA., )
Savannah, Nov. 21th, 1862. )
/'/■=="Captain Ira D. Foster, Quartermaster Gen-
“—eral State of Georgia, having been appointed
hy Governor Brown Agent to furnish negroes oil tire
part of the State for the defences of Savanna and
other points, it is hereby announced that on and after
his date the Agency ot the C. S. Government here
tofore existing by orders from tlie.-e Headquarters, und
under tho superintendence of Dr. T. A. Parsons ceases
to exist.
All claims against tiie said Agency will be presented
for payment to Lieut, It. M. Stiles, in ekmgeofC. S.
Engineer Office, Savannah.
All papers and documents connected with said Agen
cy, or now in its possession, will be forthwith turned
over to Lieut. Stiles.
Ail employees of said cilice, in whatever capacity,
are hereby discharged.
By order of Brig. Gen. Meiicer, Com’dg.
JOHN McCRADY,
Captaiuaud Chief Engineer.
Official.
Kobt. M. Stiles. 1st Lieut. Eng’rs. 2R3t
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A LL persons indebted to tiie estate of John
Brown late of Irwin county, deceased, are
r< quested to make immediate payment and those
liaving claims against said estate are required to
present them in terms of law
GEORGE PAULK, Adm’r.
Irwinviiie, Nov. ]8th, 1862 28 6t.
wanted.
1,000 s, 113
Slilledgevilie, Nov. Q9t.ii, 1~62
E. TRICE.
28 or.
T WO months after date application will be
made to the Court of Ordinary of Baldwin
County, for leave to sell a House and Lot, belong
ing to the estate of James M. D> nton, late of
said county, deceased
B. F DENTON, Adm r.
Oct. 28,1862. 23 9t.
Administrator'$ Sale•
B Y virtue of an order from Irwin Court of Ordi
nary, will he sold before the Court House
door in Irwinviiie, Irwin county, on tiie first
Tuesday in JANUARY next, between the legal
hours of sale, one tot of land number 126, in the
sixth district of Irwin county. Sold as the proper
ty of Buryi B Sumner, deceased, for tiie benefit
of tiie heirs and creditors. Terms on tiie day of
sale. JAMES C. SUMNER. Adm'r.
Nov. 3d, 1862 26 tds.
S IXTY days afteii data application will he made to
the Honorable the C\uirt ol Ordinary of Twiggs
county, Ob., for an order toTljave to belt all the lands
belonging to the estates of l/iv.-ird C. and Thomas 1 J .
Epps, late of said county, deceased.
EIJAS/F. CHAMPION, Adm’r. I
Nbv. 4th, IS6?. C [t-s.) Q5!lt.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
^ I.L persons indebted to the estate of Captain
ffiam W. WiiihtTks.^jAcVTBiillocli county
decraseoVato reques/eiKto make inmediale pay
ment, .-indJBiose havinff demands.against said es
tate are rkqnheted to present them to me in terms
of the la(w.
Rt>XY ANN WILLIAMS, Adm'rx.
Dec. 2, 1862. [db] 29 6t.
rpWO m<
1 made to
S IXT Y days fiom date application will he made
to the honoiable tho Court of Oibinary of
Twiggs county, Ga., for aimTder ter leave to sei!
all the lands, and such ponitn of tiie negroes as
may he necessary, belonging to the estate ot
Hartwell L. Solomon, late of sard county, deceas
ed. JOHN FAULK, Kx'r.
Nov. 4th, 1662. (L s) 25 9t.
Aulclitiounl News from
hniu JUiucolii’i
the North.—Abra-
Kcssage.
Richmond, Dec. 4.
Lincoln, in liis message to congress,
says that the relations of the United States
with foreign powers is more satisfactory
than a nation so distracted might have ap
prehended. In June last there were some
grouuds to expect that the maritime pow
ers which had unwisely recognized the
S IXTY days after date application-wilt be made to
the Coo . of Ordinary ol Jasper CodjUy lor leave
to sell the Negroi s belonging to the cutu/e of James
M. McDowell, lute ot said county, deceuwcL
joel c. McDowell, Adm r.
Nov. 3d, 18C2. {m h h) 25 9t.
Messrs. A. II. & L. II. KENAN,
Are Associated in the Practice of Law
Office 1st Door upon 2d floor of
MASONIC HALL.
Jan. 23d. 1857. 35 tf.
J. A. & W. W. TURNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW :
Eatoaton, Ga.
13*0.
M ly.
date application will lie
Ordinary of Baldwin
house and lot located
is the property Solomon.
ISC.)
f. STEVENS, Adm'r.
29 9t.
GEORGIA, Jaap.r county.
i\THEREAS, Morris Noles makes application
f adpliuisiration on tiie
of said county ds-
T f to me tor
estate of Wai. 1). N
ceased
These are therefore
persons concerned-1
on the set oud Moipfay
cause, if any t
sue to th
Given uputr my hand
1862.
29 5t] M H. HUTCHISON, Ord'y.
e to cite and admonish ail
and appear at my office
January ner.t, and show
y letters shall not is-
s of tho law.
chilly this 26th Nov.,
GEORGIA, Twiggs county.
fHP.REAS, William Kitchens makes applica
tion to me for letters of administration on
county, de-
w
the estate of Jacob J
ceased.
These are therefor
singular tiie kindred
ed to be and appear
ond Monday in
show cause, if
granted.
Given turner my baud officially at Marion, this
Dec. ls/1862.
39 5t j LEWIS SOLOMON. Ord’y.
I admonish all and
Editors of saiJ deceas-
office on or by the sec-
Iny next, then and there to
t-iiy said letters may not be
A PROCLAMATION.
By JOSEPH E.gBROWN,
Gcr’ernor of Georgia.
To the People of this State :
W HEREAS, I have been officially notified by
the Justices of the Inferior Couit of Hart
County iu this btate, that the small pox has bro
ken out in said county and that quarantine regu
lations have been establish, d to prevent the
spread of said disease, by said Justices, and en
tered of record upon the minutes rf said Couit, of
which the following is a copy as certified to me,
to-wit:
Hart^ConiBy! \ Clerk ' s 0fi ' ,ce ’ ' nferior Court '
A majority of the Justices of the .Inferior Conrt
of said ceuuty being present, to wit: Hon. John
G. McCuiry, Hen. William C Davis, and Hon.
Chesley L. Scott; it being represented and proven
to their satisfaction, that the .Small Pox is ill sev
eral families neat the north east boundary of this
county o-n the Carolina side, and that Tt also ex
ists in two families in Reed Creek District in this
county, viz: in tiie families of Cain Estes and
Harper Smith: ond whereas there is considerable
passing from this county into the neighborhoods
infested by arid disease it is therefore ordered by
tbe Inferior Court ot Hart county, That quaran
tine duty be performed around ilie premises of
said families in Reed Creek District in said coun
ty, and be extended lo all families or persons iu
this county who have recently visited any place
where they may have had an opportunity of hav
ing taken said contagious disease of smallpox:
And be it further ordered. That quarantine duty
be performed and strictly enforced trem Fadler’s
Ferry in tbq lower part of the county, to Knox’
Bridge in the upper part, and at alt Ferries or
Forets, or other cro-sing pine s betw* cn said Sad
ler's Ferry or said Knox’ Bridge; ! hat quaran
tine duty be rigidly enforced upon the Rivers of
1 i.galo and Savannah: And ne it further ordered,
That the Sh- riff of said county be, and is hereby
required and edend, to execute the foregoing or
der of quarantine, in said coutity arid on said
Rivers ot Tugnlo and Savannah and report every
third day, to F. B Hodg.s.at Hartwell.
Witness our hands and official signatures, this
November 22d 1862.
JOHN G McCURRY J. I. C.
Vvm G. DAVIS J I C.
CHESLEY L. SCOTT, J I C.
A true extract from the minutes of said court.
Given uuder my hand and seal of office, at Hart
well. Hart countv, Ga., this 22d November, 1862.
F. C. STEPHENSON, C I C.”
Now, therefore, in accordance with the statute
in such case made and provided. I, Joseph E.
Brown, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of
the Army and Navy of this State, and of the Mil
itia thereof, do issue this my Proclamation, en
joining and requiring a due obedience to said reg
ulations of quarantine, in said county of Hart, in
order to prevent the spread of said contagious dis
ease, and a due obedience of the duties required of
such regulations accordingly.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the
State at the Capitol in Milledgeville, this,
tweuty-niuth day of November, in the year
of our Lord, Ono Thousand Eight Hundred
and Sixty two
JOSEPH E BROWN.
K C. BaRSITT, Secretary of State.